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11 Home Remedies To Get Rid Of Bed Bugs Naturally

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Bed bugs are parasites that belong to the cimicid family. They are small, oval, brownish insects that feed exclusively on blood. While there are quite a few parasites of the cimicid family that feeds on animal blood, the cimex lectularius, the common bedbug, is the famous one as it prefers feeding on human blood. While an adult bed bug has a flat body, and looks pretty much like an apple seed, after feeding, its body swells and also turns a reddish color. Bed bugs usually feed on their hosts quite unnoticed.

Though bed bugs are believed to be more active during the night, they are not nocturnal creatures. A female bedbug can lay hundreds of eggs in its lifetime. These eggs are usually the size of a speck of dust and can be brought into your house along with adults, via luggage, used furniture, used beds, clothing, etc. Bed bugs cannot fly. However, they can move quite quickly over floors, walls, and ceilings.

While some adverse health conditions may be caused as a result of bed bug bites, like skin rashes, allergic symptoms, and even psychological problems, bed bugs are unknown to transmit any disease pathogens.

One of the most evident signs of bed bug infestation is finding itchy areas on your body when you wake up after a sleep. These itchy areas may also present as small red bumps. Small blood stains on your sheets or pillow cases, bed bug excrement on the bed and bed linen or walls, egg shells or shed skins in areas where bed bugs usually hide, and sometimes even a musty odor from the bugs scent glands are some other giveaways to a bed bug infestation.

Since bed bugs have flattened bodies, it makes it easy for them to hide in the tiniest of spaces, like mattresses, box springs, bed frames, and headboards. Though bed bugs do not have nests, they tend to live in groups. Over time, they tend to scatter through the bedroom, moving into any crevice or protected location, and even to adjoining rooms.

If you suspect that you may have a bed bug infestation, remove all bedding and dust covers and blankets, box springs etc. and check it carefully for signs of the bugs or their excrement. You must also check the area around the bed, including inside books, telephones, radios, carpet edges, and even electrical outlets.

Once you have identified a bed bug infestation in your house, it is understandable that you want to jump right in and eliminate them. But this will be a long, drawn-out battle, and there is nothing like patience and preparation to win it.

Getting rid of bedbugs begins with cleaning up the places where bedbugs live. Now, this is not an easy task as it includes washing and drying bedding, linens, curtains, clothing, etc. in hot water and then meticulously checking that it is indeed bed-bug free. The cleaning up process also calls for some heavy-duty vacuuming. The entire house, furniture, linens, furnishings etc. need to be regularly vacuumed. After each vacuuming session, ensure you remove the vacuum cleaner bag into another plastic bag and place it in the garbage bin outside the house.

Another way to get rid of these bugs is to freeze them. Although bed bugs can live for up to a year in a cool room, they cannot withstand freezing temperatures. Freezing infested items for at least two hours at -17C should kill them off.

Like cold, steam too can help get rid of bed bugs. Steam can penetrate mattress linings, crevices and cracks effectively and efficiently. Steam cleaning infested items and rooms at about 140F (60C) can destroy bugs as well as their eggs without damaging the surroundings.

You can also try out some natural insecticides to get rid of the bed bugs and their eggs. In this regard, plant essential oils have gained importance as a significant natural source of pesticides. They represent a market estimated at $700 million. The total production of essential oils in the world is estimated to be around 45000 tons. Most essential oils affect the inner cell membranes of insects, causing cytotoxic effects. It is this property that proves beneficial when tackling any kind of bug or insect infestation. And while the essential oils are toxic to the bugs, they are safe for humans. Here we look at some essential oil based natural insecticides as well as some other less harmful repellents to help get rid of bed bugs.

Studies show that tea tree oil is an effective insecticidal. The essential oil of tea tree effectively disrupts the permeability barrier of cell membrane structures, thus resulting in the loss of chemiosmotic control and fatality. It is this membrane-damaging property of tea tree oil that makes it an effective natural insecticide in fighting bed bugs. You can use the homemade spray in hard-to-reach places, like cracks, crevices, and furniture joints.

