I am living in UK. I cannot get aprehend here, so i tried to use b.bassiana.

I been keep spraying Crossfire 4times.. Many people said they could feel difference after a week.. But in my case situation got worse..i have more bites. And these bites are more severe than before.

I tried to spray b.bassiana yesterday.

I mixed little bit of water and b.bassiana and little bit of oil.

The spray did not work..i have no idea why..so i ended up wiped it with my gloved hand..i have no idea this works or not...i think it is fail..

I already ordered paint spray...as the aprehend spray looks exactly same like paint spray

1. Had anybody ever used diy b.bassiana?
2. Why my spray did not work when i mixed oil water and gungi..? When i only mixed water and oil..it worked..is it because of fungi powder..?

The shell appears to be opaque, not transparent like most photos of bedbugs I have seen.

I laid down after coming home from a flight (after showering and throwing everything in the laundry, so he might have already been living here) and found this guy crawling on my arm. Bagged it in a tupperware, took some photos of it crawling on a sheet of paper. Here they are:

Uninvited guest

Penny for scale

Another angle

Figuring this is a rhetorical question given this is the 5th one i’ve seen in the last 2 days. sorry for bad pic.

So this morning I woke up with two bites on my toe and an itchy bump on the inside of my thigh. I’m paranoid so my first thought is that I have bed bugs. I checked the blankets, mattress, and box frame but didn’t see any signs. Howrver, I did see these two spots on the sheets by my pillow. Do I have bed bugs? Is there any way to really tell or should I just start washing everything to be prepared?

Found this under my bed. Is it one? 😟 I'm so tired of this

This is the bottom of a bag that was in my dresser. I noticed bedbug bites a few days after going on vacation a month ago. Since then, nothing until one bite (assuming bedbug again) two days ago. I’m in MN so it wasn’t something else outside.

I was convinced none traveled home with me but now I’m worried this is their poop. Haven’t seen one yet. Looked for shells and had a fragment of one that MIGHT have been a bedbug, but lost it.

I’m going a little crazy. I had pest control come right away a few weeks ago. Very nice but they didn’t dig around too much and thought I was fine. They didn’t look in that nightstand.

I found an infestation of bedbugs in my box spring a couple of months ago. We got rid of the box spring and sprayed everything down multiple times. Ever since then, I will find a few random ones on their own around my bed but never in the bed itself. Yesterday I found one on the top of my bookcase and there was another in my bedside table drawer. I have traps under my bed and there is only one in there. I know that the source is gone but, there has to be a reason why they are still coming around. I will notice my ankles getting itchy every couple of weeks as well but again, never find anything in any part of the bed. I have been washing everything and spraying the mattress and new box spring frequently. Does anyone have any idea where they could be coming from? I am so over seeing these bugs and having to deep clean everything so often now.

Saw this in the hall of my apartment. I don’t see signs in my house. Im freaking out. Bed bug? That’s it squished and blood came out. Damn it.

I was at my parents house this weekend for thanksgiving and noticed two somewhat large blood spots on my sheets (fresh). I have acne prone skin so assumed it was from scratching a scab on my on my shoulder. Then I noticed what looked like pretty typical bed bug spots (forgot to take a picture) on my comforter (no idea how long it had been there, didn’t look fresh. Seemed to be isolated to just one spot on the comforter - nothing on pillows, topsheet, or fitted sheet). The next morning had two bites (that looked like mosquito bites) on my upper stomach (which I don’t think was exposed through the night, but may have been). No bugs seen despite pretty thorough investigation, and no additional bites through the week.

Got back to my apartment on Sunday and examined sheets, comforter, mattress, and mattress pad, and didn’t see anything (spots, shells, live bugs). Put mattress pad and sheets in trash bags just in case (planning on washing on hot tomorrow, just haven’t had time with work), and swapped for clean white sheets/new mattress pad so it will be easy to see if new spots appear.

My building has an exterminator that comes once a week; worth it to ask to be added to the list for this week, or wait and see? Any additional action to be taken in the meantime? Thanks!

I recently learned I have bedbugs, I've been trying to deal with them but that's not what I want to talk about.

I'm a student, I can hardly afford missing any more classes. I would have to be in the same place for up to 5 hours.

Not only that but a lot of people rely on me to be at their houses for long periods of time. I would really prefer not to infest anyone but also it's hard to just cancel all that.

Hi

I found one bed bug in my kitchen last week and realized the bites I had two weeks ago were probably from bed bugs. I never had another bite and have not found a bed bug again. I also had someone come in today to spray and fumigate my apartment. The exterminator who came in said he couldn't find any signs of bed bugs and thinks it's a small infestation. He said, if this is something I brought in, the session today will probably take care of everything.

But since I found the bed bug in the kitchen where I noticed some cracks in the floorboards, I'm worried the bugs are coming from my downstairs neighbour. Tomorrow I'm going to make sure to seal up all the cracks I can find. My landlords have been a pain to deal with and I'm worried about what will happen if this issue is bigger than just in my apartment. I also don't think my downstairs neighbour will be as meticulous and proactive as me to deal with anything.

