A Donut Eaters Official Public Service Announcement

Bed Bugs




Cute? No.
Imaginary? No.
Make for an adorable goodnight rhyme? Not once you've had them.

Facts About Bed Bugs

• They are not a myth, actually they were nearly eradicated in the 50's and 60's by DDT.
  
• They have increased in number 50 fold in the last five years alone.
• You can get them from a hotel just by putting your luggage on the floor.
• Newly hatched bed bugs are tiny and transparent.
• Bedbugs get their reddish brown color after they feed on blood.
• They inject their hosts with a numbing agent so they don't feel the bite and and anticoagulant to increase the blood flow.
  
• Signs that you have bed bugs include tiny blood spots on your sheets and itchy red dots on your skin (sometimes in rows or clusters).
  
• Females lay up to 12 eggs a day.
• Poisons don't effect them.
• They can hide in a space as thin as a single piece of hair.
  
• IKEA furniture does not repel them (in fact they prefer wood and fabric).
• The only way to kill bed bugs is with heat (boiling water and steam work the best).
• If a hotel room is infested with bed bugs they strip and clean that room as well as the room above, below and on either side of it.
  

In short: Bed bugs are tiny, evil vampires that are practically indestructible. Be warned. We learned the hard way.