by John Bozarjian | Aug 8, 2022 | Bed Bugs, Blog
For thousands of years, the common bed bug (Cimex lectularius) has been infesting human living conditions where the parasitic pests wait until their host is sleeping before feeding on his/her nutritious blood. After bed bugs reemerged throughout the US two decades ago...
by John Bozarjian | Jun 11, 2022 | Bed Bugs, Blog
Bed bugs are small, flat insects with an oval-shaped body. They do not have wings, but the adults do have wing pads, which are an evolutionary vestige, and which never develop into fully functional wings. They are usually brown in coloration when they are adults, and...
by John Bozarjian | Dec 5, 2021 | Bed Bugs, Blog
Considering that bed bugs are one of the most commonly managed insect pests within homes and buildings throughout the United States today, it’s hard to believe that bed bug infestations were virtually unheard of in the country just two decades ago. A 2015 survey...
by John Bozarjian | Jul 20, 2021 | Bed Bugs, Blog
Bed bugs are one of the most managed insect pests within homes throughout the US, and they are common in many other regions of the world as well. Unlike most insect pests, bed bugs naturally dwell indoors where they proliferate rapidly and inflict bites to sleeping...
by John Bozarjian | Jul 12, 2021 | Bed Bugs, Blog
Until the 1990s, bed bugs had been largely forgotten in American society, but the bloodsucking creatures have reemerged to become the most significant indoor pests of the 21st century. The reason for their reemgence is not entirely due to the banning of DDT, an...