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young_clinton
Joined: 09 Sep 2009
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 Posted: Mon Mar 18, 2013 6:07 pm Post subject: Re: Poison for bed bugs? |
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| MoneyMike wrote: |
When I was taking my bedsheets off to give them a wash last weekend, I found a dead bug on the bed, under the sheets. I'm pretty sure it was a bed bug.
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Probably too late, but you should have checked the mouth area. If it was a bedbug it would have a hard probuscus that sticks out, that it uses for blood sucking. Also they are round shaped with legs sticking out on the side. They have slots running across the abdomen that expand when they become engorged with blood. They look like giant lice like bugs. They definitely look like something that you don't want to have sticking around on you or your clothing. |
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Unicorned
Joined: 09 Feb 2013
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| Posted: Tue Mar 19, 2013 12:41 am Post subject: |
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My dorm freshman year had a bedbug infestation that made it's way into just about everyone's room. They had to heat blast everyone's room. Even brought in a cute beagle just to sniff out the place to "confirm." It did the hunting/pointing pose and everything! Pretty awesome, but unfortunate.
Do certain areas of your apt smell like cilantro? LOL. Apparently if there's enough bedbugs in an area, they smell like cilantro.
I had to stick my clothes in the dryer for at least an hour. High heat kills them, but it has to be for long enough, or some will survive and keep on thriving.
Crazy bugs. |
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Laura_F
Joined: 02 Mar 2008
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| Posted: Tue Mar 19, 2013 4:24 pm Post subject: |
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| Are the bites on your head, neck, or shoulders? I thought I had bedbugs last year...I almost threw out everything! It turns out it was LICE. Still makes me shudder to remember. |
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World Traveler
Joined: 29 May 2009
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They are one of the toughest pests to get rid of. Vacating your bed - or even home - will not help, as the insects can survive for months without food, hiding away until their meal returns.
Direct exposure to insecticides - the most widely used are synthetic organic compounds called pyrethroids - was once an effective way to kill off the pests. But not any more.
Prof Palli said that the bed bugs had developed a number of biological systems to avoid death by poison. |
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-21778171
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| "The best option now is to heat the place up to 90-100F (30-35C) so that the bugs will come out and die," he explained. |
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