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no this is a serious question.
I am doing a trial of something in the office and want to make sure at the start of the study they are all standing on their own feet and not flapping about.
I will answer when I get home or work it out.
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I'd ask Lou! Email me if you need his email, David.
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Hi,
It's OK I have kind of worked it out. Just on the phone I will pass on the tip when I get free again.
David
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Tue Nov 11 2008 14:58:55
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I totally opened this expecting a punch line. We'll have to come up w/ one after you get a real answer
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Hi,
OK well here goes. I have been collecting bugs for a while to test something very new and pontially good for the long term management of bed bugs. I stress long term because its a good 6 or 7 years off being a product. At the second it is nothing more than something that someone thinks might work and as they knew I had some bugs available could I have a "play".
So by the end of the day today I have 4 boxes on my desk, each with 10 live bed bugs in. There are two test sets of tests and 2 control sets all set up in plastic boxes, smooth sided and generally not a very nice place for bed bugs to be. I am just about to stack them up like my own personal 4 story bed bug condo and I notice that about half of them are flat on their backs and kicking to get back over.
Solution I found a cigarette paper in the office draw (yes I know smoking is bad for you) and teased them over carefully. I could go home safe in the knoweledge that any that die over night will not be through exhaustion from flipping over.
It has got me thinking if this is why there is an upper limited to how long they can live without feeding. They are just so top heavy and spindle legged that when they get too thin they cant re-wright themselves.
I would like to hear a few punch lines though, call me sick twisted and inhumane if you will but having had to deal with things far worse than bed bugs on a weekly basis for years I can honestly say that humour is a great help, especially if a gas mask is not an option.
David
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Tue Nov 11 2008 15:49:11
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I really expected to read something similar to, "Why did the bedbug cross the road?"
David, you have a very interesting life..
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Tue Nov 11 2008 16:21:50
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Can you push them over gently w/ a long needle-type thing? (just be careful not to stab) Cigarette papers probably better.
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punchline option 1: flip the mattress (okay not funny)
punchline option 2: seven (well, maybe not everyone likes abstract humor)
punchline option 3: Fish (I am a surealist what can I say) -
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punchline number 4: You need a teeny, tiny spatula!
Flip 'em like hot pancakes, baby.
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Tue Nov 11 2008 17:19:11
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Feather tipped forceps
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You don't. You use the opportunity to stamp it with your foot ( or spritz the living daylights out of it with 91% alcohol), because the only good bed bug is a DEAD bed bug IMHO. <g>
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Punchline Option 5) Lower the ceiling.
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MyWorstFear - 6 hours ago »
You don't. You use the opportunity to stamp it with your foot ( or spritz the living daylights out of it with 91% alcohol), because the only good bed bug is a DEAD bed bug IMHO.lol Nice. A good "Planet Of The Apes" quote.
But here's punchline number 6: (You might have to think about this one a little.) Flag down a policeman before it gets away and have it arrested for committing crime against humanity.
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Hi,
Today's discovery is that no matter how nice you are to them when you get into the office int he morning 50% of them are on their backs again.
I might need to restart the experiment with them all well fed. OK with 10 BB's per test and 4 test chambers do I have a volunteer for feed 40 samples? I may just have to get the technicians to draws straws or just ask my "willing to sleep in an infected location person" (yes you did read that correctly, I have someone who's job is to sleep in infected location int he absence of the normal occupant).
David
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Wed Nov 12 2008 9:50:29
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Now available from Ronco. The All New Bed Bug Flipper. You say your bed bugs are laying down on the job? They can't seem to get up? No more do you have to deal with your bed bugs saying "I've fallen over and I can't get up!"
Yours for only $19.95. Guaranteed to work or you don't get your money back!
Get those lazy bed bugs of yours off their backs and off to work call today!
Just kidding folks. I have to say I take some small pleasure in seeing in my mind's eye bed bug's laid out on their backs with their little legs twitching and not able to right themselves. What a wonderful position to catch them in - when you see them that is.
I like the cigarette paper idea. You could also use the cardboard insert that is usually included inside the cigarette paper package after you use all the papers up. For that matter the packaging itself may work better as it's a bit more stable than just a sinlge paper.
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Does your "willing to sleep in an infected location person" make more money than your other employee's?
Just curious. I think they should.
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David:
How are they getting onto their backs? Maybe their is a way to prevent them from flipping over.
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Punchline 7: Promise you'll call her the next morning.
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Punchline 8: Tell him your husband is on his way home.
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bed-bugscouk - 3 hours ago »
I may just have to get the technicians to draws straws or just ask my "willing to sleep in an infected location person" (yes you did read that correctly, I have someone who's job is to sleep in infected location int he absence of the normal occupant).
