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Anyone try the U of FL method (contained heat)
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cilecto
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University of Florida posted an interesting approach a month or two back. Build a small "house" in center of a dorm room from foam boards. Insert two portable heaters and 3 fans, plus measuring/recording equipment. Add vials of BB. All dead. (Note that this was a controlled experiment and the infestation was "contained" to the vials. No indication in the experiement how this would work with a "real" infestation. Like, would the bugs come crawling out of the containment to escape the heat.) Great PowerPoint illustrating how they did it, plus how they apply it in the dorms (i.e., they apply "Tri-Die" behind the baseboards.)
Project description - http://ipm.ifas.ufl.edu/resources/grants_showcase/people_and_communities/bed_bugs.shtml
PowerPoint - http://ipm.ifas.ufl.edu/resources/grants_showcase/people_and_communities/bed_bugs_manual.pdf
Press Release - http://news.ifas.ufl.edu/2009/07/07/3149/
Has anyone tried this "in the real world"? -
cilecto - 2 hours ago »
University of Florida posted an interesting approach a month or two back. Build a small "house" in center of a dorm room from foam boards. Insert two portable heaters and 3 fans, plus measuring/recording equipment. Add vials of BB. All dead. (Note that this was a controlled experiment and the infestation was "contained" to the vials. No indication in the experiement how this would work with a "real" infestation. Like, would the bugs come crawling out of the containment to escape the heat.) Great PowerPoint illustrating how they did it, plus how they apply it in the dorms (i.e., they apply "Tri-Die" behind the baseboards.)
Project description - http://ipm.ifas.ufl.edu/resources/grants_showcase/people_and_communities/bed_bugs.shtml
PowerPoint - http://ipm.ifas.ufl.edu/resources/grants_showcase/people_and_communities/bed_bugs_manual.pdf
Press Release - http://news.ifas.ufl.edu/2009/07/07/3149/
Has anyone tried this "in the real world"?I had understood from other press that U Fl WAS using this in the real world, in actual infested dorms.
They're basically creating a massive packtite, it seems.Of course, there are hazards involved and one must exercise extreme caution in avoiding them.
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