Tampa shelter calls pest pros to put bite on bedbugs

By Kim Wilmath, Times Staff Writer Tuesday, September 7, 2010 Chris Lapointe, left, and Cley Hobelmann of Emory Brantley & Sons Termite and Pest Control secure a tent Tuesday at New Beginnings of Tampa before fumigation for bedbugs. TAMPA — They skulked into the North Tampa transitional home a couple of months ago — tiny, silent and thirsty for blood. Bedbugs. Yes, the creepy creatures that ...

Feeling itchy? It could be bedbugs

Bedbug infestations in New York have raised national media attention to the pests, which feed off people’s blood and excruciate people with their bites. But large cities have experienced concerning levels of bed bug cases. And there are signs that the scourge may be beginning to come into Stark County.

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Bedbugs bounce back, and solutions are few

NEW BRUNSWICK (AP) -- Dale Baker, a third-generation exterminator, recalls how his grandfather, who founded the Ohio-based JT Eaton pest control company in 1932, once battled infestations of bedbugs that American GIs were bringing home from World War II.

Pest Control Experts Focus On Bed Bugs

Dale Baker, a third-generation exterminator, recalls how his grandfather, who founded the Ohio-based JT Eaton pest control company in 1932, once battled infestations of bedbugs that American GIs were bringing home from World War II. Christine Persichette has more from the NJ Pest Management Association Convention.