The 'Unthinkable' New Reality About Bedbugs

Re:The 'Unthinkable' New Reality About Bedbugs by jamesjuicy55 on Saturday February 10, 2024 @12:01PM (#39327873)

I fought bed bugs once with DE, heat, and dry ice traps or you can use a co2 fish tank pump to attract them into a trap. We also placed containers filled with oil at the bottom of each bed post.

It took a year but we were successful

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Re:The 'Unthinkable' New Reality About Bedbugs by fbdab103 on Saturday February 10, 2024 @12:32PM (#39328232)

Dry ice is an interesting idea. I want it to work, because it is just so deliciously different.

However, I assume the harsh reality says that it is nearly impossible to suffocate the entire infestation, and more than a few survivors or eggs would remain after the treatment.

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Re:The 'Unthinkable' New Reality About Bedbugs by scarmig on Saturday February 10, 2024 @12:38PM (#39328294)

The goal isn't to suffocate them, but to draw them into a trap--they're attracted to CO2 because we exhale it. Over time, the hope is you trap and kill the entire population.

I think it'd work for mild infestations, but for larger ones the heat method is really the only option.

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Re:The 'Unthinkable' New Reality About Bedbugs by fbdab103 on Saturday February 10, 2024 @12:46PM (#39328369)

I suppose that seems much more plausible, if significantly less cool, ahem, than making a low hanging CO2 bath.

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Re:The 'Unthinkable' New Reality About Bedbugs by newsclues on Saturday February 10, 2024 @02:00PM (#39329172)

Both heat and cold kill, it just takes a long time at certain temperatures.

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Re:The 'Unthinkable' New Reality About Bedbugs by srott on Saturday February 10, 2024 @03:49PM (#39330067)

Double sided tape trapped whole families :)

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