Get some of this shit + a sprayer and spray it everywhere. Baseboards, mattresses, cracks in the walls, etc, everywhere. We had our first infestation back in December and yeah it was a fucking nightmare. After using up the whole bottle (it makes a gallons worth), the bedbugs had seemingly all gone away after about a few days to a week. About a month and a half later, saw like 2 bedbugs, killed those and ordered more Crossfire. Did another sweep of the house and haven't seen not one since. We were also lucky enough to catch it early and it was mostly restricted to the upstairs in our 3 bedrooms. Me and the wife were sleeping in chairs and my daughter slept downstairs until it was all under control. But yeah, this Crossfire was a pure lifesaver. It's persistent for up to like 30 days? So wherever you spray it, for up to 30 days it can poison the bedbugs, who don't die immediately, but take it back to the other bugs this passing it along and killing poisoning the others as well.
MGK 1852 Crossfire Concentrate 13oz Insecticide, 13 oz, Clear https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01NAE47Q0/ref=cm_sw_r_apan_i_P6CM8KYCEYHQG5XTE830?_encoding=UTF8&psc=1
Yes! It is a (concentrate)[https://www.amazon.com/MGK-1852-Crossfire-Concentrate-Insecticide/dp/B01NAE47Q0/ref=mp_s_a_1_3?crid=3UYIKXJL7RY64&keywords=crossfire+concentrate&qid=1640497644&sprefix=crossfkre+con%2Caps%2C155&sr=8-3] you mix as well.. I'm not sure where others buy it, but i was thinking of ordering this week.
I was mainly going to use it at my family home, (i don't live here but stay often) but it is where they started here. Still planning on treating my apartment to be safe, where my pets are but I'm worried about my cats as well. I'd be careful.. Spraying in shower sounds like a good idea.
Buy Crossfire. Mix well. Sleep soundly. Kills them at all stages by attacking their nervous system and kills in 5 mins.
I'm going to copy and paste some great advice I got from a fellow redditor. Is that pic on the left the one you found? When did you find it? I found mine almost a week ago and have seen absolutely nothing else (even in the box springs of the bed which I tossed). I think (am praying) mine was a male. They have pointed ends whereas females are round.
I'm sorry for you. Once I was able to do the below, I feel better about things but still unnerved.
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Here is his great advice:
Research diatomaceous earth, put a firewall around your bed and in between your mattress of this stuff. Put diatomaceous earth in all the typical spots you would find them. Buy the EXPENSIVE pesticide on Amazon, I think it's like $50.00 a bottle, but it works. Hope this was just a single bug and no friends. If you get into a nightmare scenario, message me. I can help you with the treatment. I've gotten rid of heavy bedbug infestations without losing any furniture and the treatment is effective.
Pesticide- (#1 selling bed bug pesticide on Amazon, #21 in top selling pest control) https://www.amazon.com/MGK-1852-Crossfire-Concentrate-Insecticide/dp/B01NAE47Q0/ref=mp\_s\_a\_1\_8?crid=1F9K4R30K98GV&keywords=bed+bug+killer&qid=1668301927&sprefix=bed+bug%2Caps%2C129&sr=8-8
Diatomaceous Earth- (#2 top selling pest control product, eliminating variety of pests) https://www.amazon.com/HARRIS-Diatomaceous-Crawling-Insect-Included/dp/B082LRSCV8/ref=mp\_s\_a\_1\_5?crid=2ZGU3CIJKWBTV&keywords=diatomaceous+earth&qid=1668302011&sprefix=dia%2Caps%2C123&sr=8-5
These products were used in over 20 units of our rental properties and we eliminated all bed bugs within 2-4 weeks and haven't had an infestation since. I'm not even concerned if we have another infestation because it was so effective. Don't buy into the nightmarish hysteria. Bedbugs are pretty easy to manage with a solid gameplan, understanding their behavior and knowing where to apply solutions is critical to eliminating them. No sweat!
