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I just killed what I think might be a bedbug. Any advice?

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Fiktion said:
It looks like he popped it, so to speak, and from all the blood in the picture it could well have been feeding for much longer than that.
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Or it's like the queen and you killed her before she made way to her nesting ground. I'm not an expert, but I've seen Starship Troopers a few times.
 
Start by washing all your sheets then putting them in the dryer. Place all non washables in garbage bags, make air tight seal and do not open for 2 weeks. Get your carpet shampooed.
 
Thats rather big for a bed bug, no?

Friend threw out his bed and a shit load of crap a few months ago. Has been clean ever since.
 
cockroach redeemed

Predators[edit]
Natural enemies of bed bugs include the masked hunter insect (also known as "masked bed bug hunter"),[29] cockroaches,[30] ants, spiders (particularly Thanatus flavidus), mites and centipedes (particularly the house centipede Scutigera coleoptrata). However, a 2007 publication said that biological pest control was not considered practical for eliminating bed bugs from human dwellings.[24]
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God dammit, I have been itchy all over since I killed this bastard. I hope you all get itchy reading this so I don't have to suffer alone.

By the way, I saw some asking how large the thing is, so here's two pictures of him with a dime:

(Warning, bug gore) http://imgur.com/a/bCzG4

Thinking of naming him. How's Chad sound? Because fuck Chad.
 
Time to buy one of these:
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OP, I had bed bugs not too long ago. A college girl I brought home had them in her belongings (dorms are hotbeds for these nasty fucks).

Start researching local exterminators now. Call your top three in the morning. Check their Better Business Bureau ratings.

Don't start sleeping in other rooms of the house. The bed bugs will eventually find you and all you will have done is spread the infestation. You gotta man up and let them rock your shit until the exterminator comes. It sucks, I know.

Don't take anything out of your room and place it elsewhere in the house.

Buy a bunch of garbage bags. You're going to need them to temporarily store your belongings while the exterminators do their work. You'll be living out of bags for about a month afterwards.

That is a bed bug, no doubt about it.
 
hey sloth were you staying at a hotel on your trip to chile? you could have brought them back with you.
 
El Sloth said:
God dammit, I have been itchy all over since I killed this bastard. I hope you all get itchy reading this so I don't have to suffer alone.

By the way, I some asking how large the thing is, so here's two pictures of him with a nickel:

(Warning, bug gore) http://imgur.com/a/bCzG4

Thinking of naming him. How's Chad sound? Because fuck Chad.
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I had an ex in high school who put us on a break to go out with a guy named Chad. Sounds like a good name to me. He also worked at Red Robin with her too, so start naming them after birds.
 
Thug Waffle said:
OP, I had bed bugs not too long ago. A college girl I brought home had them in her belongings (dorms are hotbeds for these nasty fucks).

Start researching local exterminators now. Call your top three in the morning. Check their Better Business Bureau ratings.

Don't start sleeping in other rooms of the house. The bed bugs will eventually find you and all you will have done is spread the infestation. You gotta man up and let them rock your shit until the exterminator comes. It sucks, I know.

Don't take anything out of your room and place it elsewhere in the house.

Buy a bunch of garbage bags. You're going to need them to temporarily store your belongings while the exterminators do their work. You'll be living out of bags for about a month afterwards.

That is a bed bug, no doubt about it.
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What I read: Time to move!
 
meow said:
Ugh, we're actually dealing with bedbugs right now. My entire life is bagged in giant trash bags in the center of my room.

My roommate suspected bedbugs earlier this week when she got the characteristic bites. We immediately called someone to look, who confirmed (worst moment ever). Luckily, as far as they can tell, no bedbugs in any other rooms except hers and no one else has been bitten. We just had the first treatment of the whole apartment though and have two more to go.

She threw out her bedding and rug, and bought special mattress/box spring covers. Um...run anything that can be washed hot through your washing machine, then dry on hot for at least 20-30 minutes (we were told 30). If you can't wash it hot, at least dry it on hot. If you can't dry it on hot, at least run it on hot after it's already been dried. But if you do have an infestation, you need to treat it or your stuff will just get reinfested. Don't move to another room to sleep, they'll follow you. Don't use your own treatment, you'll just force them out of your room into other rooms if they aren't there already.

