A woman named Heather Szilagyi posted pictures of bed bug bites on her 7-year-old, alleging her whole family got chomped on while flying British Airways from Canada to Slovakia earlier this month. Bed bugs: they have lift-off.
Because New York is a city where tired and poor bed bugs are always looking for a place to rest their six legs and sink their teeth into some flesh, Cosmopolitanâin cooperation with Bare Mineralsâhas built a giant bed in the middle of Times Square. Crawl in and catch some Zs, everybody!
If youâve had bed bugs, you know that the damage they inflict is largely psychological. Yes, they feed on human blood, and if you are allergic the bite marks they leave can blow up to painful welts, but long after youâve healed, long after theyâve been exterminated from your living space, their presence lingers. AnyâŚ
A British Airways plane was taken out of service last week after bed bugs were discovered when the crew tried to stuff extra large carry-ons into an overhead compartment.
Dogs claim to be âmanâs best friend,â but tell that to James Behan, a New Yorker whoâs seemingly so attached to his bedbugs that he refused the services of an exterminator and let the infestation in his apartment persist to the point that his landlord filed a lawsuit.
No creature provokes such astronomical panic while presenting such infinitesimal physical danger like the bedbug, an insect linked to no diseases whatsoever. Bedbugs irritate, certainly: they bite your legs, disturb your sleep. But the extreme fear of themâthe sense of shame that surrounds a bedbug infestationâstemsâŚ
New York City's bed bug scare is not over. The little bloodsuckers are reportedly spreading across the city via the subway system â and it's not just the N train.
Jolie Kerr is a cleaning expert and advice columnist. She'll be here every other week helping to answer your filthiest questions. Are you dirty? Email her.
Remember the horrible bed bug invasion that was going to plunge New York into the Age of the Insect, when all Gothamites would have to feed their mattresses to the insatiable Bed Bug Queen living in the subway tunnels? It was going to be terrible, and then, magically, bed bugs vanished from the news...until now.
Want a free bed bug with your Urban Outfitters Navajo panties? Probably not. But if you shop at one Urban Outfitters in downtown Manhattan, you might not have a choice; the store has been dealing with the parasitic insects for months and refuses to take the issue seriously, even though two employees have confirmedâŚ
Oh, hey there. Had you managed to forget about the constant threat of bed bugs for even one second? Hahaha, of course not. You are always aware that your home could be invaded at any time, turning what was once your comfort zone into your own personal nightmare mansion. Well, you should continue to be paranoid aboutâŚ
"Yesterday, an insect â suspected of being a bed bug" was found in a classroom at the Fashion Institute of Technology. The bug was captured and no others were found â but just to be safe, everyone should probably panic.
In her Nerve advice column, Kate Sullivan discusses proper sexual etiquette during a bedbug infestation, like whether or not you're obliged to tell a one-night stand. (Answer: "Only if you're serious. If not, just have sex in the kitchen.")
Trust us, by the time you read this, someone you know will have discovered the telltale trio of welts and known, with a sinking heart, that they were infested. Especially if you live in one of these ten cities!
Elle staffers are working from home this week after bedbugs were discovered in the mag's Manhattan offices. The infestation was confirmed by a "specially trained sniffing beagle" and treated. Expect to see a beauty feature on combating unsightly bites.
