Posted on 03/04/2011 8:43:46 PM PST by george76
If it’s summer in a hot climate, you can leave the luggage in the trunk. They die at 140 degrees, which the car interior will reach if parked in the sun. They also cannot handle sub-freezing temperatures. Our eldest came back from a college room with an infestation. Everything washable went directly into plastic bags and then into the washer and dryer. The luggage baked in the car for a few weeks. And no bedbugs!
BMFL
“back in the Old Corps”, Wednesday or Thursday of each week was clean sheets day. Along with that, all mattresses and pillows were placed outside “in a military manner” to air out and kill off any possible parasites. Next day was Field Day (swab down fore & aft) and if Gunny gave the word to the Saints, that following day was Liberty Call. Life was Guuuud.
Mark, and thanks
Yes....lol
No kidding, it’s probably why so many homes went up in flames. My mothers home burned down and so did my fathers. It must have been common back then.
Thanks for that link, I didn’t know a “conserva” wiki existed!
I can see getting lost over there for hours, especially in their world history section.
Bedbugs developed resistance to DDT in the 1950s, and then to its successors such as organophosphates like diazinon and malathion which were being used to clear up remaining infestations.[66] DDT resistance can possibly lead to pyrethroid resistance, as both pesticide classes act on the same target site.[67]
It also notes that any place with high population density (we live in a city with one of the highest: 35,000 in 1.8 sq. miles) is very susceptible.
In the 1800's, bedbugs were significant pest in parts of both the United States and the United Kingdom. Government Entomologist Dr. Riley, PhD, described the ubiquity of bed bugs in 1889:
| “ | I have occasionally met with a favored individual who had never seen a bed bug; but such fortunate people are rare and there are very few housekeepers who have not, by accident perhaps, or through slovenly servants, made the intimate acquaintance of the ubiquitous pest…. It’s odor and the effects of its bites are universally known, and the word “bed buggy” has entered our literature as descriptive of a particular class of odors.[4] In the 1930s there were large sections of London where every house was infested, resulting in an investigation by the Ministry of Health and the Public Health Act of 1936 which required councils to take action. Toxic fumigation using sulfur dioxide (sulfur candles) or hydrogen cyanide, are reported to have helped reduce infestations by up to 80% in one town under study. Before World War Two the primary treatment was either heat or fumigation,.. But try to buy sulfur candles today in the USA and you see how things have changed. The Gov. does not give it a high priority as no diseases are reported being spread. I think it is really one of the four judgments which God sends to a wayward nation that they may repent, (Ezel. 14:21) which also affects others. Its not like its no needed: REVEALING STATISTICS (or, Present Costs of the War Against God) |
They are most resistance to cold, and apparently it would take many hours at 23f to kill all bugs and eggs, longer if the temp is lowered slowly. Heating would be effective in a contained area, as otherwise they can travel, though eggs will die, with 114f degrees being the thermal point of death. 140-160 is needed to penetrate clothes, walls, and with a house some pressurization is involved. For clothes without metal you may be able to kill them by microwaving them for a couple minutes.
Quality much varies, it can easily become like a blog, and i oppose its Bible revision project, while trust with mods can be hard won. But whereas with WP political correctness and liberal ideas about the Bible abound, at CP you can write articles that say thing that would not be ideologically allowed at WP (http://www.conservapedia.com/Homosexuality_and_biblical_interpretation), but which can be very good and useful, apart from its known liberal listing in areas.
I sometimes edit WP in order to give balance and also wrote or added to a few articles on another conservative wiki, (http://www.astorehouseofknowledge.info/Education_in_the_United_States; http://www.astorehouseofknowledge.info/Unification_Church) by the grace of God. But I had a hard time writing in an encyclopedic manner about Karen Armstrong on CP: http://www.conservapedia.com/Karen_Armstrong
I heard that one should bring back one’s suitcase and leave it out in the hot sun in the yard, take the clothing in it straight into the washing machine, etc. But leave the case outside in either hot sun (here) or freezing cold if you’ve got that where you live.
Don’t use diatomaceous earth if you think you have bedbugs. Because then the bedbugs dogs can’t inspect your home. It injures their noses. Only bedbugs sniffing dogs can make sure your home is clean.
An hours in the dryer on high heat is actually more important. 24 hours under water will kill the live ones, but not the tiny cream-colored eggs, which must be “baked” at 114.
Fart Sacks and Field days, life was simple then.
I could go anywhere in the world with only a seabag.
Oooorah!
And no matter what slop chute you went into,
Danny Boy would be on the juke box.
Plus you always met someone who knew someone you knew.
Food Grade Diatomaceous Earth, in small amounts will not do that damage. When used properly, there is no need for bedbug sniffing dogs.......the bugs will all be dead..........and future bedbugs will die, also. It works........
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