T HEY ’ RE B ACK ……B ED B UGS Everett Mason Rodney Merritts Tracy Walker Tom McAdoo The Pennsylvania State University Housing Services.

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Slide 2 T HEY RE B ACK B ED B UGS Everett Mason Rodney Merritts Tracy Walker Tom McAdoo The Pennsylvania State University Housing Services Slide 3 Slide 4 IN THIS SESSION YOU WILL LEARN A Brief History of the Bed Bug The Nature of the Bed Bug How to Identify a Bed Bug How to Treat Bed Bug Infestations How to Educate People about Bed Bugs Slide 5 BED BUG HISTORY o Has always been an issue o Virtually eliminated in US o Rising numbers since 2001 o Skyrocketed in last 5 years o EPA held 1 st ever Bed Bug Summit Slide 6 THEYRE BACK BUT WHY? o Increased international travel o Change in general pest control methods o Reduced available products for control o Lack of research and development Slide 7 TRAVEL Slide 8 WHOS BEEN SLEEPING IN MY BED? Slide 9 BON VOYAGE Slide 10 ENJOY OUR FEATURED PRESENTATION Slide 11 EVEN MY BEST FRIEND? Slide 12 BED BUG BASICS o Feed only on blood o Feeding lasts 3 12 minutes o Nocturnal o Can detect and avoid chemicals o Cryptic o Crawl up to 20 feet to feed Slide 13 JUST A LITTLE GUY Slide 14 LIFE CYCLE I lay between 1 and 5 eggs every day! Starting as an egg, it takes me 30 days to become an adult! Ill molt 5 times before I become an adult! Ill live about 10 months and lay between 300 and 500 eggs! I may live up to a year without feeding Slide 15 One Bed Bug Slide 16 One Month 61 Bed Bugs Slide 17 Slide 18 COMPOUNDING INTEREST o 2 Months 3,721 o 3 Months 226,981 o 4 Months 13,845,841 o 5 Months 844,596,301 Slide 19 A LL D ONE ! Slide 20 IDENTIFICATION o Not as small as you might think o 1.5 mm 1 cm long, flat, oval, with no wings o Brown to Dark Red (Adult) o Tan (Newly Hatched) Slide 21 TEMPERATURE EFFECTS o Below ~55 F Development stops o Above ~99 F Development stops o Thrive at temps between ~68 F - 80 F o Die at Temps > 111F or < 32 F Slide 22 HOW DO YOU KNOW IF YOU HAVE BED BUGS? Check your linens Look for movement Look at the insect Color? Size? Does it have wings? Is it flat and oval? Inspect at night Slide 23 Seams of mattress Slide 24 Many bites !!!! Slide 25 PENN STATES RESPONSE STRATEGY Isolate students and their belongings in the room Pest Control responds immediately to inspect and treat Clothing and bedding treated in dryer Mattresses are removed, to be replaced after treatment Students are relocated if possible Slide 26 VACUUM THE CARPET Thoroughly vacuum the carpet areas Can occur before or after the heat treatment Dispose of the vacuum bag Slide 27 STEAM TREATMENT Pull the carpet back from baseboards Steam along all edges at the junction of carpet and wall Slide 28 RESIDUAL APPLICATION Apply residual insecticide along junction of wall and floor Apply dust behind all wall plates Slide 29 OTHER TREATMENTS Heat Chamber Bed Bug Dogs Slide 30 PANELS GOING TOGETHER Slide 31 TOP GOING ON Slide 32 HEAT CHAMBER Slide 33 Slide 34 S O, WHAT S THE PROBLEM ? Slide 35 BE PREPARED WhoWhenHow WhereWhat Who will respond? When will the call come? How will you treat the room? Where will your resident stay? What are you going to say?? Slide 36 Y OU CAN RUN, BUT YOU CAN T HIDE Be proactive Educate Be a partner Slide 37 BED BUG WEB SITES Mike Potter University of Kentucky - http://www.uky.edu/Ag/Entomology/entfacts/struct/ef636.htm http://www.uky.edu/Ag/Entomology/entfacts/struct/ef636.htm Australian Medical Entomology http://medent.usyd.edu.au/fact/bedbugs.html http://medent.usyd.edu.au/fact/bedbugs.html University of Minnesota http://www.ipmctoc.umn.edu/http://www.ipmctoc.umn.edu/ Harvard School of Public Health http://www.hsph.harvard.edu/bedbugs/#manage http://www.hsph.harvard.edu/bedbugs/#manage Mayo Clinic http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/bedbugs/DS00663http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/bedbugs/DS00663 List of Bedbugs Resources http://www.utoronto.ca/forest/termite/Bedbugs/bbres.html http://www.utoronto.ca/forest/termite/Bedbugs/bbres.html National Pest Management Association- http://www.pestworld.org/consumer/default.asp http://www.pestworld.org/consumer/default.asp Slide 38 QUESTIONS?