This is the best way to describe it; a war. Even when I didn't see any signs of them I still sprayed, vacuumed, and laid out powder for a month because I know their eggs are damn near invisible. A lot of sleepless nights and hard work, and collateral damage. It truly is a war.
My son noticed them in his bedroom mid Dec, 2021. My suspicion was a rental truck he had used a week and a half before. He douced his room with bed bug spray and constantly vacuumed, and had no more evidence of any more bugs and thought they were gone right before he moved out. Well, the last week of Jan I discovered them on my sofa and freaked out! Also, in my bedroom. Had an exterminator come twice @ $125 an inspection. Said he sees no evidence of any, maybe because I sprayed both areas and vacuumed, as well. Now I am getting rid of alot of clutter which is taking much time and energy. Got rid of matresses, sofa, etc. And am sleeping on an air mattress until I am done cleaning my whole apt. Then I will have the professionals come in and do the treatments needed. I was also wondering if my son could have brought them in from his friends house, who lived in public housing. Been at this residence for 31 years and never had this problem. It's extremely upsetting. These little bastard bugs have no purpose but to live off humans, like ticks. They had to come from Pandora's Box or straight out of hell!
Public housing usually has higher bed bug infestation rates than the rest of the society. It is possible that bed bugs your son brought in were from his friend’s apartment.
heat is the killer, no need to remove anything, heat is the killer, I had them in my bedroom, 114 fahreheit is the killer temp, higher helps, i had 119 fahrenheit, get heaters that do not shut off, and watch temp
@Jennifer Russell ...well, finally finished going through everything in my apt and got rid of alot of unwanted items. Cleaned as much as possible and put everything else in totes to get ready for treatment by a professional. It took me almost three months. What a living nightmare! Hadn't seen any evidence two weeks prior of treatment, but still wanted to have it done. Had the treatment on May 18th and all seems well, but am still sleeping on an air mattress and not ready to unpack the totes just yet. Thanks for asking. Wish me luck!
Forget about BLAMING! That is not the answer or any part of it. It doesn't matter! They are everywhere! The only way to deal with it is constant surveillance and if you detect one to start IMMEDIATELY to eradicate them. It will take two weeks of constant work and diligence. You cannot run away from them. First step is to steam or heat your mattress and then vacuum it,next cover your mattress and box spring with covers from walmart for approximately $40.This will be your biggest expense but if you can't afford it you can cover everything with cheaper plastic and make sure all openings are taped up very tightly. Next use traps under each bed leg and fill with talcum powder. They cannot crawl on talcum. Vacuum all areas around bed. Diatomaceous earth can be used around the bed and some can be vacuumed to stay in the vacuum to control what you vacuum. Next,heat and steam are very important and will kill them,so if you cannot afford a steamer,you can utilize your steam iron and hair dryer. If the eggs are given a chance to hatch this will be effective to a degree. Again,constant vigilance! Very important! Put everything you can,into the dryer on HOT! This will kill them. Luggage and shoes are suspect. Again,treat with heat or steam. If you have an infestation it will take about 2 weeks to make sure you do not have any eggs hatching. They are everywhere and constant vigilance is necessary. You cannot run away from them. They will track you down because they want BLOOD. Freezing will work too,so you can put your shoes and luggage into a freezer. Good luck and be strong! Don't blame anyone,that doesn't help! Constant diligence!
A blow dryer is NOT an effective treatment for bedbugs....yes, it's heat... but it's likely to blow that bug somewhere else before it would kill it... spreading the infestation to other areas of your home...
Thank you that, instead of our Gooffus politicians massive waste of our taxes $$$$ on exaggerating an ill informed (mask wearing) quarantine on the healthiest people, shutting down their every frickin element of society. I am 89 years old, what Andrew Cuomo sent (batvirus) to those resthomes is criminal, please stop with the stupid. These are the same people who are clueless (or don’t care) about the bedbug pandemic.$6,100,000,000,,000 stimulus for China from US TAXPAYERS, not a penny for the bedbug epidemic, shame, shame, shame, this is all the voters fault, period (sorry I got carried away) GODSPEED little lady.
I discovered BBs after itching in bed and saw them. I live alone which is an advantage, I think. I decluttered EVERYWHERE. Threw out stuff I didnt need. Removed all clothing to the laundry room, washed and wrapped them in plastic bags from which I will get clean clothes from as needed. I bought an incredibly powerful Karcher vacuum cleaner, and vacuum constantly. I keep the vac in my bedroom...If I wake up, I do a check...if I see one I vacuum it up. I just received my mattress and box spring covers, diatomaceous earth, and leg traps for my bed. I have sprays etc too. My thought is that if I can create safe space around the two places I am at the longest time (couch and bed) for 18 months, I starve them out.
Try wearing an adult onesie to bed you know with the footies and everything and put gloves on your hands and possibly even so the gloves onto the sleeves. That only leaves your head and neck exposed. I have even tried to figure out what type of mesh would be able to allow you to breathe easily that you could put over the face part of the hoodie. Obviously you don't want to suffocate LOL but even a medium fine mesh should at least keep the big ones away from you though the small ones could maybe still crawl through
@@thefountainoftruth6286 If you want to go that route, I suggest going to an outdoors store and checking sleeping bags with a mosquito net around the head. Not sure if they would keep out the tiny ones or not. So, i did everything I mentioned. My bedroom is BARE. I sprinkled Diatomaceous earth along all baseboards, in electrical outlets/switches, and across door thresholds. I sealed the mattress and box spring, placed those traps under the legs (they work) as Ive witnessed them trying to crawl out of them. They dont get out. I turned my couch upside down, slit a few small holes in the mesh underneath and shot diatomaceous earth in. I bought a steamer $120 and jam it down into the cushions etc. (the couch is leather) It heats the couch up really hot, but doesnt get it wet really at all, and IMO, forces them to retreat to where the DE is. Basically I gave them a choice of where to die lol. Its been over 2 weeks now since Ive found one on my bed, couch, or seen any evidence of them. No bites, no blood stains on the sheets etc. Even so I dont assume Ive won. Theyre probably still hiding somewhere, so Ill stay vigilant, and continue treating areas for 18 months. Once things are clear, and you have all the traps etc set up, its really not so time consuming anymore. I hope this helps you.
THANK YOU, for this wonderfully worked information. You have given us alot of information for OUR concern. I'd buy you drinks and make YOU my friend for all the work you placed in this video. I am saving this video and burning a DVD for my friend who lives in the same building as I. YOUR WORK is worthy of money and gives us hope so we can WORK and SLEEP CONFIDENTLY so we can NOT MISS WORK and carry on in the SOLDIERING OF LIFE. Thank you SIR!-AMEN.
Best treatment is to use steam cleaner to treat mattress, the heat from steam will kill them, then use diatomaceous earth to treat on carpet, use a SHOP VAC to clean carpet with filter not a vacuum cleaner. The diatomaceous earth will destroy a vacuum cleaner and you risk spreading the infestation. No bed bugs with in two weeks. TOP TIP use metal dog bowls under bed frame support, fill bottom of bowls with diatomaceous earth. this will keep them from crawling away and up.
@@CoriBee123 Climbup Insect Interceptor is the most cost-effective trap for bed bugs. Here are two web sites: www.amazon.com/Climbup-Insect-Interceptors-Traps-55555340/dp/B005QSM1SA/ref=sr_1_6?crid=41WQVCLSORV8&dchild=1&keywords=climbup+insect+interceptor+bed+bug+trap&qid=1628535879&sprefix=climbup+insect+in%2Caps%2C142&sr=8-6 www.insect-interceptor.com/product.html
Not true You can FEEL THEM BITING! I got an infestation now that is giving us BOTH Nightmares with their biting and itching! I wish you all could come treat our place for them. Being disabled and so tired from their blood meals is about to drive us out of the ONLY HOME WE OWN!!!!!
