Useful Links

Bed Bugs

Guidelines for Prevention and Management of Bed Bugs in Shelters and Group Living Facilities” – a guide that is useful for anyone trying to battle bed bugs, especially apartment dwellers.

Frequently Asked Questions about bed bugs from Cornell University’s IPM Program site:

Videos

Ask the Exterminator – Rick Steinau’s video about how to inspect your hotel room

Watch a training workshop about bed bugs, from the University of Maryland’s Home and Garden Resources Center

Check out entomologist Lou Sorkin’s bed bug colony, with commentary from Author Dr. Bill Schutt.

Fact sheets

University of Minnesota Extension site about bed bugs:

The Ohio State University Extension bed bug fact sheet

Cornell University – Insect Diagnostic Laboratory Bed Bug Fact Sheet

Harvard University

Blogs and current events: A very complete and accurate roundup of all things bed bug, including photographs, links to videos, message boards, news, frequently asked questions, and links to quality advice.

A New York bed bug policy advocacy blog and an excellent read.

The Bed Bug Resource – another blog based in Canada

Information about pesticides: The National Pesticide Information Center

Other Pests

Various home and garden questions. See the University of Maryland’s Home and Garden Resource Center

Virginia Tech has a simple diagnotic site for structural pests

Ants

Ant control for homeowners:

http://www.ipm.ucdavis.edu/PMG/PESTNOTES/pn7411.html http://www.extension.umn.edu/distribution/housingandclothing/m1166.html http://www.ca.uky.edu/entomology/entfacts/ef619.asp

Ant identification:

http://lancaster.unl.edu/est/ants/

Allegheny Mound ants:

http://www.uri.edu/ce/factsheets/sheets/alleganyant.html http://www.ca.uky.edu/entomology/entfacts/ef015.asp

Carpenter ants:

http://www.extension.umn.edu/distribution/housingandclothing/dk1015.html

Pharaoh ants:

http://entnemdept.ufl.edu/creatures/urban/ants/pharaoh_ant.htm

Thief ants:

http://urbanentomology.tamu.edu/ants/thief.cfm

Odorous house ant:

http://urbanentomology.tamu.edu/ants/odorous_house.cfm

A very complete treatment of common house-infesting ants, from the University of California

Universities

Clemson University Department of Entomology

Cornell University Department of Entomology

Penn State University Department of Entomology

Rutgers Department of Entomology

University of Kentucky Department of Entomology

University of Maryland Department of Entomology

University of Maryland Home and Garden Information Center