A bedbug epidemic bites New York

timesonline ^ | May 31, 2010

[Freddd]

Bring back DEET.

[firebrand]

Good idea if that would work.

[Nik Naym]

“...first war for oil”

Sounds like a leftist code phrase.

Did you just out yourself or did I just miss the sarcasm?

[YHAOS]

Progressive cooties?

[muggs]

Never stay at a hotel without pulling the covers off the beds and checking, especially along the mattress and box spring welting. Also look behind the headboard. Don’t bring in any luggage until you do. Remove pillowcases and check the pillows. This is no guarantee but it’s better than not doing it.

[FroggyTheGremlim]

My buddy has a friend who got bitten by a Brown Recluse spider - it happened in a hunting cabin in Tionesta, PA.

[onona]

sarcin out...your disorder is MY disorder. First time laughing at a tagline ! From one SA to another :)

[Grizzled Bear]

If you heat up the inside of your residence to 120 degrees F for an hour that’ll get rid of ‘em!

Dust off and nuke it from orbit. It's the only way to be sure.

[ladyvet]

I won’t stay in hotels anymore because I can’t sleep thinking about them. I also heard they have been found in moving vans....ain’t diversity grand?

[raybbr]

Oh, great. Now I’m completely freaked out.

Follice mites - everyone has them.

Mites are small creatures visually similar to insects but with four pairs of legs instead of three. Many mites are parasites of animals and plants: Demodex folliculorum and Demodex brevis are parasites of humans. These two microscopic mite species live on the face, tucked into the hair follicles. They are referred to as demodex mites, follicle mites, or face mites.

Where do face mites live?

A hair follicle is a long narrow tube leading down from the skin surface to the root of the hair. Branching off the side of the hair follicle quite near the surface is a sebaceous gland that continually produces sebum, a fatty secretion to moisturize and protect the skin. While hair follicles and sebaceous glands occur virtually all over the body, follicle mites seem to have a predilection for the follicles and glands of the face. Early research indicted that they are most numerous around the nose and eyes, but some recent studies have found the highest numbers on the cheeks and forehead.

Follicle mites are long and thin—the better to fit inside a long thin hair follicle—with their four pairs of legs right up at the head end and the rest of their tubular body dragging behind. Demodex brevis mites live in the sebaceous glands while D. folliculorum mites occupy the hair follicles—both species feed on sebaceous secretions and dead skin cells, both reproduce in the follicle or gland, and both occasionally leave the follicle and travel across the skin to a new follicle.

Who has face mites?

Demodex mites are very common in humans. The older you are, the more likely you are to have a few mites living in your follicles, with some sources stating that virtually all senior citizens have them. Follicle mites are passed directly person to person through skin contact or on shared towels and other fabrics.

[raybbr]

Bring back DEET.

I think you mean DDT!?!?

[Clintons Are White Trash]

I got some bites in a very nice Courtyard Marriot in Kansas City - thank heaven I didn’t bring any home with me!!

[JoeProBono]

Face Mite

[raybbr]

My second grade son has a book entitled “Microscopic Monsters”. The face mite is where I first saw them. Utterly annoying as I am sure I have them because my eyelash follicles itch all the time.

[Grizzled Bear]

I brought em back from The Kingdom after the first war for oil. A fooking nightmare to get rid of.....

Sumwon smelz funnee...

[Darksheare]

War for oil?
Care to explain?
And when was this little fantasy supposed to have occured?

[JoeProBono]

The Peacock Mite. These live on citrus fruits

[Grizzled Bear]

My buddy has a friend who got bitten by a Brown Recluse spider - it happened in a hunting cabin in Tionesta, PA.

A Moose bit my Sister. No, really!

[raybbr]

The Peacock Mite.

Sure that's not a pinata?