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How to treat bed bug bites and other bed bug FAQs

What should I do if I have bed bug bites? Bed bug bites do not typically require treatment. It is best to clean the bite site(s) with soap and water and avoid scratching so as to prevent secondary infection. Progressive swelling, warmth, tenderness and sometimes (albeit rarely) fever may be signs of secondary infection, which should be managed with antibiotics as appropriate. Much more common are complaints of itching. For severe itching, topical steroid creams or oral antihistamines may offer relief from itching and thus decrease the risk of infecting the bite site.
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The return of cicadas!

If you talk to those who have lived in areas plagued by cicadas, they can absolutely, definitively tell you with alarming detail, what they were doing (and in some cases what they did not do) during the last cicada swarm!
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Invasion of the Coneheads!

A hungry and rapidly growing species of termite snuck into Florida from the tropics and is living in sections of the Dania Beach area of Ft. Lauderdale. This species, scientific name Nasutitermes corniger, is now nicknamed the “Conehead Termite” because of the distinctive cone - or teardrop-shaped head of the soldier caste.
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