To Use: To make a natural insecticide with tea tree oil, mix two teaspoons of tea tree oil with 50 ml of water. Pour it into a spray bottle and shake well. Spray liberal amounts of the natural insecticide in all areas where you think bed bugs are living. Use this application daily until all the signs of bed bugs have disappeared. Remember to shake well before each application.

Like tea tree oil, lavender essential oil can also be used as an effective natural insecticide to kill bed bugs. Lavender oil is also believed to destroy bed bug eggs as well. It is also said that it is the smell of lavender that kills the bugs. However, the oil probably acts as a cytotoxin and thus kills the bed bugs.

To Use: To make a spray, mix 1015 drops of lavender oil with 50 ml water. Shake well, pour into a spray bottle and use in areas where the infestation is seen. You can also use lavender soap or powder as a spray. Another method is to place fresh lavender leaves or flowers in and around the infested areas to get rid of the bed bugs.

A combination of lavender oil and peppermint oil was also found to be highly beneficial in exterminating bed bugs.

To Use: Add 1015 drops of lavender essential oil and 1015 drops of peppermint oil into a spray bottle. Fill it with water. Then shake well and spray in affected areas.

Citronella, or lemongrass as it is more commonly known, is another essential oil that can repel and kill bed bugs as well as its eggs. Citronella oil is believed to increase the acidic condition within the bugs, thus effectively eliminating it. Like lavender, the smell of citronella is also believed to help get rid of bed bugs.

To Use: Add 10 drops of citronella oil to a small bowl of water. Pour it into a spray bottle, shake thoroughly, and spray in affected areas to get best results.

The evergreen, mighty trees of the eucalyptus can be seen in most places across the world. The essential oil found in its foliage is widely used in food, pharmaceuticals, perfumes, etc. It is also used extensively as an insect repellent. Eucalyptus is believed to exhibit ovicidal activity, as well as insect repellency against bacteria, fungi, insects, weeds, nematodes, and mites.

To Use: To make the spray, take two ounces of water, 1.5 ounces of witch hazel or vodka and 30 drops of eucalyptus essential oil. Pour all this into a spray bottle and shake well to mix it. Then spray the solution on the affected areas. Repeat the spraying every two hours of so.

Orange oil contains d-limonene which is classified as an insecticide. This is a nerve toxin which kills the bugs and insects within minutes of contact.

To Use: Make a spray solution by mixing 1 cup of compost tea, 1 ounce of blackstrap molasses and 2 ounces of orange essential oil in 4 liters of water. Mix all this together well and spray in the affected areas.

For generations, neem oil has been used for various medicinal and insecticidal properties. The tree, the leaf, the seeds are all used for medicinal purposes with beneficial results. Studies show that neem oil, especially cold pressed neem oil, has high toxicity, and antifeedancy and can repel a number of pests. It was also shown to have high larval growth inhibition properties.

To Use: To make a spray solution, add 1 ounce of concentrated neem essential oil to 4 ounces of water. Add teaspoon of soap in order to emulsify the solution. Mix it well. Then spray and wipe down beds, sheets, walls, crevices and all other potential bed bug hiding places. Do this three times a day for the first three days. Then shift to treating your home every alternate day for a total of 18 days.

Sweet flag or acorus calamus, is an uncommon, semi-aquatic, perennial plant found in Eurasia and the Americas. Valued for its rhizome and fragrant oils, this plant has been used medicinally as well as for its insecticidal properties, since time immemorial. Recent studies have also revealed that the sweet plant possesses antifungal and antibacterial properties. The antimicrobial property makes the sweet flag effective against bed bugs.

To Use: To make a spray, boil 100 grams of sweet flag and 50 grams of turmeric powder in one liter of water. Boil this for an hour. Then keep the solution in a closed container for 24 hours. The next day, filter and dilute the solution in 10 times the water. Transfer to a spray bottle and spray lavishly in affected areas and its surroundings.

Did you just think folk lore when you read the word kidney beans? Well, push that thought aside. Studies have shown that the leaves have microscopic hairs called trichomes on its surface that entangle the bugs onto it, literally stopping them in their tracks. Unlike a Velcro effect, the trichomes actually get hooked onto bugs legs, trapping them.

