| Currently, there is no requirement to report bedbug infestations to any public health or other government agency. |
| It pays to note that high-test gasoline, calcium cyanide and DDT were three of the best bedbug eradicators. |
| The excrement of a bedbug gives a characteristic speckled appearance to their harbourages. |
| No bigger than an apple seed, the bedbug is descended from plant-feeding insects that evolved skin-piercing mouthparts for sucking up blood. |
| The bedbug has been accused of transmitting plague, relapsing fever and other diseases. |
| New studies should aim to characterise the nature and treatment of unusual, extreme or very persistent bedbug bites. |
