How To Get Rid Of Bed Bugs

GETTING RID OF BED BUGS :CONTROL AND BEDBUG TREATMENTS

INSPECTION FOR BED BUGS

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Look in any place that offers darkness, isolation and protection. These bugs will often wander. Inspect adjoining rooms where an infestation is found. Even when the bed bugs themselves cannot be found, their hiding places can be located by looking for the spots of fecal material they often leave in easily visible places.
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Dark spots of bed bug excrement on a mattress.
(M. Potter, Univ. of Kentucky)

Fecal spots and the bloody spots(looks like rust) left on sheets and pillowcases when engorged bugs are crushed serve as sure signs of infestation. Adult bed bugs are about 1/4-inch long and reddish-brown, with oval, flattened bodies. Bed bugs prefer to hide in cracks and crevices during the daytime and come out to feed on the host's blood at night, usually while the host is sleeping.

Inspect cracks and crevices in head and foot boards and attached side railings and supports. Look for any cracks or crevices where bed bugs may crawl into to hide.
If the top of the mattress have any rips , the bed bugs may hide there as well. Look also in your bed springs, both top and bottom for any rips that might shelter these bugs. Vacuum and treat with either Drione dust or V One areosol. Most likely, you will need to treat 3-4 times in a space of a couple months, as you cut the cycle.

PREVENTION OF BED BUGS

• Do not bring infested items into one's home.
  International travel and commerce are thought to facilitate the spread of these insect hitchhikers, because eggs, young, and adult bed bugs are readily transported in luggage, clothing, bedding, and furniture. Bed bugs can infest airplanes, ships, trains, and buses. A common infestation may occur in a hotel or motel because of international travel.
  Inspect clothing and baggage , being on the lookout for bed bugs and their fecal spots.
  Travelers bring the bed bugs with them. Once one female takes a blood meal and is fed, she will start a local infestation. Once bed bugs are introduced, they often spread room to room throughout a building.


• A second common source for bed bugs infestations occur in homes where bats, swallows, chimney swifts, pigeons, or other wild hosts have been roosting. Although similar in appearance, these bed bug species that normally feed on bats and birds can be differentiated from Common Bed Bugs that prefer humans.
  The bat bug can and often feeds on humans. The bat bug has long hairs on it's body. Eliminate their bat hosts from the building and seal all openings so that bats cannot enter.
  
  A thorough insecticide bedbug treatment with a residual spray such as Demand Cs should be applied to the area.
Most likely, you will need to treat 3-4 times in a space of a couple months, as you cut the cycle.
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  Another group of bugs resembling the bed bug infest birds. These bugs are usually confined to bird nests. To control these parasites, the birds and their nests must be removed, and an application of with a residual spray such as Demand CS should be applied to the area.

 




• Inspect secondhand beds, bedding, and furniture. The newer better built mattresses do not offer as much shelter and protection for the bed bugs to hide.


• Caulk cracks and crevices in the building exterior and also repair or screen openings to exclude birds, bats, and rodents that can serve as alternate hosts for bed bugs.

VACUUM : BED BUG CONTROL

Apply residual liquid, aerosol or dust residual insecticides such as Demand CS , CB D Force Aerosol and Drione Dust.
Most likely, you will need to treat 3-4 times in a space of a couple months, as you cut the cycle.

Demand CS Usage : Mix 12 ml.(measurements on the bottle)of Demand CS with one gallon of water(Remember to use what you mix-within 24 hours.) Adjust the spray pattern to a mist by turning the nozzle. A fine mist is best for most spraying, but you may need to use a stream to get into some cracks and crevices. Spray around and under the bed and along the baseboards near the bed. After removing the drawers from the furniture, the inside of the cabinetry should be sprayed as well as the bottom and sides of the drawers. Do not treat the inside of the drawers. If needed the clothes in the drawers should be removed and laundered.

CB D FORCE AEROSOL: This residual aerosol is ready to use, and you don't have to mix it. Spray in the same areas you would use the Suspend SC

DRIONE DUST USAGE: Drione Dust is a ready to use dust that is ideal for use on the mattress and box springs. Fill the bulb duster about half full and use it with the rubber stopper facing down. Shaking first and then squeezing the duster will produce a fine dust that resembles smoke. This is just what you want for dusting the mattress. Pay particular attention to seams, folds, and stapled fabric under the box springs. The joints where the rails and headboard connect are also prime hiding areas for bed bugs. You may need to remove the fabric under th box springs to access the inner springs. Cover the mattress with a sheet and it is safe to sleep on. Next dust behind pictures and wall hangings as well as switch plate and outlet covers. Look for any cracks or crevices in which bed bugs could hide and treat them.

