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Balancing bed bug fears with clothing care when travelling
I'm going on a short trip soon where I will be staying in 2 different hotels (that seem very nice!) I have some new clothes I would love to wear during this trip. Looking for general advice on my bedbug precautions and specifically whether a post-trip heat treat of these new items is needed, and if so if my idea is properly balancing actually treating them without ruining them. More below! [more inside]
Someone in my building has bedbugs, what next?
Received a notice that someone in my condo building has bedbugs. What next? [more inside]
how do you ACTUALLY check furniture for bedbugs?
My neighbours threw out a nice wicker coffee table and loveseat, and I'd like to keep them. I've looked up how to check furniture for bedbugs, and it all seems... kind of impossible? [more inside]
How much will a mattress protector mess with my bedtime experience?
There's a wave of bedbugs going in southern Europe now. I'm thinking about preemptively buying a mattress encasement, but I'm also a hot sleeper and kind of a diva about my sleeping experience in general. I really like the breathability and quilted pillow top of my currently unprotected mattress; are encasements reasonably comfortable these days, or should I resign myself to the feeling of sleeping on top of an IKEA tote?
Family with bedbugs visiting, am I being extra?
More details inside, but my partner’s brother family is visiting the house and they have a bedbug infestation. It is not my house, so I don’t think I have say, but my partner wants to visit my parent’s house and we also live together, but I feel like I’m being unreasonable there. [more inside]
heat treating bed bugs
Finally confirmed what I suspected for weeks, we have bedbugs. Heat treatment seems like the way to go (cost no object). I have questions for people who have been through this, particularly about what needs to be removed so it won't be damaged by the heat. [more inside]
What is this bug on my new mattress?
I bought a new mattress, and this dead-ass little dude was squashed on the front of it. What is he? [more inside]
How do I minimize my chances of getting bedbugs in my hotel in NYC?
I'm going to be visiting NYC in a week and I'm stuck in an indecision loop regarding hotel selection, vis-à-vis bedbugs. My forefront goal is to minimize my chances of finding bedbugs in my hotel room as much as possible. How do I choose where to stay? [more inside]
This couch is really bugging me
In late 2015, the house I was renting had a bedbug infestation. Exterminators sprayed a lot of poison around and the infestation went away. Several months later, I moved, and most of my belongings went into storage. Is it safe to consider using some of them now? [more inside]
Possible bed bugs, how to diagnose?
I got bug bites last night that could be bed bug bites, but don't see signs of bed bugs. What do I do now? [more inside]
Is this a bedbug?
Six weeks into a new apartment. Pretty much bought all new bedding, beds, mattresses, etc. Found this guy (image link) this morning. Scale in millimeters. Is it a bedbug?
Did Edgar Allan Poe write this story?
Tiny crawling / itching sensations while in bed AND sometimes with the lights on have been plaguing me the last two or three nights. No welts (although I don't always react to insect bites). Help needed ASAP. [more inside]
NexGard for humans
My pup takes NexGard once a month to control fleas, and it seems to work. It doesn't prevent bites, but (if the advertising is correct) once a bug bites him, the hoppers die within a short period of time, before they can lay eggs. Would a drug like this, approved for humans, potentially control bedbugs for those infested with them? [more inside]
Bitten in a hotel bed overnight
I just woke up in my hotel bed covered in what appear to be bug bites. Red, itchy, pretty small (1-2cm across). Some on my back, wrist, chest. What do I do? [more inside]
Should I help a friend move who has had bedbugs recently?
I'm planning on helping a new friend move this weekend. Tonight, I remembered that she'd mentioned about week ago that she had brought bedbugs back with her from a trip to visit family abroad. Ack, can I still go over to her place and help her lug her stuff around? Or does that sound like a recipe for successfully acquiring bedbugs? [more inside]
What is biting me?
I wake up in the morning with what appear to be itchy bites of some kind. Husband has not gotten any bites. No visible signs of bed bugs. Help! [more inside]
Are these bed bug bites and what should I do?
Are these bed bug bites and what should I do? [more inside]
Landlord is not taking this bedbug problem seriously.
