Bedbugs

How do you kill bedbugs?

Control is in beds and bedding: All bedding needs to be thoroughly cleaned with a strong detergent or thrown away. Mattresses can be steam cleaned or washed thoroughly with soap and water and left outside to dry. If washing or steam cleaning is not possible, products that are labeled for mattress treatment can be applied to the mattress to kill the bed bugs. After washing or treating a mattress with an insecticide, it should be encased in plastic to prevent any surviving bed bugs from getting off the mattress and biting. Encasing the mattress will also prevent it from becoming re-infested with bed bugs still in the room. Box springs are a popular harborage for bed bugs. To treat the box springs, remove and discard the cloth backing to provide access to the inner frame so that you can treat the inside of the wood frame and along the slats and bedsprings with a labeled insecticide. Inspect the headboard and bed frame for bed bugs and treat with a labeled insecticide.  See pages 6-5 and 6-7 of reference for additional information.

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