Residing on two opposing sides of the pop culture spectrum, bed bugs made appearances in both The New Yorker and The Onion this week alone. The piece in The Onion was (gasp!) a farce about Joe Biden bringing in a, "...discarded recliner chair," into the white house which resulted in an unaccounted for, "...series of red welts on his arms." This common New York-centric practice is something many of us have obviously retired recently in the wake of this current bed bug scare.
Far on the other side and found in The Talk of The Town section of The New Yorker, Meribah Knight's recent article discussed Carolyn Klass's soon to be retired insect ID lab at Cornell. According to the article, Carolyn Klass,
"...for the past thirty-eight years has been Cornell University’s diagnostician for insect pests." For a fee of $25 you can send her your samples and she'll tell you what you've stumbled upon. Coincidentally, this is also a service that we offer at M&M Environmental - but you can send in or bring your samples by in person, free of charge.
Our entomologists and bug experts that we have on staff will be able to identify the species and genus of your sample, and help provide answers about your mysterious new roommate's origin. We'll also soon be launching a function of our web site that will allow you to upload photos of your samples to send them our way at the simple click of a button. All free of charge.
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If you find an insect in your home and are concerned it may be a bed bug, check with your local Health Department, or Vector Control agency. Often they will have an entomologist (bug scientist) on staff who can identify your bug for you. If you mail your sample, put it in a pill bottle and mail it. It may be crushed in an envelope. You can find photos of bed bugs at www.bedbugsnorthwest.com.
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