Oren wrote:
On Fri, 25 Apr 2008 15:12:01 -0700 (PDT), ransley
wrote:

Used beds from hotels are recovered, sold as reconditioned and not
sterilized and sold with bedbugs, junk the bed, and talk to a pro,
bed bugs dont just live in beds.

Local ordinances are being put into place here. It prevents beds
being placed /sold back to the community without license /inspection..

I'm itching now!

Mattresses are not the main issue with bedbugs. From Wikipedia:

"Bedbugs travel easily and quickly along pipes and boards, and their bodies
are very flat, which allows them to hide in tiny crevices. In the daytime,
they tend to stay out of the light, preferring to remain hidden in such
places as mattress seams, mattress interiors, bed frames, nearby furniture,
carpeting, baseboards, inner walls, tiny wood holes, or bedroom clutter.
Bedbugs can be found on their own, but more often congregate in groups.
Bedbugs are capable of travelling as far as 100 feet to feed, but usually
remain close to the host in bedrooms or on sofas where people may sleep."

"Bedbugs are generally active only at dawn, with a peak attack period about
an hour before dawn, though given the opportunity, they may attempt to feed
at other times. Attracted by warmth and the presence of carbon dioxide, the
bug pierces the skin of its host with two hollow tubes. With one tube it
injects its saliva, which contains anticoagulants and anesthetics, while
with the other it withdraws the blood of its host. After feeding for about
five minutes, the bug returns to its hiding place. The bites cannot usually
be felt until some minutes or hours later, as a dermatological reaction to
the injected agents.
Although bedbugs can live for a year or as much as 18 months without
feeding, they typically seek blood every five to ten days. Bedbugs that go
dormant for lack of food often live longer than a year, well-fed specimens
typically live six to nine months. Low infestations may be difficult to
detect, and it is not unusual for the victim not to even realize they have
bedbugs early on. Patterns of bites in a row or a cluster are typical as
they may be disturbed while feeding. Bites may be found in a variety of
places on the body.

Bedbugs may be erroneously associated with filth in the mistaken notion that
this attracts them. However, severe infestations are often associated with
poor housekeeping and clutter. Bedbugs are attracted by exhaled carbon
dioxide and body heat, not by dirt, and they feed on blood, not waste. In
short, the cleanliness of their environments ..... does not have a direct
affect on bedbugs as they feed on their hosts and not on waste. Good
housekeeping in association with proper preparation and mechanical removal
by vacuuming will certainly assist in control."


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