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RayB:
Just read an article about this today. Suggested tips was to put your bags / luggage on the toilet, sink or towel racks, where the little buggers won't reach. And as mentioned clothes in the hot dryer when you get home. Also, you might not notice bites on your person, but check sheet for red dots.
danny_galaga:
Not much help for your hotel experiene, but if they go a month without people to feed on, the breeding cycle is broken and they die off. Handy to know for your own place, especially a spare room or something...
RayB:
--- Quote from: danny_galaga on February 26, 2011, 10:57:32 pm ---Not much help for your hotel experiene, but if they go a month without people to feed on, the breeding cycle is broken and they die off. Handy to know for your own place, especially a spare room or something...
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A month ?
"... An individual bed bug can lay 200-250 eggs in her lifetime. The eggs hatch in about 6-10 days and the newly emerged bed bug nymphs seek a blood meal. Immature nymphs molt five times (i.e., they shed their outer exoskeleton in order to grow) before reaching adulthood. They need to feed at least once before each molt, although they could feed as often as once a day. There may be three or more generations per year. All ages are found in a reproducing population. Immature bed bugs may live for several months without feeding while adults may survive as long as one year without a meal. Under normal circumstances, adult bed bugs will live for about ten to eleven months."Source: http://www.extension.umn.edu/distribution/housingandclothing/dk1022.html
danny_galaga:
--- Quote from: RayB on February 26, 2011, 11:24:40 pm ---
--- Quote from: danny_galaga on February 26, 2011, 10:57:32 pm ---Not much help for your hotel experiene, but if they go a month without people to feed on, the breeding cycle is broken and they die off. Handy to know for your own place, especially a spare room or something...
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A month ?
"... An individual bed bug can lay 200-250 eggs in her lifetime. The eggs hatch in about 6-10 days and the newly emerged bed bug nymphs seek a blood meal. Immature nymphs molt five times (i.e., they shed their outer exoskeleton in order to grow) before reaching adulthood. They need to feed at least once before each molt, although they could feed as often as once a day. There may be three or more generations per year. All ages are found in a reproducing population. Immature bed bugs may live for several months without feeding while adults may survive as long as one year without a meal. Under normal circumstances, adult bed bugs will live for about ten to eleven months."Source: http://www.extension.umn.edu/distribution/housingandclothing/dk1022.html
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They might live that long, but apparently the they wont reproduce if they dont eat after a month. Of course I read that years ago, before the innernetz...
jamesjones626:
seriously, any clothing you had with you in that motel room torch it and dont take it home with you, once you get bed bugs in your house good luck getting rid of them. DDT does the job but that is illegal here in the states.
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