Bed Bugs!!!!!

[Ghostvirus]

Does anyone know how to extinguish these foul beasts?!!!!!.......

 

[Bunker]

 

[Ghostvirus]

Something with a little less flame please.

 

[Gennith]

http://electricityandlust.files.wordpress.com/2008/01/rambo.jpg

 

[Ghostvirus]

Ok, closer. Something that can speak english well though.

 

[black_dust]

The only way is to get a new mattress

Thats why you shouldn't put out door clothes on your bed, catch them off a dirty ****er on public transport then put them on your bed sheets

 

[Ghostvirus]

Yeah I had to put it down. I threw it out. Met this dude that started coming over & hanging out, & he will sit on my bed. After 2 months of knowing him he informs me that he thinks that he has Bed Bugs.

So yeah...now I have bedbugs! Which they really, really, really, really. Suck!

 

[Obi-Ron]

I'm fighting the little bastards right now myself. I've given up on them leaving peacefully, and am going to have to get a new bed. Until I can afford one (another week or two), here's my temporary solution: First I sprayed the edges & corners of the mattress with bug spray. Then I wrapped it up tight with packing tape so there are no gaps for'em to crawl out through. Then I put three set of sheets on top of it. Any bug that wants me for a meal is going to have to work for it!

Once I buy the new bed, I'm going to dispose of the old one and give the room a thorough cleaning before the new one comes in. That means washing all my clothes (and keeping them in another room), completely vacuum every inch, and applying bug powder containing boric acid (bought a bottle at Home Depot last night for five bucks) liberally wherever they may have entry into the room. I've heard that it's also a good idea to get a little tub of spackle and try to cover up any wall holes they may be getting in through.

Good hunting. Don't let the bed bugs bite!

 

[Gennith]

LOL! - a warning for hotlinking? Really?....wow, pathetic.

 

[Obi-Ron]

Don't let the noobs bite either.

 

[POWdER-man]

Funny I had someone send me an email from a friend, of a friend, of a friend, of a friend, etc. They had originally got them from staying at a hotel in Toronto.

Here is what they had to endure (in recap) but be warned:

Spoiler

The bed bugs are the hardest bug to get out of your house. (literally)
I had to throw out lots of things and wash and bag everything else. I had a flash light at night and quickly turned it on to catch them, usually under my pillow. You cant sleep in another room because you spread them that way. The pest guy found the nest in the head board. He couldn't treat it because there were too many cracks. I had to toss it. I didnt sit on anything soft (couch) for weeks. I couldnt relax. I cant put my arm and hand under my pillow to sleep (it freaks me out). the buggers can live over a year without food. I have several bags in the garage that i couldn't treat that are sealed and will be opened next year. I have taught myself how to find the bugs now and when i went to a hotel in ________. That was the first thing i did. Luggage needs to be put on one of those luggage tables or in the bathtub. Some people also use garbage bags to seal their luggage.

No more looking at garage sales (lots of people sell their **** instead of throwing it out), no more second hand shops, used books (bug love books). I am even scared of buying mattresses now. The brick has a 60 day warantee in which you can send your mattress back. Whose to say those people don't have bugs, and then brought it back to the wharehouse where they can spread. The treatment works on live bugs but not there eggs and they hatch every 5 days. The cycle continues after you spray. That is why the pest guy came back so many times. You only get the ones that are walking. It is not a fog treatment either, it is a guess of where they are. So if you don't spray the right places...you still have them.....and they can lay hundreds within weeks!

They also love wood. They hide in the screw holes under furniture and in the baseboard cracks. I had to get mattress inclosures with rippers and had to tape the zippers shut. They are thinner then a credit card. If i wasnt allergic, it would have been over a year to discover it. I will only use white sheets now to observe any spots. When they feast, they **** out a little of blood. it is a black blotch that reminds me of using a fountain pen. (slightly holding the tip of the pen to fabric and it wicks). They also like hiding in the folds of the mattress pad, at the edge of the bed sheet (under).
uhhgggg. If you could do one thing. get white sheets and monitor it when you do your washes. I know it sounds over board but take it from somebody who had them crawling all over.

 

[Ghostvirus]

Holy sh**!!!!!....

 

[DDS]

You cannot defeat them...

THEY SHALL DESTROY US ALL!!!

 

[Ghostvirus]

Actually that is what is in my bed... What the hell is in my bed, biting me!!!