Yes I got a brand new couch and they were in THERE! After treating and staying off that couch at least 13 mths. those buggers were STILL there! I went to war and still have the couch!!
Be fundamental. Clear out a room and then check every piece of furniture/box/picture - everything. You want to beat them? Then GET RID OF CLUTTER! Live a more simple frugal life. They need things to hide in so DONT fill your homes with lots of crap. The less you possess the less places they can hide AND the less things you got to check.
the bed bugs do not just grow from nothing, someone or something has to bring them in, they are no airborne, use your head. and chemical are not the answer, read my comment above, companys that sell chemicals are telling you to use their product. a little DE is cheap to try and see for yourself.
@@jimmieroan9881 1. I don't see your comment, my friend so I dont think she can either. You are right . The companies just want you to buy their product. Such sprays, Teresa, are usually bad for us humans. so not easy to use and you will need a LOT of spray. That means money wasted and your health endangered. Bed bugs are lazy. They hide close by their blood donor. I threw out my big normal bed, my mattress, all my bed linen and blankets as every layer is more place to hide for them. Get a futon. I got a camp bed and they were hiding in the wooden parts. (They dont like metal). There were just 3 in all. No wonder they were so hard to find.
@@teresastinson7242 To be honest I dont think any spray worked. I almost poisoned myself I sprayed so much and they were still there afterwards. Heating your house is impossible. If you live in a one room bedsit, maybe, but expensive. It does work but room by room which can be impractical. I worked out my bedbugs came from a cheap desktop PC I bought at a car boot sale from some people who dont see them as a problem and just live with them in the country they come from. That is NOT a criticism, in some parts of the world it is impossible to eradicate them so they learn to live with them. The dont kill you nor do they spread disease, repulsive though they are.
Airbnb is bringing them back and creating chaos. As treatments for the bugs can take a week or more the owners of units doing the Airbnb don't report the infestation and treat their own units to avoid the downtime and loss of income.
Years ago I move to apartment infested and obviously we don't know but the owner does , when we move the other tenants leave their couches and clothes and we dont know why I meet them on Facebook when i was looking for apartment and thats how i found out why they leave everything too , they told me to pull the carpet little bit and it was soooo bad!!! ! Only take days and my babys cribs my bed all the couches got all full of bed bugs we move and we have to leave everything
Sad so sad. I just moved in and found two bug ones. The guy before me see me and Denied it that he had bed bugs. What a loser to lie and let someone else suffer.
What happens when other tenants keep reinfesting surrounding apartment's by running back and forth.. my neighbor next door passed away.. massive infestation..her apartment going to be retreated.. her family threw away her bedding and clothes in our community dumpster.. today two people were talking bag's out of the dumpster and taking the item's home !! How can we get anything accomplished !!
Thank you for the thorough research, data and briefing on this matter! Best info on B.B. I’ve found..dghtr is having a scare right now; exterminators are coming to assess tomorrow...praying it’s a false alarm maybe another bug she’s found and not a true bed bug incident, or omg we’ll FREAK her hub lil guy and all of us uggggg
I've never seen one in my life but my grandmother told me about them she knew about during depression days.......I don't bring home used clothing,furniture with upholstery nor fabric of any kind....
you can use all the chemicals all the company's swear by , but you won't kill them all most likely. i have fought them twice in the last 10 yrs at home at once in a hotel. two things i know for sure will kill them for sure with no doubt, heat, you can hear them pop when temp reaches a certain point, but you have to remove items with lower flash points. the other thing is DE, diatomaceous earth, it kills any thing with a exotacious skeleton, period. it's fairly cheap, or was until so many started using a few years ago. always buy the food grade, its white. the larger amount you buy the cheaper it is, if you buy from the gougers you can pay a hundred times over what it sells for. i buy 50 lbs at a time for around 50 bucks, you can buy 10 or 20 lbs pretty cheap if you look for a good price. it is absolutely harmless to humans and pets, you can put it anywhere, but its fine like baby powder so be careful breathing it. i put it in wall sockets, pantrys, window sills, along base boards etc. if your place gets infected bad buy some pillow and mattress covers from the bed bug company, sprinkle DE inside the covers with your mattress and pillows. i put a layer between my box springs and mattress, the invasion for me was in the back bedroom, i covered the wall and floor coming out of that room with a wide line of DE, you can buy a puffer from bed bug supply, squirt this in the walls through cracks , wall outlets and switches, if you have an attic then blow it or throw it all over your attic, this kills water roaches , ants, spiders and of course the bed bugs. the room that was infected was from an outside source, took me a while but they never left the room. you just need to use common sense, put all clothes, bed clothes etc in a plactic bag with DE and leave it for a day, then wash with hot water and dry hot. i sprinkled some in each drawer in dressers and chests and covered with a towel or paper before i put clothes back in. the only problem is it is a powder, doesn't bother me to see white tracks all over the place because it know its safe. this is used by big companys in food storage, people mix it and drink it, brush their teeth with etc, it is 100% safe, you know the chemicals are not.
The chemical that works can only be sold to licensed exterminators all the stupid stuff you mentioned for every bug you killed that way there is 99 you completely missed stop being stupid stop spreading bed bugs to others they travel with you in your cloths fix your problem once and got all. That earth stuff all over your house is damaging your lungs! And once it absorbs any moisture it’s not effective against bed bugs at all
DE worked well for me years ago. New infestation, years later, and it works little or not at all. BB s have developed a thicker cuticle (shell) to deal with it. The only thing working now for me is Cimexa.....no sprays are working either.
Cimexa (active ingredient: silica gel) dust is more effective than diatomaceous earth dust. A study found some field bed bug populations had thicker cuticle than the lab susceptible strain.
What happens if you have a slumlord.. She doesn’t give a rats ass about her tenants.. Every since the move I have been in a complete nightmare. I can’t just up and move again since by now everything I own is probably effected. Only a month in my new place and it been hell.. I don’t have the money for expensive professional help so I’m going to try and tackle the job myself.. Majority of my cluttered is in storage bins that alone should help my fight.. Since it’s a duplex a had mentioned to the neighbors if they have bed bugs and he stated no. Hopefully he’s honest it’ll bring a peace of mind while trying to get rid of these bastards. Wish me luck I’m going to need it because this ain’t helping my ocd. Let the fighting begin
Nashville hotels are infested. We have over 14 million tourist a year. The employees then bring them home so apartments and homes are also infested. It is a mess! Some of the nicest hotels in the city have them. I keep diatomaceous earth all around my apartment. It scares me to death. I hate those darn things!😰
They can survive for a year without feeding. * How do I get them off of me when going out and before laying on my bed? They do just sit on me for awhile. And, they get in my hair too. Getting them off me seems to be almost impossible.