Here is the gameplan:
Here is the gameplan
New Sleeping Area with an air mattress and new pillows with minimal comforters, sheets, and pillows.
A "Firewall" of diatomaceous earth around the sleeping quarters, meaning that there is a line of solid diatomaceous earth surrounding all areas of the new sleeping quarters.
Do this for all sleeping areas for the entire household, including pet sleeping quarters and kennels.
When you do this, you are exposing all bed bugs who must feed on blood to diatomaceous earth which will overtime, kill all of the bedbugs that are coming into feed. Which overtime, kills all of the active bugs.
With this covered, you need to also kill the hidden bedbugs and their eggs. 95% of bedbugs will live in proximity of their hosts and not in areas where there is no access to food. Spraying entire bedrooms and kennel areas with the pesticide linked above will kill eggs, youthful bugs, adult bugs too. Perhaps once per week for 2-4 weeks is sufficient, (perhaps overkill, but the job will get done right)
Putting diatomaceous earth around baseboards and the entrance to bedrooms is recommended and allowing it to stay there for 2-3 weeks before vacuuming it up. This will expose bugs in hiding to diatomaceous earth which eliminates the threat of commuting bedbugs into your sleeping area.
Following these instructions will kill all bedbugs due to pesticide exposure, dehydration due to diatomaceous earth, or starvation.
They become less active and lose mobility very fast and given enough time, will all die.
Also, keep your toothbrushes in sealed sandwich bags while not in use, due to blood transfer from brushing.
You'll be bedbug free in 1 month, with immediate results of less activity, and noticeable reduction in activity weekly until the final result which is absolutely no activity.
I'm sharing below what I copied from another post. I reached out to the poster and gave him my plan (I have only found one bug). After below, I'll include what I emailed this poster and his response.
His post:
Research diatomaceous earth, put a firewall around your bed and in between your mattress of this stuff. Put diatomaceous earth in all the typical spots you would find them. Buy the EXPENSIVE pesticide on Amazon, I think it's like $50.00 a bottle, but it works. Hope this was just a single bug and no friends. If you get into a nightmare scenario, message me. I can help you with the treatment. I've gotten rid of heavy bedbug infestations without losing any furniture and the treatment is effective.
Pesticide- (#1 selling bed bug pesticide on Amazon, #21 in top selling pest control) https://www.amazon.com/MGK-1852-Crossfire-Concentrate-Insecticide/dp/B01NAE47Q0/ref=mp\_s\_a\_1\_8?crid=1F9K4R30K98GV&keywords=bed+bug+killer&qid=1668301927&sprefix=bed+bug%2Caps%2C129&sr=8-8
Diatomaceous Earth- (#2 top selling pest control product, eliminating variety of pests) https://www.amazon.com/HARRIS-Diatomaceous-Crawling-Insect-Included/dp/B082LRSCV8/ref=mp\_s\_a\_1\_5?crid=2ZGU3CIJKWBTV&keywords=diatomaceous+earth&qid=1668302011&sprefix=dia%2Caps%2C123&sr=8-5
These products were used in over 20 units of our rental properties and we eliminated all bed bugs within 2-4 weeks and haven't had an infestation since. I'm not even concerned if we have another infestation because it was so effective. Don't buy into the nightmarish hysteria. Bedbugs are pretty easy to manage with a solid gameplan, understanding their behavior and knowing where to apply solutions is critical to eliminating them. No sweat!
Here is the gameplan:
Here is the gameplan
New Sleeping Area with an air mattress and new pillows with minimal comforters, sheets, and pillows.
A "Firewall" of diatomaceous earth around the sleeping quarters, meaning that there is a line of solid diatomaceous earth surrounding all areas of the new sleeping quarters.
Do this for all sleeping areas for the entire household, including pet sleeping quarters and kennels.
When you do this, you are exposing all bed bugs who must feed on blood to diatomaceous earth which will overtime, kill all of the bedbugs that are coming into feed. Which overtime, kills all of the active bugs.
