This Top Ten List on bed bugs first aired on the Late Show exactly two years ago today. We’re glad that David Letterman and his writing staff have such a clever and funny way of reflecting current sensibilities and concerns. And to see where this all began, we flashback to the first Top Ten List
This weekend WNBC 4 – New York and WABC-7 Eyewitness News both reported on how chemicals used in a bed bug treatment of units in an Elizabeth, NJ apartment caused illness in residents and public officials. Quoting the two news accounts: EMT and firefighters first responded to the building in Elizabeth after receiving a report
We often receive the question if people can simply vacuum their homes in order to solve their bed bug problems. Bell Environmental believes that people should vacuum their homes once you learn you have bed bugs, but vacuuming is not a solution to a bed bug problem. In preparation for and not as a substitute
Here’s another 1980s band, Oingo Boingo, that we’re including in our Insect Music series. Enjoy the video, “Insects” and your weekend!
Thanks for the Facebook fan of Roscoe the Bed Bug Dog who requested we use Echo & the Bunnymen’s “Bedbugs and Ballyhoo” as our latest Friday Insect Music video. Enjoy this flashback to the alternative 80s song, complete with the original MTV labels. (BTW, no one ever described a bed bug of having “Lips Like
A concerned bed bug victim emailed us, “I’ve detected bed bugs in my laptop and I want to know how to go about fixing this problem.” Good question! Bed Bugs can and do occupy electronics and computers. This victim rightfully pointed out that bed bugs can and do live in any cracks and crevices of
For our latest Insect Music Friday, and in memory of Robin Gibb Here’s the Bee Gees’ ”You Should Be Dancing.” (We know he passed away a few weeks ago, but we had other music to cover before we got to disco.) We hope you have a great weekend.
People consume insects in many parts of the world as a protein source. A large and increasingly demanded source of protein is livestock, which human societies increasingly desire as their incomes expand. In fact, global meat consumption has doubled on per capita basis in the developing world in the last 20 years. The United Nations
Today in our Insect Music series we flashback 31 years to the New Wave era, specifically to the first music video that was ever shown on MTV: The Buggles’ “Video Killed the Radio Star.” It’s not the video that we remember having aired after the MTV Rocket-ship and Moonman this week in 1981, (specifically on
Super Grover is the superhero persona of Sesame Street’s Grover. Super Grover uses his superpowers to help others, though generally he ends up not being much help at all. In the 2010 season of Sesame Street, Super Grover received an upgrade and his own segment as Super Grover 2.0. Super Grover 2.0 uses his superpowers