Bedbugs!

August · 07-14-09, 06:02 PM

A simple way to differentiate between them: A mosquito will bite exposed skin. A bedbug will bite what's under the covers.

Mosquito bites:

Bedbug bites:

Sailor Steve · 07-15-09, 02:17 PM

One good thing about bedbug bites: If you leave them alone (i.e. manage to keep yourself from scratching them) they'll go away within an hour.

How to tell if you have them: Not only the bites, but the remains. They are very easy to smash, so check your sheets every morning. Little black smudges are ones you smashed in your sleep; little red smears are the ones who got some of your blood before getting squashed.

Bug sprays: Raid and the like will kill them, but only when you spray them directly, which makes the sprays fairly useless.

DE: The only think I've found that actually kills them is Diatomaceous Earth. It is the powdered remains of diatoms, and gets in their joints and scratches their skins so they die of dehydration. Best of all, it comes in "food grade" that is absolutely harmless to any higher organisms (like pets and people). Just search for it online to order it.

Task Force · 07-15-09, 02:23 PM

And this is why i dont stay at hotels.

Kratos · 07-15-09, 02:35 PM

As my mother always said upon going to bed...when i was a kid 'surprised i can remember this now'

goodnight sleep tight
mind the bedbugs dont bite
if they bite
sqeeze them tight
and they wont come back tomorrow night

Task Force · 07-15-09, 02:38 PM

Ive heard something similar to that somewhere on TV...
except it went...
Good Night
sleep tight
dont let the bedbugs bight
if the do hit them with a shoe
until they turn black and blue.

Dowly · 07-15-09, 02:40 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Kratos

goodnight sleep tight
mind the bedbugs dont bite
if they bite
sqeeze them tight
and they wont come back tomorrow night

Ah, that explains why you go around with a humping Kratos sig.

Task Force · 07-15-09, 02:42 PM

no thats cause of schroeder...

Dowly · 07-15-09, 02:48 PM

Disturbing.

Kratos · 07-15-09, 03:01 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Dowly

Ah, that explains why you go around with a humping Kratos sig.

Jeez! he's not humping, Dowly..he's looking through Athena's letterbox

07-14-09, 06:02 PM	#1
August Wayfaring Stranger Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Massachusetts Posts: 23,226 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	A simple way to differentiate between them: A mosquito will bite exposed skin. A bedbug will bite what's under the covers. Mosquito bites: Bedbug bites: __________________ Flanked by life and the funeral pyre. Putting on a show for you to see.

07-15-09, 02:17 PM	#2
Sailor Steve Eternal Patrol Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: High in the mountains of Utah Posts: 50,369 Downloads: 745 Uploads: 249	One good thing about bedbug bites: If you leave them alone (i.e. manage to keep yourself from scratching them) they'll go away within an hour. How to tell if you have them: Not only the bites, but the remains. They are very easy to smash, so check your sheets every morning. Little black smudges are ones you smashed in your sleep; little red smears are the ones who got some of your blood before getting squashed. Bug sprays: Raid and the like will kill them, but only when you spray them directly, which makes the sprays fairly useless. DE: The only think I've found that actually kills them is Diatomaceous Earth. It is the powdered remains of diatoms, and gets in their joints and scratches their skins so they die of dehydration. Best of all, it comes in "food grade" that is absolutely harmless to any higher organisms (like pets and people). Just search for it online to order it. __________________ “Never do anything you can't take back.” —Rocky Russo

07-15-09, 02:23 PM	#3
Task Force Rear Admiral Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: SPACE!!!! Posts: 10,142 Downloads: 85 Uploads: 0	And this is why i dont stay at hotels. __________________ Task Force industries "Taking control of the world, one mind at a time"

07-15-09, 02:35 PM	#4
Kratos Ace of the Deep Join Date: Apr 2007 Posts: 1,267 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	As my mother always said upon going to bed...when i was a kid 'surprised i can remember this now' goodnight sleep tight mind the bedbugs dont bite if they bite sqeeze them tight and they wont come back tomorrow night __________________

07-15-09, 02:38 PM	#5
Task Force Rear Admiral Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: SPACE!!!! Posts: 10,142 Downloads: 85 Uploads: 0	Ive heard something similar to that somewhere on TV... except it went... Good Night sleep tight dont let the bedbugs bight if the do hit them with a shoe until they turn black and blue. __________________ Task Force industries "Taking control of the world, one mind at a time"

07-15-09, 02:42 PM	#7
Task Force Rear Admiral Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: SPACE!!!! Posts: 10,142 Downloads: 85 Uploads: 0	no thats cause of schroeder... __________________ Task Force industries "Taking control of the world, one mind at a time"

07-15-09, 02:48 PM	#8
Dowly Lucky Jack Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Finland Posts: 25,055 Downloads: 32 Uploads: 0	Disturbing.

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