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What’s Bugging You?…Bed Bugs

What’s Bugging You?…Bed Bugs. The Pennsylvania State University Housing Services Everett Jan Mason. IN THIS SESSION WE WILL DISCUSS…. Brief History & Nature of the Bed Bug How to Identify the Signs of an Infestation Current Treatments Penn State’s Housing Response Plan

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What’s Bugging You?…Bed Bugs

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  1. What’s Bugging You?…Bed Bugs The Pennsylvania State University Housing Services Everett Jan Mason

  2. IN THIS SESSION WE WILL DISCUSS… • Brief History & Nature of the Bed Bug • How to Identify the Signs of an Infestation • Current Treatments • Penn State’s Housing Response Plan • Travel Tips and Steps to Protect Yourself

  3. BED BUG HISTORY • Has always been an issue • Virtually eliminated in US • Rising numbers since 2001 • Skyrocketed in last 5 years • 2009 EPA held 1st ever Bed Bug Summit

  4. THEY’RE BACK… BUT WHY? • Increased international travel • Change in general pest control methods • Reduced available products for control • Lack of research and development • The Ultimate Hitchhikers

  5. So Where Can You Pick up a Bed Bug?

  6. TRAVEL

  7. WHO’S BEEN SLEEPING IN MY BED?

  8. BON VOYAGE

  9. Clothing Stores

  10. ENJOY OUR FEATURED PRESENTATION

  11. At Work

  12. BED BUG BASICS • Feed only on blood • Feeding lasts 3 – 12 minutes • Nocturnal • Can detect and avoid chemicals • Cryptic • Crawl up to 20 feet to feed

  13. WHAT’S HOT AND WHAT’S NOT • Below ~55˚ F Development stops • Above ~99˚ F Development stops • Die at Temps > 113˚F or < 32 ˚F • (122◦ for one minute will kill) • Thrive at temps between ~68˚ F - 80˚ F

  14. LIFE CYCLE I may live up to a year without feeding I’ll molt 5 times before I become an adult! I lay between 1 and 12 eggs every day! I’ll live about 10 months and lay between 300 and 500 eggs! Starting as an egg, it takes me 30 days to become an adult!

  15. Let’s start with one female bed bug

  16. In one month, there will be 61 bed bugs.

  17. In two months, there will be 1890 bed bugs.

  18. 6 Months = More than the population of China living in your bedroom

  19. What to Look For

  20. JUST A LITTLE GUY

  21. IDENTIFICATION • Not as big as you might think • 1.5 mm – 1 cm long, flat, oval, with no wings • Brown to Dark Red (Adult) • Tan (Newly Hatched)

  22. Bed Linen & Back of a Head Board

  23. Seams of a Mattress

  24. Bed Bug Waste

  25. Notice the Pattern Bites are Often in Rows of 3’s Or in Small Clusters

  26. Rows of Threes Media coined this as Breakfast, Lunch, and Dinner.

  27. An example of clusters.

  28. Where to Start?

  29. PENN STATE’S RESPONSE STRATEGY • Isolate students and their belongings in the room where bed bugs are suspected to be in • Contact Pest Control immediately to inspect and determine if bed bugs are present • Residence Life contacted to arrange for new housing location for residents if bed bugs detected • Clothing and bedding are treated in dryers • Pest Control to treat room over next 2 days • Mattresses are removed, to be replaced after treatment • Pest Control will return to re-inspect/re-treat in 2 weeks

  30. Treatments Within the Room • Thoroughly Vacuum • Remove bag from vacuum and seal in trash bag. • Remove all posters, pictures, and mirrors. Maintenance employee will remove light & socket covers, bolsters, bulletin boards, etc… • Treat and bag the mattress and then we will remove. • Treat room & all items.

  31. VACUUM THE CARPET • Thoroughly vacuum the carpet areas • Can occur before or after the heat treatment • Dispose of the vacuum bag

  32. STEAM TREATMENT • Pull the carpet back from baseboards • Steam along all edges at the junction of carpet and wall

  33. RESIDUAL APPLICATION • Apply residual insecticide along junction of wall and floor • Apply Diatomaceous Earth behind all wall plates

  34. HEAT CHAMBER

  35. 122°for1 Minute

  36. Reducing Time & Labor Heat Treatment of the entire room.

  37. Final Inspection

  38. Bed Bug Dogs

  39. So, After 32 bed bug cases in 4 years what have we learned? Bedbugs freak people out!

  40. You can run, but you can’t hide Be proactive Educate Be a partner

  41. Getting The Word Out

  42. Educating Employees

  43. Bed Bugs are aCommunity Issue

  44. Centre RegionBed Bug Coalition • 14K Housed on Campus at University Park / 42K are enrolled • CRBBC was formed in Dec. 2009 • Began with monthly meetings • Mid April 2010 workshop held it’s first Workshop • 90% of the region’s student housing represented

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