I really want to move out. I don't trust my landlord or neighbour to deal with this promptly or effectively. How safe do you guys think it is for me to move out in the next two months? If I take no furniture with me and only take clothes, some important papers, and some toiletries that I check meticulously. If I got my apartment fumigated, I should be safe to leave at least for a few months, right?

We just did our second application and I’m wondering what the average duration of treatment is.

I just wanted to remind everyone that crossfire concentration does work. Just found some dead bedbugs when I sprayed almost 2 weeks ago. Will be spraying tomorrow. Keep going you will win.

Hi, ive just read the rules of the sub reddit so i will not put pictures of suspected bites as im sure that I probably do have them, but moving on i have bought some stuff to help the problem i think ive caught the bed bugs early as ive just came back from a seedy hotel in amsterdam about 2 weeks ago which had reviews that claimed they had bed bugs.

So far amazon has cursed me with long delivery times but ive bought steamer, some bug spray that apparently kill them and some diatomaceous earth. Im hoping this is enough but i called a pest control company that gave me a quote as a last result. my parents as of now have had no bug bites which is good, im hoping what ive bought is enough but any advice would be helpful <3

It’s my first night at this hostel, this was about 40 mins ago. I’m in a top bunk, and I was reading a book just before going to sleep, and I see this guy chilling on the ceiling just above the bed. I shone my torch on him and was like F*CK. I checked all through my sheets and under my mattress for anymore, and there was nothing, but I know you can’t take a chance with these fuckers.

Immediately I took this photo and went down to reception, and his response was ‘okay I’ll tell housekeeping tomorrow’, to which I said ‘…may I change rooms though please’, and said ‘okay yes no problems’. Hahaha okay so now it’s 1:30am and I pack and move all my shit into a different room and decide to post it on reddit.

Thoughts? Bed bug or nah?

I have just learnt that i have bed bugs. I need a plan that covers all possible places in my room and living space. As far as ive seen it is constained to my room. Heres what i have so far, any advice is welcomed and appreciated.

-Clothes i need to wash at a high heat and dry at a high heat. Any thing above 50°C apparently. (Iam lucky enough to own a drybuddi which apparently gets to about 50 degrees)Afterwards bagging them in an air tight bag to prevent anything getting on them.

-Bedding im going to attempt to soak in a bath of really hot water and soap. And to dry the old fashion way.

-Mattress im going to see if i can steam it. Other wise i am going to find heavy duty clingfilm and wrap my mattress for foreseeable and unforseeable future. Hopefully suffocating anything within it while still being comfortable enough to continue sleeping on it.

-My bedframe is a makeshift one, i have been meanig to replace. If anyone has any advice on types of bedframes that would be good in prevention and that is affordable, i would be very grateful.

-I have quite a few stuffed animals, which i was planning on giving the same treatment as my clothes and bedsheets.

-My room is carpeted. So far ive learned that DE is ineffective so are there any other home treatments besides vaccuming often?

I know that this shouldn't be used as the sole method to get rid of bed bugs.

I just want to use every possible resource i have, so is it true that bed bugs hate the smell of lavender and lemon? Or is it just a nice smelling waste of time?

I live in an apartment building and I found one bed bug on my wall 3 weeks ago. I had two bites on my hand and realized when I saw the bug they were his bites. I ID'd him, squished him, and management sent pest control out asap to spray my unit the next week (November 15) and inspect the surrounding units.

Pest control found no other signs of bugs in my unit, but found an infestation in my neighbour's unit. They also had to be sprayed. Pest control said the bug probably came into my apartment from under the baseboards.

Since I killed the bug (adult male) I have had no other bites, and saw no other bugs or signs. I inspect thoroughly every day, and I heat treated all my clothes/fabrics and am living out of garbage bags.

My concern is my neighbours have been a problem for a long time and their unit is in a state of disrepair and they never reported their infestation to management. So I don't trust that they will take the needed precautions to actually eliminate the bed bugs even if their unit gets sprayed.

I put backer rod behind the baseboards of the wall that adjoins their unit. I put plug covers on all the outlets. Are they probably going to come back to my unit if my neighbours don't bother to take care of the issue in their own unit?

I’m pretty sure I know what it is, but my pest control guy is denying it, can someone please tell me what bug this is? It’s actually tiny, I had to zoom in all the way with my iPhone camera. Found on my bed at 3am. 😒.

Took my two toddlers to my grandma's house today and didn't realize she had bed bugs until we had been there for a while. In total we were there for maybe two hours. My kids were on her couch and briefly on her bed. Once I found out, I throughly scanned myself and my kids and fairly aggressively brushed our clothing off before we got into the car to drive an hour home. Stripped us as soon as we were in the door and put everything in a garbage bag. Will wash and dry on a hot setting. Checked my bag thoroughly as well. Can a professional tell me whether or not I should be worried? Pretty paranoid I could've brought them home or into my car.