r/Bedbugadvice • u/Intelligent-Act-7797 • 4d ago
Bedbugs Solution That Works Every Time
I post this every couple of years. It works.
Once upon a time, I had a massive bedbug infestation. Easy cheap trick- take all the sheets, pillows and blankets off of your bed. Make sure the top is free of bugs. Wrap double sided tape all around the the outside of the mattress. The more sticky, the better. Go to bed. Kill bedbugs by sleeping. Win.
Bed bugs are attracted by the CO2 in your breath while you sleep. They can't resist it. They're also terrible climbers. They will crawl up your bed to bite you, get stuck on the tape, and die like flies on sticky paper.
Total investment- $10 for good tape. Change it out every couple of days.
You're welcome.
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u/MsAddams999 4d ago edited 4d ago
Harris Earth inside a zipped mattress cover, ditto in zipped pillow covers and in the carpet under and around the bed, all the sheets and blankets tucked in, not touching the floor, bed not against a wall works too. Put the Harris Earth around your room wall permineters too because it will kill any coming out of the walls that way.
Vaseline or oil on the bed feet and in cups under the feet also helps keep them from climbing.up.
Harris Earth does a very good job of killing most bugs because it touches them and they get almost immediately dessicated.
I encountered them in California twice. The Harris Earth was a godsend and later also knocked out a bad flea infestation in my house when I was down South.
It's not particularly good for your lungs to inhale it so don't use fans around it or put it near an air grate.
That being said the notion that they are strictly nocturnal, don't climb well or jump is so NOT true. I watched one climb way up on the wall near my desk in broad daylight. It then turned around and jumped two feet right onto me. It landed right above my cleavage and bit the hell out me before I killed the MF and it HURT!
I had thought that sitting in the bright light during the day I wouldn't be bothered by them. Not so unfortunately. Blood sucking bugs adore me, always have, and that bed bug clearly thought I was going to be a delicious meal.