 

[Obi-Ron]

You cannot defeat them...

Oh how I hate you little varmints!

 

[rizzo51]

omg, thats nasty. Little demon buggys. They all must dieeee

i looked up on ye' ol' internets....

To get rid of bed bugs, you must contact an exterminator (Pest Control Operator). Home remedies may give limited relief but bed bugs will continue breeding and you will have a much bigger problem within weeks. They are very tenacious and usually require two or more visits from a professional. The exterminator should come back two weeks after the first treatment, and if you see bugs during the following two weeks after the second visit, they should come again, until two weeks pass and you see no live bugs, and feel no bites. The eggs take time to hatch and the sprays do not kill the bugs, so once the eggs hatch there will be bed bugs (this happens within two weeks). Follow all of the exterminator's instructions exactly.

In addition to having someone come in and spray, you need to do lots of things yourself, like launder all of the clothing and linens (curtains, sheets, comforters, etc.) in your home in hot water and dry in the dryer on hot. Bag all these items in sealed, airtight bags (XL ziplocs or carefully sealed garbage bags--no air should be able to escape. The smallest bed bugs are 1 mm in size and the largest are the size of an apple seed (1/4"); the small ones are difficult to see. Do this washing and bagging before the exterminator comes. In addition, get a mattress cover that entirely encloses the mattress (cloth is more comfortable and more secure)-- it should be designed to keep bed bugs out. Put one on the mattress and one on the box springs. If there are bed bugs inside, they will not be able to bite you and will die within 18 months. All of this information and more can be found at Bedbugger.com

 

[Galactus]

Bed Bugs Resist Pesticides
By Robin Lloyd, LiveScience Senior Editor

posted: 12 January 2009 10:27 am ET


Bed bugs are back, as many urbanites know. And while exterminators usually can eliminate bed bugs, a study shows that some of the pesky insects are developing resistance to pesticides.

Bud bugs feed on human blood.

There are several kinds, but the one best adapted to U.S. homes and hotels is Cimex lectularius. Bed bugs hide in bed frames and mattresses typically. They feed about once every five to 10 days, and not just at night. There are some reports that the bugs can harbor bacteria and diseases such as HIV and hepatitis B virus, but the insects have not been found to transmit disease.

The resistance study by toxicologist John Clark at the University of Massachusetts Amherst and his colleagues found that some bed bugs in New York City continued to thrive after being treated with pyrethroid insecticides, in particular deltamethrin, which attack their nervous systems.

A comparative sample of bed bugs from Florida showed no such resistance.

The New York bugs have acquired mutations in their nerve cells, which blunt the neurotoxic effect of the pyrethroid toxins used against them, according to Clark and his colleagues at Korea's Seoul National University.

The mutations affect sodium channels (resembling pores) in the neurons' outer membrane, where electrical nerve impulses are produced. In the past, these nervous system poisons could effectively paralyze and kill the bugs, but this is no longer always the case.

Using molecular techniques, the researchers sequenced genes related to the sodium ion channel's operation in both groups and identified two mutations found only in the resistant population. Similar mutations have been found in other pyrethroid-resistant insects and are likely the cause of the resistance in bed bugs, Clark and colleagues said.

The results are detailed in the November 2008 issue of the Journal of Medical Entomology.

264 times more resistant

Resistance means mutations are acquired over time by selection with pyrethroid, so the neuronal pores no longer respond to their toxic effects. Clark and colleagues found that these pores in New York City bed bugs are now as much as 264 times more resistant to deltamethrin.

This means that even if treated, New York City bed bugs can continue to feed on humans.

The researchers are not sure how widely this resistance has spread beyond New York.


"This type of pyrethroid resistance is common in many pest insects and the failure of the pyrethroids to control bed bug populations across the United States and elsewhere indicates that resistance is already widespread," Clark said.

The good news

Unless the researchers sampled every population of bed bugs in New York, it is unlikely that all NYC bed bugs are resistant to the insecticide, said Louis Sorkin, an entomologist at the American Museum of Natural History in New York.

Also, most pest control companies rely on more than one insecticide to combat bed bugs, he said. The ideal is to use a combination of chemicals that have different modes of action — perhaps one is good at killing the adults and nymphal stages immediately while another is better at lingering and killing bugs days later — and come from different chemical families, not just pyrethroids, Sorkin said.