GL. Bedbugs are the worst. Been in a pissed mood this whole week due to it.
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Welp. Thanks for the advice. Will keep that in mind once I call the exterminator first thing in the morning. Don't know if I'll even sleep tonight now.
Thug Waffle said:
OP, I had bed bugs not too long ago. A college girl I brought home had them in her belongings (dorms are hotbeds for these nasty fucks).

Start researching local exterminators now. Call your top three in the morning. Check their Better Business Bureau ratings.

Don't start sleeping in other rooms of the house. The bed bugs will eventually find you and all you will have done is spread the infestation. You gotta man up and let them rock your shit until the exterminator comes. It sucks, I know.

Don't take anything out of your room and place it elsewhere in the house.

Buy a bunch of garbage bags. You're going to need them to temporarily store your belongings while the exterminators do their work. You'll be living out of bags for about a month afterwards.

That is a bed bug, no doubt about it.
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Thanks, I was just about to start moving stuff out of my room and sleep in the living room. Guess I'll just stay up all night reading exterminator reviews.
 
This is just the beginning my friend.

From this day forth, you'll be killing more and more bedbugs. Endlessly killing them... yearning for victory in a war that can't be won...

Yeah, today... you are a warrior.
 
Damn, DDT was so close to wiping them off the face of the Earth. If only it had finished the job before being banned.

Hope everything goes ok OP. Sorry you are dealing with it.
 
El Sloth said:
Welp. Thanks for the advice. Will keep that in mind once I call the exterminator first thing in the morning. Don't know if I'll even sleep tonight now.


Thanks, I was just about to start moving stuff out of my room and sleep in the living room. Guess I'll just stay up all night reading exterminator reviews.
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No problem. Also, don't go lounging around the house. Stay in your room as much as possible.
 
Apparently the huge bed bug surge in NYC is due to both killing their natural predators--cockroaches and the huge population density of the city--apartment buildings, subways, and such.

I had a beg bug problem. It cost me a hundred dollars for exterminators and I replaced a bed on top of that.
 
entrement said:
I had a beg bug problem. It cost me a hundred dollars for exterminators and I replaced a bed on top of that.
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Oh yeah, this too. I think to inspect and treat our place is like $1400. I don't know whether your landlord/building mgmt would help or pay?
 
Bedbugs are the worst sounding thing that could happen to someone living domestically barring a home invasion or outright fire.

I feel for you OP. Best of luck with management/exterminators.

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The only good (bed)bug... is a dead (bed)bug!
 
Sounds like most of gaf never been infested before.

Ok OP, here is what you need to do.

Buy several bottles of 91% rubbing alcoho (about 10 to 15 bottles)l, and a large spray bottle to put it in. Then buy plastic covers for both the mattress and box spring.

PUT ALL CLOTHES AND SHEETS/COVERS IN PLASTIC BAGS AND TIE THEM! Wash them before hand and put them somewhere that's bug free.

With the spray bottle, with alcohol, set to stream, spray down all furniture, mainly any dark areas and creases. If you a futon, just spray the creases of it, then tend not to be able to pierce futons.

Next, spray down your bed. Spray every single edge of the mattress and box spring. With the box spring, spray the bottom and inside. Go over this 2 or 3 times. Then place the plastic covering around the mattress and box spring and seal the FUCK out of them.

Next, where ever there is dry wall, spray the bottom of the wall where the floor and wall meet, they hide in the crease of walls.

If you have carpet, DO NOT SPRAY THE FLOOR WITH ALCOHOL ! Buy some carpet powder and vacuum thoroughly. If it's thin carpet, they can't hide in it, if it's thick, they can, but can still be pulled out by a vacuum.

If you live in an apartment, inform your landlord/super. They can come from your neighbor's place into yours. I got them when they were going under the wall from my neighbor's place to mine.

Use these tips to keep the bed bug numbers lower and make it so that you can sleep at night. Call an exterminator when you can.
 