Right they absolutely do cling to clothing and the ONLY WAY to get rid of them forever is a heat treatment, D Earth doesn't work either especially if you have an infestation
I would be hesitant about reporting to management bc they generally won't help you directly but tell you to toss a your furniture and items and then they'll hire an exterminator for a few grand at your expense
If my neighbors next dood, had bedbugs, we live in an apt & they treated by insecticides we started getting bitten. My landlady had us tear our appt apart, thaking our beds apart, instead of just having an inpection, they just came & said they they found nothing, im angered bc i feel we have them but bc the inspectors said they found nothing idk know why the dont use heat.bc they are suppose to kill bugs & eggs
In general, treatment is only necessary when bed bugs are identified. Evidence of bed bug presence can include bites, live bed bugs, or bed bugs appeared in monitors. Placing Climbup insect interceptors under bed and sofa legs and check them after a few weeks is an effective method to determine if bed bugs are present. At the meantime, you may launder all your bed linens, install zippered encasements to the mattresses and box springs as a preventative method to kill bed bugs in case they are present on bed.
She’s been on a refurbishing creative kick this summer: shelving, desks and all kinds of used pieces she’s bringing into home and also they recently got into keeping chickens/ hens so omg scary
Just insist that items are either Frozen in a chest freezer for 4 days or have the steamer used on them or washed in dried with a hot dryer before they come into the house.
No. Our borders are not what you like, but they are not wide open. Millions stopped.from entering our melting pot this year! Bed bugs have been a huge problem in the US for 30 years, since they became immune to most insecticides. Sorry, you think every immigrant brings them, but they are more likely to bring lice. I plan on you ignoring this....
There is a commercial product “ActiveGuard fabric” that is pre-treated with permethrin insecticide. But there is lack of scientific data on its effectiveness in killing bed bugs.
Nope, that powder dust stuff it's in the air and you can't breathe and you can't get rid of it, it lasts a long long time breathing it in & everyone talks about bed bugs around the bed but they are actually living in the carpet 😩
This idiot friend of my husband needed a place to stay my husband's friends mother and she brought bedbugs with her I could have killed him. We threw out the bed ripped up the carpets and put special plastic on the rest of the beds they said leave on for a year. They can live for a year with no food god help us
This is why I don't invite ANYONE in my house. Nobody is allowed in my house, they stand on the porch, fuck that. Too many thieves, bad people, people with roaches, fleas, bedbugs. No thanks, life is much more peaceful being a hated asshole than being all buddy buddy and helpful!
Not gonna lie if I ever discovered a bed bug on an airplane I'd make them land and then go back up and crash the plane. Assuming the pilots parachute out. On a cruise ship? Sink the ship. In a building? Burn it. In a car? Crash it in a river or off a cliff. Total destruction is the only way. You know it's just safer to nuke them.
ZODIAC My landlord is a Muslim. I've just discovered these little critters in my home. It had been totally bug free for three years. Do you think my landlord will take on the responsibility of getting rid of them? Serious question.
ZODIAC Maybe I'm being impractical, but I think there should be hefty fines for landlords who don't fumigate between tenancies. Another thing that pisses me off, is the prices these heat treatment companies charge. For major infestations maybe they should charge more but nearly £1500 for a single bed flat with a new infestation!? I'll just have to puff Cimexa everywhere. If I had £400, I'd buy my own heat machine.lol
Alton Harkey My landlord didn't help with the cost of getting rid of my small infestation. I found them so disgustingly revolting n frightening that I even contemplated suicide as preferable to living with these creatures. In the end my family rescued me by donating most of the £900 cost for heat and chemical treatment. Seems I'm bug free for 8 days so far... have to wait 2 weeks total before I can consider them gone (cos they can still be hatching up to two weeks after treatment apparently. Yuk!) I'm much more settled in myself now. Hoping there won't be anymore creepy little monsters to terrorise me...🙁
Christine Baker Im sorry to hear this i dealt with them to the point of moving... I prayed all the time not to move into a bedbug home again i also prayed over the furniture i bought..it is scary but God is able. Those tiny bugs are fierce but God...God bless your home and family my prayers are with you
Placing infested items in a sealed plastic bag and put under the sun or in a vehicle in summer cannot kill all bed bugs. The temperature needs to be at least 50 oC or 122 oF inside the bag. The center of a bag of infested clothing may not reach this temperature.
kinda? it takes 1week to 2 weeks to kill them. and every day a female lays 3 eggs. so thats aroudn 50 eggs before 1 is killed... not super effective like we thought.
@@vexbanearamori7224 I know It's an old comment, but I'm gonna leave this here for the next person. Diatomaceous earth takes 1~2 days to kill an adult that hasn't fed (the skinny ones) and 2 week to kill a fed adult.
Is it possible that they just infest in beds? I got rid of mattress and box spring I steamed the bed frame and washed all clothes in hot water and dried them I haven't seen any evidence of more I've looked in drawers and everything I have hardwood floors so I'm hoping they stayed limited to the bed and advice will help
Bed bugs usually stay on bed and sofa where people sleep and rest. Sometimes they are also found away from the sleeping and resting areas looking for a host. Keep frequent laundering, place clutter in plastic containers or bags, vacuuming the floor very often will eventually get rid of the bed bugs. If found bed bugs on sofas, you may steam the sofa or vacuum the sofa very well repeatedly.
Majority will stay on the mattress, box spring, or frame of the bed. They like to stay close to their food (you). They will live in the cracks between the floors and walls. They like any spaces that are tight and dark. They will stay in electrical sockets. If you’re 100% sure your bed is bed bug free it’s imperative you buy bed leg traps that prevent any bugs not living on your bed from getting to you. Make sure your bed is not touching any walls and make sure all blankets are not touching the floor. You have to make your bed an island and use yourself as a trap. You can make C02 traps as well and place them around the bed. RUclips the C02 traps. On top of all the preventative traps you need to spray chemical to ultimately kill them. From my research the best chemical is crossfire. It’s illegal in NY so it has to be good. The diatomaceous earth works but it’s a slow kill. The bugs get in contact with it and it will Eventually dry them out and kill them. The key to defeating these devil bugs is to take action immediately and once your battle starts you have to stay diligent and patient. You have to think like a hunter/trapper. Always remember once they bite you they are going to lay eggs and multiply. Good luck !
ive had to stay on sofa with my dog she’s gotten sick and couldn’t go upstairs well these bitchesss found me somehow and i got rid ot the furniture and haven’t seen anymore i used DEarth all over and have hard wood floors im hoping they left with thr furniture
But the banning of ddt might save _one_ child somewhere so it's totally worth banning. Ban spoons too. Might help kids not get so morbidly obese but not the rest of us who actually need spoons.
DDT was affecting Eagles eggs, specifically the shell of their eggs. Hence the ban on DDT. And since the bald Eagle is the National bird of the good ol' US of A, & they're protected by the endangered species act, the thin egg shells would kill them before they were even born.
Sorry, but no. The US actually hates to ban chemicals used by big business. We have much less chems banned then all other developed counties. D D T caused a world of hurt. research and start with an open mind....not from the the mindset of "Oh, so silly that " experts" banned a helpful poison."
Thanks so much for your video ... Never experienced this but I'm well aware whenever I go to the hardware store it seemed to have reached an epidemic ... Rows and rows of bedbug treatments line the shelves, it's frightening ... A good friend of mine in another state had this problem and tried to tackle it on his own and lost the battle ... He hired an exterminator and is convinced the bugs are gone but as resilient as they are I'm sure they're still lurking in his home ... I feel bad he mailed me an echo device to video chat with him but I can't bring myself to open the box ... As soon as it arrived via usps I wrapped it in a white garbage bag and knotted it tight ... I just want to get rid of the unopened box ... Can someone suggest anything ? Am I being extreme wanting to throw away this used echo video device ???
You may place the unopened box in a household freezer for 4 days to kill any bugs that may be present. If the box is too big, you may open it from outside of your house, discard the box, and place the item in a ziplock bag. Then you may place the item in a freezer.