Exterminators also have different ways to administer insecticides, which can make a difference — foams, powders, aerosols. However, over-the-counter aerosol bombs are not recommended. They just cause the bugs to scatter, Sorkin said, and fail to get inside cracks where bugs can hide.

"Some people don't like to say they have bed bugs. They try to take care of it themselves,” Sorkin said. But amateur attempts often just push the bugs away for a while and spread them into neighboring properties.

Many urban dwellers like to "trash pick," or go through the furniture and clothes that are left out on the curb before they are taken away by the garbage service. But nowadays, some of that furniture was put out as trash because it came from a home infected with bed bugs.

"People think, 'That's a nice piece of furniture,' and take it home. They get a bargain. The bed bugs are free, but controlling them is expensive," Sorkin said.

Integrated pest management

The state of the art in extermination is integrated pest management, Sorkin said, which means a multi-pronged attack that goes beyond spraying or misting insecticides.

Techniques include caulking, spackling and using other sealants to fill cracks and crevices, refinishing and sealing floors, injecting frozen carbon dioxide "snow" into electronics to freeze pests, re-painting walls and other surfaces, using low-moisture steam and clothes dryer heat to kill bugs, and injecting bug-killing dust into electrical outlets and switches. Sorkin and others recently collaborated with Jody Gangloff-Kaufmann and Cathy Pichler of the New York State IPM Program at Cornell University on an integrated pest management plan for homeless shelters in New York, which are susceptible to bed bugs.

"A lot of exterminations work because not all the populations here are resistant," Sorkin said. There are 400 products registered in New York for bed bug control, he said, although many of them are made of the same chemicals in different strengths, ratios and preparations.

There is even one company in Queens, New York, that works with moving companies for a total isolation approach for tough cases. Specially trained movers pack up your apartment and seal everything in plastic, Sorkin said, before taking everything to the company's fumigation center. Packages are opened and sealed up in an environment filled with toxic gas. Meanwhile, the empty apartment is also vacuumed and treated, and clothing is isolated and bagged.

"People have a lot of clutter in their apartments, but the more things are isolated, the better," Sorkin said.

 

[Alex The Great]

They are the work of Satan. They must be destroyed

 

[DDS]

That one pic I posted is making me itchy.

 

[I'm Old Greg]

this reminds me of when i got lice from sleeping over a dirty kids house...

 

[Ghostvirus]

Sweet christ. That article makes these things sound like an Alien species that can't be killed!

 

[The Battousai]

Bed Bugs Resist Pesticides
By Robin Lloyd, LiveScience Senior Editor

posted: 12 January 2009 10:27 am ET


The resistance study by toxicologist John Clark at the University of Massachusetts Amherst and his colleagues found that some bed bugs in New York City continued to thrive after being treated with pyrethroid insecticides, in particular deltamethrin, which attack their nervous systems.

A comparative sample of bed bugs from Florida showed no such resistance.

The New York bugs have acquired mutations in their nerve cells, which blunt the neurotoxic effect of the pyrethroid toxins used against them, according to Clark and his colleagues at Korea's Seoul National University.

The mutations affect sodium channels (resembling pores) in the neurons' outer membrane, where electrical nerve impulses are produced. In the past, these nervous system poisons could effectively paralyze and kill the bugs, but this is no longer always the case.

Using molecular techniques, the researchers sequenced genes related to the sodium ion channel's operation in both groups and identified two mutations found only in the resistant population. Similar mutations have been found in other pyrethroid-resistant insects and are likely the cause of the resistance in bed bugs, Clark and colleagues said.

The results are detailed in the November 2008 issue of the Journal of Medical Entomology.

264 times more resistant

Resistance means mutations are acquired over time by selection with pyrethroid, so the neuronal pores no longer respond to their toxic effects. Clark and colleagues found that these pores in New York City bed bugs are now as much as 264 times more resistant to deltamethrin.

This means that even if treated, New York City bed bugs can continue to feed on humans.

The researchers are not sure how widely this resistance has spread beyond New York.


"This type of pyrethroid resistance is common in many pest insects and the failure of the pyrethroids to control bed bug populations across the United States and elsewhere indicates that resistance is already widespread," Clark said

Evolution at work, people

 

[Vilya]

Hate bed bugs

 

[Star]

thank god my city is too cold for bed bugs... I think. Either way, I've never heard of anyone having them around here