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LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) – Officials at the University of
Nebraska-Lincoln said Wednesday they will search every dorm room on
campus for bedbugs after an infestation was discovered earlier this
month.

University officials said they’ve spent $20,000 since Jan. 9 on
services and equipment to get rid of the reddish-brown, wingless
pests, and could end up paying $100,000 for a bug-killing effort
expected to last at least a month.

Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs Juan Franco said 25 student
rooms so far have tested positive in three residence halls: Abel,
Selleck Quadrangle and the Village. A sweep through the residence
halls has located the bugs on couches, in closets and in residence
hall lobby areas, but university officials said the infestation was
relatively small.

“We are telling students if there’s any suspicion at all of bugs
in the rooms or in their belongings, to let us know – whether it’s
a bite or they actually see one, or they just suspect,” Franco
said.

The university is using a rat terrier named Spots to detect the
bugs, and may bring in other dogs from Minneapolis that are capable
of locating bedbugs. Work crews will likely scour the rooms again
after students leave in May to ensure the bugs are gone.

Brian Shanks, the university’s associate director for residence
life, said the university was exploring a ban on used furniture or
carpet that might carry bedbugs. But he acknowledged that such a
policy would be difficult to enforce.

Glenn Schumann, the associate director for facilities, said
roughly 10 percent of the items found in student rooms so far could
qualify as havens for bedbugs.

Franco said the university will heat infested rooms to about 120
degrees for up to four hours to kill the pests. The university also
has spent $7,000 on a carbon dioxide machine that freezes the bugs
and bought eight thermal pouches apiece $450 apiece that can clear
the bugs off smaller items, such as backpacks.

Franco said the university will “pay whatever it takes to take
care of the problem.”

Bedbugs are widely viewed as nocturnal pests that spread quickly
and are difficult to kill. The bugs can cause itchiness and skin
welts, but do not carry diseases. More than 30 colleges and
universities have reported bedbug problems in the last five years,
according to a list provided by the university.

University of Nebraska-Lincoln senior Amanda Wekesser said she
first discovered bites her neck, back, shoulders and legs around
Jan. 8, the day after students returned from winter break. The
meteorology-climatology major she found two mite-sized bugs – one
in her carpet, and one on a futon – and killed them both. She found
two more last weekend, and placed a live one in a Styrofoam cup for
testing, which later confirmed it was a bedbug.

The university’s student newspaper, The Daily Nebraskan, called
for Housing Director Sue Gildersleeve to resign this week amid
reports that her office attempted to conceal the discovery of
bedbugs in Wekesser’s room.

Franco told reporters Wednesday that Gildersleeve had not asked
anyone to lie about the infestation, and had handled the situation
appropriately. Gildersleeve and other university officials said
students can speak freely about bedbug infestations, but they
wanted to protect student privacy.

“Our protocol has always been, it’s your choice what you
disclose,” Gildersleeve said.

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Bed Bugs in Manchester, Trafford,

Cheshire, Liverpool and Wirral

0161 930 8814 / 0151 471 8660

Bed Bugs in Manchester, Trafford, Cheshire, Liverpool and Wirral – One of the most reviled and misunderstood pests known to man is the bed bug (Cimex lectularius). How many of us gone off to sleep at night as children with the words of our parents in our ears ‘sleep tight and don’t let the bed bugs bite’?

Bed bugs probably started to feed on man at about the time we moved into caves, the ‘bat bugs’ Cimex pilosellus and Cimex pipistrella primarily feed on bats and it is probable that bat feeding species of bug evolved to feed on human blood when our ancestors started dwelling in bat infested caves.

Until the arrival of DDT in the early 20th century bed bugs were common non-paying guests in much low quality homes, bed bug bites would be commonplace.

The later part of the 20th century experienced pest control companies dealing with very few bed bug calls indeed, their presence being largely confined to inexpensive holiday camps and student accommodation etc.

Many people mistake dust mites, which are not visible to the unaided eye, with bed bugs which very definitely are.

Adult bedbugs are reddy-brown, about a quarter of an inch in size and decidedly swollen after a meal of our blood.

They grow by an incomplete metamorphosis which means that the nymphs are just smaller copies of the adult, they do not have a pupal stage like fleas or a fly.

Bed bugs regularly feed on human blood every 7 – 10 days, emerging in the hours before dawn and finding their target by detecting the exhaled CO2 from human breath and when close in on their target, infra red body heat.

In the absence of a suitable human host to dine on they can remain dormant for periods of up to 18 months.

Indications of a bed bug infestation are spots of blood on bedding and on the underside of mattresses and some people can react badly to their bites.

The early 21st century has seen bed bug numbers explode across the globe, the easy availability of global travel and economic migration have both been blamed for the resurgence.

What is positive is that they are now making a real return not only in poor quality dwellings but high class hotels, schools and even hospitals.

One London borough reports a doubling of bed bug infestations each year from 1995 – 2001.

One night away in an infested hotel is all it takes, they hitch a ride in your suitcases or bags. Pest control companies are also now reporting instances of transport related bug infestations on tubes, trains and buses so a simple journey to work on an infested tube or train can be sufficient to spread the infestation to your own home.

They are an expensive pest to deal with as contrary to popular opinion they do not just live in beds. They infest any nook and cranny conveniently close to a sleeping human, beds, electrical sockets, televisions, bed-side telephones etc and treatment is both difficult and time consuming. They have even been found living beneath the toe-nails of infirm people and in the rolls of flesh on heavily over-weight people.

 

They are not a pest that can be tackled by an amateur and a professional will almost certainly be required to achieve a satisfactory eradication if these pests.

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Merseyside and Liverpool Pest Control – Harrier pest prevention who have earned a reputation as the premier pest control company in the North West are proud to announce that from today’s date their services will be available throughout Liverpool and Merseyside.

Applying the same principals of quality affordable service the company will be trading in Liverpool and Merseyside as Liverpool Pest Control.

Liverpool Pest Control are offering a fixed price service for destroying wasps’ nests at just £44.50 and they are available 7 days per week with no extra charge for weekend callouts. Liverpool Pest Control will also be offering a three year guarantee on their revolutionary new ant treatment. Yes, a three year guarantee.

Liverpool Pest Control specialise in the treatment of bed bugs and are amongst the foremost experts in the country on bed bug eradication.

If you even suspect you may have bed bugs call Liverpool Pest Control without further delay.

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