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Triangle pest experts tackle growing bedbug problem


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Where did they come from? We never used to see this problem.
readerman
June 8, 2011 5:01 p.m.
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Cheap air travel overseas is the biggest reason they have exploded.
bugman27522
June 8, 2011 5:22 p.m.
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"Shelton's company uses a special heat treatment, which sets up rooms like convections ovens and cranks the heat to 150 degrees, which he says no pest can survive. Other pest control companies use toxic chemicals to kill the bugs"

shameless plug
jeff27577
June 8, 2011 5:25 p.m.
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They have been coming from the North along the I-95 corridor and run all the way to South Florida.The beaches in S Fla have a huge problem.This has been reported on WRAL for a couple years now.
Click to view my profile beargun
June 8, 2011 6:06 p.m.
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Gross! I heard NYC had a major bed bug problem as well. :(
Click to view my profile kj90
June 8, 2011 6:36 p.m.
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"Shelton's company uses a special heat treatment, which sets up rooms like convections ovens and cranks the heat to 150 degrees, which he says no pest can survive. Other pest control companies use toxic chemicals to kill the bugs"

shameless plug

maybe but true- only 2 companies at this point use the heat treatment
ncguy
June 9, 2011 9:35 a.m.
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food-grade diatomaceous earth is cheap and works, especially if you catch the problem really early. lots of info online about how to use. you don't have to spend thousands of dollars on bed bugs unless you let the situation get out of control.
Lady
June 9, 2011 9:45 a.m.
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DDT.
Click to view my profile JustAName
June 9, 2011 9:48 a.m.
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That bites!
Click to view my profile fl2nc2ca2md2nc
June 9, 2011 9:51 a.m.
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"The Triangle is among the top 25 metropolitan areas in the country that have exploding bedbug problems."

:):):):):):):):):)

I think this might be an understatement, perhaps...hee hee hee
jaydosse
June 9, 2011 9:51 a.m.
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