Getting rid of bed bugs in vehicles
They do not just attack beds. (Photo Credits)
Bed bugs are a pain to deal with, and the worst thing about it is it infest more than just beds. It can be found even inside vehicles!
The website 8to5.XYZ shared how bed bugs find their ways inside cars.
“Bed bugs spread by hitchhiking from person to person. They travel by clinging onto clothing or crawling into bags. For example, if a clothing store has bed bugs, some of its merchandise could be carrying bed bugs or their eggs. If that merchandise gets sold, the bugs would be transferred to the buyer. For the millions of people who shop with their cars, there is a chance that the car becomes a gateway for bed bugs to get into your home as well as the homes of any passengers in the car.”
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How to detect bed bug infestation in cars
But how can a car owner know if his car is infested with bed bugs.
The website The Alternative Daily gave some pointers.
“For a thorough inspection, clean any clutter out of your car first. Recycle the trash, and wash any clothes and coats that are inside. Now see if you can find any brown or burnt-orange spots, smears of blood or any sign of the small, brown bugs themselves. These are the most common signs of bed bugs. Be sure to check your console, seat corners and floors, along with your glove box, since bed bugs like to hide in cracks and folds. Since the bed bugs had to travel to your car from somewhere, you may also want to check your home and office. In his YouTube series, “Ask the Exterminator,” Rick Steinau recommends checking for bed bugs in a bedroom by placing double-sided tape layered over painter’s tape around the edge of your mattress, under doors and on any sills or ledges at night. In the morning, check the tape with a magnifying glass to see if any bed bugs, or traces of them, have stuck.”
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If and when there indeed is an infestation in a car, the website The Drive offered some solutions. Termite Fumigation San Diego, Ca
“If the worst happens and you wind up in a car with bed bugs, park that sucker somewhere hot, roll the windows up, and cook ‘em. Temperatures from 117-122 degrees Fahrenheit will kill bed bugs; a parked car can reach those temperatures in half an hour on an 85 degree day. And whatever you do, don’t be like this Long Island guy, who tried to rid his rental car of bed bugs by dousing the seat with alcohol…then decided to celebrate his work with a in-car cigarette.”
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