DavidOMG! That's got to be the worst job in the universe! (Grabs resumes back from employment agency and runs away screaming!)
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Marixpress - 1 hour ago »
Punchline 8: Tell him your husband is on his way home.Tell him your husband is: bum, bum, bum..... the Orkin Man.
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IveBeenBugged - 2 hours ago »
Does your "willing to sleep in an infected location person" make more money than your other employee's?
Just curious. I think they should.No not really, the problem is that you cant really charge as much for staying one night as you do for spending all day treating 3 or 4 different properties (not that we actually charge that much in the first place).
They are admittedly an exceptionally dedicated person and I appear to have infected them with a fascination for bed bugs.
In fact I am helping them start a new service company to deal with our corporate and domestic clients who need assistance in following our post treatment instructions. I would employ them but without a driving license I cant get them from A to B to do the work.
David
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bugbattler - 1 hour ago »
David:
How are they getting onto their backs? Maybe their is a way to prevent them from flipping over.Hi bugbattler,
That is the million pound question. I think it is because they are more than a little starved in the jar and when they get that flat it would appear that they do not have the ability to right themselves. How they actually managed to fall over and end up on their backs I don't have a clue other than to say they are rather good at going it.
The results however do not look good 10 alive in each of the 4 test chambers so the product is currently as effective as an empty container. I will be running the experiment for 14 days so there is every chance a few will eventually die of old age.
David
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David, I am a little bit confused by what you explained about this experiment. In one of your posts you said that you have been collecting bugs for a while to test something very new and potentially good for the long term management of bed bugs. Therefore, it sounds like whatever you are using for testing is some sort of poison or some sort of mechanincal killer or something else that is hazardous to bedbugs. However, in another one of your posts you said that you think that the bbs flip over on their backs because they are starved in the jars that they are in. Also, that seems to indicate that they may have been in these jars for a very long time.(And you did say that you have been collecting bugs for a while.)
But the thing that confuses me is that a while back ago, I did a little experiment with bbs and moth balls in a jar and what eventually happened was that when the poisonous fumes from the moth balls started to become too much for the bbs, they eventually flipped over on their backs and started to die. Therefore, I would think that whatever it is that you are testing on the bedbugs is either weakening or killing them so that they cannot stand right-side-up on their legs. So therefore, I don't quite understand why you are asking us how to turn a bed bug over when it's on it's back. But am I missing something?
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Here I wasn't going to check on the bb website for a week or so but I had a thought about this post.
I would assume David is testing something on the bb's and has some with the test item and others without and that both containers are experiencing the bed bug on it's back phenomenon.
So David I'm wondering if you put a food source into the jar (say someone's hand) would the bugs then right themselves sensing the meal?
Just a thought.
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Hi death2allbbs,
I have been collecting bed bugs, live samples for ages, they are kept in various jars and containers around my desks. I tend not to feed them because there are after all rather plentiful in my line of work.
I am testing a new product that is insecticide based although in good Star Trek tradition "not as we know it". I cant go into details as I am under confidentiality on the project but it it were to make it to the market it would take a good 6 or 7 years to get regulatory approaval for it.
I have therefore transfered some of the little darlings into different containers for the test. The test containers and effectively sealable sandwhich boxes with flat bottoms. The big mystery for me is what is causing the bed bugs to flip over even in the two control containers. I see your logic in the killing them and causing them to flip over but it is also occuring in the two control sets which do not have any insecticide applied.
I am seeking solutions to getting them back on their feet because I want to make sure thatt he experiment kills them due to the active ingrediant rather than sheer exhaustion from being the wrong way up.
The thread was started to inject a little humour into the board and to illustrate that sometimes problems with bed bugs are not all related to infestations and being bitten.
David
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Punchline 10: Who cares?
Punchline 11: Whatever you do, don't ask David because he doesn't have a @#%! clue.
I kid, I kid!!
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DAvid - you never cease to amaze us. On this forum we obsess endlessly about how to kill those creepy miserable God forsaken creatures and yet this entire thread is about keeping them alive. Define irony, please!
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get some tweezers, maby you cab tourcher it but ripping it apart piece by piece, then burn the bastard (Sorry, I have been drinking)
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flip over the gladware you trapped it in
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BBcoukHome - 8 hours ago »
I have therefore transfered some of the little darlings into different containers for the test. The test containers and effectively sealable sandwhich boxes with flat bottoms. The big mystery for me is what is causing the bed bugs to flip over even in the two control containers. I see your logic in the killing them and causing them to flip over but it is also occuring in the two control sets which do not have any insecticide applied.
