FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

January 5, 2009; Springfield, MA
American Pest Solutions Uses Dog To Combat Bedbug Outbreak

American Pest Solutions, Inc. of Springfield has entered into a partnership with New England Canine Detectives for the use of a bedbug detecting dog in its effort to combat the area’s rapidly growing bedbug infestation.

“Bingo”, a NESDECA certified search dog is a beagle specifically trained to locate bedbugs. American Pest Solutions teams will use Bingo to quickly and efficiently locate bedbug infestations in homes and businesses without using pesticides.

American Pest Solutions President, Bob Russell, commented on the growing problem of bedbugs in Western Massachusetts. “We’re experiencing a bedbug epidemic around here, just like the rest of the country is. It’s a much hardier, more resistant strain of bedbugs that we’re dealing with now and they multiply rapidly. You need to find them quickly. For that, a dog like Bingo is unbeatable.”

Bedbug Facts:
  • Bedbugs are wingless insects of the family cimicidae.
  • Adults are the size of an apple seed, with a flat, oval, reddish-brown body.
  • Bedbugs feed on human and animal blood, are active at night and will bite any areas of
    exposed skin.
  • Bedbugs can infest a home and hide in crevices and cracks around beds and furniture.
  • Bites may go unnoticed, or result in localized swelling and itching. Areas may become infected when scratched.
  • Bedbugs are not believed to transmit diseases to humans.
  • Females lay from 200 to 500 eggs which hatch in about ten days.
  • Bedbugs can exist without food for as long as 550 days.
  • Bedbug can ingest six times its weight in blood and will feed from 3 to 10 minutes.
  • Adult bedbugs live about ten months, with three to four generations per year.

American Pest Solutions, Inc, located on Williams Street in Springfield, was founded in 1913 by Abraham Russell. The family owned business is now managed by the fourth generation of the Russell family. The company was awarded the prestigious Torch Award, the Better Business Bureau’s highest award for business integrity for 2008.

For additional information contact:
Robert D. Russell, BCE
President
American Pest Solutions
169 William Street
Springfield, MA 01105
(413) 784-0044
russellbce@pestsol.com