BEDBUGS SIMPLIFIED By Dr. George Felfoldi,D.D.,PhD. © 2018, Copyright BEDBUGS SIMPLIFIED COPYRIGHT INFORMATION Copyright © 2018, ALL RIGHTS RESERVED NO PART of this book may be reproduced or Transmitted in any form or by any means, Electronically or mechanically, including Photocopy, recording or any information Storage or retrieval system known or To be invented, without permission in Writing from the author or from the Publisher. “ ALL OTHER copyrights belong To their respected Owners. ” TABLE OF CONTENTS Title Page Sub Title Page Copyright Information Dedication Special Thanks About The Author More Books By The Author Chapter One What Are Bed Bugs? The Origins Of Bed Bugs Tracing The Bed Bugs The Business Of Bed Bugs Eternal Vigilance: The Price Of Freedom From Bedbugs Why Baby Bedbugs Turn Red Sucking Up The Suckers Making The Bed Bug Problem Worse Chapter Two Brief History And Life Cycle Bed Bugs Are Blood-Feeding Insects In The Past Five Years Bed Bugs Can Not Fly Each Bed Bug Feeds About Once Week Bed Bugs Are 5-7 MM In Length Chapter Three How To Move And Leave The Blood-Suckers Behind Free Bed Bug Travel Tips In A Prominent Ontario Resort Dog Sniffs Out Bed Bugs Chapter Four Other Bed Bug History Information Effective Control Of Bed Bugs Introduction Why Have Bed Bugs Returned Why Are Bed Bugs A Problem? Identifying Bed Bugs Lifecycle Eggs Nymphs Adults Chapter Five What You Can Do Around Your Home Controlling Bed Bug Breeding Bites Chemical Control Methods Note: Remember Before Purchasing A Pesticide Product When Using A Pesticide After Handling A Pesticide In Case Of Accidental Poisoning When Disposing Of Pesticides Use Common Sense Chapter Six Bed Bug Biology Causal Agent: Life Cycle Chapter Seven What Can Bed Bugs Do? How Can I Manage Them? Bed Treatment Information Treatment Of Other Items Information More Products Information Chapter Eight Can I Get Sick From Bed Bugs? What Do Bed Bug Bites Look Like? Four Types Of Rashes How Do I Treat Bed Bug Bites? Note: Chapter Nine Bed Bug Checklist Note: Your Bed Bug Checklist Now To Naturally Get Rid Of Bed Bugs Instructions Made Easy Things You Will Need Note: Myths About Bed Bugs Chapter Ten Bed Bug -Cimex Lectularius Scientific Classification Description Physical Feeding Habits Reproduction Life Stages Infestation Cause Detection Management Predators Epidemiology History Society And Culture Naming Chapter Eleven To Get Rid Of Bedbugs Naturally Problems Caused By Bedbugs Signs And Symptoms Of Bedbugs Ways To Get Rid Of Bedbugs Other Natural Remedies What People Say DEDICATION I would like to dedicate this book to my family and friends. SPECIAL THANKS I would like to thank all the people, my family, friends, Companies, and Organization, and Governments that made this book possible. Also all the people that I failed to mention in this listing. The Toronto Public Library System Toronto Public Health -City Of Toronto Health Canada Erno Felfoldi The Wikipedia Foundation Bed Bugs Info Medicine Net Bad Bed Bugs N. Park Dr. Paul Fung, M.D. Andre Skipton ( The Orkin Man ) Ken Alister ( Property Manager) The Massachusetts Health Officers Association The Center For Disease Control (U.S.A.) Margaret MacPhee Canada Bedbugs Pest Control Canada Bruce Watson Michigan Government NJToday Inspector Koby Michael Goldman Province Of British Columbia University Of Minnesota Night Bugs Government Of New Brunswick Alpha Ecological Dr. Melissa Conrad Stoppler, MD Dr. William C. Shiel Jr., MD, FACP, FACR Leap Frog Pest Control Ltd. Leon’s Furniture Ltd. Sears Canada Mark Orwell Healthy And Natural World Dupray Steam Company Utopia Bedding ABOUT THE AUTHOR DR. GEORGE FELFOLDI, Is an Independent Baptist Minister, A musician and song writer, and an Author, who is a native to Toronto, Ontario, Canada. George holds several doctors degrees In various fields of study and has written several books on different subjects such as Occult, Health, Vision Care, Religion, Animals, Herbals,Ships, and also Poetry and Lyrics. George is married and has four grown children. MORE BOOKS BY THE AUTHOR HERE IS A LIST of other books of interest by the same Author. Year 2006 The Powers Of Garlic The Complete Book On Angles Year 2007 The Book Of Spells: White Magic Vs Black Magic Experimenting With The G-Spot Sex Magic The Complete Book On Herbal Magick The Magic Of Having Great Sex Changing The Way We Look At Wolves Cooking With Eggs Cookbook Year 2008 The State Of Man (In Relationship To The Bible) The Healing