Lou Sorkin

[Lou Sorkin @SorkinLou]

@JodyBugsMeUNL Specimen on right is a 5th instar bed bug nymph.

[Lou Sorkin @SorkinLou]

@JodyBugsMeUNL Bat bug on the left.

[Lou Sorkin @SorkinLou]

@OPCPest Remember this movie? The moth species was a remodeled Manduca sexta with a little artistic fun.

[Lou Sorkin @SorkinLou]

@PatinkinMandy Reduviid bug but looks like an early nymph of one of the phymatines, an ambush bug.

[Lou Sorkin @SorkinLou]

@SaraInStereo @tokyo_neb @NYprepChelsea @WantedRedhead01 @Madesonee_ @hmusa Lice disease roulette: Louse-borne typhus still exists in places where climate, chronic poverty, and social customs or war and social upheaval prevent regular changes and laundering of clothing. Not really NYC.

[Lou Sorkin @SorkinLou]

@SaraInStereo @tokyo_neb @NYprepChelsea @WantedRedhead01 @Madesonee_ @hmusa Lice disease roulette: louse-borne (epidemic) typhus is no longer widespread, outbreaks of this disease still occur during times of war, civil unrest, natural or man-made disasters, and in prisons where people live together in unsanitary conditions. Not really NYC.

[Lou Sorkin @SorkinLou]

@SaraInStereo @tokyo_neb @NYprepChelsea @WantedRedhead01 @Madesonee_ @hmusa Common bed bug doesn't spread disease. Head louse doesn't spread disease. Human body louse only is associated with certain diseases spread via its feces and not bite. The title: "H&M Store Closes After Employee Shared Photos Of Bed Bugs On Clothing For Sale" was the problem.

[Lou Sorkin @SorkinLou]

@SaraInStereo @tokyo_neb @NYprepChelsea @WantedRedhead01 @Madesonee_ @hmusa Human body lice would have to feed on an infected person to pick up and vector the specific disease organisms to other people by feeding on them.

[Lou Sorkin @SorkinLou]

@SaraInStereo @tokyo_neb @NYprepChelsea @WantedRedhead01 @Madesonee_ @hmusa Not bed bugs because there are no pictures of them. Why not have a correct ID?

[Lou Sorkin @SorkinLou]

@rosiepo58078420 @WantedRedhead01 @Madesonee_ Zoomed in picture. That's the correct size and it's a female.

[Lou Sorkin @SorkinLou]

@kat4stef @queenmeVee @WantedRedhead01 @Madesonee_ It's a zoomed in picture, not life size.

[Lou Sorkin @SorkinLou]

@ShaeAtk @WantedRedhead01 @Madesonee_ The correct ID is important if they want to figure out the reasons for having any insect pests someplace where there shouldn't be any.

[Lou Sorkin @SorkinLou]

@queenmeVee @WantedRedhead01 @Madesonee_ There are human body lice and head lice. Body lice live in the clothing on you and crawl on you to feed.

[Lou Sorkin @SorkinLou]

@WantedRedhead01 @Madesonee_ 100% not bed bugs but are Pediculus lice. Either human head or body lice. People who think these are bed bugs don't know much about insects.