Well, that takes quite some time, but if you put in No Pest strips, and leave for a fortnite, that should handle it. Use Diatomaceous earth also, sprinkle liberally.
Diatomaceous earth does not work with bedbugs. at all. I tried that first.
I found one this morning on my shower curtain, which is where I first saw the first one. I wonder if they come in through the ceiling vent because my neighbor down the hll got sprayed too.
If you buy the spray I mentioned in my previous post, you would want to spray the vent.
1> It’s a barrier block. It’s like huge shards of glass to bugs and they won’t cross it.
2> It can take 7-10 days or more to kill bedbugs via desiccation/dehydration after cutting the shit out of them.
3> You need pesticide grade DE, not Pool Grade, and then don’t get stuff that includes actual pesticide.
I got the PET-FRIENDLY one. You’re basically spreading dirt everywhere in your home. It’s dusty… it’s muddy when it gets wet, and you’d have to resupply it a lot. It also doesn’t stop babies from being born.
While it can kill some bedbugs, every place I went to says it should not be used as your only means of stopping bedbugs as it won’t work.
Well right. No one is suggesting it as the ONLY means. I was just answering the claim that it DOESN’T work.
It does, but of course works slow and doesnt kill the eggs. Its not your first line of attack.
wouldn’t surprise me any if those nasty vampires actually have infrared sensors for ‘noses’ … able to scope out any warm-blooded meal-tickets.
if there’s people living above you … do not sleep underneath a ceiling fan. if your floors include w2w carpeting … need to pull carpeting away from wall before securing the area. also be wise to support the box-spring on a frame instead of simply on the floor.
those critters can and do infiltrate everywhere … a worse scourge than even roaches.
I don’t think you want to be relying on any single line of attack. For a controlled scientific experiment, you’d want to know which variable(s) are relevant. This isn’t a controlled scientific experiment, and the goal is to get rid of all of those demons. Do everything, up to and including holy water and an exorcism.
No carpeting, which is good. I’ve got the box spring and mattress covered with the plastic you can zip up.
We found bed bugs in the children’s room a few years ago. Here’s how I solved the problem:
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The bed frames were made of wood. Wood frames are bad, because bed bugs can live in the cracks & crevices. I removed the beds and mattresses, took them out back, and burned them.
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I purchased new beds (and new mattresses) with steel frames.
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I made some bed bug traps and placed them under each bed leg. (You can also purchase commercial versions. Some even claim talcum powder is not required.)
No more bed bugs.
I manage a 52 unit complex. A visitor brought bedbugs into a tenants unit once. We hired a pest specialist to spray and it got rid of the problem.
I had success with a fungus getting rid of them. I forgot what it was called but bites started looking weaker after the application and within 2-3 weeks it was gone (and I was only bitten once every 5-6 days to begin with).
A friend had a bedbug infestation and hired a guy with a beagle to find where they were in her house. They were able to just treat two rooms. I think they heat treated everything. (And separately washed, dried, and bagged all the clothing and linens that had been in those rooms.)
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Yup. Optimization follows a different protocol than science.
Is finding bedbugs a beagle thing, or was this a special beagle?
Found one , not full sized on my book today. They are doing a repeat spraying 2 weeks after the first, they said that’s procedure so i’m hopeful.
they did their annual inspection yesterday, he didn’t see any. Well, last night I saw a few on my comforter! So they will spray again tomorrow. I saw on my loveseat, what looked like a light colored shed skin of one. I am getting sick of my apartment already! He claims the spray kills them, but I am somehow picking them up somewhere.