Direct residual sprays or dusts such as Demand CS , D Force HPX or Drione dust into areas where insects hide during the day.

Broad surface bedbug treatments should be kept to a minimum if they are used at all; bed bugs are most likely to get lethal doses in cracks and crevices.

A re treatment is advisable after 10-14 days
Remember to read and follow all label instructions

NON RESIDUAL INSECTICIDE TREATMENT USAGE(May be used daily):

V One Pyrethrum Areosol is a contact kill insecticide that will not leave any residue to continue to kill. It should be used to kill any bed bugs that are seen after treating with the residual chemicals listed above. This will keep you from having to mix chemicals each time you do see a bed bug.

• Demand CS , Intruder HPX ,D-Force HPX and Drione Dust
  
• Use a Bellows 8 Oz. Duster to really get into the cracks and crevices with the Drione Dust.
• Drione Dust with natural pyrethrins, will last about 6 months when left undisturbed


• Repeat the applications if you see signs of bed bugs again after two weeks.


• After bed bug spraying or dusting, use a light application of an aerosol contact bed bug spray (kills on contact, but does not reside) such as V One Pyrethrum Aerosol with natural pyrethrins .
  Spray or dust the mattresses, stuffed chairs, clothes, etc., to kill surviving bedbugs with Drione Dust or V One Aerosol
• You may sleep directly on mattresses with Drione Dust usage.
  Make sure the mattress has a sheet put on it before use.

BEDBUG TREATMENT KITS

Bedbug Treatment Products

 

BED BUG CONTROL KIT #1

Cannot be shipped to NY, CT, VT or AK.

 

1. Demand CS 8 oz. (Yields 20 gals.)42.90


2. Drione Dust 1 lb. 30.80
   
3. Bellow 8 oz.Duster 15.00


4. V One Pyrethrum Aerosol 14.90


5. Individually valued at 103.69


6. Total Kit cost .....95.90( Includes shipping)

BED BUG CONTROL KIT #1A

( with Chapin 1/2 Gallon Sprayer)

Cannot be shipped to NY, CT, VT or AK.

Demand CS

Drione Dust

V One Pyrethrum Aerosol

Bellow 8 Oz. Duster

Chapin 1/2 Gallon Bed Bug Sprayer

 

1. Demand CS -8 oz.(Yields 20 gals.)42.90

1. Drione Dust 1 lb. 30.80


2. Bellow 8 oz.Duster 15.00


3. V One Pryethrum Aerosol14.90


4. Chapin 1/2 Gallon Sprayer 16.00


5. Individually valued at 119.60


6. Total Kit cost .....108.99( Includes shipping)

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BED BUG CONTROL KIT #2

(WITHOUT AEROSOL FOR EXPRESS AIR SHIPMENTS)
Cannot be shipped to NY, CT, VT or AK.

1. Demand CS (Yields 20 gals.)42.90


2. Drione Dust 1 lb. 30.80
   
3. Bellow 8 oz.Duster 15.00


4. Individually valued at 88.70
   
5. Total Kit cost .....81.90( Includes shipping)

BED BUG KIT #2A

(WITHOUT AEROSOL FOR EXPRESS SHIPMENTS)
with Chapin 1/2 Gallon Bed Bug Sprayer

Cannot be shipped to NY, CT, VT or AK.

Demand CS

Drione Dust

Bellow 8 Oz. Duster

Chapin 1/2 Gallon Sprayer

1. Demand CS -8 oz.(Yields 20 gals.)42.90
   
2. Drione Dust 1 lb. 30.80


3. Bellows 8 Oz.Duster 15.00


4. Chapin Half Gallon Sprayer 16.00
5. Individually valued at 104.70
   
6. Total Kit cost .....93.90( Includes shipping)

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BED BUG CONTROL KIT #3

(CAN BE SHIPPED TO ALL STATES EXCEPT AK.)

1. 2 Cans of CB D Force Aerosols 31.80
2. Drione Dust- 1lb. 30.80
3. Bellows 8 Oz. Duster 15.00


4. V One Pyrethrum Aerosol 14.90


5. Individually valued at 92.50


6. Total Kit cost .....79.97( Includes shipping)

BED BUG CONTROL KIT COMMERCIAL

1. Demand CS 8 oz. (Yields 20 gals.)42.90
2. Gentrol IGR Concentrate-1 Box 10 oz. 54.00


3. Drione Dust 2 lbs. 61.60
4. Bellow 8 oz.Duster 15.00


5. 2 Cans V One Pyrethrum Aerosol 29.80


6. Individually valued at 203.30
   
7. Total Kit cost .....170.00( Includes shipping)

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