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Habits of Bed Bug (in combination with DE): Questions
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de-selftreat
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Tue Jul 7 2009 22:55:44
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I have some questions about bed bugs:
How fast do they move when not full up? Could they run away if you're trying to catch them, or do they tend to stay put when you disturb them?
Is it true, as asserted elsewhere on this forum, that unfed bed bugs happily walk through DE, without being harmed by it because they're so light their legs keep their bellies off the surface of the widely recommended light dusting?
Where would they hide if they had no cracks and crevices to go to? Does it mean they would try harder to find a neighbour's apartment, or would they lurk in a corner or something and come to the same place for the known flavour of human blood?
Shed skins don't have legs, do they? (I.e., the dried carcasses I am finding have been successfully hit by the DE...)
Thanks
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i recommend you read widely and well on this subject to find out more!
i've heard they'll walk through a light dusting of d.e. but tend to avoid a thick layer. and that if they walk through it, it takes time to work but it will harm them. i heard a rumor it's partly because they ingest it when they clean their legs with their mouths like many insects do, and the abrasive powder causes internal damage and they dehydrate and die slowly.
i'm pretty sure you'll need to fastidiously do many other things as well to hopefully get them out of your belongings and home if you're "self-treating." i have read a few narratives online from people who said they worked on it very diligently and carefully with every possible non-toxic method and had longterm success.
almost sure some of the molted skins i've found have had legs and some haven't. doubt it has much to do with d.e.
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