OP you have my sympathy

I had them four years ago and the slightest red mark on my skin has me tossing my entire room trying to find bugs to this day

just follow the exterminators instructions and you'll get through it

Do yourself a favour and DO NOT read people's stories online, it freaked me out so badly
 
tkscz said:
Sounds like most of gaf never been infested before.

Ok OP, here is what you need to do.

Buy several bottles of 91% rubbing alcoho (about 10 to 15 bottles)l, and a large spray bottle to put it in. Then buy plastic covers for both the mattress and box spring.

PUT ALL CLOTHES AND SHEETS/COVERS IN PLASTIC BAGS AND TIE THEM! Wash them before hand and put them somewhere that's bug free.

With the spray bottle, with alcohol, set to stream, spray down all furniture, mainly any dark areas and creases. If you a futon, just spray the creases of it, then tend not to be able to pierce futons.

Next, spray down your bed. Spray every single edge of the mattress and box spring. With the box spring, spray the bottom and inside. Go over this 2 or 3 times. Then place the plastic covering around the mattress and box spring and seal the FUCK out of them.

Next, where ever there is dry wall, spray the bottom of the wall where the floor and wall meet, they hide in the crease of walls.

If you have carpet, DO NOT SPRAY THE FLOOR WITH ALCOHOL ! Buy some carpet powder and vacuum thoroughly. If it's thin carpet, they can't hide in it, if it's thick, they can, but can still be pulled out by a vacuum.

If you live in an apartment, inform your landlord/super. They can come from your neighbor's place into yours. I got them when they were going under the wall from my neighbor's place to mine.

Use these tips to keep the bed bug numbers lower and make it so that you can sleep at night. Call an exterminator when you can.
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What the fuck? No... don't do this. Have professionals take care of this shit... you don't want the "bed bug numbers lower" you want to get rid of them completely. They're really easy to carry with you so don't fuck up and spread them throughout your house. I am sorry you have to go through this. I think if you're clothes/whatever are in the dryer/heat at 130 degrees F for like 30 minutes straight, it can possibly kill beg bugs. Google that before doing it though. If you live in an apartment you should tell your landlord, beg bugs can spread really easily
 
tkscz said:
Sounds like most of gaf never been infested before.

Ok OP, here is what you need to do.

Buy several bottles of 91% rubbing alcoho (about 10 to 15 bottles)l, and a large spray bottle to put it in. Then buy plastic covers for both the mattress and box spring.

PUT ALL CLOTHES AND SHEETS/COVERS IN PLASTIC BAGS AND TIE THEM! Wash them before hand and put them somewhere that's bug free.

With the spray bottle, with alcohol, set to stream, spray down all furniture, mainly any dark areas and creases. If you a futon, just spray the creases of it, then tend not to be able to pierce futons.

Next, spray down your bed. Spray every single edge of the mattress and box spring. With the box spring, spray the bottom and inside. Go over this 2 or 3 times. Then place the plastic covering around the mattress and box spring and seal the FUCK out of them.

Next, where ever there is dry wall, spray the bottom of the wall where the floor and wall meet, they hide in the crease of walls.

If you have carpet, DO NOT SPRAY THE FLOOR WITH ALCOHOL ! Buy some carpet powder and vacuum thoroughly. If it's thin carpet, they can't hide in it, if it's thick, they can, but can still be pulled out by a vacuum.

If you live in an apartment, inform your landlord/super. They can come from your neighbor's place into yours. I got them when they were going under the wall from my neighbor's place to mine.

Use these tips to keep the bed bug numbers lower and make it so that you can sleep at night. Call an exterminator when you can.
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DIY extermination methods are highly discouraged.

OP, don't do any of this stuff unless an exterminator you trust tells you otherwise. They should be able to handle the bed bugs without needing you to perform all these halfway measures.
 
Oh man, I am so so sorry.

