How to kill bedbugs
June 21, 2019, 11:37 a.m. by Mary Jo DiLonardo
These critters are sneaky, small and often evolve to resist pesticide. So, how do you find them and get rid of them?
Where do bedbugs come from?
May 17, 2019, 4:20 p.m. by Chanie Kirschner
These creepy crawlies originated in the tropics and can be found just about everywhere now.
Your brain on bugs: Can you ID these insects?
May 17, 2016, 2:51 p.m. by Chanie Kirschner
See if you know the difference between a bedbug, a beetle and these other creepy-crawlies.
What is a bed bug's favorite color?
April 26, 2016, 11:43 a.m. by Jenn Savedge
New info may help researchers design traps that attract more bugs.
If you think it's a spider bite, you're probably wrong
July 5, 2013, 12:39 p.m. by Douglas Main, LiveScience
An arachnologist at McGill says what we call 'spider bites' are probably flea bites or the skin's reaction to chemicals and infections.
One DIY method of ridding your home of bedbugs: Burning it to the ground
June 17, 2013, 1:59 p.m. by Matt Hickman
A space heater- and hair dryer-brandishing New Jersey resident accidentally sets his home ablaze while battling bedbugs (in a not-recommended-at-all DIY fashion.)
Woman awarded $800,000 in bed bug infestation lawsuit
June 4, 2013, 11:25 a.m. by Melissa Breyer
In this case, the landlord was found to be at fault. But as more bed bug lawsuits are being brought to trial, landlords are drawing the line on responsibility.
Are libraries the new hot spot for bedbugs?
December 7, 2012, 11:46 a.m. by Melissa Breyer
These sly parasites have picked up a new mode of transportation: Borrowed books.
Philly overtakes NYC as U.S. bedbug capital
June 13, 2012, 1:24 p.m. by Russell McLendon
Bedbugs are on the rise across the U.S., but they're especially ascendant in Philadelphia, according to a new city-by-city ranking of infestations.
Can drinking a glass of wine keep bedbugs away?
May 30, 2012, 3:11 p.m. by Brooke Borel, Life's Little Mysteries
The insects created fewer eggs when they consumed blood with 200 proof ethanol in it compared to those that sipped alcohol-free blood.
Why do humans still have body hair?
December 14, 2011, 8:20 a.m. by Charles Q. Choi, LiveScience
Hairs serve as motion detectors for alerting us to insects, like bedbugs, before they can bite us.
Study finds bedbugs more deadly than originally thought
May 11, 2011, 3 p.m. by Livescience.com Inc.
Bedbugs carry bacteria that can cause hard-to-treat infections, though the bedbugs haven't been proven to spread disease.
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