With this covered, you need to also kill the hidden bedbugs and their eggs. 95% of bedbugs will live in proximity of their hosts and not in areas where there is no access to food. Spraying entire bedrooms and kennel areas with the pesticide linked above will kill eggs, youthful bugs, adult bugs too. Perhaps once per week for 2-4 weeks is sufficient, (perhaps overkill, but the job will get done right)
Putting diatomaceous earth around baseboards and the entrance to bedrooms is recommended and allowing it to stay there for 2-3 weeks before vacuuming it up. This will expose bugs in hiding to diatomaceous earth which eliminates the threat of commuting bedbugs into your sleeping area.
Following these instructions will kill all bedbugs due to pesticide exposure, dehydration due to diatomaceous earth, or starvation.
They become less active and lose mobility very fast and given enough time, will all die.
Also, keep your toothbrushes in sealed sandwich bags while not in use, due to blood transfer from brushing.
You'll be bedbug free in 1 month, with immediate results of less activity, and noticeable reduction in activity weekly until the final result which is absolutely no activity.
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My message to him:
Hi! It's bed bug girl from Texas. Thank you for letting me message you and thank you for your amazingly informative post. I'm following everything you said as best I can, but have a couple of questions. Our home is unusual b/c my daughter's bedroom is downstairs and everything else upstairs. We've only seen two in her room. She saw one weeks ago and never said anything to me, but instead started sleeping on the couch upstairs. In some ways, I think this has helped. On Tuesday, she finally told me, I went to her room and caught one (looked for others -- nothing). After tossing the bed and soon the dresser (they were going to be anyway), I'm now sorting threw everything else and tossing as much as I can. I have the Diatomaceous Earth outside her bedroom leading to the stairs (all our floor is tile except for the master). I've got more of the pesticide you recommended on order from Amazon (coming tomorrow) and even ordered this puppy (https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07NBVSRG8?psc=1&ref=ppx\_yo2ov\_dt\_b\_product\_details). She's currently sleeping on the couch (no bites) and my plan is to move her into the master once I get the remaining products and establish that as our sleeping area until they're gone. She's leaving in two weeks for three weeks so that's good in terms of these bastards. What do you think? I also acknowledge I'm probably trying to convince myself of this, but what's weird is I've only seen one. She saw the other weeks ago. Honestly, if not for seeing it, I would think nothing of it (she's 14 -- so not a bug expert). My plan is to ultimately empty her room, use the pesticide and earth stuff as you recommended, and then the heater thing I bought. I'm washing EVERYTHING. What else? And how do you know they're gone? I'm waiting to get her a new bed until I know they are, but how to proceed living here without exacerbating the problem? Clearly I'll have to go into her room to continue cleaning and I'm not foolish enough to think they're not upstairs. Thank god I'm beyond the freaking out stage at least and am calm about this. What do you think of my plan? Also, what do you think of cimexa? Others have commented that they think it's better than Diatomaceous Earth. I'd like to take care of this myself if possible. Thank you!!!
Research diatomaceous earth, put a firewall around your bed and in between your mattress of this stuff. Put diatomaceous earth in all the typical spots you would find them. Buy the EXPENSIVE pesticide on Amazon, I think it's like $50.00 a bottle, but it works. Hope this was just a single bug and no friends. If you get into a nightmare scenario, message me. I can help you with the treatment. I've gotten rid of heavy bedbug infestations without losing any furniture and the treatment is effective.
