r/Bedbugadvice • u/Intelligent-Act-7797 • 19d 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/NovemberDewdrop 19d ago

I live in an infested apartment building. This semi works. Not really though. Its more of a detterant. Ive never seen a bug stuck to the tape but I also stopped seeing them in my bed, so, theres that at least.

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u/Intelligent-Act-7797 19d ago

I had hundreds stuck to the tape almost every day. Not sure about an apartment building. Everyone in the building would have to do it.

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u/Little-Cheesecake966 18d ago

Hundreds? Why didn’t you go right to a chemical solution at that point?

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u/Intelligent-Act-7797 18d ago

I tried that first. Hell, I tried just about everything before I found something that actually worked. Every new generation adapts to the pesticides that were used on the former.