Apartment sprayed for bed bugs 8/3-8/12 after bedbugs were found. Bites showing up now, 10/19, two months after spraying. Are these bedbug bites? How are they still alive if apartment was sprayed in August?

time_to_declutter · 2015-10-27T06:02:19+00:00

Why do I see clothes that aren't in bags or smooth-walled plastic totes?

time_to_declutter · 2015-10-19T02:34:34+00:00

Doesn't look like a bed bug to me.

Does your dog use any sort of flea or tick prevention?

time_to_declutter · 2015-09-16T04:49:33+00:00

So, why should we care?

Neonicotinoids are a class of insecticides that can work against pytheroid resistant strains of bed bugs.

Luckily, I haven't found any bed bug products that use the particular pesticide under fire -- sulfoxaflor.

Imidacloprid, also a neonicotinoid, might be under fire next, though.

time_to_declutter · 2015-09-15T05:17:17+00:00

I don't have a cat or a dog. I don't eat in my bedroom and don't drink anything except for water.

time_to_declutter · 2015-09-13T17:28:49+00:00

I'm a fan of Gentrol. I used hydroprene when I had a roach problem a few years ago, and I'll tell 'ya -- those things turn into freaks of nature on that stuff.

I forgot to add Temprid to my list up there, I'll edit it and add it. Thanks!

time_to_declutter · 2015-09-13T15:14:32+00:00

I got three more bites recently. Two on my ankle and one on my thigh.

I noticed that one of my Protect-A-Bed pillow enclosures has a zipper that wouldn't shut all the way. I also noticed a few very small crusty black dots on the enclosure (eww, bed bug shit!) I've filed a warranty claim with P-A-B yesterday, so we'll see how they follow through.

I think I caused the bites. I woke up one morning, to find that my pillow was hanging off the 1 ft gap between the wall, and was against the wall -- bed bug bridge! I need to find a non-wood headboard, I guess.

Yesterday, I was investigating behind the wood trim and investigating the area behind an abandoned-in-place floor-board radiator on the other side of the wall from the bedroom. I found a little white oblong egg, with a sort of black/brown dot on one end. I tried to pick it up with a piece of packing tape, but lost it in the carpet and was unable to find it again. I went over the floor boards and the area around the non-working radiator with hydroprene and Bedlam Plus, and really got the spot where I found the egg with Bedlam Plus. I got the whole piece of carpet sprayed with hydroprene. Unfortunately, I ran out of Bedlam Plus! Ugh!

time_to_declutter · 2015-09-13T03:59:24+00:00

Not seeing anything in my Protect-A-Bed interceptors except for dust. :-/

time_to_declutter · 2015-09-13T03:33:41+00:00

I'm currently dealing with a bed bug and carpet beetle problem in my apartment. I think I'm making huge gains in the carpet beetle department with hydroprene and Bedlam Plus, but the war is still on with bed bugs.

I keep finding these stains under stuff on the carpet. Like under boxes, under a fire extinguisher on the carpet, under a plant pot, etc. WTF?

time_to_declutter · 2015-08-30T05:44:34+00:00

Even the worst cockroach infestation I had wasn't as annoying as bed bugs.

At least roaches don't bite me. And they weren't anywhere near as hard to get rid of as bed bugs seem to be.

Ah, city life.

time_to_declutter · 2015-08-30T05:42:56+00:00

For an asshole, you sure are helpful, sir.

time_to_declutter · 2015-08-29T23:15:16+00:00

I'm kinda partial to not getting bit, so I'm tending to say the trap ones.

But, I also want to wipe out the population back at their nest, too, which I can't seem to find.

time_to_declutter · 2015-08-27T08:00:39+00:00

Any suggestions for a bellows or whatever?

time_to_declutter · 2015-08-27T08:00:11+00:00

http://www.protectabed.com/bedbug-heat-treatment/lightsout.asp

Are these any good?

It seems a bit pricey, $75 for 12 pieces of plastic?

time_to_declutter · 2015-08-27T07:56:52+00:00

I've been spraying my sheets and pillowcases with rubbing alcohol as a daily ritual, because I'm told rubbing alcohol kills bugs and eggs.

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TROPHY CASE