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Diatomaceous earth kills the little bastards and it is non-hazardous to humans, as long as you don't snort the stuff.
Apparently for them is like walking on broken glass and they bleed do death, so to speak.
My sister had an infestation long ago and it was very effective. You can find the stuff online easily.
My hair wax has diatomaceous earth in it, does that somehow make me immune to some bugs? :D
No lice for you!
Electron microscope picture of DE https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Wilson-Gitari-2/publication/281446776/figure/fig1/AS:614016330252288@1523404309145/SEM-image-of-diatomaceous-earth.png
From here https://www.researchgate.net/figure/SEM-image-of-diatomaceous-earth_fig1_281446776
Works great on all kinds of infestations, too. I had wasps in my siding that were getting in my house and stinging me in my sleep. Doused them with DE and they haven't come back.
Fun fact, it's even used as an additive for food. If you wonder why shredded cheese doesn't stick ? The famous E551 is that product.
I used it when dealing with a roaches invasion. I don't how well it worked (can't be worse than regular bugspray, these bastard get sprayed and laugh at you), but it's definitely cool to know that I can use that near food without being worried
Bug spray is interesting. Often times it'll work, but it won't immediately knock them down. They'll crawl away laughing and then die behind the couch. I would like a little more stopping power though.
I would rather call a professional to deal with the situation.
You do you. A professional will ask you to move all your furniture, spray insecticide everywhere, come back two weeks later to repeat the same process again to kill the newly hatched eggs, and tell you that it is quite likely that the bugs will come back, so further rounds may be needed.
Diatomaceous earth pops up on every discussion because it works. Bugs gone in a couple of days, because D.E. sticks around to kill any larvae that hatch over the following weeks.
Here professionals use that earth. But they also do checks on where the bugs have spread, assess whether other apartments need to be checked, educate inhabitants on the situatuon and stuff like that.
People trying to do shit on their own often just means they'll do a poor job and rather spread the bugs or half-ass it and you'll get the same situation again. You do you is all fine and good but I have very little trust in your ability to deal with the situation properly. No offense. That's why it's better to let professionals deal with it.
L-O-L.
Bugs gone in two days represents the experience of the only two independent instances where people I know had to deal with bedbugs. Your experience may be different and I respect that.
In both instances the professionals wanted to spray insecticide as I described, too.
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Gone in two days is really unrealistic scenario for dealing with bedbugs. They're much, much, much more resilient than that. They can go months without eating.
It's not really a difference of opinion that it's unrealistic to believe to be done with them in days. It's just not gonna happen. Bedbugs are resilient as all fuck and it'll take quite some time to know if you're done with them or if some managed to survive. It might be two months and you'll find one bugger has appeared in a bedbug cup. They're insanely annoying shits.