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#31002
Tsundoku 
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Posted Today, 01:25 AM
Bed bug?
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"Well well well ... if it ain't The Invisible C**t." - Billy Butcher, The Boys
"I have strong views about not tempting providence and, as a wise man once said, the difference between luck and a wheelbarrow is, luck doesn’t work if you push it." - Colonel Orhan, Sixteen Ways to Defend a Walled City - KJ Parker
#31004
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Posted Today, 07:22 AM
I second Abyss' suggestion. What is it exactly?
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#31006
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Posted Today, 12:42 PM
But I was specifically instructed NOT to let the bed bugs bite! How rude of them to ignore this!
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#31007
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Posted Today, 01:09 PM
Obviously you should devour them before they can bite you.
But they're like tiny vampires---like a blood sucking mattress of squirming, swarming, feasting tiny insects, swelling with your blood.
On the brighter side,
But they're like tiny vampires---like a blood sucking mattress of squirming, swarming, feasting tiny insects, swelling with your blood.
On the brighter side,
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#31009
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Posted Today, 04:20 PM
Counterpoint: flame-thrower
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#31011
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Posted Today, 06:16 PM
Cause, on 09 May 2025 - 05:30 PM, said:
Abyss, on 09 May 2025 - 04:20 PM, said:
Counterpoint: flame-thrower
This is high heat and I approve
Rand al'Thor nuking the titanic bed bugs...
#31012
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Posted Today, 06:50 PM
Yeah, it's a bed bug. I found 1 dead one, 1 LONG dead one (dessicated and semi-transparent), 1 living one, and a few eggs. They can lay dozens of eggs a day and can survive months without food.
I immediately made a spreadsheet of all the exterminators, researched their methods, and came to the same conclusion as Cause — heat and DE are the top methods.
We are hiring a guy who does whole home heat treatment. Essentially, he raises the temperature of the whole place to 140F-150F for several hours, and that kills all the little buggers. I'm really hoping this does the trick.
Unfortunately, as we are in a modern apartment building with sprinklers, the HOA is going full caution mode and requiring that the sprinkler system for the entire building be drained. This won't happen for a few days. The sprinklers activation temperature is somewhere in the 150F range, so I do understand the concern here and think it's sensible. I just don't want to have to delay too long.
While I wanted to get the exterminator in today or tomorrow, I'll have to wait until after the sprinklers are drained.
I did think about abandoning all my possessions, shaving off all my hair, and moving to a monastery, but then I read that even monasteries have bed bugs. Alas...
EDIT: I had some itchy bumps on my arm the day before I found it. I assumed they were just hives, as I am allergic to a few things, and didn't think much of it. It was only when I was changing the bed sheets the next day that I saw the bed bug and put 2 and 2 together. It was pure luck that I decided to change the sheets and saw the bed bug.
I immediately made a spreadsheet of all the exterminators, researched their methods, and came to the same conclusion as Cause — heat and DE are the top methods.
We are hiring a guy who does whole home heat treatment. Essentially, he raises the temperature of the whole place to 140F-150F for several hours, and that kills all the little buggers. I'm really hoping this does the trick.
Unfortunately, as we are in a modern apartment building with sprinklers, the HOA is going full caution mode and requiring that the sprinkler system for the entire building be drained. This won't happen for a few days. The sprinklers activation temperature is somewhere in the 150F range, so I do understand the concern here and think it's sensible. I just don't want to have to delay too long.
While I wanted to get the exterminator in today or tomorrow, I'll have to wait until after the sprinklers are drained.
I did think about abandoning all my possessions, shaving off all my hair, and moving to a monastery, but then I read that even monasteries have bed bugs. Alas...
EDIT: I had some itchy bumps on my arm the day before I found it. I assumed they were just hives, as I am allergic to a few things, and didn't think much of it. It was only when I was changing the bed sheets the next day that I saw the bed bug and put 2 and 2 together. It was pure luck that I decided to change the sheets and saw the bed bug.
This post has been edited by Whisperzzzzzzz: Today, 06:53 PM