Pesticide- (#1 selling bed bug pesticide on Amazon, #21 in top selling pest control) https://www.amazon.com/MGK-1852-Crossfire-Concentrate-Insecticide/dp/B01NAE47Q0/ref=mp_s_a_1_8?crid=1F9K4R30K98GV&keywords=bed+bug+killer&qid=1668301927&sprefix=bed+bug%2Caps%2C129&sr=8-8
Diatomaceous Earth- (#2 top selling pest control product, eliminating variety of pests) https://www.amazon.com/HARRIS-Diatomaceous-Crawling-Insect-Included/dp/B082LRSCV8/ref=mp_s_a_1_5?crid=2ZGU3CIJKWBTV&keywords=diatomaceous+earth&qid=1668302011&sprefix=dia%2Caps%2C123&sr=8-5
These products were used in over 20 units of our rental properties and we eliminated all bed bugs within 2-4 weeks and haven't had an infestation since. I'm not even concerned if we have another infestation because it was so effective. Don't buy into the nightmarish hysteria. Bedbugs are pretty easy to manage with a solid gameplan, understanding their behavior and knowing where to apply solutions is critical to eliminating them. No sweat!
Here is the gameplan 1) New Sleeping Area with an air mattress and new pillows with minimal comforters, sheets, and pillows. 2) A "Firewall" of diatomaceous earth around the sleeping quarters, meaning that there is a line of solid diatomaceous earth surrounding all areas of the new sleeping quarters.
Do this for all sleeping areas for the entire household, including pet sleeping quarters and kennels.
When you do this, you are exposing all bed bugs who must feed on blood to diatomaceous earth which will overtime, kill all of the bedbugs that are coming into feed. Which overtime, kills all of the active bugs.
With this covered, you need to also kill the hidden bedbugs and their eggs. 95% of bedbugs will live in proximity of their hosts and not in areas where there is no access to food. Spraying entire bedrooms and kennel areas with the pesticide linked above will kill eggs, youthful bugs, adult bugs too. Perhaps once per week for 2-4 weeks is sufficient, (perhaps overkill, but the job will get done right)
Putting diatomaceous earth around baseboards and the entrance to bedrooms is recommended and allowing it to stay there for 2-3 weeks before vacuuming it up. This will expose bugs in hiding to diatomaceous earth which eliminates the threat of commuting bedbugs into your sleeping area.
Following these instructions will kill all bedbugs due to pesticide exposure, dehydration due to diatomaceous earth, or starvation.
They become less active and lose mobility very fast and given enough time, will all die.
Also, keep your toothbrushes in sealed sandwich bags while not in use, due to blood transfer from brushing.
You'll be bedbug free in 1 month, with immediate results of less activity, and noticeable reduction in activity weekly until the final result which is absolutely no activity
Research diatomaceous earth, put a firewall around your bed and in between your mattress of this stuff. Put diatomaceous earth in all the typical spots you would find them. Buy the EXPENSIVE pesticide on Amazon, I think it's like $50.00 a bottle, but it works. Hope this was just a single bug and no friends. If you get into a nightmare scenario, message me. I can help you with the treatment. I've gotten rid of heavy bedbug infestations without losing any furniture and the treatment is effective.
Pesticide- (#1 selling bed bug pesticide on Amazon, #21 in top selling pest control) https://www.amazon.com/MGK-1852-Crossfire-Concentrate-Insecticide/dp/B01NAE47Q0/ref=mp_s_a_1_8?crid=1F9K4R30K98GV&keywords=bed+bug+killer&qid=1668301927&sprefix=bed+bug%2Caps%2C129&sr=8-8
Diatomaceous Earth- (#2 top selling pest control product, eliminating variety of pests) https://www.amazon.com/HARRIS-Diatomaceous-Crawling-Insect-Included/dp/B082LRSCV8/ref=mp_s_a_1_5?crid=2ZGU3CIJKWBTV&keywords=diatomaceous+earth&qid=1668302011&sprefix=dia%2Caps%2C123&sr=8-5
These products were used in over 20 units of our rental properties and we eliminated all bed bugs within 2-4 weeks and haven't had an infestation since. I'm not even concerned if we have another infestation because it was so effective. Don't buy into the nightmarish hysteria. Bedbugs are pretty easy to manage with a solid gameplan, understanding their behavior and knowing where to apply solutions is critical to eliminating them. No sweat!
Here is the gameplan 1) New Sleeping Area with an air mattress and new pillows with minimal comforters, sheets, and pillows. 2) A "Firewall" of diatomaceous earth around the sleeping quarters, meaning that there is a line of solid diatomaceous earth surrounding all areas of the new sleeping quarters.