@@RutgersNJAES hey Rutgers, at this point the echo device he sent isn't worth taking the chance ... His place is filled with clutter, he's not the cleanest person and gonna take my name off the box and discard ... It's not a high price device and if I really want one I would purchase myself ... I can use your advice as to what to say to him since he's already wanted to walk me through connecting it with Alexa ... Happy Halloween 🎃 from New York .
I used hear that saying but never knew what they was talking about until I seen a bed bug for the first time in early 2000 ,I think alot immigrants brought them here
Our country was built on immigrants. This is not new....lol. Nor is it new to think "the other" caused your problems. Actually, not being able to use really dangerous pesticides plus bed bugs growing immune to treatments caused this problem...In fact, immigrants are often the ones who know to use D.EARTH, mint, heat and lavender, etc.
Depending on the environmental conditions, the traps may need to be cleaned with cotton ball or washed every 2-4 weeks. The goal is to keep the interior of the trap clean without debris or dirt so bed bugs cannot escape after fallen into the traps. The trap is quite study and can last for years.
They say if you put objects in the freezer for 4 days it will kill them even the eggs. So maybe they need to vacate their van in the winter as long as it is freezing temperatures for 4 days straight maybe that will take care of it?
The safest method may be using a steamer and apply steam to the seams and corners of the seats and floor. Bed bugs tend to stay on fabric materials, so focus your treatment to fabric materials. If the car seats are of leather materials, focus on seams, corners, and narrow places. Repeat the process a few times until no bites are found.
Maybe dust your floorboards and under each seat with diatomaceous earth? Also it is winter time. I would think leaving your car out in freezing weather 4 days in a row without driving it and warming it up should kill them. If putting your items in a plastic bag in a freezer for 4 day kills the bugs and their eggs, wooden anything in a frozen car be killed as well?
You could have saved everyone some time and said "leave it to the pros, you're too incompetent to do anything yourself." Its not rocket science, watch some videos and read some shit then have at it.
nice! but not everyone can throw cash at their problems. also also house owners should know bec it's lack of knowledge that is their downfall. ask any expert, they will ask you and teach you before they do anything about it. bec they also don't want to bring your bed bugs to their homes.
He isn’t saying they are to stupid. There’s just a lot more to it than just spraying a pesticide and it’s next to impossible for someone to get rid of them themselves unless they get lucky and catch them in one room before they have spread. This is 35 years in the pest industry talking here.
@@Suitednzooted11 Travis some people have never experienced bedbugs and yes his video was helpful to some people if you have bigger better ideas maybe you should make a video you obviously watched it
Here’s how to get rid of them: 1.) cleanliness is key! wash all your clothes, bed sheets and pillow cases or/and pillows. 2.) call pest control to treat your home.. 3.)buy a diffuser, order tea tree oil, lavender and or peppermint scent Or Air fresheners with these scent listed above. 4.) take a shower with tea tree or lavender soap. 5.)brush your teeth before you sleep. 6.) CLEANLINESS IS THE KEY! Don’t let strangers to your home until they take a shower or bath and wash their clothes.
Take mattress and foundation off. Pull off black fabric on mattress foundation. Vacuum all sides of both. They will hide in the seams . Vacuum bed frame...all sides...Vacuum floor and baseboards all around your wall. Don't have a lot of items around your bed where they can hide. Put bed bug mattress covers on your bed. If you have curtains close to your bed you will also need to wash them.
Did this work for you? Drying is way more important then washing. Lavender might help, but does not make a notable difference.. Brush your teeth????? WTF? Have you ever dealt with this actual hell?
They found 27 thousand barrels of DDT off the California coast on the sea floor. There is a big reason DDT was banned. Its a carcinogenic that does not break down in the environment.
I doubt they're nocturnal because I see them crawling around during day I'm treating my bedroom now And I just purchased a new mattress few months ago ordered a mattress cover today arrives in 2 days..I some in my bedroom I pulled off 5 in the creases of the fitted sheet of the mattress
What a dumb thing to say. I'm from a third world country and no bed bugs there at all because it's hot as hell. Yet in your western countries they thrive they love hiding in the cold.
GOD BLESS WHO MADE THIS VIDEO. I WENT TO WAR WITH THESE FILTHY PARASITES. IT WAS ME OR THEM AND I WON.
YOU SAVED MY LIFE, THANK YOU 🙏🏻
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This is the best way to describe it; a war. Even when I didn't see any signs of them I still sprayed, vacuumed, and laid out powder for a month because I know their eggs are damn near invisible. A lot of sleepless nights and hard work, and collateral damage. It truly is a war.
My son noticed them in his bedroom mid Dec, 2021. My suspicion was a rental truck he had used a week and a half before. He douced his room with bed bug spray and constantly vacuumed, and had no more evidence of any more bugs and thought they were gone right before he moved out.
Well, the last week of Jan I discovered them on my sofa and freaked out! Also, in my bedroom. Had an exterminator come twice @ $125 an inspection. Said he sees no evidence of any, maybe because I sprayed both areas and vacuumed, as well. Now I am getting rid of alot of clutter which is taking much time and energy. Got rid of matresses, sofa, etc. And am sleeping on an air mattress until I am done cleaning my whole apt. Then I will have the professionals come in and do the treatments needed. I was also wondering if my son could have brought them in from his friends house, who lived in public housing. Been at this residence for 31 years and never had this problem. It's extremely upsetting. These little bastard bugs have no purpose but to live off humans, like ticks. They had to come from Pandora's Box or straight out of hell!
Public housing usually has higher bed bug infestation rates than the rest of the society. It is possible that bed bugs your son brought in were from his friend’s apartment.
@@RutgersNJAES ...thanks so very much for ALL the info you have provided on this site.
heat is the killer, no need to remove anything, heat is the killer, I had them in my bedroom, 114 fahreheit is the killer temp, higher helps, i had 119 fahrenheit, get heaters that do not shut off, and watch temp
@Jennifer Russell ...well, finally finished going through everything in my apt and got rid of alot of unwanted items. Cleaned as much as possible and put everything else in totes to get ready for treatment by a professional. It took me almost three months. What a living nightmare! Hadn't seen any evidence two weeks prior of treatment, but still wanted to have it done.
Had the treatment on May 18th and all seems well, but am still sleeping on an air mattress and not ready to unpack the totes just yet. Thanks for asking. Wish me luck!
Well said. I agree. Fleas , bedbugs and ticks are bugs from hell
Forget about BLAMING! That is not the answer or any part of it. It doesn't matter! They are everywhere! The only way to deal with it is constant surveillance and if you detect one to start IMMEDIATELY to eradicate them. It will take two weeks of constant work and diligence. You cannot run away from them. First step is to steam or heat your mattress and then vacuum it,next cover your mattress and box spring with covers from walmart for approximately $40.This will be your biggest expense but if you can't afford it you can cover everything with cheaper plastic and make sure all openings are taped up very tightly. Next use traps under each bed leg and fill with talcum powder. They cannot crawl on talcum. Vacuum all areas around bed. Diatomaceous earth can be used around the bed and some can be vacuumed to stay in the vacuum to control what you vacuum. Next,heat and steam are very important and will kill them,so if you cannot afford a steamer,you can utilize your steam iron and hair dryer. If the eggs are given a chance to hatch this will be effective to a degree. Again,constant vigilance! Very important! Put everything you can,into the dryer on HOT! This will kill them. Luggage and shoes are suspect. Again,treat with heat or steam. If you have an infestation it will take about 2 weeks to make sure you do not have any eggs hatching. They are everywhere and constant vigilance is necessary. You cannot run away from them. They will track you down because they want BLOOD. Freezing will work too,so you can put your shoes and luggage into a freezer. Good luck and be strong! Don't blame anyone,that doesn't help! Constant diligence!
