Buy a Bed Bug Fart Detector (PHOTO)

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​There's now a machine that detects bed bug farts ("gas emissions," but that means farts basically, and farts are funny).

The BBD-100 is a personal handheld bed bug detector that resembles an '80s teen movie prop and "is so sensitive that it will detect if even just one bed bug is hiding within six inches of the unit's probe."

Paranoid New Yorkers will find the BBD-100's cost of $299 a small price to pay for knowing whether or not, and to what extent, bed bugs are farting in your house.

BBD-100 Personal Handheld Bed Bug Detector

Bed bug detection dogs (VIDEO)

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New York City Launches New Bed Bug Website, Rules

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​The New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene have rolled out a new website to educate locals about bed bugs as the warm months approach and everyone starts to get itchy again.

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Bed bug detection dogs (VIDEO)

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Bed bug detection dogs are specially trained by handlers to identify the scent of bed bugs.

Dogs smell in parts per trillion, something a human cannot do, and detect bed bugs through all life cycle phases from eggs to nymphs to adults.

Bed bug detection dogs are relatively new.

The National Entomology Scent Detection Canine Association, states that there are over 100 dogs currently working in the U.S., but this number is increasing, while the International Forensic Detection Canine Association, based in the US, estimates well over 200 and counting.

Bed bug detection is complicated by the fact that the insects can hide almost anywhere. Bed bug detection dogs solve this problem because they are small and agile, finding bugs in places humans cannot such as wall voids, crevices and furniture gaps.

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