#Bedbugs

[crtter]

[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]

[cicadian-rhythm]

i love you ants

i love you wasps

i love you bees

i love you weevils

i love you beetles

i love you butterflies

i love you moths.

i love you caddisflies

i love you cockroaches

i love you crickets

i love you grasshoppers

i love you katydids

i love you diplurans!

i love you dragonflies

i love you damselflies

i love you earwigs

i love you fleas

i love you flies

i love you water scorpions

i love you aphids

i love you cicadas

i love you lacewings

i love you lice

i love you mantises

i love you mayflies

i love you alderflies

i love you scorpionflies

i love you stoneflies

i love you termites

i love you thrips

i love you assassin bugs

i love you bedbugs

i love you giant water bugs

i love you stink bugs

i love you leaf insects

i love you spiders

i love you scorpions

i love you mosquitos

i love you mosquito hawks

i love you daddy long legs

i love you ticks

i love you millipedes

i love you centipedes

i love you maggots

i love you locusts

i love you hornets

i love you yellow jackets

i love you ladybugs

i love you pillbugs

i love you giant isopods

i love all of the creepy crawlies and bugs and insects and arachnids... i love you guys...

[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.

[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

[stone-cold-groove]

Mexican Brand Insect Fluid package label - 1915.

[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!

[jentirely-true]

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

[nyan-b1nary]

PSA that Totally Doesn't Have Anything To Do With My Job Today(TM): Please get acquainted with what bedbugs and bedbug bites look like, as well as prevention and removal strategies.

Heat is the only way to reliably kill them, as the chemicals usually only kill ~12% of a bedbug infestation.

Contrary to the name, they do not merely stick to beds; they can be found all over the house but prefer cloth surfaces that have a lot of contact with people.

If you suspect an infestation, look for either actual bedbugs or their spotting in flaps and corners, especially near the head of the bed and backs of the couch.

Below are pictures.

Pictured below is an adult bedbug. They are flat, smaller than a grain of rice, and brown with the signature ribbing on the thorax.

Pictured below is a site of infestation, including their spotting of a cloth surface. This is their feces, which is just the leftovers from blood.

Please do not be afraid or too grossed out to do your own research. If I remember correctly, Mark Rober has a pretty good video on the topic.