Elizabeth Kelley Excellent advice!
A blow dryer is NOT an effective treatment for bedbugs....yes, it's heat... but it's likely to blow that bug somewhere else before it would kill it... spreading the infestation to other areas of your home...
@@tiffanyn480 Get a heat gun.
Diatomaceous Earth, DTE , Is The best way. as well as 97% Rubbing Alcohol. DTE kills the eggs as well.
Thank you that, instead of our Gooffus politicians massive waste of our taxes $$$$ on exaggerating an ill informed (mask wearing) quarantine on the healthiest people, shutting down their every frickin element of society. I am 89 years old, what Andrew Cuomo sent (batvirus) to those resthomes is criminal, please stop with the stupid. These are the same people who are clueless (or don’t care) about the bedbug pandemic.$6,100,000,000,,000 stimulus for China from US TAXPAYERS, not a penny for the bedbug epidemic, shame, shame, shame, this is all the voters fault, period (sorry I got carried away) GODSPEED little lady.
Such an excellent, thorough overview. Appreciate the pics too. THANK YOU SO MUCH. Going to share w others.
exactly this is serious! 😑
Why didn't he mention getting a heat 🔥 treatment? Ultimately that's THE ONLY WAY to get rid of them forever
The absolute hands down best info about bedbugs….. I just went to bedbug school 🏫 for absolutely no reason, and I’m smarter for it.
I discovered BBs after itching in bed and saw them. I live alone which is an advantage, I think. I decluttered EVERYWHERE. Threw out stuff I didnt need. Removed all clothing to the laundry room, washed and wrapped them in plastic bags from which I will get clean clothes from as needed. I bought an incredibly powerful Karcher vacuum cleaner, and vacuum constantly. I keep the vac in my bedroom...If I wake up, I do a check...if I see one I vacuum it up. I just received my mattress and box spring covers, diatomaceous earth, and leg traps for my bed. I have sprays etc too. My thought is that if I can create safe space around the two places I am at the longest time (couch and bed) for 18 months, I starve them out.
Try wearing an adult onesie to bed you know with the footies and everything and put gloves on your hands and possibly even so the gloves onto the sleeves. That only leaves your head and neck exposed. I have even tried to figure out what type of mesh would be able to allow you to breathe easily that you could put over the face part of the hoodie. Obviously you don't want to suffocate LOL but even a medium fine mesh should at least keep the big ones away from you though the small ones could maybe still crawl through
@@thefountainoftruth6286 If you want to go that route, I suggest going to an outdoors store and checking sleeping bags with a mosquito net around the head. Not sure if they would keep out the tiny ones or not.
So, i did everything I mentioned. My bedroom is BARE. I sprinkled Diatomaceous earth along all baseboards, in electrical outlets/switches, and across door thresholds. I sealed the mattress and box spring, placed those traps under the legs (they work) as Ive witnessed them trying to crawl out of them. They dont get out.
I turned my couch upside down, slit a few small holes in the mesh underneath and shot diatomaceous earth in. I bought a steamer $120 and jam it down into the cushions etc. (the couch is leather) It heats the couch up really hot, but doesnt get it wet really at all, and IMO, forces them to retreat to where the DE is. Basically I gave them a choice of where to die lol.
Its been over 2 weeks now since Ive found one on my bed, couch, or seen any evidence of them. No bites, no blood stains on the sheets etc. Even so I dont assume Ive won. Theyre probably still hiding somewhere, so Ill stay vigilant, and continue treating areas for 18 months. Once things are clear, and you have all the traps etc set up, its really not so time consuming anymore.
I hope this helps you.
Bed bugs could be in an empty apartment for over a year then come out of dormancy as soon as you move in
THANK YOU, for this wonderfully worked information. You have given us alot of information for OUR concern. I'd buy you drinks and make YOU my friend for all the work you placed in this video. I am saving this video and burning a DVD for my friend who lives in the same building as I. YOUR WORK is worthy of money and gives us hope so we can WORK and SLEEP CONFIDENTLY so we can NOT MISS WORK and carry on in the SOLDIERING OF LIFE. Thank you SIR!-AMEN.
Tell your friend the ONLY WAY to get rid of them forever is to have a professional heat treatment ‼️‼️‼️‼️
I keep control over them with diatomaceous earth applied heavy everywhere. Its not instant but it is long lasting. I reapply touch up every spring..
In what spots do you usually put the earth? And how many days do you leave there?
Best treatment is to use steam cleaner to treat mattress, the heat from steam will kill them, then use diatomaceous earth to treat on carpet, use a SHOP VAC to clean carpet with filter not a vacuum cleaner. The diatomaceous earth will destroy a vacuum cleaner and you risk spreading the infestation. No bed bugs with in two weeks. TOP TIP use metal dog bowls under bed frame support, fill bottom of bowls with diatomaceous earth. this will keep them from crawling away and up.
Hi. Can I ask what streamer you used
Thank you this was so helpful
A bed bug normally live for 2-3 months without feeding at room temperature. They can live for more than a year at low temperature (50oF or 10 oC).
Actually they can live up to a year in a vacant apartment with no food.
Hello and thank you for the video. Do you have specific bed casings that you can recommend?
@@CoriBee123 Climbup Insect Interceptor is the most cost-effective trap for bed bugs. Here are two web sites:
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www.insect-interceptor.com/product.html
Not true You can FEEL THEM BITING! I got an infestation now that is giving us BOTH Nightmares with their biting and itching! I wish you all could come treat our place for them. Being disabled and so tired from their blood meals is about to drive us out of the ONLY HOME WE OWN!!!!!
Yes I got a brand new couch and they were in THERE! After treating and staying off that couch at least 13 mths. those buggers were STILL there! I went to war and still have the couch!!
Be fundamental. Clear out a room and then check every piece of furniture/box/picture - everything. You want to beat them? Then GET RID OF CLUTTER! Live a more simple frugal life.
They need things to hide in so DONT fill your homes with lots of crap. The less you possess the less places they can hide AND the less things you got to check.
Can you spell the name of the bed bug spray or stuff I need to get for my apartment
Sage advice.
the bed bugs do not just grow from nothing, someone or something has to bring them in, they are no airborne, use your head. and chemical are not the answer, read my comment above, companys that sell chemicals are telling you to use their product. a little DE is cheap to try and see for yourself.
@@jimmieroan9881 1. I don't see your comment, my friend so I dont think she can either. You are right . The companies just want you to buy their product. Such sprays, Teresa, are usually bad for us humans. so not easy to use and you will need a LOT of spray. That means money wasted and your health endangered.
Bed bugs are lazy. They hide close by their blood donor. I threw out my big normal bed, my mattress, all my bed linen and blankets as every layer is more place to hide for them. Get a futon. I got a camp bed and they were hiding in the wooden parts. (They dont like metal). There were just 3 in all. No wonder they were so hard to find.
@@teresastinson7242 To be honest I dont think any spray worked. I almost poisoned myself I sprayed so much and they were still there afterwards. Heating your house is impossible. If you live in a one room bedsit, maybe, but expensive. It does work but room by room which can be impractical. I worked out my bedbugs came from a cheap desktop PC I bought at a car boot sale from some people who dont see them as a problem and just live with them in the country they come from. That is NOT a criticism, in some parts of the world it is impossible to eradicate them so they learn to live with them. The dont kill you nor do they spread disease, repulsive though they are.