To Use: Scatter kidney bean leaves all over the house, especially in infested areas. You can also place the leaves under mattresses. You can either wait for a couple of days before getting rid of these leaves or opt to use fresh leaves every day for a few days. Since the bugs are stuck on the leaves, getting rid of the leaves will ensure the bugs never return.

Thyme oil or thymol concentrate are effective bed bug repellents. They are also shown to be effective deterrents for egg laying by mites.

To Use: You can tie a thyme stick with a cotton cloth and burn it near the infested area, or in the infested room. Alternatively, place thyme leaves in net bags and place them in and around the infested areas. Remember to replace these bags with fresh leaves every third day. Continue the process for up to a month to ensure all bed bugs have been killed.

Like most other essential oils, clove oil too possesses insecticidal and insect repellent properties. It is believed that the acidic pH of cloves, as well as its pungent smell, disturbs the survival of the bugs, thus destroying them.

To Use: Mix 1 teaspoon clove essential oil with 1 cup water. Pour into a spray bottle, shake well, and spray in affected areas.

Diatomaceous earth (DE) is a non-toxic insecticide that is used for the protection of stored products and to control pests in the home and garden. It is a natural product that harms neither the earth nor people. It can be conveniently used in any space, even crevices on walls and other inaccessible regions. DE comes as a fine crystalline powder. Fine for the human eye, but the crystals trap and tear up the bed bugs.

To Use: Spray or sprinkle food grade DE on the bed, the floor, the crevices, and other areas where bugs are likely to hide. Let it stay for up to three days. After three days, vacuum or broom up the entire house. Some other products that work effectively against bed bugs are baking powder and boric powder. While boric powder is toxic, baking powder is harmless for humans.

Also, remember that most essential oils should be effective in getting rid of bed bugs. This is because, as mentioned, the oils function as cytotoxins, destroying the membranes of the bugs. So, go ahead, get started on ridding your home and hearth of those pesky blood suckers.

Disclaimer: The content is purely informative and educational in nature and should not be construed as medical advice. Please use the content only in consultation with an appropriate certified medical or healthcare professional.

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Indianapolis, Indiana Bed Bug Reports

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Stayed her for 2 nights Febuary 26-27 2016 first night I had irritation thought I was maybe the detergent because I have very sensitive skin second night itching burning feeling on my legs & arms & br...

09/20/2019 0800 BED BUGS!! Room 216 Front desk didn't seem concerned. Manager didn't bother to call. I showed them pictures and video. ...

So there I was on nightshift working remotely from the hotel. The night had been long and I needed a nap to resume my duties and be fresh. Right as I made my way to the bed I saw a black dot on the be...

Checked in 1/15/2016 @ 9:30pm. An hour later my son was sitting on the sofa and saw something crawling on the arm of the sofa, we picked it up and examined it, confirmed it was a bed bug. We instantly...

Checked in at 11pm and were out off there by 2 am. The hotel room was old and the bedding was old and dated. Saw two bed bugs crawling on bed. Took photo and video. The hotel staff didn't do anythin...

We stayed here from July 30 to Aug 5th. At first I thought it was mosquitos in the evening while I out and about in Indy, but than I knew because I only felt the bites a short time after waking in th...

I stayed at the Hyatt Regency Indianapolis on May 22nd, 2017 in room 1621. I woke up in the middle of the night with two severe (bright red and hurtful) bites on my back. I didn't think of anything ba...

My stay was in December 14, 2015 for a week and the Hyatt was definitely impressive because it's a business center inside as well. Room I was upgraded to was nice once I checked in. Next morning I g...

Found a bed bug on my pillow at 6am. Squished it - blood on the pillow case. Found bites on my neck. Checked out ASAP. Told front desk. They comped the room (1night) cancelled the rest of my stay (...

7/18...Reported, they sent someone to look, said must of been previous...found dead bugs and blood stains, only offered half off....ridiculous...

7/29/17 6:15 pm Checked headboard first in room 313. Had many bedbugs in cracks. Went immediately to front desk and checked out. They offered another room but we declined...