Powers Of Tomatoes The Schooner, The Bluenose II The Healing Powers Of Mushrooms A Modern Look At ParaPsychology: Exploring Psychic Reality And Psychical Research Year 2009 T he Science Of Mind Transformation A New Look At Scheuermann’s Disease Loch Ness Mystery In Search Of, Mysterious Primates (Facts, Evidence, Sightings) The Healing Powers Of Pineapples The Healing Powers Of Limes The Scottish-Hungarian Cookbook Cooking With Friends Cookbook Spirit Orbs Photography The Secret Of Healthy Living The Healing Powers Of Mr. Garlic The Complete Book On Herbal Magick Spellcasting White & Black Magick The Healing Powers Of Kiwi Fruit A World Of Food Cookbook A Psychic Connection To 2012 Paranormal Phenomenon Levitation Aliens Are Among Us Year 2010 The Devil And His Demons, Activities, Facts & Evidence Year 2012 Bed Bugs In The Woodwork The Cockroach Invasion The Basics Of The Chinese Zodiac Focusing The Mind, The Inner Universe The Healing Properties Of Honey Year 2014 The Toe Nail Fungus Book The Healing Powers Of Peppermint The Healing Powers Of Dandelion The Healing Powers Of Clover Year 2015 The New Age Cookbook From My Table Cookbook Tranquility Of Mind: Modern Lyrics And Poetry Year 2017 Cooking With Your Partner Kimberley's Famous Recipes Year 2018 Arthritis Simplified The Healing Powers Of Water My Scottish Fold Long-Haired Cat The Healing Powers Of Black Pepper The Healing Powers Of Turmeric The Healing Powers Of Coffee An Invisible Wall In Nature Hamsters Simplified Bedbugs Simplified Great Foods Made Easy CHAPTER ONE 1 WHAT ARE BED BUGS? Here in Canada bed bugs are making a comeback. People are travelling more than ever before world wide, and bed bugs are hitching rides on clothing and luggage. These tiny insects can also be found everywhere from homeless shelters to high class hotels to single family dwellings to public transportation, in schools, apartments, and shopping malls. They are moved from room to room on infected objects. Anyone can also get an infestation of bed bugs and this not mean (a lack of cleanliness). Adult bed bugs are about the same size and shape as an apple seed. These insects have an oval, broad, flat body and a short, broad head. Bed bugs cannot easily climb metal or highly polished surfaces and they cannot fly or jump. Prior to feeding, these adult bed bugs are about ¼ inch long and flat as paper. Unfed adults are approximately 6 to 10 mm long, they are brown and wingless. After they feed, they swell slightly in size and they darken to a blood-red colour. The nymphs are shaped like the bigger adults, but they are yellow-white in colour. The bed bugs eggs are white, pear-shaped and about the size of a pinhead and is about 1 mm long or (1/25 inch), and they are most impossible to see on some surfaces. The female lays at lease 200 to 400 of these eggs in her lifetime, depending on food supply and temperature at a rate of about 2 to 4 per day. The bed bug eggs have a sticky coating on them and they are placed in cracks and crevices, behind woodwork and any other hiding place that they find. They usually hatch between 6 to 17 days. Newly hatched nymphs feed as soon as food is available. A bed bug goes through five different moults or (shedding its skin) before they can reach full maturity. These adults actually live for around 10 months, but they also can live for a year or longer and can breed year round in a home where the environment is good for reproduction (they like temperatures between 21 degrees and 28 degrees C). Bed bugs can live from several weeks up to roughly a year and a half without feeding. THE ORIGINS OF BED BUGS Bed bugs are tiny, wingless creatures that are scientifically labeled as “Cimex Lectularis”. These insects are very small that you can hardly look at them with your bare eyes. These creatures are organisms that come from the world of insects. There are millions of species of insects, both large and small, and it is a wonder how each has its own noteworthy attribute or its own characteristics. In the United States and Canada, statistics and pest control authorities claim that the bed bugs ceased to exist after the World War II in the 1940s. Before the World War, cases of bed bugs were so rampart, but people’s cooperation and breakthroughs in controlling these pests helped curtail bed bug infestation post war. Some people and experts might be asking the question, if the bed bugs did not exist in this country during that time, where do our modern bed bugs come from?