the bedbug thing is freaking me out - Page 2

Lamplighter · 09-24-2010, 10:12 AM

BB's hide from light in dark places, and cardboard makes for great BB bedrooms.
A simple do-it-yourself BB monitor can be made with an index card, a piece of cardboard, and some double-sticky tape.
Put it under the bed near the headboard and check for BB poo weekly.

You'll have either BB's or peace of mind !

Here a pic and link of one commercial model.

Shawnee123 · 09-24-2010, 10:15 AM

You can SEE bb poo?

How big are these suckers anyway? :shudder:

classicman · 09-24-2010, 10:27 AM

very cool Lamp. I think I might make one and check it out.

classicman · 09-24-2010, 10:28 AM

monster · 09-30-2010, 07:47 AM

OK, I think I'm going to take the necessaries to check for bedbugs when I go to a hotel for a hockey tourney next month. Joking aside, bedbugs are something I could happily live without. Seems the main thing to do, though, it make sure everything goes in a hot wash and dry when you get home. Similar precautions to lice alerts.

xoxoxoBruce · 09-30-2010, 11:45 AM

Or drink a lot, so if they bite you they can't hide in your luggage, 'cause you'll hear 'em burpin' and fartin'.

wolf · 09-30-2010, 12:09 PM

Quite a few of the residential programs nearby have had bedbug infestations, but I believe they have all been declared "under control." One of my frequent callers has had an infestation, but it's not as easy to get a rooming house full of crazy people to comply with all the washing and cleaning that's necessary to eradicate them.

tw · 09-30-2010, 06:40 PM

Talk about a real threat - the stink bug. Bill Joel defined it in his song Allentown.

Quote:

And it's getting very hard to stay
And we're living here in Allentown

But not for long. They escaped to 20 other states where jobs and crops are plentiful. And where predators are none.

wolf · 09-30-2010, 07:05 PM

This would be one of those times when I really, really don't understand you.

glatt · 09-30-2010, 07:21 PM

There's an asian stink bug invasion going on in the US right now.

xoxoxoBruce · 09-30-2010, 11:54 PM

Yeah, I've had tons of them for the last year. But seeing as these things have been around for as long as I can remember, I'd call it a population explosion, rather than an invasion.

Happy Monkey · 10-01-2010, 10:30 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by xoxoxoBruce

Yeah, I've had tons of them for the last year. But seeing as these things have been around for as long as I can remember, I'd call it a population explosion, rather than an invasion.

It's a slightly different species of stinkbug, with stripy legs.

tw · 10-01-2010, 11:41 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by xoxoxoBruce

Yeah, I've had tons of them for the last year. But seeing as these things have been around for as long as I can remember, I'd call it a population explosion, rather than an invasion.

Stink bugs did not exist in N America until released by a container in Allentown PA in the 1990s. They were mostly ignored since they were thought to not be a problem. But the stink bug explosion is now a major threat to agriculture.

xoxoxoBruce · 10-01-2010, 07:52 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Happy Monkey

It's a slightly different species of stinkbug, with stripy legs.

I didn't know this, never noticed that detail.

Quote:

Originally Posted by tw

Stink bugs did not exist in N America until released by a container in Allentown PA in the 1990s. They were mostly ignored since they were thought to not be a problem. But the stink bug explosion is now a major threat to agriculture.

No, we've alway had stink bugs. You are you talking about the Pippi Longstocking variety, the Brown Marmorated variety HM referred to.

Cloud · 10-01-2010, 09:15 AM

but stinkbugs don't live in your bed and suck your blood.

09-24-2010, 10:12 AM	#1
Lamplighter Person who doesn't update the user title Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Bottom lands of the Missoula floods Posts: 6,402	BB's hide from light in dark places, and cardboard makes for great BB bedrooms. A simple do-it-yourself BB monitor can be made with an index card, a piece of cardboard, and some double-sticky tape. Put it under the bed near the headboard and check for BB poo weekly. You'll have either BB's or peace of mind ! Here a pic and link of one commercial model. Attached Images

09-24-2010, 10:15 AM	#2
Shawnee123 Why, you're a regular Alfred E Einstein, ain't ya? Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 21,206	You can SEE bb poo? How big are these suckers anyway? :shudder: __________________ A word to the wise ain't necessary - it's the stupid ones who need the advice. --Bill Cosby

09-24-2010, 10:27 AM	#3
classicman barely disguised asshole, keeper of all that is holy. Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 23,401	very cool Lamp. I think I might make one and check it out. __________________ "like strapping a pillow on a bull in a china shop" Bullitt

09-24-2010, 10:28 AM	#4
classicman barely disguised asshole, keeper of all that is holy. Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 23,401	__________________ "like strapping a pillow on a bull in a china shop" Bullitt

09-30-2010, 07:47 AM	#5
monster I hear them call the tide Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Perpetual Chaos Posts: 30,852	OK, I think I'm going to take the necessaries to check for bedbugs when I go to a hotel for a hockey tourney next month. Joking aside, bedbugs are something I could happily live without. Seems the main thing to do, though, it make sure everything goes in a hot wash and dry when you get home. Similar precautions to lice alerts. __________________ The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity Amelia Earhart

09-30-2010, 11:45 AM	#6
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	Or drink a lot, so if they bite you they can't hide in your luggage, 'cause you'll hear 'em burpin' and fartin'. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

09-30-2010, 12:09 PM	#7
wolf lobber of scimitars Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Phila Burbs Posts: 20,774	Quite a few of the residential programs nearby have had bedbug infestations, but I believe they have all been declared "under control." One of my frequent callers has had an infestation, but it's not as easy to get a rooming house full of crazy people to comply with all the washing and cleaning that's necessary to eradicate them. __________________ wolf eht htiw og "Conspiracies are the norm, not the exception." --G. Edward Griffin The Creature from Jekyll Island High Priestess of the Church of the Whale Penis

09-30-2010, 07:05 PM	#9
wolf lobber of scimitars Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Phila Burbs Posts: 20,774	This would be one of those times when I really, really don't understand you. __________________ wolf eht htiw og "Conspiracies are the norm, not the exception." --G. Edward Griffin The Creature from Jekyll Island High Priestess of the Church of the Whale Penis

09-30-2010, 07:21 PM	#10
glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 27,717	There's an asian stink bug invasion going on in the US right now.

09-30-2010, 11:54 PM	#11
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	Yeah, I've had tons of them for the last year. But seeing as these things have been around for as long as I can remember, I'd call it a population explosion, rather than an invasion. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

10-01-2010, 09:15 AM	#15
Cloud ... Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 8,360	but stinkbugs don't live in your bed and suck your blood. __________________ "Guard your honor. Let your reputation fall where it will. And outlive the bastards!"

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