Early Sunday morning around 6 am I found a bed bug crawling on one of the Queen sized beds. I captured it and took it to the front desk. The gentleman at the front desk looked at it and said..oh, sorr...

We were getting ready to head down for breakfast in the morning at 6 am....we saw a bed bug crawling on the top of the sheet on one of the Queen sized beds...I captured it and took it to the gentleman...

I saw a bug in my bathtub, took a look at it and was sure it was a bedbug. I put it down the toilet, and immediately told the hotel staff. They called in an exterminator, who confirmed that the room ...

As a disclaimer, the staff was very polite and accommodating to our needs throughout the whole stay. I requested a new room, because the dust and dirt in the first room was so overwhelming that my al...

I checked into my room around 7pm on May 17th, 2015.I then dropped my luggage off and left to run errands. When I returned. I showered, then sat on the bed to watch TV. Around 11pm I turned down the b...

My son woke up covered in red welts. The manager insists they do not have a problem. I found online other people having the same experience at this place. My son has bites on his face and neck fron...

We stayed in this hotel overnight on 6/26/2016. I went to get in the shower after sleeping on the fold out couch, and when I took off my shirt I found a bed bug on my chest. I killed it and woke up ...

Hotel looked clean upon inspection, but two hours later we found a bed bug crawling on the bed. Told staff and we were basically ignored. Also found one downstairs in lobby area on couch it was dead,...

I was staying in the candle wood hotel in Indianapolis for business and Im out of state. While in room 222 on 12/26/17 I felt something crawling on my arm. Turn the lights on and it was a bed bug. An...

I woke up in the middle of the night to see bed bugs. I counted at least 4 bugs visible to the eye, without actively searching. Management moved me to another hotel. However, throughout the entire pro...

We stayed in room 601 with our 2 year old daughter for two nights in April of 2019. The first night I received a bite on my right leg but thought it must have come from elsewhere. The second night how...

My husband awoke from a nap and a BED BUG was crawling on his shoulder on 9/30/17 at 7:37pm!!! He brought it to our attention and we took it downstairs in a cup. The front desk acted like this has hap...

Bugs found 6/12/15, son suffered over 30 bites. Manager informed and saw actual bugs for himself. Moved to new room....

Visited in June of 2019. Checked for bugs via typical inspection methods. Woke up itching. Found 2 bed bugs on pillowcase; killed one and put other in bag for inspection assistance. Completed further ...

We noticed 4 big bed bugs we informed the manager Ali he was very rude and disrespectful I wouldn't recommend this place to anyone it's nasty and totally unsafe unsanitary...

Stayed here check in was Thursday 04/11/2019 got in room and we smelled a strong bug spray smell upon entry we werent sure why when asked front desk they said it possibly pool as our room was acros...

January 14th 2017 My Grandma moved in here 3 months ago and never had issues with bed bugs before. Now grandma has huge red spots all over her. She told management and they told her that she had ove...

I have lived here since March and since then we have seen many trucks, more recently. I have spoken to a few neighbors and one has had to get her apartment fumigated 3 times in a year because of bed b...

As stated by the previous commenter there is something in the lease that puts all responsibility on to the tenant because they know about the infestation but refuse to address it which creates a bigge...

This is twice in 6 years i have had bed bugs. 2010 and 2015. The first time the adjacent apartment was infested n the tenants moved out without notifying office. It was not exterminated. They moved a ...

I checked in on 1/4/16 and found a live bed bug on 1/7/16. The manager confirmed they had found a bed bug in my room 166, she called me later to inform me the exterminator had found several more in my...

Bed bed crawled on me as I awoke and after a shower I found one crawling up the comforter - I put the bed in a cup and reported to the front desk - verified it was two bed bugs...

BED BUGS Holiday Inn Express Indianapolis-Southeast I had reservations for the Holiday Inn Express Indianapolis-Southeast on Sat, May 16th 2015. We arrived in the late afternoon, checked in, and we...

The room I stayed in was infested with bed bugs, life, and fleas. Do not ever stay there. absolutely the worst place ever....

