This morning on the 2nd page of the San Jose Mercury News found this article (below) about bed bugs.
So this jogged my memory of this blog and decided to write in with my quick update.
We have been clean for the past year.
But I certainly get upset if the family does not follow set protocol.
Need to wash clothes after play dates.
Come back from a scout outing - everything goes into the washer
We spent 2 weeks on the east coast and everything was again thrown into the washer.
We even wash our clothes after coming back from the movie theatre
We evaluate bite marks with caution (typically mosquitoe bite marks)
The vaseline protection under the beds have been taken off.
But the sheets are still beige colored to spot these buggers quickly
Our NightHawk has not been used much - we caught one bug with it.
One bug and $500 but that was the state of our mind back then
I am looking to sell this off
Again, do not yield to exterminators who want to charge boat load of cash.
Diatomaceous earth powder is the trick - it is cheap
That is the one thing that worked for us
Read my summary below carefully.
Shoot me an email if you have questions or better - just post a comment
If you are in an apartment - watch out.
That one is difficult,
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