Do this for all sleeping areas for the entire household, including pet sleeping quarters and kennels.
When you do this, you are exposing all bed bugs who must feed on blood to diatomaceous earth which will overtime, kill all of the bedbugs that are coming into feed. Which overtime, kills all of the active bugs.
With this covered, you need to also kill the hidden bedbugs and their eggs. 95% of bedbugs will live in proximity of their hosts and not in areas where there is no access to food. Spraying entire bedrooms and kennel areas with the pesticide linked above will kill eggs, youthful bugs, adult bugs too. Perhaps once per week for 2-4 weeks is sufficient, (perhaps overkill, but the job will get done right)
Putting diatomaceous earth around baseboards and the entrance to bedrooms is recommended and allowing it to stay there for 2-3 weeks before vacuuming it up. This will expose bugs in hiding to diatomaceous earth which eliminates the threat of commuting bedbugs into your sleeping area.
Following these instructions will kill all bedbugs due to pesticide exposure, dehydration due to diatomaceous earth, or starvation.
They become less active and lose mobility very fast and given enough time, will all die.
Also, keep your toothbrushes in sealed sandwich bags while not in use, due to blood transfer from brushing.
You'll be bedbug free in 1 month, with immediate results of less activity, and noticeable reduction in activity weekly until the final result which is absolutely no activity
Research diatomaceous earth, put a firewall around your bed and in between your mattress of this stuff. Put diatomaceous earth in all the typical spots you would find them. Buy the EXPENSIVE pesticide on Amazon, I think it's like $50.00 a bottle, but it works. Hope this was just a single bug and no friends. If you get into a nightmare scenario, message me. I can help you with the treatment. I've gotten rid of heavy bedbug infestations without losing any furniture and the treatment is effective.
>How do you treat a car?
You spray the inside of the car including the trunk with Crossfire one time, which has a 30 day residual and should be good enough.
Dealt with a similar situation with ineffective bug treatments by someone my landlord provided. Was absolutely worthless. Do this instead.
1.) Buy crossfire: MGK 1852 Crossfire Concentrate 13oz Insecticide, 13 oz, Clear https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01NAE47Q0/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_glt_i_9HZ7JDMR9X38S5HHVKTE
There are videos on best ways to use it and how to spray and where to spray.
2.) Buy a sprayer CHAPIN 20000 Garden Sprayer 1 Gallon Lawn https://www.amazon.com/dp/B000E28UQU/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_glt_i_1C177VSFQ1NJZCPQFA16
3.) watch https://youtu.be/oswGqxANn8c (or just search ‘mix crossfire spray’ and the green Akers video comes up. Just be sure to use half the concentrate at first and then the other half later. Don’t mix it all at once or you will have to use it all at once and for a small apartment you definitely don’t need all of that at once and you’ll want enough so you can spray again in about 10-14 days time.
As an FYI you’re going to get bit even after spraying but it’s okay. The bugs need to go through the pesticide and bring it back with them to kill the rest of them in their hiding spots.
4.) Buy a steamer. I’ve found success by using 2 actually. 1 for your clothes (small handheld conair) and one for your floors/furniture (larger and a bit pricier but I’ve found a lot of use out of both of them). My method was that I pretty much wrapped everything in garbage bags and nothing came out until I steamed it and inspected it. My advice is try and keep everything in the bags until you move. Limit what you’re wearing just for the sake of ease. Maybe even spray some DE inside the bags. Just note DE doesn’t kill them immediately. Can take up to a week for them to die from it.
5.) Make sure you have a mattress cover and a box spring cover. Spray the crossfire on the mattress and box spring as well and THEN cover. Get something that has a flap or lock over the zipper so if they’re there they can’t escape.
Things to avoid: heat treatments/cold treatments/bug bombs. The bugs just scatter and move away. Bed bugs aren’t just going to sense a lethal amount of heat/cold/pollution and sit around to die.
