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Does Cold Kill Bed Bugs? – University of Minnesota

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Jeffrey Hahn, Asst. Extension Entomologist

Photo 1. Bed bug biting. Jeff Hahn

This has been one of the coldest winters in Minnesota in 15 years. And while it can be challenging to find many good things to say about this kind of weather, many people take consolation that the cold temperatures are good for killing insect pests. The most common question lately has been whether putting out furniture or other articles in very cold weather will kill bed bugs.

Photo 2: Fluctuating, cold temperatures may not reliably kill bed bugs. Jeff Hahn

Cold temperatures can kill bed bugs if they are exposed to it long enough and at temperatures that are cold enough. However, there is not a lot research on this topic to say what those exposures and temperatures are. What information is available is contradictory. One researcher in 1966 found that bed bugs can tolerate temperatures around 5o F for a brief time and when acclimated can survive temperatures at or below 32o F for days. This is in contrast to findings in 1991 that bed bugs are killed when exposed to temperatures around 32o F for just hours, although the same article also went on to say that the eggs are very cold tolerant and need to be exposed to freezing temperatures for 30 to 60 days.

There is even less research that looks at how long you need to freeze bed bugs when they are in furniture or other objects. The U.S. military believes that if you expose furniture to 0o F or less for four days or more, that may be sufficient. While we have been at or below 0o F often, those temperatures have generally fluctuated and have infrequently been sustained for four days or more.

There are other factors to consider. First, the temperature where the bed bugs are hiding may not be as cold as you think it is, i.e. the air temperature is not necessarily the same where the bed bugs are located in the furniture. You also need to factor in the effect of the sun shining on any objects. Although the temperature may say 0o F, the warmth of the sun can considerably raise the temperature in localized areas (as recently witnessed by the melting snow on my roof in near 0o F temperatures).

Again, cold can kill bed bugs, but the bottom line is you can not reliably kill all bed bugs infesting objects by exposing them to 0o F temperatures.

However, if you have or are concerned that you have items that are infested with bed bugs, keeping them outdoors will certainly immobilize any that are present until you decide what to do with them. If you have clothes, you can reliably kill bed bugs by washing or drying them at the highest temperatures allowed by the fabric. If you have other items you are not sure what to do with, contact an experienced pest control service for help in eradicating the bed bugs.

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Bed bugs – Alaska Backpackers Inn – TripAdvisor

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i am very sorry for staying at the alaska backpacker's inn in anchorage. i stayed 5 nights - 2 nights in a private room, 1 night in the hostel dorms, then 2 more nights in a private room.

this place is in a bad part of town, near a homeless shelter and a correctional facility - there are many homeless people around who will beg for money and try to get inside the inn either to find a place to sleep or to take things. many of the guests are extremely loud and yell across the outdoor areas - expect to hear drunken screaming in the middle of the night on weekends, bring earplugs. on my first night there another guest walked around the parking lot screaming trying to find her friend, waking me up - once i was awake this same guest stuck her face directly into my open window and continued to scream into my room, calling for her friend - when i went to the front desk to see what could be done about this, the smug jerk behind the desk mockingly said, "i'll notify security." (they don't have 'security.') my second day there another guest burst into my room, thinking it was his room - the front desk apparently gave him poor instructions in finding his room. later that night i was awakened at about 1:30am, a woman a few doors down had called the police because some man had followed her to her room and loitered outside her window.

the internet connection is HORRIBLE and spotty at best; at times i had to go to the 'clubhouse' in order to use the internet.

their storage area designated for guests to store their luggage before and after check-out is by no means secure; though storage area is usually locked, they allow guests to go inside and put or take belongings without any means of checking what belongs to which guest - anyone can walk-off with anyone else's stuff. when i took my luggage out this afternoon, the staff member who unlocked the door didn't even hang around to see if had locked/closed the door behind me. if you're a thief, just go to the front desk, ask to get your things from their storage room, and take whatever you want - they're too clueless/lazy to have any valid way of marking belongings.

the management seems clueless as to how to run a hostel/inn - one bed i slept in looked and felt as if it were just salvaged from a junk yard. all of the pillows are so old they're like doormats. one good thing is that most of the bathrooms seemed ok and cleaned regularly. the management had posted insulting flyers to all of the guests that stated any guests causing any "drama" would be evicted, not taking practical nor professional steps to preventing such drama, such as enforcing rules regarding noise, smoking, loitering, drinking on the premises, etc. i asked one of the staff members where to wait for a particular shuttle and she told me the wrong place to wait - i missed the shuttle but luckily the driver was able to make a return trip. as i said in the previous paragraph, one staff member was very smug and rude - this was an ongoing thing and i avoided having to make contact with this particular staff member. two staff members at the front desk did seem well informed and polite.

the worst part of my stays at this place was being exposed to bed bugs. i did a 'standard' check for bed bugs in each of the rooms i stayed in but was still bitten, as i write this i have welts on my right arm, on my back, and on my left leg. i was given a refund for the evening i was bitten, moved to another room, and was offered to have all of my clothes laundered - this situation was handled in a professional manner but of course it was too little too late.

if i could go back in time, rather than stay several nights in anchorage as my "home base" in alaska and stay at a cheap place i would instead spend as few days as possible in anchorage and stay at a more reputable hotel and spend the extra money. from what i've seen, anchorage doesn't have enough to offer to put up with the problems of low-cost lodging.

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