GroveDiesel
Footballguy
I heard this was in retaliation for the CIA inventing crack.Obama's fault...
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Sweatpants
Footballguy
So thaaat's where those extra few pounds came from over the past year. thanks.
Radio Free Homer
Footballguy
http://www.snopes.com/science/stats/spiders.aspSo thaaat's where those extra few pounds came from over the past year. thanks.
McJose
Footballguy
Because it's a myth.
Hoart Petterson
Footballguy
Half the threads here are about myths.
Radio Free Homer
Footballguy
Whatever, dude. I believe in Timschochet!!!!
dickey moe
Fingerpicker
Has anyone proposed sanctions, or perhaps focused military strikes?
Black Box
Footballguy
Yet.
Harry Manback
Footballguy
Unfortunately our government seems to have adopted the policy of appeasement and is comfortable with sweeping this problem under the proverbial (and literal) rug (bed?).
arrow1
Footballguy
I don't think bed bugs can infiltrate Ham's bunker....
phrozen
Footballguy
Ham is already developing a suit made out of saran wrap and latex to prevent these bugs from attacking. Word is he developed the prototype after watching the first Naked Gun movie.
Woogie Lee
Footballguy
Wash them off in tthe outhouse.. ool
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Harry Manback
Footballguy
@ them spreading to the bed store.Quite frankly your co-worker sounds like a moron.
What is their food source at the bed store exactly? And he does realize that even though they are called bedbugs, they are not exclusively attracted to beds right?
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culdeus
Footballguy
Sweatpants
Footballguy
Woogie Lee said:
skillz
Footballguy
Detroit, NYC, Philly top bedbug list
ASSOCIATED PRESS
A leading pest control company has released a list of the 15 most bedbug-infested cities, and New York, Philadelphia and Detroit have scratched their way to the top.
Terminix released its report today, basing it on an analysis of call volume to the Memphis, Tenn.-based company’s 350 service centers.
Bedbugs can be found in mattresses, furniture and clothing, and they feed off animal and human blood. Insect scientists say bedbugs are appearing on a scale not seen since before World War II. High-traffic areas such as hotels, airplanes and cruise ships are especially prone to infestations.
Ohio has three cities in the top 10 — Cincinnati is fourth, Columbus is seventh and Dayton is eighth.
ASSOCIATED PRESS
A leading pest control company has released a list of the 15 most bedbug-infested cities, and New York, Philadelphia and Detroit have scratched their way to the top.
Terminix released its report today, basing it on an analysis of call volume to the Memphis, Tenn.-based company’s 350 service centers.
Bedbugs can be found in mattresses, furniture and clothing, and they feed off animal and human blood. Insect scientists say bedbugs are appearing on a scale not seen since before World War II. High-traffic areas such as hotels, airplanes and cruise ships are especially prone to infestations.
Ohio has three cities in the top 10 — Cincinnati is fourth, Columbus is seventh and Dayton is eighth.
Sheriff66
Footballguy
Great, going there for a hockey tournament next month, another reason to hate that place.
shuke
Black Ice Skeptic
You don't need a UV light to see them. Your buddy got scammed.
shuke
Black Ice Skeptic
I have actually read that this may work, as these things dry up and die at about 125 degrees.
shuke
Black Ice Skeptic
Look, I may be the most skeptical guy on this board, but reporting has increased 500%, and I travel a lot. What's wrong with taking precautions?
Sweatpants
Footballguy
wtmf!http://www.snopes.com/science/stats/spiders.aspSo thaaat's where those extra few pounds came from over the past year. thanks.
Otis
Footballguy
Ya think?
These suck.
I started noticing a few bites here and there a couple months ago. Didn't think much of them. They itched a little, so I scratched them. Problem solved.
But the bites kept getting more numerous until they were impossible to ignore. I didn't see any bugs, not that I'd looked for them, but that had to be what it was.
Eventually I was scratching constantly, and getting blood all over my sheets (because scratching the bites led to bleeding). A few nights ago I woke up and saw two bugs on my pillow. So I killed them and I was pretty happy about it. Problem solved?