My landlord has been dragging his heels in taking care of this mild but persistent bed-bug and roach problem. It's been over a year. I am at my wit's end. How do I proceed? [more inside]
Daycare has bedbugs
Daycare provider (in home) informed us she got bit, was confirmed as a bedbug by the property manager. Daycare provider was told there is no infestation. My child has been cosleeping in that room at times. I have not noticed any bites on him. She keeps the diaper bag in a different part of the house. What do I need to do or be worried about or watch for here? [more inside]
Bedbugs in the new apartment building
What's a reasonable way to act in this situation? [more inside]
Bed bugs (yet again) but in a large, bizarre pattern?
I have suspected bed bugs for awhile; based on the type of bites and patterns. But I just noticed a completely different pattern/series of bites on my rear thigh I have never seen before. [more inside]
Bedbug legal/monetary compensation options - Vermont, USA
In my last question, I found bedbugs in my bedroom. Exterminators did a heat treatment, it didn't work, now I have bites again. I don't want to keep repeating this cycle for months on end. I want to live in a bedbug-free apartment. If the next treatment doesn't work either, what are my options, legally and generally? Are there things I can do to ensure the next treament works better? I'm in central Vermont. [more inside]
Bed bugs or not bed bugs?
I can't believe I'm asking one of these, but here we go. Bed bugs or not bed bugs? Pictures: one, two, three. Bugs found in the floor cracks of my wooden floor, about 6-8mm long, kind of look like mini beetles, dark blackish-brown color except for one that apparently got bleached by drying out in the sun. [more inside]
Bedbug filter - presents from friends who have them?
We went to dinner last night with friends to exchange birthday presents.
Then they told us they have been trying to eradicate bedbugs from their place for two months. How worried should we be, and how should be deal with these presents? [more inside]
What to do when a tenant says they have bed bugs?
A tenant just informed me they have bed bugs. I have no idea what to do, or what my obligations are. I'm a landlord in Illinois. [more inside]
Would need to exactly happen for a bedbug to transmit a superbacteria?
This is a really gross hypothetical so I'm just going to put a TW BEDBUGS DISEASE here [more inside]
Are these bedbugs?
Help me bugfilter, you’re my only hope. [more inside]
Bed bugs - keep them from moving with me!
My fiance and I recently had a run-in with bed bugs at our apartment. Last Saturday we had the entire apartment heat-treated, and we're due to move to a new apartment this Friday. As of yesterday, "new" bites are still showing up on my arm, even though we passed post-treatment inspection by a bed bug dog. Is it likely that these are just a delayed reaction from old bites? What reasonable precautions should we take to ensure we don't carry any remaining stragglers with us to the new apartment? [more inside]
Eradicating Bed Bugs
What is the best way to be sure we are rid of bed bugs? We plan to remove and destroy the mattress, box spring, wooden bed, frame, following up with using a heat gun and spraying everything, to the point of complete saturation, with alcohol. Anything else before we bring in new bed and mattress? [more inside]
What fresh hell
I have a rash that at first thought was related to the flu, and now I'm terrified is caused by bed bugs. Do either cause the type of rash described herein? [more inside]
Is this a bed bug?
Is this a bed bug? Link to flickr album: https://flic.kr/s/aHsm38PYM8 It seems to match a lot of descriptions I've found online. Unfortunately I did squish it due to freaking out which apparently doesn't help with ID'ing.
Please help me live with bedbugs
I live in a building that has ongoing bedbug infestations. I need coping tips for living with them for the next few years. Difficulty level: single, 30's, and actively dating. [more inside]
Didn't mean to let the bed bugs bite. They're eating us alive.
A week ago we stayed at a resort and brought souvenirs home — bed bugs! Please give us your best advice, but most of all, please tell us that there's a light at the end of the tunnel. Bed bugs suuuuuuuck. [more inside]
Guest with bedbugs.
A friend stayed overnight, went home and then found out they had bedbugs at their place. Should we be worried, and what should we be doing? [more inside]
One kid, two households, many bedbugs
The kiddo, who I have 50% custody of, and who is in elementary school and after school care in the US, has acquired numerous bedbug bites at The Other House. Nothing at my place that I can see. What should I be thinking about here?
