New York Bed Bugs

Help for homeowners,

Managers and Tenants

Using this guide

1 Identify Bedbugs

What bugs grow and reproduce two

The health effects of bed bugs 3

Block bedbugs from weeds 3

Home

Inspection of bedbugs 4

Getting rid of bed bugs 6

About the use of pesticides 7

What can we do supports 8

the work of a professional

Trap and Kill Bugs 9

Clean and disinfect 10

Seal cracks and crevices 11

Dispose of infested objects 11

Owners and property managers can do 12

For more information, inside back cover

Contents

With this guide

Bug infestations are becoming more common

City of New York. There are steps you can take to

to prevent bed bugs from infesting your home. When

bugs are present, they can be safely controlled.

This guide will help you:

1. Learn more about bed bugs and how they develop.

2. Avoid the bugs that infest your house.

3rd Safely rid your home of bed bugs if they do it anyway.

4th Choose and work with a professional pest control.

Recognize a Bed Bug

Its appearance

Bedbugs are small insects that feed

primarily on human blood. A new outbreak

Bedbugs is a semi-transparent, light-tan

color and size of a poppy seed. Adult

Bed bugs are flat, have rusty-red

oval body, and are the size of a

apple seed.

Bed bugs can easily be confused with

Small other household pests, including

carpet beetles, spider beetles, and recently

born roaches (nymphs).

Its marking, feces

and eggs

Blood stains, feces and eggs can

Several locations, including:

• seams and folds of mattresses, sheets, pillow

case and upholstered furniture.

• cracks and crevices in furniture.

• hugging the walls.

Dermestidae

Spider beetle cockroach nymph

(Youth)

Adult bed bugs

(Fed & Fasting)

Its bite

Some people do not react to bed bug bites.

But for those who do not, bite marks can

appear within minutes or days, usually

where the skin is exposed during sleep. The

may be small bumps or large bumps that itch.

Welts usually disappear within a few

days. Because the bite may resemble

mosquitoes and other insect bites, a bulge

Welt or one does not mean that there

bed bugs.

How do bed bugs grow and multiply

Bedbugs are more active when we sleep. They crawl over the exposed

the skin, injecting a mild anesthetic and aspirate a small amount of blood.

Most people do not feel the true bite.

Bed bugs grow and need a blood meal to lay their eggs. The female lays

5-7 eggs per week, and if fed, will create 200-500 egg in their lives. Eggs

take about 10 days to hatch. Bed bugs are fully developed in 2-4

months and can live up to one year.

The second phase of egg

Nymph

Step

Nymph

Third phase

Nymph

Step Four

Nymph

Step Five

Nymph

Adult

Health Effects bugs

Although bed bugs and their bites are a nuisance, are not

known to spread disease.

• bed bug bites can be very uncomfortable and itchy. Most of the welts heal

few days, but in unusual cases can last several Welt

weeks. In general, an anti-itch cream helps, but if you bite

of infection, people should see their doctor.

• The fear of being bitten can lead to insomnia, which

can affect the total well-being. Appropriately and effectively respond to

Bed bugs help keep the anxiety under control.

Some people become so desperate that they are using illegal or

excessive amounts of pesticides, which can lead to poisoning.

This guide gives advice on how to get rid of bed bugs safely.

Prevent bugs by

They infest your home

Bed bugs can come home by hooking on applied research

furniture, luggage and clothing and travel

along the wires and cables.

• Never place the bed frames, mattresses, box springs

or upholstered furniture in the street are

your home.

• Check all the furniture used or hired out for bed bugs.

• When traveling, inspect the bed and furniture.

Keep your luggage off the floor and the bed and check the

them before you leave.

• If you suspect that you have about bedbugs,

immediately wash and dry your clothes in hot water

settings or save it in a sealed plastic bag until

you can.

• Seal cracks with caulk, even if

do not have bedbugs. This will help prevent bed

insects and other pests from coming in.

