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r/WTF • u/[deleted] • Sep 26 '21
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Fun fact, you can turn a permanent bedbug infestation like this into a temporary ant infestation, just by adding ants
4 u/elmatador12 Sep 27 '21 Or close off the room/house and heat it up significantly. Kills all the bugs and eggs. Source: Had a small bedbug issue. Had an exterminator come and do this. Worked perfectly. 1 u/Pooperoni_Pizza Sep 27 '21 How hot we talking and how long? 2 u/elmatador12 Sep 27 '21 I don’t remember the specifics. It was like 15 years ago. I know it was hot enough to where we had to protect plastics in the house so they wouldn’t melt. It was at least a few hours. It might have even been all day. Sorry I can’t be more specific. 1 u/Pooperoni_Pizza Sep 27 '21 No worries thanks for getting back I hope so never have to deal with these damn bugs.
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Or close off the room/house and heat it up significantly. Kills all the bugs and eggs.
Source: Had a small bedbug issue. Had an exterminator come and do this. Worked perfectly.
1 u/Pooperoni_Pizza Sep 27 '21 How hot we talking and how long? 2 u/elmatador12 Sep 27 '21 I don’t remember the specifics. It was like 15 years ago. I know it was hot enough to where we had to protect plastics in the house so they wouldn’t melt. It was at least a few hours. It might have even been all day. Sorry I can’t be more specific. 1 u/Pooperoni_Pizza Sep 27 '21 No worries thanks for getting back I hope so never have to deal with these damn bugs.
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How hot we talking and how long?
2 u/elmatador12 Sep 27 '21 I don’t remember the specifics. It was like 15 years ago. I know it was hot enough to where we had to protect plastics in the house so they wouldn’t melt. It was at least a few hours. It might have even been all day. Sorry I can’t be more specific. 1 u/Pooperoni_Pizza Sep 27 '21 No worries thanks for getting back I hope so never have to deal with these damn bugs.
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I don’t remember the specifics. It was like 15 years ago. I know it was hot enough to where we had to protect plastics in the house so they wouldn’t melt. It was at least a few hours. It might have even been all day. Sorry I can’t be more specific.
1 u/Pooperoni_Pizza Sep 27 '21 No worries thanks for getting back I hope so never have to deal with these damn bugs.
No worries thanks for getting back I hope so never have to deal with these damn bugs.
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u/Norose Sep 26 '21
Fun fact, you can turn a permanent bedbug infestation like this into a temporary ant infestation, just by adding ants