I am seeking solutions to getting them back on their feet because I want to make sure thatt he experiment kills them due to the active ingrediant rather than sheer exhaustion from being the wrong way up.Hi, David. In reading your recent post, I think I came to understand that you were explaining that you have been collecting live samples of bedbugs for a very long time now and that the bedbugs that you are conducting tests on right now haven't necessarily been in captivity for a very long time. And because of bedbugs' long-life spans and dormancy abilities, etc., it seems very strange that the bedbugs in the control sets that have no insecticide in them are flipping over on their backs. However, the thought occured to me that these bedbugs may be flipping over because of sustained fear and stress. Also, I've noticed that similar to cockroaches and flies, bedbugs seem to have this innate sense of aggression or danger shown toward them....and because of this, I'm thinking that the bedbugs in the control sets that have no insecticide sense the danger in the control sets that do have the insecticide....especially since you said that the control set plastic boxes are in close proximity to each other.
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IveBeenBugged - 17 hours ago »
Does your "willing to sleep in an infected location person" make more money than your other employee's?
Just curious. I think they should.More like "willing to avoid home, sleep and social life."
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bitten123 - 1 day ago »
I really expected to read something similar to, "Why did the bedbug cross the road?"Great thread.
So why did the bedbug cross the road? Any takers??
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Oh, wait, how about this?
Why did the bedbug cross the road?
There was a mattress sale and he wanted dibs.
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Why did the bed bug cross the road?
It has no choice it was taken there by the skip divers who salvaged the infected material from the curb side.
David
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Why did the bed bug cross the road?
There was a sale. Little boys pant's 1/2 off. Oh wait, that's why Michael Jackson crossed the road.
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You guys are cracking me up
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I have a new one: Why does the poster named bed-bugscouk seem very similar to the poster named BBcoukHome? Both of them are named David. Both live in London. And I also noticed that they both seem to alternate with each other when it comes to commenting in threads. Plus, I looked at both of their profiles and they both have the http://www.bed-bugs.co.uk site listed in their profiles. ....David, you don't have dual accounts do you? ...Eghads! Is that allowed?
By the way, David...or David, where is the money that you said that you would send me if I solved the mystery as to what was causing the bedbugs to flip over in the two control containers?
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Sorry if I've offended anymore.
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Marixpress - 11 minutes ago »
lol I'm sure I made some enemies with that last one.
Sorry!No more than the subject of the joke did with his alleged behavior.
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Marixpress - 1 hour ago »
Sorry if I've offended anymore.Not me! I had quite a laugh over it.
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What did the bed bug cross the road?
To see if he could hide as a spot on the wall paper of Jeff White's office and make a TV appearance.
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Why did the bed bug cross the road?
Because he was feeding on the chicken duuhhhhh
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Why did the bed bug cross the road?
(I thought this one was obvious)
To get to his next meal on the other side!
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Why did the bed bug cross the road?
Because he could!
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death2allbbs - 7 hours ago »
David, you don't have dual accounts do you? ...Eghads! Is that allowed? By the way, David...or David, where is the money that you said that you would send me if I solved the mystery as to what was causing the bedbugs to flip over in the two control containers? I like to think of it in more of a super hero kind of play. By day I am David Cain founder and author of http://www.Bed-Bugs.co.uk and Managing Director of Bed Bugs Limited a specialist bed bug pest control company in London England.
By night when I get home, about 300 metres from the office I am my alter ego David Cain and BBCoUKHome.
This all started because a few years ago I started a post at work and discussion was heated on the topic when I checked at home. As people wanted
to burn me alivehelp and I could not log on to my work profile from home I created another. I beleive NoBugs is more than aware of the reasoning behind and it saves me from remembering passwords.I could go back to having one and only replying 10am to 6pm GMT M-F if you like. OK that one was a little dry but I need some escape from bed bugs morning noon and night.
If we had a space to do a profile note I would have put the story in there.
David
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BBcoukHome - 9 hours ago »
I like to think of it in more of a super hero kind of play. By day I am David Cain founder and author of http://www.Bed-Bugs.co.uk and Managing Director of Bed Bugs Limited a specialist bed bug pest control company in London England.
By night when I get home, about 300 metres from the office I am my alter ego David Cain and BBCoUKHome.
This all started because a few years ago I started a post at work and discussion was heated on the topic when I checked at home. As people wantedto burn me alivehelp and I could not log on to my work profile from home I created another. I beleive NoBugs is more than aware of the reasoning behind and it saves me from remembering passwords.Oh, I see. So that's the 411 on the two similar posters named David who used to totally confuse the hell out of me.
Thank you for explaning that to me. Also, I wanted to know if my hypothesis about bedbug stress and fear turns out to be true, am I still going to get paid, dude?
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I will have a look into it, if fear turns out to be a viable control mechanism for bed bugs and we work out a way to employ it as a viable control mechanism then I will make sure you get 10% of the profits. I will even set up another test chamber with mini pictures of me in your exterminators outfit to see if it works.
