#Bedbugs

[crtter]

[pngblog]

u are quite literally the coolest and sweetest for taking all these png requests. can u make some pngs of just ur favorite things?

Thank you very much!! Hmmm I really love creepy crawlies! So here's some of those!

[great-and-small]

Please enjoy some valentine greetings from the animal world- if you decide to pass them out to coworkers/classmates make sure you have enough for everyone ❤️

1. Satin bowerbird

2. American alligator

3. Prairie vole

4. Marine flatworm (genus Pseudobiceros)

5. Bedbug

6. Galapagos hawk

[animentality]

[conkreetmonkey]

So can you get diseases or bedbugs from picking up pieces of clothing you find abandoned in the wild while just walking around town? Is there like a process for de-bugging and disinfecting them that goes beyond just tossing them in the wash, maybe with some bleach? Is it at all unadviseable? Is this a thing people do?

I see like 5 abandoned jackets, hoodies, work gloves, hats, you name it, every time I go for a walk (meth town, dumping your shit in random parking lots is the norm around here apparently), and I always just think "man, like 90% of this stuff just needs dried up and cleaned and it would be perfectly good, or at the very least could be scrapped for materials. Feels like an awful waste to just leave them to rot." But at the same time, I am paranoid about bedbugs (you'd be stupid not to be ngl).

Any advice? I'm of course not talking about stealing obviously lost hats or mittens, those I prop up in obvious areas near where I found them, as is considered polite. I'm talking about jackets found by dumpsters or on the curb. Stuff that was clearly discarded.

[destielmemenews]

Paris has had seasonal infestations every summer, but the trend has been steadily increasing each year. Over 1 in 10 households experienced bedbugs from 2017 to 2022.

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[allthecanadianpolitics]

“The cockroach and bedbug infestations in Tammy Brown's Hamilton apartment have all but destroyed her life, she says.

Roaches have taken over her fridge and stove, contaminating her food and making it impossible to cook for her two adult daughters, one of whom lives with a disability, and her four-year-old grandson……Brown has called the city four times in under a year, begging for it to order the landlord at 221 Melvin Ave. to fix the pest problems.

She said neither public health nor bylaw has ever responded……There's a reason she hasn't heard back. The City of Hamilton isn't enforcing its own pest control rules — and hasn't for over four years, staff told CBC Hamilton……. according to public health manager, there's little evidence to suggest rats, cockroaches and bedbugs carry pathological diseases, and the idea that residents could experience negative mental health impacts is a "novel, developing notion"…”

[asongoftearsandfandoms]

Sometimes I wish the Blue Rinse from the beginning of Artemis Fowl: The Opal Deception was real, because some of the apartments I've had, I would have taken the pets and plants out of my unit and Blue Rinsed to kill all the roaches and bedbugs.

[stone-cold-groove]

Mexican Brand Insect Fluid package label - 1915.

[khepiari]

LawLu Fic Idea number: I have lost count!

Entomologist Luffy x Doctor Law on first date.

Thanks to Paris’ bedbug crisis and this tweet thread, and countless more tweets about bedbugs scaring people, I can’t help but think about weirdo X weirdo LawLu on first date. Time to write another entomologist Luffy fic. Sadly I can’t my laptop is broken and I am still sick. 🤒

A fic where both idiots are set up on a blind date. And the moment Law sees Luffy, he is attracted but then Luffy tells him he studies insects and can entertain Law with never ending trivia about bugs, insects and other such creatures. Law being little smug bitch asks Luffy about bedbugs on whims.

Once Luffy begins sharing fascinating and equally creepy bedbug lore on first date with Law, it is game for the doctor.

Since Law is a little weirdo nerd, he will immediately become interested and intrigued. In learning new things lies his true joy.

So they chatter away about bedbugs like it’s the most beautiful creature on the planet while everyone else in the restaurant is horrified and grossed out by their unhinged conversation.

Link to bedbug twitter thread:

https://x.com/blgtylr/status/1709056123079180734?s=46

Yes, I know bedbug crisis is scary, but I am South Asian. And I can’t help but judge the situation with very amused and biased lenses.

Like how does an entire city let a situation grow out of hand? Did you not learn anything from the Black Plague?

[ancientstuff]

Thanks for spreading that particular piece of joy, Romans

[ghostowlattic]

bugbeds

[scidey]

inktember day 22 - scratchy! i've heard there's an outbreak of bedbugs on the london underground - next thing, they'll find their way onto other planets!

[deerspace9]

"evangelion is about trauma" actually a misconception all the mental health issues are the direct result of Misato's bedbugs