Current Events > Paris infested with bed bugs.

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Understatement

My SO had to deal with bed bugs at an apartment she lived at many years ago. Had to not only relocate to a different apartment, but had to throw away beds, furniture, and many other common household items, and would microwave books. I've been fortunate enough to not encounter them and don't know what I would do if I got them now.

I hear diatomaceous earth is effective against them.

Mistere_Man posted...

I hear diatomaceous earth is effective against them.

Good point, it is.

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Yes and no. Other animals have their own specific bed bugs. Bed Bugs are literally just Hitlersatan

Mistere_Man posted...

I hear diatomaceous earth is effective against them.

I also heard this, and tried it, and the motherfuckers barely seemed fazed.

To bed bugs, it's supposed to be the equivalent to humans crawling across a field of glass shards, but somehow it didn't seem to deter them much. All it did was make my house look like we were stashing coke in every crevice.

LoveLikeJazz posted...

I also heard this, and tried it, and the motherfuckers barely seemed fazed.

To bed bugs, it's supposed to be the equivalent to humans crawling across a field of glass shards, but somehow it didn't seem to deter them much. All it did was make my house look like we were stashing coke in every crevice.

It doesnt kill them instantly, but it slowly dries them out killing them via dehydration over 7-17 days I believe. These things can survive around 6 months without food or water normally so a week or two is at least a lot faster.

Bf is literally leaving for Paris today. I already told him Im not coming to see him right away when he gets back, not until hes sure he didnt bring home any.

AvlButtslam posted...

Bf is literally leaving for Paris today. I already told him Im not coming to see him right away when he gets back, not until hes sure he didnt bring home any.

Yeah u gotta watch out

I was thinking about them making something like Seven dust. It works on like over 150 insects like ants. It works instantly and is safe to protect over 175 edible plants.

Just tweak it a bit for bed bugs.

Wasn't DDT the cause for their near eradication? But then people got up in arms about DDT and they came back in the 90s. Maybe I'm thinking of something else.

LoveLikeJazz posted...

Maybe I'm thinking of something else.

mosquitoes.

Someday through science, we might be able to isolate something in bed bug DNA that would let us basically turn them off. A genetic kill switch. A clean safe way to kill them with no harm to other species

Mistere_Man posted...

It doesnt kill them instantly, but it slowly dries them out killing them via dehydration over 7-17 days I believe. These things can survive around 6 months without food or water normally so a week or two is at least a lot faster.

They have to be walking across it. It gets stuck in their joints until they can't move anymore but it takes time to accumulate. Bed bugs can hide for months so unless you're okay with your house looking like a sandbox year round it's not a realistic way to kill bed bugs.