I am apparently a rather imposing character and they even had complaints that I gave children nightmares when I appeared on a children's news program last year.
David
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bed-bugscouk - 4 hours ago »
I will have a look into it, if fear turns out to be a viable control mechanism for bed bugs and we work out a way to employ it as a viable control mechanism then I will make sure you get 10% of the profits. I will even set up another test chamber with mini pictures of me in your exterminators outfit to see if it works.
I am apparently a rather imposing character and they even had complaints that I gave children nightmares when I appeared on a children's news program last year.
Davidlol That sounds good, David.
Also, 10% of the profits sounds better than the $1,000 that you said you might give me.
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Why did the bed bug cross the road?
To hold his pants up.
Why did the bed bug wear red suspenders?
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Would you rather bug a bed, or bed a bug?
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a tiny little spatula? HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAA.
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Why did the bed bug cross the road?
To get away from the tiny spatula!
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The BBs are flipping over when they try to climb up the side of the container. I did an experiment to see what was most effective at killing them and every one tried to climb out of the container and flipped(over and over again). My results showed that the fastest bug killer was alcohol, but unfortunately it doesn't leave a residue.
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The fastest bug killer is a firm surface and a hammer, not very practical or applicable but damn quick when you can.
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Garlic, holy water or crucifix. Just watch that little vampire take off running!
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From mam417 on another thread:
mam417 - 3 hours ago »
I was going to pm you, but then I realized that if there was information to be shared, everyone would want to know. I don't know how to make this a hyper-link (SO tech challenged...) but I came across the following post:
http://bedbugger.com/forum/topic/how-do-you-turn-a-bed-bug-over-when-its-on-its-back
In that post (which I realize is two years old), you stated you were testing a pesticide that was "like nothing that had gone before" (or words to that effect). I know you are unable to tell us all the details, but I'm just trying to give myself some hope for the future - I mean, if the product was "6 or 7 years from being approved" two years ago, obvi it is only 4 to 5 years from being approved now. Are you able to tell us if your tests had positive results with whatever that was?
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Hi,
The product test was a fail.
The basic principle was that this was a paint like material which you applied and the insecticide was formulated in such a way that it gave long term residual protection which is why it held up some hope.
Sadly I have since found it on sale in other countries for bedbug control despite the fact that they illustrated that it did and would not likley work.
Hope that closes the story out.
David
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Damn! Well, thanks for the update, David. That's very disappointing. I was REALLY hoping it would be otherwise. Having been infested and reinfested, I'm just looking for some glimmer of hope...guess I'll have to keep looking - unless you have seen/heard/tested something recently? (Sorry, can't help but engage in wishful thinking when it comes to this issue...)
(Nobugs, I thought I was supposed to start a new thread rather than reply on an old thread, but now I see that in this case, it was better to have everything in one place so people would know what was being discussed. I'll keep that in mind for the future.)
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mam417 - 5 hours ago »
(Nobugs, I thought I was supposed to start a new thread rather than reply on an old thread, but now I see that in this case, it was better to have everything in one place so people would know what was being discussed. I'll keep that in mind for the future.)
No problem-- it's always a judgment call. I figured everyone would have a look at this thread, as I did, so better to simply move the replies here too.
In general, it's fine to reply to old threads if they're about the same topic you're writing about.
If they're about someone else's personal story, and you want to tell yours, then it's not so great, --and then, replying to one of your existing threads is often better, so people can keep your story's details straight.
The problems with replying to old threads are usually two types: 1) replies to outdated calls for help, from people who have not been here for many months or even years, and 2) hijacking someone's thread about their issue to describe yours (which is often not a big deal, but better to avoid it).
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Ok, got it. Thanks for explaining it in further detail. I'll be aware of that when posting in the future.
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And just to add one more thing: if the choice is between possibly "posting the wrong way" and not at all, just post!
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Thanks for saying that, Nobugs...I will - I have! Just knowing I have the ability to do so is one of the few things helping get through the day lately. I KNOW that is ridiculous, but it's the reality...getting bitten every single day since my second treatment (last wed) is really messing with my head (and my head was messed up to begin with when I found out I had them yet again....), Hope the stupid things die a painful death soon, VERY soon....
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Why did the bedbug cross the road?
It didn't. In soviet russia, road cross bedbug!
(sure, off topic from the thread renewal reason, but, fun nonetheless... well, as fun as a bedbug in a climbup interceptor)
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Actually, considering the rest of this thread ohnoes, I'd say your comment was right on point! lol...anyway, thanx so much for a much needed chuckle...my sense of humor has been m.i.a. lately.
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Sorry I will admit I didn't read every punchline post above but I move my bed bugs around using a wooden skewer. Healthy bed bugs latch right on to it and are ready for a ride wherever you want them to go.
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