4

Checkmattresses, docks,

bed frames and bedding

• Check the top and bottom

seams, tufts and tears

on the covers of mattresses

and box.

• Look under the bed

and along the bed frame

and ends.

• Use the check-in Flash

cracks and crevices in

furniture, windows and

doorframes.

• Slide a spatula, an old

subway or playing cards

cracks and crevices to compel

Bugs in. A hot dryer

low setting

also work. If no live insects

leaves, crush them with a

paper towel and discard

far outside your building.

• Remove drawers

furniture and check

inside, above and below,

collections and even screw

holes.

Check for cracks and crevices in furniture bedroom, ground

skirting boards and cornices tables, windows and doors

Inspection of bugs

Look for bed bugs, blood stains, feces and eggs (a flashlight and a

magnifying glass will help). Start by looking at an area around 10-20 meters

where you sleep or sit. This is the distance one normally travel bug.

Keep a written record of each room and where you will find signs

and bed bugs. Share this professional pest control record.

• Remove and check

zippers, seams and

clusters in the Box

upholstered furniture

and frames.

Check the walls and

Tapestries

• Use the crevice tool

check boxes, posters,

tables and mirrors.

• Check for cracks in plaster

and peeling wallpaper.

• Examine the face plates

sockets and light

switches (sight only -

Do not insert anything

areas with son). See

telephones, clocks, smoke

detectors and toys.

Get rid of bed bugs

If you have bedbugs, do not be ashamed. Anyone can get

bugs. Notify your landlord and neighbors. The world soon

meet, all the more successful it is.

Choose and work with a pest control company

Infestations of bed bugs typically require trained, certified

professional pest management, also known as exterminators. Tenants

whose owners do not respond quickly to complaints of bed bugs can

call 311 and file a complaint with the Department of Housing Preservation

and development, and may also hire their own professionals.

There are many pest control companies and professionals licensed pest

in the area of ​​New York. All is not well trained in the use of bed

bugs. To get rid of bed bugs, you must choose the right company, be

aware of what you do and monitor performance.

Choose a good professional ...

• Finding a reliable company through referrals, directories,

professional associations, and make sure they have received

at www.dec.ny.gov.

• Interview several companies before choosing. Ask about their

training, and their approach to control bedbugs. Do

Follow those described in this guide.

• Agree a plan of service and costs. Wait at least two treatment

visits and the third visit by checking to see that bed bugs are

eliminated. Attack or dirty apartments can take

more visits to remove bugs.

A good company ...

• Inspect your property before giving a quote or to initiate any

spraying.

• Provide a written inspection report and an action plan of how

prepare to treat and prevent further attacks.

• Base price of the auction results of the check, no fixed payments. Cheaper

services are rarely the best.

• Visit often, until the job is done.

• Hire qualified, trained professionals pest control.

• to educate, how to avoid bugs.

• Work with you until the bugs are gone.

• treat you with respect.

To report or ask questions about pesticide exposure,

Call Poison Control Center 24 hours a day:

• Calls English speaking, call: (212) toxins (764-7667)

• Spanish speaking, call: (212) poisons (836-3667)

For more information on the label

call the National Clearinghouse on pesticides

(800) 858-7378.

Bug infestations generally require the use of

pesticides. Only professionals need apply pesticides

of bed bugs. Foggers and bombs are not errors

effective against them.

Ask the pros:

• Use the least toxic pesticides for bugs labeled

be effective.

• Follow all instructions and warnings on product labels.

• tell you when it is safe to return to a parlor.

• Never spray the top of mattresses or sofas, and if

necessary to use small amounts of pesticides on

only possible angle.

About the use of pesticides

What can we do support

work done by a professional

Everyone should learn how to identify bed bugs, and control.

Cleaning and disinfection will help prevent bugs and spread

but can not get rid of them all.

