Unseasonable Temps Might Lead To Bed Bugs

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In March, more than 7,500 daily record-high and more than 540 all-time high temperatures were set, according to meteorologists at Weather.com. These unseasonable temperatures can mean the insurgence of bed bugs.

According to ABC News reporting, Timothy Wong, technical director of M&M Pest Control in New York City, said business gets "out of control" in the summer because eggs hatch quicker in warmer weather. In colder temperatures, eggs take between seven and 14 days to hatch, but in the warmth, they hatch in six to 10 days.

Once the temperature hits 65 degrees outdoors, travel increases and facilities see more occupants walking through the doors. Wong comments that during the warmer months, his staff will respond to at least 400 to 500 cases of bed bug infestations each month.

"March has been insane," he said. "The number of cases for us are up 18 percent from last March."

Reports indicate that bed bugs might not be the only insect terror to hit an early upswing. Experts say there may be an early surge of ticks, and in turn, Lyme disease, because of the warm weather.

"Ticks ... are fussy, and high heat, high humidity or cold can dampen, but they are very local in that density of ticks can vary merely hundred yards apart in a given region," Dr. Paul Auwaerter, clinical director of infectious diseases at Johns Hopkins Medical Institute, wrote in an email.

"Warmer weather certainly means an earlier start to the tick season, and I have had patients bringing in ticks as early as the last week of February this year," Auwaerter said. "Whether this translates into more cases of tick-borne infections is unclear."

Research Shows Bed Bugs Can Carry Staph

According to a study conducted by the Natural Link Mold Lab (NLML), Reno, Nev., bed bugs can carry potentially life-threatening bacteria. The study collected several groups of bed bugs gathered from geographically diverse locations. Employing cultures, incubators and petri dishes, the bedbugs were examined for the presence of microbial vectors, including bacteria and yeasts, which were carried by the insects, primarily on their surfaces.

The research documented bed bugs’ ability to transfer live Staphylococcus aureus (staph) cells from a culture to a sterile plate, demonstrating their potential as a bacterial vector. These findings support a different study that detected drug-resistant staphylococcal bacteria (MRSA) in bed bugs. There is the potential that bacteria could be transferred from bed bugs to humans.

“While a bed bug doesn’t inject its saliva into the host as does a mosquito, its mandibles act like a pair of sharp forceps, piercing and tearing the skin, so the potential exists for surface bacteria to enter through the bite,” said Sean Abbott, Ph.D., senior biologist for NLML, in a news release. “This evidence underscores the urgency for employing effective solutions against the pathogens sooner rather than later.”

The study also found that heat was the best result in killing both the bed bugs and bacteria.

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