But the next night, as I lay in bed reading about bed bugs on the internet, one bit my ankle. So I got up and searched my sheets and my mattress . . . and I kept finding bugs. They looked exactly like the pictures of bed bugs on the internet. Three of them . . . seven of them . . . twelve of them. I kept killing them, but more kept appearing. Two or three at a time, over a period of a few hours, I killed 27 of them! Then I slept on the floor in a different room.
The next morning I took my bed apart, and when I pulled the linen out from between my box spring and my bed frame -- ew, crusty brown stuff everywhere. And dozens of more bugs!
Geez. I don't know where I picked them up, but I probably started out with only one or two bugs, right? Well, I ended up with between 50 and 100. I'd inadvertently raised a whole colony of them. The adults had to have bitten me at least five times each in order to reach adulthood. No wonder I was so itchy. I was probably picking up several dozen new bites every single night, and the problem kept getting worse as the colony proliferated.
I threw all the sheets and blankets and stuff in a garbage bag and brought it outside. Then I brought the mattress, box spring, bed frame, and my rug outside and had the 1-800-JUNK people pick it all up.
So I've been sleeping on the floor in another room for three nights now until I get a new bed. I periodically search my bedroom to see if I can find any more bugs. I found one crawling on the wall last night, but that's it. I'm hoping all of the eggs were in the stuff I threw away. (I've got wooden tiles on the floor, no carpet.) I'm not sure how long I'll wait until I start sleeping in my bedroom again. The larvae die within a week of hatching if they don't eat, right? I think it's just the adults I need to worry about, and they should come out at night to crawl around and let me find them.
What a hassle. At least the bed was really old and probably not worth a lot.
I started noticing a few bites here and there a couple months ago. Didn't think much of them. They itched a little, so I scratched them. Problem solved.
But the bites kept getting more numerous until they were impossible to ignore. I didn't see any bugs, not that I'd looked for them, but that had to be what it was.
Eventually I was scratching constantly, and getting blood all over my sheets (because scratching the bites led to bleeding). A few nights ago I woke up and saw two bugs on my pillow. So I killed them and I was pretty happy about it. Problem solved?
But the next night, as I lay in bed reading about bed bugs on the internet, one bit my ankle. So I got up and searched my sheets and my mattress . . . and I kept finding bugs. They looked exactly like the pictures of bed bugs on the internet. Three of them . . . seven of them . . . twelve of them. I kept killing them, but more kept appearing. Two or three at a time, over a period of a few hours, I killed 27 of them! Then I slept on the floor in a different room.
The next morning I took my bed apart, and when I pulled the linen out from between my box spring and my bed frame -- ew, crusty brown stuff everywhere. And dozens of more bugs!
Geez. I don't know where I picked them up, but I probably started out with only one or two bugs, right? Well, I ended up with between 50 and 100. I'd inadvertently raised a whole colony of them. The adults had to have bitten me at least five times each in order to reach adulthood. No wonder I was so itchy. I was probably picking up several dozen new bites every single night, and the problem kept getting worse as the colony proliferated.
I threw all the sheets and blankets and stuff in a garbage bag and brought it outside. Then I brought the mattress, box spring, bed frame, and my rug outside and had the 1-800-JUNK people pick it all up.
So I've been sleeping on the floor in another room for three nights now until I get a new bed. I periodically search my bedroom to see if I can find any more bugs. I found one crawling on the wall last night, but that's it. I'm hoping all of the eggs were in the stuff I threw away. (I've got wooden tiles on the floor, no carpet.) I'm not sure how long I'll wait until I start sleeping in my bedroom again. The larvae die within a week of hatching if they don't eat, right? I think it's just the adults I need to worry about, and they should come out at night to crawl around and let me find them.
What a hassle. At least the bed was really old and probably not worth a lot.
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top dog
Footballguy
It really is a big problem here in the Midwest/Eastern side of the country. My wife is a HUD property manager and has extensive training in detection and effective treatments for infestations. She has had 3 units on her property come up positive for bedbugs in the past year. Any time we travel it is a giant stressful event when we get to the hotel room. Luggage goes straight to the tub until all is clear. Wife takes a flashlight and tears apart the bed. All bedding off, mattresses, etc. She checks the seams of the mattress, behind the headboard.. Pretty much everywhere. Seems like it takes forever.
