Ultrasonic Devices for Bed Bugs are Useless Junk

According to a new study published in the Journal of Economic Entomology, Ultrasonic Devices for Bed Bugs simply do not work.  The popular DIY Ultrasonic Bed Bug Repellants do not work as advertised according to researchers who tested them out.  Amazon sells many of these products and after a cursory glance through the reviews, people who purchased these items agree with the researchers.  Save yourself the time and money and hire a professional. 

Please enjoy this video featuring our friend Dr. Faith Oi of the University of Florida.

Via Boing Boing

It's a video trailer for a book called "56 Cranberry Street: Apartment B" by Ben H Winters

If you have bed bugs call us! 

Great Story from Scientific American. 

DIY pesticides don’t work.

"During the last 50 years, bedbugs have largely become biologically resistant to the pesticides sold at your corner store, namely pyrethroids and pyrethrins. DDT falls into the pyrethroid group, shedding doubts on claims that lifting the EPA’s ban on this dangerous chemical would curb the current bedbug resurgence. Spraying pyrethroids or pyrethrins directly on a resistant bedbug at close range may in fact kill the pest, but there’s little chance of hitting each individual insect, as armies of the sesame-seed sized bugs hide in the teeniest crevices."

Read the whole story here.

Insane story from the Orlando Sentinel.  Read the unpleasant details here.