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Bed bugs can infest any house
Any London household can become infested with bedbugs. Increased travel abroad has opened the doors of many houses to bed bugs. Infestations of bedbugs found in London premises usually occur in the bedrooms. Both adult and juveniles live together hiding … Continue reading
Travellers To Be Aware Of Bedbugs
Checking luggage for bed bugs when coming home from holiday could save people a lot of hassle once they return to their property, one organisation has said. It is therefore worth taking a few minutes to see whether there are … Continue reading
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Heat treament to get rid of bed bugs
Well aware of the environmental impact of chemical treatments, Merlin Environmental now use heat treatment to treat bed bug infestations. Over the years we have used a number of environmental manipulation techniques to resolve pest problems. By far the use … Continue reading
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Tagged Bed Bugs, get rid of bed bugs, heat treatment, insects, Pest Control
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Resistant bed-bugs ‘from tropics’
According to the BBC, new results suggest that insecticide use in the tropics is to blame for the re-emergence of bed-bug infestations. Exposure to treated bed nets and linens meant that populations of bed-bugs had become resistant to the chemicals … Continue reading
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Hairy limbs keep bed bugs away
Hairier skin may be the key to avoiding being bitten by bed bugs, claim Sheffield academics. Hungry bugs placed on shaved arms were more likely to try to feed compared with those on unshaved arms, the journal Biology Letters reported. … Continue reading
Bed Bugs Case Study
Bed bugs in hotels are a horrible experience for guests and can cause a dramatic loss of revenue for the business owner. Please click here for a recent case study on how we helped a large hotel get rid of … Continue reading
Bed bug detection taken to a new level
A remarkable new, insect remote, bedbug detection service has been developed by Merlin Environmental and is now beig used for the benefit of clients. A report in the July/August edition of Pest Magazine can be read here. For more information … Continue reading
How To Spot Bed Bugs
Any household can become infested with bedbugs. Increased travel abroad has opened the doors of many houses to bed bugs. Infestations of bedbugs found in domestic premises usually occur in the bedrooms. Both adult and juveniles live together hiding in … Continue reading
Bed Bugs Are Back
After a half-century of relative inactivity, bedbugs returned in the late 1990s. It is estimated that 95% of pest-control companies have treated an infestation in the past year. 10 years ago, it was just 22%. Decades ago, liberal use of … Continue reading
Bed Bugs – Why Are They a Big Issue Right Now?
Bed bugs, tiny little rust-colored insects of the Cimicidae family, live by feeding on the blood of humans and other warm-blooded hosts. They get their name from their favorite habitat: mattresses (they like sofas and other cushy furniture, too)… …Modern … Continue reading
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Tagged bed bug detection, Bed Bugs, home, hotels, Pest Control, pests
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Bed bug cases on the rise
Most tourists visiting New York bring something back with them. Usually it’s a plastic Statue of Liberty or an ‘I heart NYC’ T-shirt. For Rebecca Riis it was bedbugs, picked up in a notoriously grotty Manhattan hotel. “I woke up … Continue reading
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Bed Bugs Comeback
The US government is hosting its first-ever bed bug conference amid a comeback by the blood-sucking insects. Thought to have been virtually eliminated decades ago, bed bugs have re-emerged in dormitories, hospitals, shelters and hotels in several cities. Bed bugs … Continue reading
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A website that drives landlords buggy
According to the Toronto newspaper the Star a website that allows people to report bed bug encounters is driving landlords crazy. The website, Bedbugregistry.com was created by Romanian Maciej Ceglowski after he had his first encounter with a bedbug in … Continue reading
You get to choose the diagnosis
An article from www.edmontonsun.com This week, how about letting me relax, and you play doctor? I’ll just pass along pertinent facts about a patient. Then you can see how smart you are in making a diagnosis. First, a couple of … Continue reading
Bed Bugs on Islands
A few years after Island hotels started to notice increasing problems with bed bugs, people are starting to take the problem home as well. Some pest control companies on P.E.I. are reporting their bed bug business is bigger than ever. … Continue reading
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Dogs sniff out our bedroom blood suckers
The Merlin Group’s sniffer dog, Boss, was featured on the front page of Business Matters. To find out more about the ability of Boss to sniff out bed bugs in hotels rooms, aircraft and many other commercial premises, saving clients … Continue reading
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