There is a program on TV called "Infested" Has anyone here seen it? The episodes are about what the title suggests, people's homes that are infested. I have watched episodes covering cock roaches (of course) Brown Recluse spiders, rats, snakes, scorpions, bat's and last but not least, bed bugs. They are disgusting and vile creatures of the highest order, and hard as hell to get rid of. If memory serves they mentioned in the show that pesticides were not very effective in dealing with them. They did say that they were very sensitive to high temperature and if you could figure out how to get the temperature up to 140 degrees F or above, it would kill every bed bug including the eggs. I haven't watched this show in quite a while. I was finding that for some reason it was totally freaking me out and making me very uncomfortable. I don't have any phobia's or unreasonable fear of anything I can think of. I have no explanation for why the show affected me the way it did.
The exterminator in the show must have had it figured it out, he sort of sealed up the house and then he used big ass heaters to drive the temperature up to the required level. Shazamm! Wham Bam Thank you maam....Dead bed bugs as far as the eye could see. It was a beautiful sight to behold. These gross, disgusting, vile, revolting blood sucking parasites that I am convinced come directly from Satan himself, were dead, dead, dead...Yes! oh yes!
Sorry, I got carried away.
I don't mind bugs but I detest blood sucking parasites. Anyway, mission accomplished.
Disclaimer: Due to the fact that I suffer from a particular affliction that renders my memory almost useless at times, the temperature range I made reference to may not be accurate. Please don't go out and wager any large sums of money based on anything I post,OK?
http://animal.discovery.com/tv/infested/