My baby daddy and I rented the motel for a week. Which costs us $180. $170 for the week and a $10 key deposit. There was no remote to the tv. The phone didn't work and we believe someone had came in ...

Bed bugs in room.manager refused to move us to another room.they actually said sleep with the lights on and they won't bites...

I was staying in a room where I found 1 bed bug in the bathtub. They had treated the room twice the week before. They moved us to a different room and gave me quarters to use the washer and dryer....

Bed bug was discovered in bathroom on towel. Adult non fed. Found before leaving in morning. Brought bug to front desk and they did nothing. Acted like it wasn't a bed bug. ...

We stayed there last night and woke up this morning, while I was sitting on our bed with my baby I saw a bug crawl across the bed. My husband trapped it in a cup and took a picture of it. Then he we...

We stayed at the Comfort Stay Inn April 22-23. We were in town for a baseball tournament and had no choice of where to stay. We were in room 205. We woke up after the first night to find a bug crawlin...

My daughter and her boyfriends apartment is infested with bed bugs and they are not in any hurry to help resolve the problem. They had to throw away their bed and living room furniture and have no wh...

On November 3- 5th me and several coworkers were staying at this hotel. We had heard of prior bed bug issues from other coworkers but still stayed at the hotel. When we actually witnessed bed bugs in ...

I know for a fact that there are more than 10 rooms out of order because management/owners will not pay for the professional services. They are putting employees and guests in a health danger to save ...

I phoned the leasing office to have the uncomfortable conversation about finding bedbugs in my unit. I asked if any other tenants reported a bedbug issue and was told, "I can only see your account on ...

We stayed at this hotel as a team for a volleyball tournament 3/31-4/2 and at least 3 rooms were infested. Management tried their best to relocate families to other rooms and offer refunds, etc. Not g...

6/14 @ 6:14 am I was awakened due to itching. I turn on the light and see bedbugs all in the bed. Plus there's a hole in the wall with a small infestation of them. Management has been notified on seve...

3/17/19 Checked into hotel, when we pulled sheets back there was blood on pillow case and on sheets. It was around 10 pm when we realized it. So they brought us new sheets, that I had to put on. The ...

Recommended tips after hotel check-in: 1. Pick up the mattresses in the rooms and look under it. Check around the edges of the box springs. 2. Check under the box spring. 3. Lift up each headboard an lie it on the bed. Carefully inspect the hole where the headboard was lifted out of. Also, inspect all niches and corners of the headboard. 4. If you decide to stay in the hotel, do not put any clothes in dressers. Keep them in your luggage and your dirty clothes in plastic bags.

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The 10 Best Bed Bug Exterminators in Indianapolis, IN 2020

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If you are concerned you have a bed bug infestation, look for physical signs of their presence. Bed bugs love to hide in small, dark spaces and typically come out to feed (generally on human blood) after dark although they will come out in daylight if hungry enough. The Environmental Protection Agency states that indications of an infestation can include seeing shed exoskeletons of bed bugs, rusty spots on your bedding (which are either bug droppings or bloodstains), live bed bugs, bed bug egg casings, a sweet and musty odor (if the infestation is severe), and evidence of bites on your skin.

To spot bed bugs, look in and along mattress seams and bedding, in curtain and furniture folds, inside cracks or crevices in the walls, behind picture frames and mirrors, under loose wallpaper seams, on recently used luggage or backpacks, inside electronics, and inside clothing or cluttered areas such as closets. If you see signs of bed bugs, be careful not to disturb them too much as you dont want them scattering to other parts of your house.

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New Evidence on Bed Bug Burden in Urban Neighborhoods – UMass News and Media Relations

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AMHERST, Mass. In the first study to use systematically collected data from multifamily housing inspections to track bed bug infestation, investigators including Christopher Sutherland at the University of Massachusetts Amherst confirm what has long been suspected for bed bugs, but also for public health issues in general infestations are strongly associated with socioeconomic factors, including neighborhood income, eviction rates and crowding.