I made a similar thread on GAF a year ago and it also turned out to be bedbugs. It was a nightmare come true. Thankfully I got off pretty easy, considering bedbugs are one of the worst infestations you can get. I had just moved in and the bedbugs came through my floor from the apartment below me, so they hadn't actually infested my stuff yet. I coated basically my whole apartment with diatomaceous earth, and the next morning I threw all my laundry, towels, etc. into trash bags and went to the laundromat and wash/dried them on high heat. The next day the exterminators came and heat treated my apartment, and immediately after that I put bedbug covers over my pillow, mattress, and box spring, packed up all my shit (after looking everything over to make sure it was bedbug free) and moved the fuck out of that apartment. I lived there for a total of 2 nights.

Best of luck to you. I would only wish bedbugs on my worst enemy.
 
Luap said:
Oh man, I am so so sorry.

I made a similar thread on GAF a year ago and it also turned out to be bedbugs. It was a nightmare come true. Thankfully I got off pretty easy, considering bedbugs are one of the worst infestations you can get. I had just moved in and the bedbugs came through my floor from the apartment below me, so they hadn't actually infested my stuff yet. I coated basically my whole apartment with diatomaceous earth, and the next morning I threw all my laundry, towels, etc. into trash bags and went to the laundromat and wash/dried them on high heat. The next day the exterminators came and heat treated my apartment, and immediately after that I put bedbug covers over my pillow, mattress, and box spring, packed up all my shit (after looking everything over to make sure it was bedbug free) and moved the fuck out of that apartment. I lived there for a total of 2 nights.

Best of luck to you. I would only wish bedbugs on my worst enemy.
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THE FUCK???
'
I JUST moved into a new apartment/multifloor loft.

This scares the HELL out of me.

How do I tell if I have bedbugs or not?

What are the first symptoms and where do I look???

I'm paranoid now.
 
Wrap your bed and your boxspring in 10 layers of airtight plastic. Cover carpet/floor with boric acid. Then wait 1 year before going back into that room or moving anything out of it. Should be okay after that.
 
El Sloth said:
Warning, imgaes of possible dead bedbug in link:

http://imgur.com/a/qduK2

Welp, some friends are saying it's definitely a bedbug. So what do I do now? Other than assume the fetal position and cry myself to sleep I mean.

Edit: Some people have been asking how large the thing is, so here's two pictures of him with a nickel:

(Warning, bug gore) http://imgur.com/a/bCzG4
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I can tell you one thing for certain: that is most certainly not a
nickel
.
 
Whoa that looks stinking huge, now I'm paranoid that I could get them. How do they even get to live in your bed in the first place? Too many cloth around the bed? A way to climb onto the bed? Open windows so they can get in the house?
 
Godspeed OP, May you return victorious in these dark times...

PS. that bedbug is nightmare inducing, I would NOPE my ass out of my fucking house if that thing even so little as twitch!
 
Haven't slept a wink. I've been throwing my bed dirty looks every now and then. I feel almost betrayed. Like finding out a family member has it out for you.

smurfx said:
hey sloth were you staying at a hotel on your trip to chile? you could have brought them back with you.
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Nah, I was staying with family. I never noticed anything strange while I was there. It's more likely that I picked Chad up while I was out in the city on Halloween night. It was pretty packed thanks to all the folks in costume out to have a good time. Could have easily jumped from someone else to me any number of times I was wading through the costumed crowds. Or even from the bars I visited.
Soul Beat said:
You bastard. I thought we were friends.
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Scratches for the Itch God.

He demands our suffering.
VaultBoy101 said:
I can tell you one thing for certain: that is most certainly not a
nickel
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I'll blame the trauma of discovering bed bugs for this.
 
OP, I went to www.bedbugking.com for my parents. They're based in queens and do all five boroughs. They did an extremely good job. Watch their video here for what they offer http://bedbugking.com/about-bedbug-king.php if you have a Landlord or someone else managing the building let them know asap.

If you want to try and fight them off yourself (which you can) get some diatomaceous earth (or Mother Earth) and powder it around the legs of your bed, the edges of your wall, and unscrew your light switches and electrical plugged so you could get it in there too. Also buy a mattress cover, the ones for bed bugs range from $30-60

Good luck dude
 
I had some lady come into my work and shake one at me in a clear jar. You got bed bugs bro, and you can pass them to people easily. They scurry around the lip of your mattress and live behind the headboard.

With that said:

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