Bed bugs have be found by investigators in multiple resorts in Las Vegas. The bed bugs have found in these resorts from February to August 2024. A official report and lawsuit related to this outbreak of bed bugs has ben filed.

Why Do Most Bed Bug Traps Fail? Its because of their design but these new traps have been tested and used at the Paris Summer Olympics in the Olympic Village to protect the athletes.

Bed bugs go through various stages in their lifecycle which affects their feeding habitats and where they will hide. Bed bugs are blood feeders similar to mosquitos and ticks but how they travel is very different. Mosquitos travel by flight and then find standing water to repopulate. Ticks feed by taking the blood from living animals and humans to gather energy for breeding. Bed bugs are similar to ticks in that they need blood to repopulate but they travel around. Feeding Cycle Bed bugs have a cryptic lifestyle. This means that these pests spend most of their time hiding during daylight hours with their friends in tight and dark places. During the night, they become very active and start to look for hosts to feed on. Bed bugs are most active from 24:00 to 5:00 and this is when these pests will feed on their human host. Bed bugs are attracted by CO2 which is produced by humans naturally and bed bugs can also find their host by heat. Once the bed bugs find a host to feed on, they will only need 5-10 minutes to fill up. So the window to find a bed bug directly on your person is very small. Bed bugs only need to feed every 3-7 days on the host's blood. If you are looking for methods to keep bed bugs away from you when you sleep we have most methods that might help. Keep Bed Bugs Away. Mating and Growth Cycle After feeding on the host's blood, bed bugs become very active in mating. On average female bed bugs will produce between 1-7 eggs per day for about 10 days for each single blood meal they got their host. A single female can produce about 113 eggs in her whole lifetime. Under the right conditions, the mortality rate for these eggs can be as low as 97%. It will take about six to nine days for the eggs to start hatching. After the eggs hatch the nymphs will develop through five stages of molting until they reach adulthood. This process will take about 37 days to complete and under favorable conditions, about 80% of the nymphs will become adults. If you want to kill the bed bugs before they become adults then the egg and nymph stage will be when they are the most vulnerable. Please visit our FAQ page for the signs of bed bugs and please give us a call at 816-237-5340 for a free inspection.

Bed Bugs can hide in the gaps in the wooden furniture. When you check into a hotel you need to check your room for signs of bed bugs. Bed bugs can be found in any hotel or motel. Bed bugs are drawn to blood and warm bodies not dirt and grime.

A guide to prevent your suitcase from becoming infested with bed bugs while on vacation. Here is information on how to find and identify bed bugs in hotel rooms and other locations.

Topeka Pest Control talk about the rise of bed bugs. Bed bugs have been popping up in apartments, retirement homes and low-income housing areas around Topeka, Kansas are they are getting more reports.

KCK Senior Living Complex Condemned for Bed Bugs According to KCTV5 in 2023 the Victory Hills Apartments complex has been condemned due to the complex being infested with bed bugs. County code enforcers have declared the building to be "unfit for human habitation." Victory Hills is the home to about 200 senior citizens and many of the residents told KCTV5 that the bed bugs have affected every aspect of their lives. A few of the residents spoke with KCTV about their experience with the bed bugs. "They're just everywhere," said one woman who did not wish to be identified. "I mean, they're in the hallways," she said. "You meet one on the elevator." The infestation of bed bugs led to all the social activities being canceled which left the residents isolated. "They removed most of the chairs, most of the furniture because of the bedbugs," another resident said. "Closed the dining room." At one point Wyandotte County Code Enforcers declared the building uninhabitable and this statement was sent to KCTV5. "Our office was made aware of a possible bed bug infestation at Victory Hills Senior Living Center last week. Throughout the course of the week we received at least 8 complaints from residents as well as some of their family members. That information was corroborated by the on-site management of the facility. With that knowledge, we decided to post the property as Unfit for Human Habitation. The property was posted by our Inspector on Friday 1/6/2023 and a Notice of Unfit Hearing was sent out this morning on Monday 1/9/2023. The Notice was sent to the owners of the facility and states that there is an administrative Hearing scheduled for Thursday 1/26/2023 to be held at the Neighborhood Resource Center between representatives from the Unified Government's Property Maintenance Compliance Division and the owners/representatives of Victory Hills Senior Living Center. At or before the date of the hearing, we are asking the ownership/management of the facility to present to us a comprehensive plan for the remediation of the vermin issue in the building. The placard posted on the property has a noted Vacate Date of Friday 1/27/2023. If no plan is in place by the time of the Hearing, that vacate date would be enforced by our office and no one would be allowed to live in the facility until the issue is resolved. However, it is not our desire to displace even one tenant living at Victory Hills. It is our ambition, in posting the property Unfit, the notice serves to behoove the responsible parties in resolving this issue as soon as possible for the health, safety and well-being of all residents and their families. We have also been in contact with a number of our community partners such as the Department of Housing and the Office of Veterans Affairs to make them aware of the actions we are taking and our hope for the best possible outcome for all parties involved." -Patrick Holton, Neighborhood Resource Code Enforcement If you are worried that a similar situation might happen to your home or business please give us a call. SOS offers free inspection. So if you are worried about bed bugs being in your home or business, let us give you some peace of mind and give an answer to your worries. The original article link is here: KCTV5