Airbnb is bringing them back and creating chaos. As treatments for the bugs can take a week or more the owners of units doing the Airbnb don't report the infestation and treat their own units to avoid the downtime and loss of income.
What is Airbnb?
😂
Ugh
@@jamestomas7333 regular people rent out a room in their home or rent out the entire home or apt for much much cheaper than a motel or hotel
I don't think I'd ever stay in a rented place for this very reason.
Years ago I move to apartment infested and obviously we don't know but the owner does , when we move the other tenants leave their couches and clothes and we dont know why I meet them on Facebook when i was looking for apartment and thats how i found out why they leave everything too , they told me to pull the carpet little bit and it was soooo bad!!! ! Only take days and my babys cribs my bed all the couches got all full of bed bugs we move and we have to leave everything
Sad so sad. I just moved in and found two bug ones. The guy before me see me and Denied it that he had bed bugs. What a loser to lie and let someone else suffer.
What happens when other tenants keep reinfesting surrounding apartment's by running back and forth.. my neighbor next door passed away.. massive infestation..her apartment going to be retreated.. her family threw away her bedding and clothes in our community dumpster.. today two people were talking bag's out of the dumpster and taking the item's home !! How can we get anything accomplished !!
Thank you so much you really helped me I appreciate this video and how informative it is thank you
Thank you for the thorough research, data and briefing on this matter! Best info on B.B. I’ve found..dghtr is having a scare right now; exterminators are coming to assess tomorrow...praying it’s a false alarm maybe another bug she’s found and not a true bed bug incident, or omg we’ll FREAK her hub lil guy and all of us uggggg
I've never seen one in my life but my grandmother told me about them she knew about during depression days.......I don't bring home used clothing,furniture with upholstery nor fabric of any kind....
When I got bit it feel a burning feeling
So middle and upper class hotels need to a server sweep on each floor.
Every room.
As well as complementary laundry each day just to make sure.
2020 still problematic aside from covid. ohh man! i was gona do microwave LOL! thanks for this extensive talk! this is the best talk ever.
Forget nuking them bc THE ONLY WAY to get rid of them forever is a professional heat treatment
Great video. Maybe best I’ve seen on this.
you can use all the chemicals all the company's swear by , but you won't kill them all most likely. i have fought them twice in the last 10 yrs at home at once in a hotel. two things i know for sure will kill them for sure with no doubt, heat, you can hear them pop when temp reaches a certain point, but you have to remove items with lower flash points. the other thing is DE, diatomaceous earth, it kills any thing with a exotacious skeleton, period. it's fairly cheap, or was until so many started using a few years ago. always buy the food grade, its white. the larger amount you buy the cheaper it is, if you buy from the gougers you can pay a hundred times over what it sells for. i buy 50 lbs at a time for around 50 bucks, you can buy 10 or 20 lbs pretty cheap if you look for a good price. it is absolutely harmless to humans and pets, you can put it anywhere, but its fine like baby powder so be careful breathing it. i put it in wall sockets, pantrys, window sills, along base boards etc. if your place gets infected bad buy some pillow and mattress covers from the bed bug company, sprinkle DE inside the covers with your mattress and pillows. i put a layer between my box springs and mattress, the invasion for me was in the back bedroom, i covered the wall and floor coming out of that room with a wide line of DE, you can buy a puffer from bed bug supply, squirt this in the walls through cracks , wall outlets and switches, if you have an attic then blow it or throw it all over your attic, this kills water roaches , ants, spiders and of course the bed bugs. the room that was infected was from an outside source, took me a while but they never left the room. you just need to use common sense, put all clothes, bed clothes etc in a plactic bag with DE and leave it for a day, then wash with hot water and dry hot. i sprinkled some in each drawer in dressers and chests and covered with a towel or paper before i put clothes back in. the only problem is it is a powder, doesn't bother me to see white tracks all over the place because it know its safe. this is used by big companys in food storage, people mix it and drink it, brush their teeth with etc, it is 100% safe, you know the chemicals are not.
The chemical that works can only be sold to licensed exterminators all the stupid stuff you mentioned for every bug you killed that way there is 99 you completely missed stop being stupid stop spreading bed bugs to others they travel with you in your cloths fix your problem once and got all. That earth stuff all over your house is damaging your lungs! And once it absorbs any moisture it’s not effective against bed bugs at all
Very informative. Thank you.
But the hot spot worked for me! Defenetly for prevention.
Amen Sister!
DE works too they just want u to spend money
2020 Hotels with bed bugs: ALL OF THEM
DE worked well for me years ago. New infestation, years later, and it works little or not at all. BB s have developed a thicker cuticle (shell) to deal with it. The only thing working now for me is Cimexa.....no sprays are working either.
Cimexa (active ingredient: silica gel) dust is more effective than diatomaceous earth dust. A study found some field bed bug populations had thicker cuticle than the lab susceptible strain.
What happens if you have a slumlord.. She doesn’t give a rats ass about her tenants.. Every since the move I have been in a complete nightmare. I can’t just up and move again since by now everything I own is probably effected. Only a month in my new place and it been hell.. I don’t have the money for expensive professional help so I’m going to try and tackle the job myself.. Majority of my cluttered is in storage bins that alone should help my fight.. Since it’s a duplex a had mentioned to the neighbors if they have bed bugs and he stated no. Hopefully he’s honest it’ll bring a peace of mind while trying to get rid of these bastards. Wish me luck I’m going to need it because this ain’t helping my ocd. Let the fighting begin
My encasement ripped in less than a year! It was 80 dollars down the tubes
Nashville hotels are infested. We have over 14 million tourist a year. The employees then bring them home so apartments and homes are also infested. It is a mess! Some of the nicest hotels in the city have them. I keep diatomaceous earth all around my apartment. It scares me to death. I hate those darn things!😰
They can survive for a year without feeding. * How do I get them off of me when going out and before laying on my bed? They do just sit on me for awhile. And, they get in my hair too. Getting them off me seems to be almost impossible.
Right they absolutely do cling to clothing and the ONLY WAY to get rid of them forever is a heat treatment, D Earth doesn't work either especially if you have an infestation
heat 114 degrees
Squish them with a tissue
I spray essential lavender oil on my bedding. I put baby powder on my skin and wear long sleeves. Socks over my pajama legs.
if they are on your person u have a pretty big infestation because they might hitch a ride once in awhile but 90% of the time they are hiding
Bed bugs do not discriminate. As long as there are warm-blooded ANIMALS (people, dogs, cats, mammals) nearby then ... they're happy.
I learned that BB only want human blood, no animals. They don’t like hairy or fur.
if not bed bugs then fleas. or any other form of blood sucker! some attract human size leaches as well who drain you emotionally and financially.
@@emberN Pretty much, yes .... ugh, huh?
Bed bugs are attracted to the carbon dioxide that we exhale.
@@humongousfungusamongus3871 Yes, this is true, as well.
I would be hesitant about reporting to management bc they generally won't help you directly but tell you to toss a your furniture and items and then they'll hire an exterminator for a few grand at your expense
Yes, this what our Mgmt team starts with. Toss your life in the dumpster, curl up and die
from shame and ostrisization .
Since 1st of year, nine (99
Upper class hotels are too greedy to do anything. I stay at home.
Most management won't do that.
