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BBs, mosquitos or something else?
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natalie729
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Posted 2 months ago
Thu Aug 27 2009 18:49:12
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My apartment was treated a little over two weeks ago by a professional PCO with steam, as well as chemicals (pesticides with a 90-day residual effect). Two days ago, I was outside walking my dog and when I came in, I felt an itching sensation and immediately was showing what looked like three extremely typical mosquito bites. Two on one knee, one larger one on another. (I was wearing a dress, so these areas were exposed). They itched a bit at the time but NOTHING like my BB bites (which were welts and large red circles that oozed/itched so bad I wanted to rip my leg off). Two days later and they feel slightly itchy if the pants I'm wearing rub against them, but quickly calmed down to tiny, red pin-prick size dots that don't itch for the most part. As of now, I'm assuming their mosquito bites, but as BB victims know, it's easily to become paranoid. Thing is, I REALLY don't want to have to go through all the trouble of another treatment. It's extremely time consuming and costly (laundry's expensive per load here), not to mention I've already put encasements on and would rather not be stripping those off unless absolutely needed.
How do I know for sure they're back or if this is simply nothing to worry about and probably, as I'm assuming, tis-the-season for mosquito bites?
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never_again
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Posted 2 months ago
Thu Aug 27 2009 23:18:21
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Natalie,
Your story says you got bitten by mosquitoes. You were outside, then you came inside and noticed bites, they weren't grouped. I think mosquitoes are a large source of paranoia for some of us. You might have sensitive skin? does it remind you of a BB bite or a mosquito?
If you confirmed BB in your apartment previously, then you probably know how hard they can be to clean out. If you have already had them at this place I would recommend getting climb ups or making your own monitor, they are meant to help you know if you still have a problem.
DrFrank - 4 days ago »
I haven't tested passive monitors of my own construction with live bed bugs, so I hesitate to give you advice. Other people on this board have said that they watched bed bugs try to climb the wall of a yogurt container, and fail, so if I didn't have any money to spend, I'd somehow find eight yogurt containers, four of which could fit inside the other four with at least an inch gap between the walls of the inner and outer containers (so I could see down in there, and reapply talc). Speaking of talc, I'd apply talc to the outside wall of the inner container, and the inside wall of the outer container. Finally, I'd wrap masking tape around the outer wall of the outer container, top to bottom.
I recall reading a study about the effectiveness of this style of passive monitor in detecting infestations, but I can't find the pdf, now. I recall that they made monitors out of pet food bowls, but I don't remember more than that.
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