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Not one more bite
After my teenage son and his girlfriend brought bed bugs home from one of their teenage friends apartment, I was horrified this was going to be an ongoing problem. I read all about bed bugs on the internet and was very distressed. Both my brand new couches were infested. I originally thought it was from the factory until she came over one day after they slept over (john does) house a few nights in a row covered head to toe in bites. Their friend has since thrown out the furniture. My older daughter and I searched and found about 5 or 6 fully grown bed bugs hiding in the cloth parts of my leather couches. A tiny nest of real little ones were found hiding in the zipper flaps and I was near tears because of how very hard it was to see them. I cleaned, sprayed and vacuumed the furniture until the sweat poured from both our faces. I repeated the process two times a week for about 3 weeks. Things were ok for a week or two after that, then small bites started to appear again on anyone who slept or sat on the furniture for a long period of time. How much more could I do?? Throw out my new furniture?? NOT a happy camper. I read about this product that contains "diatomaceous Earth" and ordered it. I read that if the bugs crawled thru it to get to the host it would kill them. I vacuumed both couches again and sprinkled this powder under the cushions and in the cracks, basically covering any path they might take to get to whomever was sitting or sleeping on the furniture. Sprinkled alittle on the carpet around the legs of the furniture also. Hoped and prayed and sure enough, after only one application, the bites stopped, not one sign of the infestation since then. It has been three months now and not one bite. I really recommend this if anyone has a bed bug problem.
January 2012 · Patio Lawn and Garden · verified purchase