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Expert: Walter Hintz - 10/28/2009


Question

little bed bug
Ok these bug I been having a problem with for like a month now
They are flat, oval shape, little, some move slow and some move fast. I know for a fact they bite, they hide in between the wood behind my dresser. They be on the bed and pillow, I seen overe 10 of them at once on the bed, I sprayed  Raid it kills them but it seem like they just keep coming back and some time when I wake up it be dried up blood on the sheets. What should I do?

Answer
These do look like bedbugs.  You will have to completely strip the bed and wash all the sheets and covers including those in drawers. Separate the mattress and box springs and turn the mattress and us e pyrethrum based spray on the mattress. AS a last resort you need to call in an exterminator

Walter Hintz

Expertise

I can answer any questions about insects and spiders.

Experience

I have taught science for over 57 years. I am presently teaching biology at the college level. I have done extensive graduate work in entomology.

Publications
Momentum Magazine The Ohio Journal of Science

Education/Credentials
B.S. In Ed Kent State Unuv M.Sc The Ohio State Univ National Science Foundation Fellowships: Electron Microscopy Univ of California Entomology Kent State Univ

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