Bitten by bedbugs at hotel
Help me deal without panicking [more inside]
Is This a Bed Bug ?!?!
I was cleaning my apartment this afternoon and I came across this bug. Doing a quick internet search it looks close to a bed bug, but doesn't quite match the pictures I came across.
What type of bug is this?
If it's a bed bug, how do I ensure my apartment stays bed bug free?
Should I just burn down my apartment and call it a day (I've never had bed bugs before)?
Found a bedbug , now what?
So I woke up in the middle of the night and my foot was itching so I took a look at it and I noticed two raised areas. I was immediately suspicious so I got up and looked on the side of the bed and I found a bedbug crawling back down to whatever hell that birthed him. I removed him and stuck him in a plastic bag.
NOW WHAT?!? [more inside]
Can I walk through a bedbug house?
How best to protect myself during a brief visit to a home with bedbugs? Or better not to go at all? [more inside]
Bedbugs: Summer Edition
How do you know when bedbugs are gone, when it's summertime? [more inside]
Is this a bedbug?
I found this little monster crawling on the wall of a short-term rental apartment I'm staying in. HALP
Bed bugs, Y/N? (Time warp edition)
For the past couple of days, I've been getting bitten by things at night. One bite on one night, two bites another night... and then last night, which was apparently some kind of crazy Ender's Game AU in which the bugs won. I thought I was getting bitten by mosquitoes, since I had the window open for a couple of nights (not last night). But a "kind" "friend" suggested these might be bed bug bites. Picture of bites included below. [more inside]
Bedbugs? Or Just Bugs in Bed?
This bites
Something has been sporadically biting me in my sleep since January, possibly before. No physical evidence of bed bugs has been found, though I'm fearing the worst. What should my next steps be? [more inside]
A disgusting hypothetical involving bedbugs and a broken leg
Hypothetical: Let's say you have a broken leg, with a cast dealy-job like so. But wait! You also have a bedbug infestation that, for various horrible reasons, is really bad and not being remedied.
How would you convince the bedbugs to not inhabit the cast? [more inside]
is this dresser too good to be true? in other words, is it bedbugs?
I found a dresser on the sidewalk in Brooklyn yesterday, the 30th. I rushed to take it, since it appeared to be of very high quality and, having recently moved, I needed one! Now, I'm paranoid I may have exposed myself to bedbugs - not because of any obvious empirical evidence, but because the risk in New York City is purportedly so high, and the piece could have been thrown out because of an infestation. (It could also have been the casualty of a move.) The only possible visual sign of any infestation is here, in the base of the dresser: http://imgur.com/ARBrX3K
This white substance scattered and disappeared when I tried to scoop a bit of it up with some paper. I think it's probably wood shavings from the dresser itself; an extensive search turned up no obvious signs of droppings, shed skins, the things themselves. But this white, salt-like substance does not seem altogether inconsistent with eggs.
Should I get this thing out of my apartment immediately?
How do you deal with a rational phobia?
I have a big fat annoying anxiety-inducing, sleep-disrupting phobia of bedbugs. I'm already doing CBT to limited success; what other avenues should I explore? [more inside]
Bedbug cleaning - how do I prevent repopulation?
I've had bedbugs in my apartment. My landlord hired exterminators to treat the place using a heat treatment, so I did all the steps they requested, including washing/drying clothes and keeping them in a plastic bag until you leave the apartment (check) and taking very little with you (check). I'm in the library as I type this and I JUST saw a bedbug crawl across my bag. What can I do to keep my place from getting reinfected? [more inside]
Potential bed bugs and worried flatmate
My flatmate has woken up with one or two small, red, itching bites on her legs or back each day for the past week or so. She is extremely distressed, having had a traumatic experience with bed bugs several years ago. Please help me figure out what to do. [more inside]
My library just had bedbugs. Can I keep checking out books?
I like to check out books from my local library branch every week. This weekend, they were closed, with a sign on the door explaining that they were being treated for bedbugs. I'm not sure why kind of treatment they used. How likely is it that the books are now safe to check out? Should I go buy a book at the bookstore instead?