If my neighbors next dood, had bedbugs, we live in an apt & they treated by insecticides we started getting bitten. My landlady had us tear our appt apart, thaking our beds apart, instead of just having an inpection, they just came & said they they found nothing, im angered bc i feel we have them but bc the inspectors said they found nothing idk know why the dont use heat.bc they are suppose to kill bugs & eggs
In general, treatment is only necessary when bed bugs are identified. Evidence of bed bug presence can include bites, live bed bugs, or bed bugs appeared in monitors. Placing Climbup insect interceptors under bed and sofa legs and check them after a few weeks is an effective method to determine if bed bugs are present. At the meantime, you may launder all your bed linens, install zippered encasements to the mattresses and box springs as a preventative method to kill bed bugs in case they are present on bed.
Very Informative. Thank you
Thank you for the leçon I really enjoy it
The good / bad here. Now I realize I need to clean my room. Call management? I am management.
She’s been on a refurbishing creative kick this summer: shelving, desks and all kinds of used pieces she’s bringing into home and also they recently got into keeping chickens/ hens so omg scary
=) heat that out in the sun in a bag before putting it inside your house. hopefully
Just insist that items are either Frozen in a chest freezer for 4 days or have the steamer used on them or washed in dried with a hot dryer before they come into the house.
Informed but as a renter what do I do? Without being evicted?
Think maybe our borders being wide open has something to do with it?
No. Our borders are not what you like, but they are not wide open. Millions stopped.from entering our melting pot this year!
Bed bugs have been a huge problem in the US for 30 years, since they became immune to most insecticides.
Sorry, you think every immigrant brings them, but they are more likely to bring lice. I plan on you ignoring this....
Yes, I think it has a lot to do with it.
Make Beds Great Again
Lmao 😂
Do textile manufacturers have a way of pretreating items before shipping?
There is a commercial product “ActiveGuard fabric” that is pre-treated with permethrin insecticide. But there is lack of scientific data on its effectiveness in killing bed bugs.
No, they do not care.
Wow thank you
This is excellent info.
Nope, that powder dust stuff it's in the air and you can't breathe and you can't get rid of it, it lasts a long long time breathing it in & everyone talks about bed bugs around the bed but they are actually living in the carpet 😩
excellent presentation
This idiot friend of my husband needed a place to stay my husband's friends mother and she brought bedbugs with her I could have killed him. We threw out the bed ripped up the carpets and put special plastic on the rest of the beds they said leave on for a year. They can live for a year with no food god help us
I don't invite anybody F that shit
This is why I don't invite ANYONE in my house. Nobody is allowed in my house, they stand on the porch, fuck that. Too many thieves, bad people, people with roaches, fleas, bedbugs. No thanks, life is much more peaceful being a hated asshole than being all buddy buddy and helpful!
How are ya’ll doing now?
Not gonna lie if I ever discovered a bed bug on an airplane I'd make them land and then go back up and crash the plane. Assuming the pilots parachute out. On a cruise ship? Sink the ship. In a building? Burn it. In a car? Crash it in a river or off a cliff. Total destruction is the only way.
You know it's just safer to nuke them.
Thanks!
Lol i have to explain this to tenants about 20 times a day. Such a pain
ZODIAC
My landlord is a Muslim. I've just discovered these little critters in my home. It had been totally bug free for three years. Do you think my landlord will take on the responsibility of getting rid of them? Serious question.
ZODIAC
Maybe I'm being impractical, but I think there should be hefty fines for landlords who don't fumigate between tenancies. Another thing that pisses me off, is the prices these heat treatment companies charge. For major infestations maybe they should charge more but nearly £1500 for a single bed flat with a new infestation!? I'll just have to puff Cimexa everywhere. If I had £400, I'd buy my own heat machine.lol
Christine Baker Thats probably why theres an outbreak landlords got lazy and BAM bedbug outbreak
Alton Harkey
My landlord didn't help with the cost of getting rid of my small infestation. I found them so disgustingly revolting n frightening that I even contemplated suicide as preferable to living with these creatures. In the end my family rescued me by donating most of the £900 cost for heat and chemical treatment. Seems I'm bug free for 8 days so far... have to wait 2 weeks total before I can consider them gone (cos they can still be hatching up to two weeks after treatment apparently. Yuk!) I'm much more settled in myself now. Hoping there won't be anymore creepy little monsters to terrorise me...🙁
Christine Baker Im sorry to hear this i dealt with them to the point of moving... I prayed all the time not to move into a bedbug home again i also prayed over the furniture i bought..it is scary but God is able. Those tiny bugs are fierce but God...God bless your home and family my prayers are with you
If you put plastic bags in a hot vehicle windows up in summer...I heard it works...any comments on that I'm sure people would appreciate
Placing infested items in a sealed plastic bag and put under the sun or in a vehicle in summer cannot kill all bed bugs. The temperature needs to be at least 50 oC or 122 oF inside the bag. The center of a bag of infested clothing may not reach this temperature.
I'm not seeing bedbugs, shedding or other signs, they would leave. However, I'm getting welts and lumps with 2 holes. Anyone?
Our entomologist expert suggests you hire a professional to inspect the home for any biting arthropods.
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d-fense nxt is the best for bed bugs
Thank you
spray extreme hot water will take the sting out of bites?
Doubt it. Do not burn yourself, use an itch cream, like hydrocortisone.
Only a third of the way through and am frightened as a renter
Just like Covid 19, travelers are bringing them from vacations areas and other parts of the world.
Diatomaceous earth is great for pest control, and bad for human consumption.
Not food grade and not really. Only bad part to breath directly
kinda? it takes 1week to 2 weeks to kill them. and every day a female lays 3 eggs. so thats aroudn 50 eggs before 1 is killed... not super effective like we thought.
@@vexbanearamori7224 I know It's an old comment, but I'm gonna leave this here for the next person.
Diatomaceous earth takes 1~2 days to kill an adult that hasn't fed (the skinny ones) and 2 week to kill a fed adult.
And bad for human and pet respiratory system!
@@user-tq7bq3qf3k the minute it absorbs any moisture it’s useless
Is it possible that they just infest in beds? I got rid of mattress and box spring I steamed the bed frame and washed all clothes in hot water and dried them I haven't seen any evidence of more I've looked in drawers and everything I have hardwood floors so I'm hoping they stayed limited to the bed and advice will help
Bed bugs usually stay on bed and sofa where people sleep and rest. Sometimes they are also found away from the sleeping and resting areas looking for a host. Keep frequent laundering, place clutter in plastic containers or bags, vacuuming the floor very often will eventually get rid of the bed bugs. If found bed bugs on sofas, you may steam the sofa or vacuum the sofa very well repeatedly.
@@RutgersNJAES awesome thank you
Majority will stay on the mattress, box spring, or frame of the bed. They like to stay close to their food (you). They will live in the cracks between the floors and walls. They like any spaces that are tight and dark. They will stay in electrical sockets. If you’re 100% sure your bed is bed bug free it’s imperative you buy bed leg traps that prevent any bugs not living on your bed from getting to you. Make sure your bed is not touching any walls and make sure all blankets are not touching the floor. You have to make your bed an island and use yourself as a trap. You can make C02 traps as well and place them around the bed. RUclips the C02 traps. On top of all the preventative traps you need to spray chemical to ultimately kill them. From my research the best chemical is crossfire. It’s illegal in NY so it has to be good. The diatomaceous earth works but it’s a slow kill. The bugs get in contact with it and it will
Eventually dry them out and kill them. The key to defeating these devil bugs is to take action immediately and once your battle starts you have to stay diligent and patient. You have to think like a hunter/trapper. Always remember once they bite you they are going to lay eggs and multiply. Good luck !
ive had to stay on sofa with my dog she’s gotten sick and couldn’t go upstairs well these bitchesss found me somehow and i got rid ot the furniture and haven’t seen anymore i used DEarth all over and have hard wood floors im hoping they left with thr furniture
They can hitch a ride in cloths including pockets.
