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Make sure you really have bed bugs, not fleas or ticks or other insects

You can compare your insect to the pictures on our bed bug Web page or show it to your local extension agent.

Eliminating bed bugs is difficult, but its not impossible. Dont throw out all of your things because most of them can be treated and saved. Throwing stuff out is expensive, may spread the bed bugs and could cause more stress.

Be comprehensive in your approach. Try other things first. Integrated pest management (IPM) techniques may reduce the number of bed bugs and limit your contact with pesticides. If pesticides are needed, always follow label directions or hire a professional. There is help available to learn about treatment options. (4 pp, 480k, About PDF)

A cluttered home provides more places for bed bugs to hide and makes locating and treating them harder. If bed bugs are in your mattress, using special bed bug covers (encasements) on your mattress and box springs makes it harder for bed bugs to get to you while you sleep. Leave the encasements on for a year. Be sure to buy a product that has been tested for bed bugs and is strong enough to last for the full year without tearing.

This reduces the number of bed bugs. Bed bugs and their eggs can hide in laundry containers/hampers, so clean them when you do the laundry.

While freezing can kill bed bugs, temperatures must remain very low for a long time. Home freezers are usually not cold enough to kill bed bugs. Putting things outside in freezing temperatures can kill bed bugs, but it can take several days when the temperature is 0 F and almost a week when the temperature is 20 F.

Raising the indoor temperature with the thermostat or space heaters wont do the job. Special equipment and very high temperatures are necessary for successful heat treatment. Black plastic bags in the sun might work to kill bed bugs in luggage or small items, if the contents become hot enough (about 110F for at least 3 hours).

Bed bugs are good hitchhikers. If you throw out a mattress or furniture that has bed bugs in it, you should slash or in some way destroy it so that no one else takes it and gets bed bugs.

Thorough vacuuming can get rid of some of your bed bugs. Carefully vacuum rugs, floors, upholstered furniture, bed frames, under beds, around bed legs, and all cracks and crevices around the room. Change the bag after each use so the bed bugs cant escape. Place the used bag in a tightly sealed plastic bag and in an outside garbage bin.

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PEARL, MS (WLBT) -

Kelly Lancaster and her husband and children lived in apartment 49 at the Colonial Terrace Apartments in Pearl for several months, but moved out Thursday.

She says the apartment is full of bed bugs, and her family is covered with bites.

"We have a one-year-old, she's gotten bitten up really bad in her face, all over her back," Lancaster says.

"I mean this is awful. I had to buy scar cream," she says, showing us the welts on her back, arms, and legs.

Pamela Freeman lives directly upstairs.

"I had to put tape up where they were coming in at," she says, showing us where shehas sealed up her home in the corners and around the windows. She also sprays her bed every night, but she says the bed bugs still get in.

"Each time they feed, they shed. They grow," Freeman says. "My neighbor, she's got (bites) all over her."

Lancaster and Freeman say they've complained to management about it, and efforts have been made to treat the problem.

"They came in, heated our apartment to 140 degrees twice, sprayed some type of kerosene. It did nothing. We've thrown out our beds, everything," Lancaster says.

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Allegations of bed bugs at Pearl apartments

PEARL, MS (WLBT) -

Kelly Lancaster and her husband and children lived in apartment 49 at the Colonial Terrace Apartments in Pearl for several months, but moved out Thursday.

She says the apartment is full of bed bugs, and her family is covered with bites.

"We have a one-year-old, she's gotten bitten up really bad in her face, all over her back," Lancaster says.

"I mean this is awful. I had to buy scar cream," she says, showing us the welts on her back, arms, and legs.

Pamela Freeman lives directly upstairs.

"I had to put tape up where they were coming in at," she says, showing us where shehas sealed up her home in the corners and around the windows. She also sprays her bed every night, but she says the bed bugs still get in.

"Each time they feed, they shed. They grow," Freeman says. "My neighbor, she's got (bites) all over her."

Lancaster and Freeman say they've complained to management about it, and efforts have been made to treat the problem.

"They came in, heated our apartment to 140 degrees twice, sprayed some type of kerosene. It did nothing. We've thrown out our beds, everything," Lancaster says.

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Allegations of bed bugs at Pearl apartments

POSTED: 6:42 pm PST March 6, 2012 REDDING, Calif. -- Mike Rigney said he was bitten more than 200 times by bed bugs when he stayed at the Motel 6 on Twin View Boulevard in Redding in February.The Shasta County Environmental Health Division checked out the motel. Eleven rooms were already blocked off and being treated by a local pest control company.They said as long as the rooms are being cleaned out professionally, then they just document it.We wanted to get the facts on bed bugs, so we went to Shasta County Public Health Nurse, Cindy Lakmann. She said bed bugs are more common than you think.Lakmann tell us bed bugs have "nothing to do with filth. Bed bugs don't transfer diseases to humans and they can be anywhere. Lots of times, they come from other hotels, other places and they hitch a ride in your luggage. Most people who get bitten by bed bugs don't know they've been bitten; they don't have any welts."Lakmann says you might be able to see bed bugs, if you know what to look for.They're rust colored and about the size of an apple seed. She said they're usually found in the sheets or under the mattress.If you get bitten, the only way to treat it is with over-the-counter itch cream.BED BUG REGISTRY

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Bed Bugs Reported At Redding Hotel

POSTED: 6:42 pm PST March 6, 2012 REDDING, Calif. -- Mike Rigney said he was bitten more than 200 times by bed bugs when he stayed at the Motel 6 on Twin View Boulevard in Redding in February.The Shasta County Environmental Health Division checked out the motel. Eleven rooms were already blocked off and being treated by a local pest control company.They said as long as the rooms are being cleaned out professionally, then they just document it.We wanted to get the facts on bed bugs, so we went to Shasta County Public Health Nurse, Cindy Lakmann. She said bed bugs are more common than you think.Lakmann tell us bed bugs have "nothing to do with filth. Bed bugs don't transfer diseases to humans and they can be anywhere. Lots of times, they come from other hotels, other places and they hitch a ride in your luggage. Most people who get bitten by bed bugs don't know they've been bitten; they don't have any welts."Lakmann says you might be able to see bed bugs, if you know what to look for.They're rust colored and about the size of an apple seed. She said they're usually found in the sheets or under the mattress.If you get bitten, the only way to treat it is with over-the-counter itch cream.BED BUG REGISTRY

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Bed Bugs Reported At Redding Hotel