Lastly this isn’t an overnight fix and I’m not an exterminator. I just dealt with these fucking things for months and the “all natural” garbage my landlord’s exterminators were spraying did nothing. This method worked for me. You’ll probably be dealing with this for a little bit. On the bright side I was able to get rid of them without an exterminator. Probably cost me $300-$350 for the de, cross fire, sprayer, steamers and mattress covers. Just be diligent. Use mother nature to your advantage if you can (I put stuff in garbage bags outside in the cold for 2 weeks bc I had access to it via my backyard).
Good luck 👍
I had bed bugs a few years ago, had my apartment heat treated several times but the little buggers would run off to another floor, or the apartment next door, and come back several weeks later. The dissertation below is how I was finally able to get rid of them, and they never came back. Lived in the same apartment 6 more years after and never once saw them again in my place. So here is my grain of salt.
Since this is your house now, this is your problem to deal with for the moment, once you move in cover all beds with a bed bug mattress cover, once you do this you're 50% on your way to be free of them. SLEEP IN YOUR BEDROOMS. If you go to sleep elsewhere in the house they will follow you, and you will cause them to spread further.
Heat treatment works somewhat, it will kill most of them but will cause some others to seek shelter deep in the house, so if you have an attic, crawl space or basement, they will move there safe from the heat. What works is a chemical residual treatment, Crossfire is great for this and it kills the eggs.
Crossfire lasts for a month but I would apply it every two weeks, this will kill any bed bug that has contact with it.
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01NAE47Q0/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o00_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1
In addition to this you need to dust every crack and crevice, power outlets, baseboards, wall trims etc with Cimexa, this will kill whatever is left after using Crossfire. Cimexa lasts about 10 years so your house will be protected. It also kills roaches and anything with an exoskeleton.
Use hot water when doing the laundry, this will kill any eggs on your clothes. Running pillows and blankets in the dryer for about 20 minutes every other night helps too.
And lastly, wait. If you keep doing this they will die off.
This site helped me a LOT when I had them. https://www.domyown.com/how-to-get-rid-of-bed-bugs-a-449.html
Good luck!
Ortho spray you link don't work along with a lot of pesticide spray because bed bugs build immune system against it. You want either Crossfire or Aprehend for bed bugs because bed bugs has not build immune system against these two yet.
Thanks. Yeah, I’d rather waste the money now and do overkill, than have a situation worsen or spiral out of control. Is this the stuff you’re talking about? https://www.amazon.com/MGK-1852-Crossfire-Concentrate-Insecticide/dp/B01NAE47Q0
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Crossfire from Amazon works great! MGK 1852 Crossfire Concentrate... https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01NAE47Q0?ref=ppx_pop_mob_ap_share this is the link!
Hey man, I hear you. These motherfuckers are awful. They can really torment you on top of the stupid shit going on in the world. Can’t think of a worse time to have bed bugs.
Some good news: These bugs are beatable and you absolutely can get rid of them. It just takes some careful planning combined with effective treatment.
You said your place was treated. Do you know what kind of treatment it was? Was it a heat, or was it a spray? If it was a spray, do you know what kind?
Also stop throwing away furniture. Sadly that’s just wasting money. Unless every bug happens to be inside that furniture when you throw it away (they’re not) you don’t actually solve anything by doing that.
You can beat bed bugs on your own if you know what to do. Here is how I was able to eliminate them. First, I’ll lay out very important upkeep tips, then I’ll target how to actually eliminate the bastards.
2- Heat treat your clothes every time you do laundry. Starting now, every time you do laundry, put your clothes FIRST in the dryer for 45-60 minutes. This will kill every living bug and egg that is in your clothing. I always brought my clothing to the laundromat in sealed plastic totes (to eliminate cross contamination into my car. This kept any potential bugs trapped until I got to the laundromat). Now all bugs that were on your clothes are dead.
