Your Bed Bug Resource

Can you kill bed bugs with heat? According to a company called ThemaPureHeat, it is possible and it is just what they do. By venting in hot air to your home and raising the temperature to 150 degrees, they are able to kill of all stages of bedbugs. The heat is pumped in for an hour heating up and penetrating the areas and things that bed bugs live in.
Cold will also kill bedbugs, but it needs to be below 32 degrees and for a period of two weeks or more, so it is not very practical and there are stories of bedbugs surviving cold winters in the mountains and when the campers return in the spring they get eaten alive by very hungry bedbugs. Looks like heat might be your best try. I can’t say for sure heat works, there are different opinions and schools of thought, but at least there is another option.

There are a million websites out there with articles about bedbugs. Whether it be bedbug lawsuits, bed bug control, or which hotel chain has the little blood suckers, they all cover one topic in detail and that is the topic of bedbugs! So if you have stumbled upon this blog or if you visit on a regular basis I have some questions.
When did you first learn you had bedbugs?
Where do you think you picked them up from ?
What control measures have you tried?
Which control tactics worked or didn’t?
Have you hired a pest control company and did they eliminate your problem?

Time to vent people!

Is there finally a product that will be effective in the control of bed bugs? According to Cedarcide industries, the makers of a product called Best Yet, they have found the diamond in the rough when it comes to bed bug control. Up until now treating for bedbugs have been hit or miss at best, with many bed bugs showing resistance to the products on the market today. This product is made out of the cedar oil of the Texas Red Cedar and a carrier created from liquid quartz. Best Yet sounds like it can be a useful tool in the control of bed bugs, among other insects. As more information comes across my desk I will be sure to report on it. Best Yet bed bug control could be the panacea we are all looking for. It’s worth a try.

Is there any place people can go for bed bug help? It seems like a select few pest control companies have decided to tackle the problem, but I wouldn’t call your neighborhood bug man to come out and treat for bed bugs. Don’t get me wrong, there are some one man operations who may be very knowledgeable on the topic and can help you with your bed bug problem, but chances are they will not have the time to dedicate to a proper treatment. I have heard how some pest controllers are sub contracting out the work to larger companies simply because they don’t want to deal with the headaches. The problem is new and fast spreading and it is because of this that people from New York City to the farms of Nebraska are searching for help in their battle with bed bugs. The do it yourself products are even a hit or miss deal. So what’s a person to do? First thing I recommend is educate yourself. Then make bedbugs your hobby. Learn everything there is to learn about them and follow other people’s blogs. See how they are getting help with the problem, if any at all. Get the Google news stories about bed bugs, they will even send the stories right to your inbox if you want them to. Eventually the scientists will come up with a solution for bed bugs. The bedbug help everyone is so desperately seeking will appear and the problem will become as simple as a flea infestation with am easy fix. We’ll look back on this dilemma and hopefully learn one important lesson that we should have already learned. History repeats itself, it’s only a matter of when!

Will we ever get rid of bed bugs? Why is it so hard to get these critters under control? I think it is mostly because of the fact that we have become such a chemical paranoid society. These days exterminators use IPM. They flash their flash lights and put out their glue traps and monitor their monitors. Hardly any chemical is used. So why are they so resistant to our chemicals? These are battle worn bugs that have been around for a trillion years. They aren’t going to go without a battle, and that is just what we are trying to give them. Hopefully we will come up with a proven battle plan to rid our beds of these bugs that seen to have taken over.

We’re looking again at heat for the control of bedbugs. The P800-HTR is a system that converts any 20 to 40 foot insulated container into a heat treatment chamber to treat such things as furniture and mattresses to kill off bed bugs. It brings the temperature up to over 120 degrees and this will kill off all the life cycles of the bed bugs using non chemical methods. Should be an interesting treatment option.

There are a variety of mattress cover companies out there with stories of success against bed bugs. The facts are that mattress covers can be a great tool in bed bug control. It doesn’t matter if you buy one from allergy cover only or the Allergy Store. What does matter is that you cover both your mattress and the box spring to get the best results. The reason behind these products is that you eliminate alot of the areas these bed bugs can hide by encasing the mattress, also it will starve any bed bugs you’ve missed in your initial treatment by shutting them out from the rest of the world.

You hear about all these great products that people are trying out to control their bed bug problem, but where can you buy products like Suspend or Phantom? The following are some do it yourself websites that can help you in your journey to a bed bug free existence.

1. diypcstore
2. pestmall
3. pestsupplycentral
4. diypesticides
5. doyourownpestcontrol

Check out these online stores for the product of your choice to start on the path to a restful night sleep without any bed bugs!

There is a new tool for the traveler who worries about bringing bed bugs home from a trip. It’s a disposable mattress cover by a company called Muse International. They sell a product called Sleep-Safe Disposable Travel Bed Sheets and Pillow Cases. When you buy them you get two pillow cases and two sheets sent in a shrink wrapped twelve by seven inch package that is perfect for travel. I think this is a fantastic idea for the traveler and for fourteen bucks you can’t beat it.

Planes, trains, and automobiles. Bedbugs are everywhere. Dorm rooms, hotel rooms, motel rooms, school rooms, bedrooms, hospital rooms, cabins, cruise ship cabins, expensive hotels, cheap motels, resorts and group homes. They can be found in movie theaters, plane seats, train seats, rental cars, mattress delivery trucks, used furniture, flea market products, televisions, radios, sofas, chairs, shoes, socks, and tables. This is a list of bed bug locations and it brings one thing to light if anything. There is no place you can hide.