Question by blkmaleexec:
How do you get rid of bed bugs and what are bed bugs. I’ve been bitten repeatedly.?
How do I get rid of the spots the bites have left on my arms.
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Answer by cheezy
I seen a show on tv about getting rid of them–you have to vacuum every inch of the bedroom & especially the bed including the side seams where they like to crawl under. I can’t recall what kind of pesticide they used. I suppose raid for crawling insects would work–read the can before you buy it.
if you seriously have never heard of bed bugs then google them or check them out on wikipedia.
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If they are bed bug bites, they are in a linear fashion following blood veins. The source below will have a picture of a bed bug. If you are seeing them you have a very bad infestation. They are very fast and disappear at any little movement or light. copied and pasted from source below.
There are more frequent reports of success in controlling bedbugs by the use of diatomaceous earth as an environment friendly barrier to which the bedbugs cannot develop a resistance. The diatomaceous earth abrades the waxy cuticle that covers an insect’s exosekeleton, causing them to die of dehydration[citation needed]. Bedbugs exposed to diatomaceous earth typically die within two days of contact.-Pest control
Diatomite is also used as an insecticide, due to its physico-sorptive properties. The fine powder absorbs lipids from the waxy outer layer of insects’ exoskeletons, causing them to dehydrate. Arthropods die as a result of the water pressure deficiency, based on Fick’s law of diffusion. This also works against gastropods and is commonly employed in gardening to defeat slugs. However, since slugs inhabit humid environments, efficacy is very low. It is sometimes mixed with an attractant or other additives to increase its effectiveness. Medical-grade diatomite is sometimes used to de-worm both animals and humans. It is most commonly used in lieu of boric acid, and can be used to help control and eventually eliminate a cockroach infestation. This material has wide application for insect control in grain storag- You are going to have to put your box springs and mattresses and pillows in sealed plastic air containers. Spraying them with the following formular in a squirt or sprayer container dish soap, vegetable oil, and diatomaceous earth then fill with water. The dish soap has surfactants that keep the mixture suspended, and is also a contact insecticide, so is the vegetable oil, it kills by coating, but either upon drying loses it’s ability to kill, there is the magic of diatomaceous earth, like the energizer bunny it just keeps on killing, in fact this solution is lethal to any bug and never causes immunity. You want a real answer here it is,
For the bites, try Benadryl lotion from a pharmacy or supermarket.
As for the bugs. Depends. If you live in an apartament and the whole building is infested, you have few choices except to buy a new mattress every few months, and get the management to get an exterminator in.
If you’ve slept in a hotel lately, and you don’t live in an apartament, then maybe you brought it home from there, so buying a new bed might be enough.
You have to search under the seams of matresses, and in the corners between the rug and the baseboards, and the baseboards and the walls to find whether you have a full infestation or just in the bed.
If you don’t want to look for it yourself, then just hire an exterminator to look for them, and then advise you.
A thorough inspection (and removal of all adults and nymphs), followed by an application of a residual type product labeled for bed bugs. Flushing of all cracks and crevices with a contact aerosol followed by an application of dust. Reinspect and treat in 48 hours, then 2 weeks then 1 month and finally in two months. This is all based on lab studies and actual field testing.