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What's going on? My PCO said this coudn't happen!
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Grindstone99
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Posted 6 months ago
Thu May 7 2009 20:02:41
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I've had 2 sprays and they claimed that they could not get out of my bedroom, as they sprayed the paremeter. Well last night they all came out like crazy! All in the rooms next to the bedroom, everywhere! How could this happen!
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Posted 6 months ago
Fri May 8 2009 10:32:09
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PCO not knowing what he's talking about or not explaining himself very well. Plain and simple. I'm not sure what the PCO was thinking when he said they couldn't get out because of something he applied. Aside from sealing cracks and crevices with caulk or setting up a glueboard barrier, nothing is going to "stop" a bed bug from getting out of the bedroom.
Many PCO's imagine bed bugs like other insects in that they cross a freshly applied residual surface, take 3 steps past it, cough a few times and die. Bed bugs do not react the same way other bugs do to many pesticides. Research has shown that the residual activity of many pesticides may have little to no effect on bed bugs and if they do have an effect, it usually takes time (several hours or more) for the bug to succumb and die.
I have a feeling what the PCO was trying to say was that the bed bugs couldn't come out from where they were hiding without crossing a surface that has a residual pesticide on it. If it were that easy treating for bed bugs would be no problem. Just spray a barrier around the bed and all the bugs coming for a meal will cross it and take 3 steps and die. We all know by now that this scenario doesn't happen.
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newbite
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Posted 6 months ago
Sat May 9 2009 8:17:30
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so how long does it take for a bed bug to die after crossing the residual surface?
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Grindstone99
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Posted 6 months ago
Sat May 9 2009 21:25:29
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JWhiteBBCTV, Yes, I think that is what the PCO meant, that it would cross the poison and die. I am interested too how long it would take for this to happen. If that's the case, maybe they are just leaving my bedroom and are on their way to die, in which case I don't need to worry about spraying the next room?
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