Current Events > Women gets bed bugs from a movie theater.

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http://www.fox10phoenix.com/news/arizona-news/nasty-surprise-woman-claims-she-was-bitten-by-bedbugs-at-movie-theater

^^^video

Never going to a movie theater again. I had bedbugs this year and it is one of the last things you ever want to have to deal with.

My wife's sister and her family lived in a lower end apartment complex and had to deal with this. You think fleas are bad? Hell doesn't describe this kind of infestation.

I wouldn't hold the theater accountable though, they have zero control over what viewers may carry in on their clothing.
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Iirc, movie theaters are a common place for bed bugs. Another was libraries, apparently.

Bed Bugs are definitely worse than fleas, I can say that much. Genuine Hell.
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Ugh, I'll never go to either again. So gross.

I work at a hotel so we deal with them every now and again. It takes a few days to get rid of them.
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According to wikipedia, the government banning effective pesticides is partly to blame for why bed bugs are so prevalent

just another reason why the government sucks
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MakoReizei posted...

According to wikipedia, the government banning effective pesticides is partly to blame for why bed bugs are so prevalent

just another reason why the government sucks

Yeah, I remember reading it's because it can hurt children or some shit. Thankfully, there's other alternative pesticides that are being developed that are just as effective that don't have chemicals immediately toxic to humans.
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CE omg help. I've never had to deal with this before. I had to stay in a hotel while traveling and woke up with about 100 bites on my abs. When I got home, I practically burned everything I traveled with and showered.

1 month later and I'm waking up with a 1 new bite on my abs every couple days. Am I gonna have to burn my house down? Are they about to multiple like crazy?
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foreverzero212 posted...

CE omg help. I've never had to deal with this before. I had to stay in a hotel while traveling and woke up with about 100 bites on my abs. When I got home, I practically burned everything I traveled with and showered.

1 month later and I'm waking up with a 1 new bite on my abs every couple days. Am I gonna have to burn my house down? Are they about to multiple like crazy?

Get a fuckin heat gun or steam cleaner and put it on the highest heat and blast every inch of your everything made out of fabric.
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MabusIncarnate posted...

foreverzero212 posted...

CE omg help. I've never had to deal with this before. I had to stay in a hotel while traveling and woke up with about 100 bites on my abs. When I got home, I practically burned everything I traveled with and showered.

1 month later and I'm waking up with a 1 new bite on my abs every couple days. Am I gonna have to burn my house down? Are they about to multiple like crazy?

Get a fuckin heat gun or steam cleaner and put it on the highest heat and blast every inch of your everything made out of fabric.

I'm gonna try :'( Everything I'm reading on the internet is making think this is just going to be a lifelong battle now.
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foreverzero212 posted...

CE omg help. I've never had to deal with this before. I had to stay in a hotel while traveling and woke up with about 100 bites on my abs. When I got home, I practically burned everything I traveled with and showered.

1 month later and I'm waking up with a 1 new bite on my abs every couple days. Am I gonna have to burn my house down? Are they about to multiple like crazy?

Gotta call pest control.

Hire a fucking pest control company. You're not gonna get rid of them on your own. They can literally go months without feeding, and if they sense you're treating the bed to get rid of them, they can easily just crawl under your baseboard and live in the walls.
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I'll look into getting pest control. Is it weird that they exclusively bite my abs? They left my girlfriend alone, even when traveling in that infested place. I might starve em in the meantime by covering my abs.
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foreverzero212 posted...

CE omg help. I've never had to deal with this before. I had to stay in a hotel while traveling and woke up with about 100 bites on my abs. When I got home, I practically burned everything I traveled with and showered.

1 month later and I'm waking up with a 1 new bite on my abs every couple days. Am I gonna have to burn my house down? Are they about to multiple like crazy?

Call around for exterminators, don't settle for just a pesticide spray, get your house fumigated. Your going to have to bag up everything cloth, wash it and put it in the dryer on high heat, if you have any kind of memory foam mattress toppers or stuff like that they're going to need to be thrown out because they won't tolerate the heat it takes to kill them. Had a roommate here who brought them in with him, the exterminator fumigated our whole house and we closely followed his instructions and they've been gone for good. Next time you travel, keep all your clothing sealed up in giant ziploc bags, and check under the mattress for the little fuckers with a flashlight and magnifying glass, they like to hide in seams and crevices in the mattress and they're tiny little shitters.
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When I got my own place I thought it would be a good idea to get a cheap couch from Goodwill. That was a mistake, ended up having bedbugs in it. Luckily I noticed the same day I got it and didnt get an infestation.
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Howard Stern has brought this up a few times and its hilarious that hes right. Shits nasty though.
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Thanks for the all the help. What about the fabric in my car seats? It's winter so my car won't turn into a furnace in the sun.
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Diatomaceous earth scattered all over the fucking place is a good way to get rid of them if you can't afford pest control.
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pegusus123456 posted...

Diatomaceous earth scattered all over the fucking place is a good way to get rid of them if you can't afford pest control.

How does that stuff work? Does it just lacerate their legs as they walk over it or something?

Edit: Nevermind wikipedia says it's abrasive and dehydrates them
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It's a desiccant that sticks to their shells and dehydrates them.
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That's what she gets for going to see Flatliners
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FTR I'm a licensed pest control technician if anyone else wants more advice on bedbugs.
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EverDownward posted...

MakoReizei posted...

According to wikipedia, the government banning effective pesticides is partly to blame for why bed bugs are so prevalent

just another reason why the government sucks

Yeah, I remember reading it's because it can hurt children or some shit. Thankfully, there's other alternative pesticides that are being developed that are just as effective that don't have chemicals immediately toxic to humans.

is that why it takes upwards of 3 sprays to get them removed?
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They're definitely awful, but they're not so bad that you have to burn your apartment down and destroy all your possessions like people are making it out to be. There's plenty of chemicals that kill them and on top of that they hate lavender for whatever reason so get some of that. Left untreated it's definitely hell, but if you attack the problem you'll be fine.

Source: I work at an inner city school that gets them fairly regularly.
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Bed bugs are one of the top give worst things I've ever had to deal with in my life.
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Don't forget mattress and box spring covers.