Tuesday, August 16, 2011

Not sure

I found a bug on a piece of clothing that was lying on the floor that I was about to wash.  It kind of looks like a bed bug, but have no bites and see nothing on the mattress and box springs.  If it is a bed bug, it was an adult.  When I went to kill it, it left a brown stain on the clothing.  Is there a bug that kind of looks like a bed bug, but isn't?  We were traveling a couple of weeks ago and I have looked through my computer case which was close by and have found no evidence of eggs or bed bugs nor have at any time have I noticed any bites.  What do you think?

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  5. It could have been a bed bug but, yes, there are some insects that kind of look like bed bugs but aren't... an example would be a spider beetle.

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  10. Jean,

    If you still have the bug, I recommend you contact a local pest control company with an entomologist on staff and have him/ her identify it. Some of them offers this service via e-mail or will give you specific instructions on how to send the bug in.

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    Step 2- Buy or borrow a steamer. Steamers are very useful tools, and for our purposes, they work wonderfully for the fact that they kill any traces of bedbugs on contact. Remove all clothing and items that could be contaminated, and steam the place. The walls, the floors (not nearly as bad if you have wood floors), baseboards, and anywhere else bedbugs could be hiding. You can also steam furniture, especially a headboard if you have one.
    Step 3- Check any couches for bed bugs. Couches are very common hiding places for bed bugs; it is worth checking your couch, as an infested couch (especially bought second-hand) can be a breeding ground for bed bugs. It may be necessary to get rid of the couch if it is too far gone, as even a steamer can't reach some spots in a couch. If your couch is infested, either buy a couch cover especially for bed bugs or get rid of the couch, steaming around the walls/floor it was in contact with. Steam any carpets or rugs near the area as well.
    Other tips- It helps to spray diluted bleach on/in the mattress before covering it (you won't smell the bleach when it is sealed later). This will kill bed bugs on the surface, and if you slice a small hole (approx. 1 inch) and spray a few squirts of bleach in, it will more quickly suffocate the bugs once the mattress is sealed. Also, after putting the mattress covers on, check for any small holes or punctures, and seal them with a piece of duct tape.

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  23. Yuck! Just hearing about bed bugs scares me! I recently visited my in laws house where they had bed bugs and now I am so worried that we brought them over. I am totally calling a company over that does bed bug extermination in Vancouver just to be safe.

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  25. i've done my research and if you can keep your bed and you safe from a blood feed,you maybe can beat them. They have to have at least 5 to 7 blood meals to get them thru stages of life to where they can reproduce. Take that from them!!! If from birth, they don't get enough feedings they will be probably sterile. Meaning they can't lay eggs. Which means you might have a chance of out running them, so to speak! 91% alcohol not only kills them , but it kills the eggs also.

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  32. Hello,I lined the border of my room and bed and closet with diatemaceous earth,specific for bedbug extermination.The bugs that walk over it cut their bodies and hopefully die a slow, horrible death. That way, they never escaped my room to my roommates bedroom, or any other part of the building.It is readily purchased at hardware stores.As well as washing all my bedding,clothes many times over and bagging them. My bed was covered with expensive anti-bedbug mattress cover.It really,just starves the ones left on the mattress,as they can't escape.Remember ,they can live up to 8 months without a blood meal.After 2 professional sprayings and many items taken to the local dump . I still was being bitten. So, I took my hardwood bed frame with under bed drawers to the dump.That seemed to do it,as I have not been bitten since Sept 11,2013(an auspicious date.)
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    Hopefully,none of us ever have to go through such an ordeal again. May we all have a peaceful, bug-free sleep.

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  36. Do wash all your clothes and bed sheets in warm water to avoid any bed bug infestation otherwise if infestation increased, it will force you to take help from pest exterminator for bed bug control.

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  49. CONTINUED; through their bodies. So, suffocation is also the answer.
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    ( BE SURE TO WEAR A MASK ) The baby powder works better than foggers. Trust me! With the fight I have had, and the mental anguish for all of these weeks, I will not tell you something that doesn't work. It gets in every hardwood crack, under baseboards, and the little freaks smother. The don't bite in this process either.
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