But she is happy when everything is clear so I don't argue.
But she is happy when everything is clear so I don't argue.
johnnycakes
Footballguy
Bwah ha ha ha. Quit living in a pig sty, Maurile! 
My former Admin, who moved to MD to be with her family, had bedbugs in her condo here. I heard too many stories of how tough they were to get rid of. If you watch "Infested!" on the Animal Planet channel, I believe, you will find the most effective method to get rid of them is by heating the entire house to 120+ degrees for a period of time.... but if you live in a condo, God help you.
My former Admin, who moved to MD to be with her family, had bedbugs in her condo here. I heard too many stories of how tough they were to get rid of. If you watch "Infested!" on the Animal Planet channel, I believe, you will find the most effective method to get rid of them is by heating the entire house to 120+ degrees for a period of time.... but if you live in a condo, God help you.
top dog
Footballguy
Really would be worth the $$$ to call in Orkin or someone to treat for them. Most likely did not get rid of them all. They are a mother to get rid of.
Ilov80s
Footballguy
For real, I saw kids come in with their arms, legs, chest, and back just covered with bites...we are talking hundreds of them. It makes a crawl just thinking about it.
johnnycakes
Footballguy
Infested!
How Poor People Can Fight Bedbugs
Heat is what I have heard really works.... if you live in a single-family home. Again, if you live in an apartment or condo.... God help you, as any one apartment unit can infest the whole building. Uhhh.. make that 140+ degrees.
Good luck, Maurile.
How Poor People Can Fight Bedbugs
Heat is what I have heard really works.... if you live in a single-family home. Again, if you live in an apartment or condo.... God help you, as any one apartment unit can infest the whole building. Uhhh.. make that 140+ degrees.
Good luck, Maurile.
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gianmarco
Footballguy
johnnycakes
Footballguy
From what I've heard, Maurile's steps will fall short of meeting his goal. He's had bedbugs for what... a few months, and he only found 50-100? Probalby less than 1/10th of the total population. Watch the vids, Maurile.... those buggers can be anywhere within 15' or so of your bed. Behind the electrical outlets, in the furniture.. you name it. My Admin went through hell with this, Maurile... heard many, many stories from her and I dared not give her crap about it because she was suffering so much with it. Bake the house, Maurile.. shoot the lock off your wallet. Spraying toxic pesticides can't possibly get them all, and if you don't get ALL of them, as in 100%, the effort is for naught.
ETA: And start using soap and shampoo like gianmarco says.
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Thanks for the links. I'm going to try the diatomaceous earth.
top dog
Footballguy
I'm not familiar with that approach, but whatever you do, get an expert. Don't try to do it on your own. There is a reason these things are just going nuts across the us. It's not because they are easy to get rid of.
My first step will be to use this trap to find out if I still have any bugs around. Even if I don't have any bugs right now, there will probably still be some eggs (for up to 18 months, I just read), so I'm going to follow this eight-step program. Seems like an awful lot of work, but I get to skip some of the steps since I don't have a bed, or any carpet, or any furniture (aside from a bookshelf) in my bedroom.
How is that going to make this thread more interesting?
It may well come to that, but I've got to try some home remedies first.
johnnycakes
Footballguy
Do keep us updated on this, Maurile. I remember what all my (former) Admin went through when her condo was infested. It was no-joke funny.. she regretted ever buying the place and, on several occasions, was on the verge of tears over it. To this day, when she travels, she buys a set of suitcases for each trip and then throws them all away for fear of bringing bedbugs in from whatever flophouse she was staying at. She had them coming in with dogs to find the bugs, they sprayed and sprayed and sprayed. I don't think she ever turned her unit into a sauna... but I have heard of others, at wit's end, resorting to this and finally putting a stop to it.
top dog
Footballguy
this is very true.
That being said.. Every minute you waste they are multiplying. Your neighbors are going to love you.
Heat is by far the most effective treatment. Sprays really don't work all that well.
Dinsy Ejotuz
Footballguy
IIRC these damn things can go a year without eating. Would jump straight to the professional heating team if we ever had them.
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