• torch light

• Small mirror

ideally, one with a

handle, available

hardware

shops

• Lupa

• Hairdryer

• Paper towels

• Vacuum with

crevice tool;

brush and a lot of

vacuum cleaner bags

• putty knife

card games or

Metro Charter

crevice tool

• garbage bags

• Plastic Packaging

Bands, cockroaches

sticky traps or

Mouse Glue

boards

• Bucket

soap and water

and a sponge

Tools to help

Trap and kill bugs

• Group bugs cracks and crevices with a putty knife or

Playing cards and old underground, or hot air from a hair dryer

low setting. Fang them with tape or crush them in

paper towels. The heat of drying after killing the bugs

30 seconds of continuous contact.

Clean and disinfect

• Dispose of cut squares

The bugs can hide. Once you have them checked

bugs, you should consider putting non-essential

Business in storage until the bugs

are away from home. Check all items

before returning.

• Wipe dead insects, blood stains, egg

and feces with hot soapy water.

• Wash all items shows the spots of bed bugs

in hot water (140 ° F) and dry on the highest

establish at least 20 minutes. Other

Clean the elements suspected of having bedbugs

should be placed in a hot dryer for at least

20 minutes to kill bed bugs. After drying

Store items in sealed plastic bags until you

Ensure that you get rid of bugs m.

• Vacuum carpets, floors, bed frames,

furniture, cracks and crevices daily, using

brush and crevice tool. Empty

vacuum or seal and dispose of her purse

outside their home after each use.

• Connect the infested mattresses and box springs

on a deck called "allergen nominal"

"For dust mites," or "bugs" in

at least one full year. Periodically check the tears

or openings, and tape in place.

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Seal cracks and crevices

• Repair cracks in plaster,

repair or remove

loose wallpaper and

press the light switch

cover.

• Use caulk to seal

cracks and joints

baseboards and openings

on shelves or cabinets.

Dispose of infested items

• Usually, it is not necessary

to get rid of furniture or

Bed linen when the first signs of

bed bugs. Cleaning and

together often enough.

• Box springs should

be discarded if

can not be covered and

is strongly attacked.

• Use plastic sheeting

(Reduce / pallet wrap) or

firmly placed in plastic

any items to bags

discarded. Label with

a sign that says "infested

with insects. "

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Owners and property managers can not

• provide information to tenants

of bugs. Share this guide.

• Encourage everyone to report

Bed bugs, once they know

of a problem.

• Notify tenants, and to inspect all

adjacent units above and

below apartments found

have bugs.

• Hire a professional pest control

to deal with bed bugs. Beware of

companies that make unrealistic

argues that bed bugs can be controlled

with one visit.

• Helping tenants if they can not

move furniture themselves or

Need help getting rid of clutter.

• provide notice of

designed for the use of pesticides.

• Review the vacancy, and if

necessary to deal with devices to ensure

no bugs or other

parasites before renting.

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Healthy Homes Guide

For additional copies of this guide,

Call 311 and ask for a copy of

"To prevent and get rid of bed bugs in security."

For more information on bedbugs and other pests

is available on the http://nyc.gov/health.

To report or inquire about pesticide exposure,

call the New York City Poison Control Center

at (212) Poisons.

For more information about?

House Keeping

Healthy and safe

Key messages

Bedbugs

• Learn to identify signs of bedbugs.

• The living conditions of sale do not cause bed bugs, but clean

and removal of clutter will help control them.

• Anyone can get bedbugs. Seek help immediately if

find them.

• Seal cracks and small holes will help reduce the hidden

sites and avoid bugs crawling between the

apartments.

• Work with your neighbors, the owner and pests

supplier management. Getting rid of bedbugs needs

participation of all.

• Do not use pesticide sprays or pumps to control pests.

May worsen the conditions.

• It is difficult but not impossible to get rid of bed bugs.

The advice in this guide will help you.

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Michael R. Bloomberg

Mayor

Facility

Mental Health &

Hygiene

Thomas Farley, MD, MPH

Commissioner

Ministry of

Housing Preservation

& Development

Rafael E. Cestero

Commissioner