<p><em><span style="font-size: normal"> Ever wondered where bedbugs come from? Or how and why they do the things they do? I know I have! <br><br> Please welcome guest author and bed bug specialist, Ben Gunden! <i><div style="text-align: right"> –Bug News </div></span></i> </span></em></p>

<p>If you are the squeamish kind – I apologize. You may want to skip this article. Unless you’re a dog owner. Then you may want to continue reading. <em>Not</em> while eating though. This story will be a bit gross. Fascinating, in a horrifying sort of way, but definitely gross. You have been warned.</p>

<p>Ugh. It’s time to break out the tick preventative again. For you dogs and outdoor cats anyway. Humans need to be a bit more creative in keeping ticks from biting them… Because the ticks are on the hunt – and they are bloodthirsty!</p>

<p>Just when you thought you were finally free of them- they find you :( And in your own house no less! Those blood thirsty little demons have managed to find you despite all odds. Well, maybe not you, but they have found me!</p>

<p>Ok. So, normally I work remotely (in Michigan), but this past week I made a trip out to Milwaukee, Wisconsin to do some on-site work at my home institution. That means staying at a hotel while there. Due to my entomological profession, that also means going through my standard routine of pulling apart the bed before I feel comfortable unpacking anything. Why, you ask? Well to check for bed bugs of course!</p>

<p>As if the <a href="https://bug.news/blog/mosquitos/">floodplain mosquitoes</a> this year weren’t enough – now there’s ginormous mosquitoes that look like they just came out of Jumanji! Ok, ok. Maybe that’s a <em>slight</em> exaggeration… But only slightly. These gals are HUGE!</p>

<p>Have you been inundated with hordes and hordes of flying, bloodsucking, tiny demons this summer? Yeah, me too :(</p>

<p>Since I frequently get asked about ticks, here we go…</p>