Posted on 10/23/2011 7:15:22 AM PDT by PJ-Comix
That’s a very simple truth, but it will never stop people from telling you that insects are “evolving” resistance to insecticides or bacteria are “evolving” resistance to antibiotics. The mutation that confers resistance to such things also results in a weaker organism under normal circumstances. Only when they are given an unusual advantage (such as the introduction of pesticides and antibiotics) are they able to reproduce.
I feel your pain... get some of that foam to try to plug up any holes...
It’s Sunday morning. Why so grumpy?
You are either going to have to get a high temperature thermostat that lets you set it at 120 or you are going to just have to bypass it and risk burning your house down.
You are also going to have to make sure there are no bugs or eggs in any of the stuff you take to the motel.
You are also going to have to make sure there are no bugs or eggs in any of the stuff you bring back from the (likely) infested motel.
The Obama Index Factor. Fast and Furious Bed Bugs.
Nooooo! I hadn't even thought of that and I borrow books every week! I'm so obsessed about getting those buggers I won't travel to hotels anymore. When my daughter comes home from school she has to leave her stuff outside until I look at it.... I know I have a mental problem about this.
Not sure I follow you but that is textbook evolution. Also, mutations don’t always result in a weaker organism that can’t reproduce other than under those circumstances. Mutations are simply changes, some are weaker, some aren’t.
Libraries are a big issue.
http://bedbugger.com/2009/09/23/denver-public-library-book-return-infested-with-bed-bugs
My parents told me they rented a furnished house back in the 30’s when they were first married. It had bed bugs so they took the mattress and springs outside and set fire to them. My dad always was a kind of a practical take-charge kind of guy!
You’re right.
It looks like there are a number of web sites for reporting them.
I’m right. Not left.
Thanks for the advice.
The little buggers are too small for me to blast with my 9mm!
Bfl
Thanks for posting that.
Think about it... children’s books are borrowed quite frequently and usually left in a child’s bedroom. So, a few of those buggers getting into the pages is more common than not. Don’t think you have a mental problem at all... if you do then I’m right with you. I constantly check my children’s heads for lice... especially in the Fall and in the Spring. Right now... I am itchy just reading this post. LOL!!
Bookmark for later reference.
Your Dad was definitely a smart guy... he figured out “heat” killed them in the 30’s!! What is weird to me is for so many years, I thought they were just something of “ancient” times. “Night, night, don’t let the bedbugs bite” was just a silly, children’s poem. Not anymore!
A little DDT will beat them back.
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