Treat Bed Bugs

Help!!

My son’s room had a problem with bed bugs, and the biggest thing is that they live other places besides a bed. I mean like electrical outlets, carpets, cracks and crevices.
I saw on wikipedia that Diatomaceous Earth of the Food Grade quality dries out the bugs. I sprinkled it under the mattress between the box spring, along the floor boards, and in corners and crevices. He hasn’t had a problem since. I bought my supply off ebay.

I also read that Rubbing Alcohol kills the bugs, so I sprayed that and some bug spray around the outlets. I’m going to mix that DE with some oil and spray around the sockets too.

All that other stuff works temporarily but if you don’t get all the places they hide, you will always have a problem.

my mom puts the mattress outside and does it kill the bed bugs and my mom washes the bed sheets does it kill the bed bugs too and i want to know how to kill the bed bugs
oh yeah we have a big area upstairs to dry our clothing outside

Absolutely not!!

Your mattress and box spring if infested, need to be encased in an lab tested and entomologist approved encasement that restricts the movement of bed bugs form the internal bedding to the outside and visa versa.

As far as your sheets and bedding goes, simply washing them in the washer on the “hot wash” will kill them. Or, placing them in the dryer on “HIGH” for at least 15min (though 30 is better) will do the job as well.

The most importnat thing to remember that the name “bed bug” is misleading, though about 70% of any infestation will be present in the bed area (mattress, box spring, frame, headboard ect.) they are more than likely spread throughout the rest of the room.

YOU NEED TO CALL A QUALIFIED PEST CONTORL OPERATOR!!

Bed bugs are not job which can be handled on your own with cans of Raid purchased at home depot.

To the question above, I'm talking about more than ten.

I call them a reason to phone an exterminator.

Is it the landlords responsibility to take care of bed bugs when it is the tenants who have brought them into an apartment.

When I was renting, every apartment complex I lived in had a monthly pest extermination. It is the landlord's responsibility to keep the units pest-free. There is no way to know if a tenant infested the apartment because pests can move from one unit to another. That would be a tough case to try.

I found this website that might be helpful to you:

http://www.pestcontrolcanada.com/INSECTS/get_rid_of_bed_bugs.htm

I have these white pine planks that are the perfect size (9"x10'x1") for my raised garden bed. I am hoping that there is something I can treat them with so they would last at least a couple of years and not attract wood loving bugs (termites or borers) I plan to use this for my vegtable garden. Any ideas??
I have these white pine planks that are the perfect size (9"x10'x1") for my raised garden bed. I am hoping that there is something I can treat them with so they would last at least a couple of years and not attract wood loving bugs (termites or borers) I plan to use this for my vegtable garden. Any ideas??

Any water seal will help. However, you can't paint it. You might be able to paint one side and get away with it.

That size of board is a good size board. You might be ahead to sell them and buy pressure treated lumber for this.

Or, you can buy dog eared board planks that are used for replacement flat board fences. These are really cheap. You would just need to drill two holes on either end and could screw in a wooden tomato stake that will hold as well as the pine and will be cheaper.

landlord is bringing chemicals for us to spray but i work 60 hours and don't have time to do it.

I agree. Proving you are not responsible is tough. You can always ask, but don't expect him to pay $$ if you won't try to help by spraying.

Personally, I'd be concerned about leaving it in my landlord's hands. Is he trained in pest control? What chemical would he plan to use? Would he handle the chemical properly and treat the area appropriately?

You say "us". Is that tenants in other apartments or your room mate? Is this a building-wide problem or just your apartment? You could spray (read the labels!) before you leave for work or your room mate could do it.

Regardless of the why's and wherefore's, I'd want those blood-sucking parasites out of my place as fast as possible and would do whatever it takes to make them disappear.

http://www.extension.umn.edu/distribution/housingandclothing/DK1022.html
http://cahe.nmsu.edu/pubs/_g/g-318.html

What are good remedies for bed bugs. I have been getting biten by bugs in my house. How can I stop this?

use a raid bug bomb but you'll have to leave the house for a few hours. also get your mattress and carpet in room professionally cleaned. If you have drapes then wash them too.