Writing in People and Nature about their Chicago-area study, biostatistician Sutherland, with biologist Daniel Schneider and urban planner Andrew Greenlee, both of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, point out that documenting the scale of the bed bugs dramatic resurgence as a common household pest and identifying socioeconomic factors that determine infestation risk are challenging, because data usually come from self-reporting, which has potential for bias.

But unlike previous research, our data come from systematic inspections with known sampling effort and are, therefore, uniquely able to attribute observed reductions to declines in bed bug prevalence rather than trends in reporting, they add.

Sutherland and colleagues say the evidence of higher risk of bed bug infestation in poorer neighborhoods, in areas where evictions are more common and in more crowded neighborhoods provides important empirical evidence of the disproportionate allocation of public health burdens upon neighborhoods already facing multiple dimensions of disadvantage for example, poverty, contaminated water and health inequalities.

Sutherland says he was surprised that the patterns were borne out so strongly. Its discouraging that we still have these extreme polarities in society, he notes. Differences in socioeconomic factors means that these public health burdens fall on groups that are less able to cope with them than their more affluent neighbors. We shine a light on yet another public health concern that points squarely to who is bearing the burdens.

Schneider, an expert in dispersal ecology how species move to new habitats and get extinguished adds, The map of where people are most at risk for bed bugs looks like the same areas where more kids have asthma, lead in the bloodstream and likely even COVID-19. How cynical we were coming into this determined how surprised we were by the findings.

The authors analysis uses administrative data on inspections from Chicagos Department of Buildings. From 2006 to 2018, addresses of 21,340 multi-story multiple dwelling residential buildings four stories or higher, and mixed residential/commercial buildings three stories or higher, saw a total 56,384 periodic inspections. Of these, 491 resulted in definitive bed bug evidence a code violation at the property. These bed bug-positive inspections occurred at 446 unique properties, indicating that some had bed bugs present across multiple inspections, they note.

Using this and other data, the researchers aggregated the number of inspections and violations in each year at the census tract level and derived socioeconomic measures of each tract. From this, they identified four broad socioeconomic categories residential stability, housing affordability, resident demographics and neighborhood housing characteristics and nine variables associated with them.

Their analyses showed that, in addition to significant variation among years, neighborhood-level median household income was the strongest predictor of bed bug prevalence. Eviction rate and crowding had significant, but relatively smaller effects. We did not find evidence that bed bug prevalence was influenced by mobility rate, percent of renter households, or the percent population with a graduate degree.

Schneider says, This is just one facet of a larger problem. This is not just a bed bug problem, and if you stack public health issues on top of each other we believe these will correlate strongly. The work appears in an open-access journal, Sutherland says, so anyone can access the data. We tried hard to make the language clear enough for policymakers, to show that this is more evidence of serious public health disparity.

This study grew out of a two-year, interdisciplinary workshop the authors organized for the National Science Foundations National Socio-Environmental Synthesis Center (SESYNC) to study bed bug history, sociology, ecology, entomology, urban planning and epidemiology. The research combined existing environment and social data, melding ideas that existed but were not synthesized together before, in Schneiders words.

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Researchers reveal which types of neighborhoods get bedbugs – Fast Company

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The dramatic resurgence of bedbugs has not plagued Americans equally, according to a new, creepy-crawly study from the University of Massachusetts at Amherst.

Researchers tracked inspection reports of 21,340 Chicago buildings from 2006 through 2018 and found that bedbugs thrive in poorer neighborhoods. The strongest predictor of infestation was low household income, along with, to a lesser extent, high eviction rates and crowding. The researchers were quite surprised at the high correlations.

The neighborhoods suffering high rates of bedbugs also suffer a disproportionate number of other health burdens. The map of where people are most at risk for bed bugs looks like the same areas where more kids have asthma, lead in the bloodstream and likely even COVID-19, says coauthor Daniel Schneider, a biologist and professor of urban planning at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

No connection was found between bedbug infestation and education level, nor are bedbugs any more likely to appear in areas with predominantly rented units. This was all news: Bedbugs are notoriously difficult to track, because residents self-report to local governments, and reporting patterns vary by race and income, among other factors.

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