After you do this, wash and dry your clothes as normal. They are now clean. Read the next point as to what to do with your clothes after they’ve been washed and dried
This is just general upkeep this alone will not eliminate an infestation. All this does is give you knowledge and control over WHERE the bed bugs are and are not. You don’t want them on your clothes ever because that’s how they travel. If you know you have bed bugs in the couch, anything you wear on that couch stays confined to the room the couch is in. It’s okay to wear it in that room because it’s already infected. Make sense?
HOW TO TREAT:
I believe anyone can eliminate bed bugs with the proper equipment and chemicals. Heat treatment can be effective, but it’s an all or nothing approach, and we don’t take any chances with bed bugs.
Crossfire is the way to go. Crossfire, unlike most bed bug/ insect sprays, is completely undetectable to bed bugs. They can’t see it, smell it, feel it. It’s totally invisible. And Once they touch it, they die within a few hours. Bye bye motherfucker. But the most important part about crossfire is its residual effect. If any bed bug walks across crossfire even 4 weeks after it was initially sprayed, they will die. Some chemicals are undetectable and have a delayed death, but they don’t come close to the residual of crossfire. I personally want to kiss whoever made this shit.
So the idea is to spray high traffic bed bug areas. Places they will either build their “nests”, or places you know they will walk over.
Bed bugs are routine. They hide all day so they don’t get spotted and die, and when you are asleep, they come out and eat and then they go back to hiding. They like to hide close to where you sleep so they don’t have to risk as much coming out of hiding.
They’ll hide in the box spring, on the mattress, in the sheets (which should also be treated the same way your clothes are in the dryer) in the floorboards, the bed frame, the walls. Even in electronics. Anywhere close to your bed(s) or couches.
I would go into more detail, but This Video goes into much better detail on how to treat that I could. Green Aker’s channel was a lifeline for me. He has dozens of videos on bed bug behavior, how to properly use crossfire. He even has a video tutorial on how to spray your home properly Follow this guide and retreat every 3 weeks.
You will beat them. 100000% you will win this war. My heart hurts for you. I know why you’re going through and I hope it ends very soon. Best of luck
Eliminating Bed Bugs does not have to be expensive.
Use Crossfire and a garden sprayer on amazon to spray your bed, box spring, frame, base boards. This this is the closest thing to a magic potion we have for Bed Bugs and it’s completely safe for DIY.
Watch This tutorial for where and how to apply it properly.
Do this every 3-4 weeks along with putting your clothes in the dryer on high for 40 minutes before washing them to kill bugs and you should be rid of them with proper upkeep in 1-5 months.
It could only end up costing you a couple hundred $. And let me know if crossfire is too expensive and I will buy you some
I was terrified of the same things. I promise that It’s NOT you. People in mansions that have maids clean top to bottom every day get bedbugs. Do NOT move where you sleep, others here are absolutely correct that they will follow you. I have been fighting these things for well over 18 months, and the ONLY thing that has helped is treatment every 2 weeks with temprid or what we use and I have had personal success with is a poison called crossfire. Bought off amazon along with a poison sprayer. One bottle of poison and a sprayer costs around $80 and for us a bottle treats 3 times.
Also get Cimexa. It’s a lot of work, but the sooner you do it, and do it RIGHT the sooner you will feel like you have control over the situation. If you have flat mates EVERYONE has to be on board and do what’s needed or it will be in vain. My husband and I did all the wrong things for the first 12 months and waisted a lot of time and money by not doing the things that are proven to work.
Do yourself a favor and just do it right to start with.
These are US links but should get you on the right track:
MGK 1852 Crossfire Concentrate 13oz Insecticide, 13 oz, Clear https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01NAE47Q0/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_i_9sajFbMJNJ6ND
Chapin 20002 2 Gallon Lawn, Sprayer, Translucent White https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0039EEN0M/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_i_auajFbP26M4HY
FOLLOW THE DIRECTIONS, be vigilant, and most importantly don’t blame yourself. ANYONE can get bedbugs.
May the force be with you!