How to get Rid of Bedbugs

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How to get Rid of Bedbugs

How to get rid of Bedbugs. My story on how I got rid of bedbugs using a simple solution. Also information and photos of bedbugs, and bed bug bites. Shows what bed bugs look like.

This 2006 photograph depicted an oblique-dorsal view of a '''bed bug nymph, Cimex lectularius''', as it was in the process of ingesting a blood meal from the arm of a "voluntary" human.
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My story of how I got rid of Bedbugs

How to kill bed bugs

Several years ago our house was infested with bedbugs. We never did figure out where they came from. I remember sitting on one of our stuffed chairs and feeling itchy all over. I leaped up and found one crawling on me. Our beds had been invaded too. Every time we sat or laid down a crowd of bugs would flow out of the furniture and attack us. The bedbug I found on me looked a little different from the photo but it may have been a young one because it looked more clear than brown.

But what to do? We always avoided using pesticides, bug sprays or anything along that line that could harm us, but something had to be done immediately. We also didn't have the funds to call in an exterminator and besides that they would use harmful chemicals.

Our solution was this. We choose the least harmful solution we could find. Cat flea powder. Since flea powder wasn't supposed to kill our cats and the humans handling them, we figured it would be the least toxic to us but still kill the bedbugs. It worked!
We generous sprinkled flea power on each bed mattress (under the bottom sheet) and under each cushion on the chairs and couches. I don't remember if we had to reapply any but the bedbugs were gone much to our relief.

Please try this remedy and then report it in the guest book and tell us how it worked for you.

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About bedbugs or Bed bugs

Bed bugs removal

Bedbugs prefer to feed on humans. Ugh :-) And tend to be most active at night and can feed on you without you noticing.

The bed bug bites can cause skin rashes, psychological effects (just thinking of something crawling out to feed on us!) and allergies.

Bed bugs were almost wiped out in the 1940's but since 1995 have come back with a vengeance. Probably because of world travel. You can go from a third world country to the United States in hours bringing the bedbugs with you through your luggage. It doesn't matter how clean you are; bedbugs don't depend on hygiene.

Adult bed bugs are reddish brown, flattened and oval shaped. Baby bedbugs are translucent and light in color. This was probably the type of bedbug I found on me.

Bedbugs can live up to a year without eating so good luck at trying to starve them out. When the food is available they feed every 5-10 days.
Dogs can be trained to detect bedbugs and have 97.5% accuracy in finding them. They can find them in minutes while a pest control agent would take an hour. As of 2009 there were about 100 bed bug detection dogs in the United States.

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Bedbug Bites

Bedbug bite marks

Bed bug bites can cause skin rashes, psychological effects and allergies. The psychological effects are anxiety, stress, and insomnia. The best treatment is to remove the bedbugs. Bedbug infestations have risen sharply since 1995 because of the ease of travel to third world countries where the bugs are not controlled. The best way for your home to become infested is to check into a hotel. Hotels and motels, no matter how clean can carry the bed bugs. If you travel often it isn't a matter of "if" but "when" you carry the bedbugs home in your suitcase.

Bedbug bite symptoms vary from no effect to red spots or rashes that can cause intense itching for days. The most common areas for bedbug bites are on the face, arms, shoulders and legs as they are more exposed while sleeping.

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Bedbug treatment

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  • Bruno Feb 25, 2012 @ 5:12 pm | delete
    I'm very allergic to fleas, so frist thing I'm going to buy is the flea treatment!
    Getting rid of fleas is my frist priority!
    Thanks for your information
  • seoweb43 Feb 7, 2012 @ 1:17 am | delete
    Thank you very much for your site
    bed bug spray
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  • heatherashton22 Oct 11, 2011 @ 2:47 pm | delete
    Great lens. Ever since my house was infested with bed bugs, I have become obsessed with learning all I can about how to get rid of them and prevent them from coming back. They are horrible pests!
  • Phillyfreeze69 Sep 25, 2011 @ 12:29 pm | delete
    Excellent information and resource list. We had an outbreak last year in my apartment complex and it was quite a deal in trying to ge rid of them.
    The natural enzymes that Kleen uses in their product is eco-friendly and biodegradable...I like that!
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* Photo Credit

This image is in the public domain and thus free of any copyright restrictions. As a matter of courtesy we request that the content provider be credited and notified in any public or private usage of this image.

Date 2006

Source: http://phil.cdc.gov/phil/home.asp

Author:
Content Providers(s): CDC/ Harvard University, Dr. Gary Alpert; Dr. Harold Harlan; Richard Pollack. Photo Credit: Piotr Naskrecki

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