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How do bed bugs leave the bed?
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trash-aint-treasure
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Tue Dec 20 2011 3:15:50
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Will the bugs, if trying to leave the bed, crawl down the legs of the bed? Do they ever jump off the side of the mattress, or from a cover that hangs over the side, but does not touch the floor? Will they drop down from inside the box spring, like they drop from the ceiling? I have vaseline around the bed legs, and the legs are in climb ups. Just purchased encasements online.
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soretit
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Tue Dec 20 2011 9:35:13
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I think thats a good question.
Are bedbugs, and I am addressing the experts here, just as happy to drop off an object to save time or do they, by their own nature, always crawl form point A to point B.I have seen films of them dropping but that is when there are hundreds of them jammed into one place and as a result of not having a foothold.
I know they cant jump, from the info I have got from this site, but if they have a prelediction to dropping from high places this would have to be factored into the equation of how to stay out of their reach.
Trashainttreasure is it OK if I ask this question within your thread, since your thread is what got me thinking about this?
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Posted 1 year ago
Tue Dec 20 2011 9:52:10
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One of the great benefits of participating on this site are the questions of interest that arise.
While this is only an observation and NOT scientifically proven under controlled conditions, I have seen BBs "let go" from a surface and fall to a surface below.
I've observed this in heavily infested locations as well as when "wrangling" BBs for various purposes.
However, my observation is that I see relatively few BBs do this. And, despite how many times I ask them why, a sound answer has yet to surface.
Given unlimited resources, this is a topic/question tha would be interesting to study under controlled conditions.
In summary, I do see this behavior occur however, opposite the total number of BBs observed, I only see a few actually do this.
Hope this helps ! paul b.
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trash-aint-treasure
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Tue Dec 20 2011 22:31:25
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soretit - 12 hours ago »
I think thats a good question.
Are bedbugs, and I am addressing the experts here, just as happy to drop off an object to save time or do they, by their own nature, always crawl form point A to point B.
I have seen films of them dropping but that is when there are hundreds of them jammed into one place and as a result of not having a foothold.
I know they cant jump, from the info I have got from this site, but if they have a prelediction to dropping from high places this would have to be factored into the equation of how to stay out of their reach.
Trashainttreasure is it OK if I ask this question within your thread, since your thread is what got me thinking about this?Go for it
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