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myFOXaustin.com (AUSTIN,TX) – A group of Austin residents said they’re still getting eaten alive by bed bugs, more than a year after a FOX 7 News investigation exposed an infestation inside their apartments. “They’ll spray, but there’s nothing you can do to get rid of them,” said apartment guest Kelly Davila Monday. Davila said her […]

By Jim Swift – KXAN Austin, TX – July 22, 2010 AUSTIN (KXAN) – In one of the bedrooms of a University of Texas area housing co-op, a technician stares at a computer screen. It’s covered with readouts from sensors placed in other rooms up and down the hall. The sensors monitor the heat in each

It’s an epidemic sweeping across Texas: bed bugs. Chances are at some point this summer the tiny blood sucking pests could invade your sleep time. That is unless a certain 4-legged solution comes to the rescue. There are only two dogs in the entire state that have the ability to sniff out bed bugs, and

SAN ANTONIO — Lenny, an energetic Jack Russell terrier, has a job that can make your skin crawl. He sniffs out blood-sucking bedbugs. Canines are the latest four-legged weapon in the battle against the six-legged parasites. “He’s been trained to sense the bedbugs with his nose,” said Mark Stanford, manager at Pest Management Corp (a

Texas real estate investors, pay attention to Sarah McElwee. Know how bedbugs are invading our homes, offices, stores, dorms, theaters, churches and even our food system? Sarah wants to change real estate leases because of bedbugs. The woman is on a mission I am holding in high regard these days: she wants to stave off

Bed bug infestations are on the rise. Traditional chemical treatments may not get rid of all the pests. One Texas company is turning up the heat on these household pests. View the full story, as featured on Austin’s KXAN NBC news:

Austin pest control companies have received a boost in business in recent months from property owners who believe they may have blood-sucking bedbugs in their homes and offices. And they expect those calls to keep coming. Nevertheless, Brian DiCicco, CEO of Pest Management Inc., said the problem has stayed under the radar in Texas, although

The growing bedbug epidemic can have a disastrous effect on businesses. How to prevent, detect, and eliminate the bloodsucking threat. If Alfred Hitchcock were still around and looking for another nature-run-amok story (think: The Birds), he would probably dream up a thriller called The Bedbugs. Because if you’ve ever had bedbugs, you may start to

Bedbugs are gifted hitchhikers. They don’t hop or fly but they sure can crawl, especially when motivated by the promise of a good hiding place, such as your checked baggage. While your bag is in the plane’s cargo hold bedbugs “may have hitchhiked on someone else’s luggage on the plane and transferred to yours,” suggests

Question: We are planning a trip to New York City next summer. Is there a list of bedbug-free hotels? How can we protect ourselves? – S. Penza, Camarillo Answer: Bedbugs have become such an issue that several websites have sprung up to help travelers scope out hotels at their destination. Check outBedbugregistry.com andBedbugreports.com, and also look at TripAdvisor.com (search