But the banning of ddt might save _one_ child somewhere so it's totally worth banning. Ban spoons too. Might help kids not get so morbidly obese but not the rest of us who actually need spoons.
DDT was affecting Eagles eggs, specifically the shell of their eggs. Hence the ban on DDT. And since the bald Eagle is the National bird of the good ol' US of A, & they're protected by the endangered species act, the thin egg shells would kill them before they were even born.
Sorry, but no. The US actually hates to ban chemicals used by big business. We have much less chems banned then all other developed counties. D D T caused a world of hurt.
research and start with an open mind....not from the the mindset of "Oh, so silly that " experts" banned a helpful poison."
Thanks so much for your video ... Never experienced this but I'm well aware whenever I go to the hardware store it seemed to have reached an epidemic ... Rows and rows of bedbug treatments line the shelves, it's frightening ... A good friend of mine in another state had this problem and tried to tackle it on his own and lost the battle ... He hired an exterminator and is convinced the bugs are gone but as resilient as they are I'm sure they're still lurking in his home ... I feel bad he mailed me an echo device to video chat with him but I can't bring myself to open the box ... As soon as it arrived via usps I wrapped it in a white garbage bag and knotted it tight ... I just want to get rid of the unopened box ... Can someone suggest anything ? Am I being extreme wanting to throw away this used echo video device ???
You may place the unopened box in a household freezer for 4 days to kill any bugs that may be present. If the box is too big, you may open it from outside of your house, discard the box, and place the item in a ziplock bag. Then you may place the item in a freezer.
@@RutgersNJAES hey Rutgers, at this point the echo device he sent isn't worth taking the chance ... His place is filled with clutter, he's not the cleanest person and gonna take my name off the box and discard ... It's not a high price device and if I really want one I would purchase myself ... I can use your advice as to what to say to him since he's already wanted to walk me through connecting it with Alexa ... Happy Halloween 🎃 from New York .
What if the person's blood is infected with some pathogen will the flees and bugs still feed on our blood. !
The bed bugs or fleas will not be affected by the pathogens in our blood.
I used hear that saying but never knew what they was talking about until I seen a bed bug for the first time in early 2000 ,I think alot immigrants brought them here
Our country was built on immigrants. This is not new....lol. Nor is it new to think "the other" caused your problems.
Actually, not being able to use really dangerous pesticides plus bed bugs growing immune to treatments caused this problem...In fact, immigrants are often the ones who know to use D.EARTH, mint, heat and lavender, etc.
Yeah right they wake me up every time. They itch like the Dickens
Does anyone have any idea how long the trap
will last
Depending on the environmental conditions, the traps may need to be cleaned with cotton ball or washed every 2-4 weeks. The goal is to keep the interior of the trap clean without debris or dirt so bed bugs cannot escape after fallen into the traps. The trap is quite study and can last for years.
Dishes are nice but if they're already on the bed it doesnt do anything lol. Especially if they hitch a ride on your clothes
Well, they are part of "defense in depth", the bugs can certainly infest the rest of the room from the mattress. The dishes reduce that.
What if they are in your vehicle because my friend is battling them in their van?
hot steamers
They say if you put objects in the freezer for 4 days it will kill them even the eggs. So maybe they need to vacate their van in the winter as long as it is freezing temperatures for 4 days straight maybe that will take care of it?
Hot temps will work too. Vacate all people and animals then let the van sit in the scorching heat for a few hours.
How do you kill bed bugs in your car Cannot get rid of them Tried everything please help
The safest method may be using a steamer and apply steam to the seams and corners of the seats and floor. Bed bugs tend to stay on fabric materials, so focus your treatment to fabric materials. If the car seats are of leather materials, focus on seams, corners, and narrow places. Repeat the process a few times until no bites are found.
Maybe dust your floorboards and under each seat with diatomaceous earth? Also it is winter time. I would think leaving your car out in freezing weather 4 days in a row without driving it and warming it up should kill them. If putting your items in a plastic bag in a freezer for 4 day kills the bugs and their eggs, wooden anything in a frozen car be killed as well?
You could have saved everyone some time and said "leave it to the pros, you're too incompetent to do anything yourself." Its not rocket science, watch some videos and read some shit then have at it.
I disagree. If you follow doyourownpestcontrol website step by step, they're really good.
@@FastlaneProductions1 Of course, you can definitely do it yourself. This guy just acts like people are just too stupid to do anything for themselves.
nice! but not everyone can throw cash at their problems. also also house owners should know bec it's lack of knowledge that is their downfall. ask any expert, they will ask you and teach you before they do anything about it. bec they also don't want to bring your bed bugs to their homes.
He isn’t saying they are to stupid. There’s just a lot more to it than just spraying a pesticide and it’s next to impossible for someone to get rid of them themselves unless they get lucky and catch them in one room before they have spread. This is 35 years in the pest industry talking here.
@@Suitednzooted11 Travis some people have never experienced bedbugs and yes his video was helpful to some people if you have bigger better ideas maybe you should make a video you obviously watched it
Here’s how to get rid of them:
1.) cleanliness is key!
wash all your clothes, bed sheets and pillow cases or/and pillows.
2.) call pest control to treat your home..
3.)buy a diffuser, order tea tree oil, lavender and or peppermint scent
Or
Air fresheners with these scent listed above.
4.) take a shower with tea tree or lavender soap.
5.)brush your teeth before you sleep.
6.) CLEANLINESS IS THE KEY! Don’t let strangers to your home until they take a shower or bath and wash their clothes.
Bed bugs
Take mattress and foundation off. Pull off black fabric on mattress foundation. Vacuum all sides of both. They will hide in the seams . Vacuum bed frame...all sides...Vacuum floor and baseboards all around your wall. Don't have a lot of items around your bed where they can hide. Put bed bug mattress covers on your bed. If you have curtains close to your bed you will also need to wash them.
Did this work for you?
Drying is way more important then washing.
Lavender might help, but does not make a notable difference..
Brush your teeth????? WTF?
Have you ever dealt with this actual hell?
Brush your teeth?
And shelters for homeless people and sec8slumlord apartments
BRING BACK DDT
Do your research on DDT.
They found 27 thousand barrels of DDT off the California coast on the sea floor. There is a big reason DDT was banned. Its a carcinogenic that does not break down in the environment.
I doubt they're nocturnal because I see them crawling around during day I'm treating my bedroom now
And I just purchased a new mattress few months ago ordered a mattress cover today arrives in 2 days..I some in my bedroom I pulled off 5 in the creases of the fitted sheet of the mattress
Can you microwave stuff to kill them?
only works on the mattress
Dryer killes them on clothing
Does microwave kill
Brought in from third world countries. Very preavalent.
What a dumb thing to say. I'm from a third world country and no bed bugs there at all because it's hot as hell. Yet in your western countries they thrive they love hiding in the cold.
im extremly allergic
It's rigth now the reality in France...
Welts ?
Bed bug bites can cause welts, which are raised marks on the skin.
Crossfire
No longer being sold anywhere man there's a bad shortage of bed bug killers do you know why ?
They carry blood but cannot transmit anything? Bs
In spite of many studies were carried out, bed bugs were not known to transmit diseases to human.
Podiam por legenda em português
Decimatios earth dont work
Get food grade D earth
works amazingly
How come aids or Corona virus kill them
Immigrants. Millions of them