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can bed bugs climb up walls and metal?

Question by Katelyn: can bed bugs climb up walls and metal? i dont have bed bugs, but this whole bed bug thing going around has got me freaked out. my bed is a metal loft bed. so can bed bugs get up there? and do they burrow in mattresses and pillows? and if bedbugs are […]

How to disinfect objects from bedbugs? What to take with you after moving out of a (possibly) infested place?

Question by Ralph: How to disinfect objects from bedbugs? What to take with you after moving out of a (possibly) infested place? My roommate said she saw a single bedbug in her room a few weeks ago. Exterminators came in the next day and sprayed our apartment and looked in my room, too, for any […]

Male and female bed bugs climbing up artist paintbrush

Male and female bed bugs are mating. Female crawls up the paintbrush but has trouble at first because attached male adds extra weight. She slips a bit until male uncouples and then female climbs up the chrome collar. Climbing is aided by the curved shaped of the metal collar: the female would have trouble climbing […]

How to get rid of bed bugs?

Question by pointskelly: How to get rid of bed bugs? Me and my fiance recently found out we have a major infestation of bed bugs. We called the local exterminator. They we giving us an estimate of around $ 1,000. There is no way we can afford that on our pay. Is there anything we […]