jrbtnyc on "Bed bugs really live 18 months without feeding?"
Does anyone share my suspicion about possible inaccuracy of the oft-cited "18 months" life span for bed bugs when fasting?Over the last couple of years I've personally encountered about 20 bed bugs all...
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Follow the starvation tags.I've talked til I'm blue in the face about it. Until someone replicates the condition of the studies that established the long periods,and resets the time frames, they...
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My box spring was encased for about 9 months before it ripped. I was bed bug free that entire time. This infestation is from it ripping, so these survived a long time. (I thought I was saving money by...
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There is recent research that is suggesting that contemporary lifespans may be different from what was previously published. As I understand it, it's too soon to know definitively, but hopefully soon,...
View ArticleDeedleBeetle on "Bed bugs really live 18 months without feeding?"
maybe your bbs in the jar died when they ran out of air? i think that besides blood, they need air as well.
View ArticleEve on "Bed bugs really live 18 months without feeding?"
A jar has way more than a lifetime supply of air for something the size of a bedbug.Eve
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nancytd - 1 hour ago » My box spring was encased for about 9 months before it ripped. I was bed bug free that entire time. This infestation is from it ripping, so these survived a long time. (I...
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Eve - 25 minutes ago » A jar has way more than a lifetime supply of air for something the size of a bedbug. Eve is that true?i wonder what size jar we're talkin'? Babyfood size or half gallon bottle?...
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spideyjg - 30 minutes ago » nancytd - 1 hour ago » My box spring was encased for about 9 months before it ripped. I was bed bug free that entire time. This infestation is from it ripping, so these...
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LOL, they live as long as their batteries work! I don't think they have developed ones which can charge themselves or use solar energy yet. LOL, green "bed bugs"!!{admin note: link to website deleted;...
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Another aspect I forgot to mention: has it been reported that bb's live longer, and perhaps much longer, when there are no hosts around emanating CO2 and perhaps also hormones etc. that the bugs can...
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It is about stored energy. In Doug's scenario, if you read the other threads, the bugs keep running about trying to get to the food and burn energy they can't replenish.Sitting still with no reason to...
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jrbtnyc on "Bed bugs really live 18 months without feeding?"
Thanks for that worthwhile illumination, spideyjg, helping to bring us recent arrivals up to speed. Are there any earlier threads on this you can point to. (I don't know what starvation tags are or who...
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Above and to the right of the original post are the tags. Hit the starvation one and read the other threads.Jim
View Articlejrbtnyc on "Bed bugs really live 18 months without feeding?"
Oops, thanks (duh), I'm still getting used to the features of this site after less than a week and the tags are a great asset.
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jrbtnyc -Whoa Nellie! airlift27 surmised that his bites were in fact bedbugs and that they came from the bag he opened. I read his post and from it I could not determine whether he found a bug at all...
View Articlemam1974 on "Bed bugs really live 18 months without feeding?"
Does anyone else get the vision of bedbugs acting like little "rage-infected zombies" from 28 Days Later when picturing them encased in a mattress trying desperately to get out?*picture hand-gestures...
View ArticleSearchandDestroy on "Bed bugs really live 18 months without feeding?"
Lol..good visual. It also warms my heart to know that my daughter's dancing in our TV room with all the CO2 involved in that just drives them crazy...if they come out of hiding, zap they get killed by...
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