Bed Bug Insecticide

Yet travel is just how many come to be reacquainted with these insect relics of the last century when technology supposedly triumphed over bug. Guess not. But at the time Ddt just about wiped these buggers out. But in the world of bugs there's a huge divergence in the middle of just about and did. Because those that survived the chemical warfare waged against them developed resistance to just about any bed bug killer. Good for them. Bad for us. Which is why these pests are now found in homeless shelters, cabs and buses, at the symphony, and as you may have heard by now, hotel rooms. They well love the hotel and motel rooms where they get to stay free and meals are served on demand.

Anyway these oval shaped, brownish colored bugs feed on beast blood. But their popular type is human blood. Type O, A whatever, doesn't matter. Often after feeding they'll leave a little calling card otherwise known as bed bug poop on the bedding somewhere. These spots might be mistaken for mold by some. But they are a sure sign bed bugs are nearby when discovered on the mattress or sheets or behind the head board.

Now it's said these mini vampires do their best work in the dark. Otherwise they spend their time whiling away the hours waiting for it to get dark while working up quite an appetite in hiding. Cracks and crevices in baseboards, furniture, even behind peeling wallpaper can be called home.

But what is one to do when upon returning from a fun winter getaway to some sunny Caribbean isle not yet ravaged by hurricanes only to scrutinize you did too bring back bed bugs with you? The fun stops then. These pests are tough to get rid of and if you've found one you can bet there are more where they came from. Many more. Be ready to take a hit to the wallet. One not likely covered by your homeowners assurance either.

At this point you want to resist the impulse to pitch all things in an endeavor to throw the bugs out. That's not going to work. Oh it may eliminate those who have taken up residence in hiding on those particular items. But there's clothing, your suitcase perhaps, and all sorts of other stuff to consider. You planning on pitching all things in your quest from bed bug bondage? I didn't think so.

Actually now is the time to come to be well-known with your vacuum cleaner. And to learn about such arcane ways of treating the question such as thermal remediation, steaming, and freezing. Consideration insecticides didn't make the short list. With some exterminators they may as part of an wide wide medicine program. But well not as your first line of defense.

You want to wash everything. At the hottest setting the label allows. Or you could put items of clothing into black stable bags and after tightly securing them let them sit in the sun. Or maybe in the trunk of your car on a sunny day. Anywhere the temps exceed 120 degrees F can bake the life out of the bugs.

Cold can work too. So if it's frozen cold outside, do the same only finding a snow drift to stow the bags in. As long as it stays near zero for a week or longer cold works. Just, as you may have noticed, not as fast as heat. Which can produce the results you seek, that is exploding bed bugs, in a matter of hours. Well, okay the exploding bugs part is a stretch. But the heat will harden and kill them in hours.

Now next time you hit the road you might look at ways to keep these home invaders at arms distance.

For one you can look into luggage encasements that offer the reassurance of bed bug resistant zippers. You can still way your stuff but the bugs can't. Some would suggest these best be used one time only. And that you leave them behind rather than pack them up since there could be bed bug eggs on them somewhere. Not likely. But do you well want to occasion it?

Also never bring your luggage into any hotel room that you haven't given the appropriate once over first in hunt for the calling cards bed bugs typically leave behind. Surmise being just because the former occupant didn't Consideration the rash up and down their arm, doesn't mean you won't.

Well, let's hope none of this ever happens to you. And that as you get off the plane, you'll see your mother-in-law keeping a squirming Snuggles there to welcome you back. While the snow is drifting and blowing outside something fierce. Considering the alternatives is that well all that bad?