Woman Tries to Kill Bed Bugs and Starts a House Fire According to KWCH/Gray News a Wichita woman in early December 7th, 2023 was critically injured in an apartment fire. Firefighters were able to rescue a trapped woman from the Liberty Way Apartments near Ninth Street and North Estelle and she was taken to the hospital. According to witnesses in the area who called 911, the woman said that "she was trying to kill bed bugs with her lighter." "We were sitting here and we heard screaming. It was a mom screaming about her children," the caller, who asked not to be identified, explained. "Smoke was everywhere." "She didn't seem like she was very coherent, like she was on something possibly," the witness said. "She said flat-out that she had started the fire to kill bed bugs and she knew that her roommate was on the floor asleep in front of the couch. She said that she didn't realize that it would start a fire and she panicked and ran out of there, leaving her roommate on the floor." Please take this as a warning not to use fire or any other dangerous material to deal with bed bugs. These pests are difficult to deal with when you don't have the proper tools and know what to look for. Here at SOS Pest Control, we understand the urgent feeling to take action when you see bed bugs but please contact the professional first. We don't want you to do something that you might regret later. You might not even have bed bugs since they can be mistaken for other insects, that's why we offer free inspections. Let us help you protect your home and property and call us first before you set something on fire. See here for the original story: KKTV

Bed Bugs Found Paris and They are on the Rise In the summer of 2023, there were videos of the going viral of bed bugs showing up all across Paris. The begs were spotted in the Paris metro, trains, movie theaters, and airports. One quote by a French politician talking to the French Parliament best sums up the situation for the people of Paris, "These little insects are spreading despair in our country." However bedbugs are not just in Paris, the pest can be found in major cities all across the world and an Annual Review report shows that bed bugs have been on the rise for decades across the world. Research by Stephen L. Doggett and Chow-Yang Lee shows that bed bug reports have seen a significant increase in multiple major cities across the world. The rise of bed bugs can be linked to multiple factors, the increase of travel, and population growth in the cities, but an important factor is the heavy use of insecticides. Because of the increased usage of these chemicals, bed bugs have developed a resistance against these insecticides. The ineffectiveness against these pests can be seen in a report from Cambridge, United Kingdom. The 1998 report describes an increase in bed bug incidents in the area and that insecticides were ineffective. Research by Stephen L. Doggett and Chow-Yang Lee highlights a pattern of increased bed bug reports across the world for the past few decades. In Australia, there was a 700% increase in bed bug reports from 2001-2004 compared to the previous years. During the years of 2002 and 2003 in the United States, one of the largest multinational pest control companies reported a 500% increase in bed bug reports. In Tokyo, Japan bed bug enquiries saw an increase from 20 in 2000 to 350 in 2012. Bed bugs have also spread across East South Asia with a survey report by the National Environmental Agency of Singapore which highlighted an increase of bed bug treatment from zero in 2004 to more than 220 in 2013. While the heavy use of insecticides which been linked to the rise of the bed bug population there are other key factors. Two of these key factors are the increase of city populations and more peopling traveling. With more people moving into major metropolitan cities, bed bugs will find more opportunities to hide and feed. Bed bugs love areas where warm bodies are densely packed together. The rise of Airbnb has also helped bed bugs spread. These pests love to hide on people and luggage to hitch a free ride and find a new place to nest and feed. For the original articles please see here: VOX Annual Review