The new second edition of the bed bug guide is now available.
This greatly expanded and illustrated second supplement builds on the successful first edition of 2007 Bed bugs and their control aims to bridge the gap between research and pest control.
On 375 pages, fully illustrated with 290 color photos and with extensive checklists, the bed bug handbook is packed with new material on all aspects of bed bugs and their control.
Topics covered include the following:
• Action checklists by location
• Action Plans
• accumulation
• Bed bug activity periods
• Bed Bug Policy
• Bed bugs and health
• Bed insulation
• Recommended course of action
• Biology
• Bite reactions
• Dog scent detection
• Clutter Reduction
• Cold treatments
• Confirm infestation
• Contracts and Service Level Agreements
• Illness
• Disinfestation by washing and drying
• Distribution
• Ecology
• Education and outreach
• Housing
• EPA Exempt Products
• Dietary habits
• Formulations of insecticides
• Fumigation
• Growth and development
• Heat treatment
• Host selection
• Insecticidal effectiveness
• Insecticide Options
• Inspections
• Insurance
• Interception traps
• Complain
• Limited service option
• Low prep option
• Management Plans
• Administration versus Elimination
• Monitoring for bed bugs
• Occupational safety and health protection
• Preparatory requirements
• Preventive treatments
• Professionalism and ethics
• Records
• reinfestation
• Bed bug reservoirs
• Resident cooperation
• Resistance to insecticides
• Signs of bed bugs
• Social and societal impacts
• Specialties
• Standards of care
• Steam treatment
• Education
• Treatment sites • Unreported infestations
• Inappropriate practices and ineffective tools
The book provides professionals with science-based and practical guidance to help them stay current with the ever-changing world of bed bugs and how to combat them.
