SquirrelWithATophat
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Mar 22, 2025 1:47 AM
SquirrelWithATophat
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baliverne
Parents had them. You can get them no matter how dirty or clean your house is. They just come in and hide. Got rid of them fairly easily. Some insecticide and a heat gun. Seeing them run away and die from the heat gun is great.
Sheari
I've been bitten by a bedbug ONCE, years ago after getting off a flight to Texas. Worst bug bite I've ever gotten >.<
FelonyRaptor
Aww I love bugs!
Volimar
tabirdie20110
Who is going to tell him???
derekjohn
Have you read "Metamorphosis" by Franz Kafka ? Look upon it as a warning - or useful information, you choose.
n3ckr0mantic
IncognitoPanda
This is both sweet, sad and horrifying. Such an innocent person
TheChunguskaEvent
we nourish them by our very blood
tooomanystevesgotbanned
hnngh
Welp. Sleep tight.
FrogDeKermit
Ok you win the internet tonight
Antininny
and I don't know why but I have a rash and I've been coughing
JCBalance
You must be allergic to ladybugs
Koetjeboe
Do bedbugs make you cough?
Totallyscrewedinaustin
They can cause allergies, iirc.
GravyEducation
In spirit of what they were actually asking, I was finishing Pale Fire back in school and reading outside when a Monarch butterfly landed on the last few pages. Butterflies play an important symbolic role in the novel
VaxxedCanadian
Good luck sings
jerusalemspider
I'm itching to tell a joke, but, better not.
EaNasirsExcellentHighGradeCopper
PinkyTheUnicorn2
TheGodEmperorOfChaos
EaNasirsExcellentHighGradeCopper
PurifiedInTheWatersOfLakeMinnetonka
wetqueef
GROSS
ispendtomuchtimehere
itchy itchy scratchy watchy, got one on my backy whacky..
ExplodingPortaPotty
If you feel connected to lady bugs but can't explain, try biting the nearest human and see if it sparks anything. They are cannibals after all.
doctorbocker
Oh you have activated my hyper interest. Gimme a minute.
doctorbocker
/gallery/xpGUYZJ
justherefortheconfession
Just like birds, the male "ladybugs" are the colorful ones. These are the females. They often hide because they're embarrassed by their lack of color, so they're less well known. /s
WeMistbornsNeedNotMakeSense
tanebot
Where's Francis when you need him?
siddily1
The females also really like dark soft places like between fabric and cushions because it's so soft and cuddly.
Travelcedric
A friend is a flight attendant and has found bed bugs in some very high end hotels. Always check your bed before getting into it!
BronyDanza
Hope she doesn't work for Air India https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-44964232
LylaLexie
Look for dirty black speckles in the corners and edges too. Round the tag, behind the headboard and in the box spring. If you see that speckling, that’s a sure fire sign of bed bugs and you need to get the fuck out of there. Don’t even set your bags down in the room before you check. Those hitchhikers are wily and WILL scheme ways to go home with you. Only saving grace if you do get them is they cannot fly and can be stopped by interceptors and duct tape. Use diatomaceous earth in the trays.
DanielAsparagus
I’m a social worker. We have full body suits and burn bags.
hsalonen3000
I travelled a lot last year in Europe. And I am going again. My main thing about booking a place to stay is look for "bed bugs" or "bugs" in reviews. Also "clean" is a good keyword. I cancelled a booking this year, just because a review came in with "bed bugs".
Wolfshead009
Any hotel that tells you they have never had bed bugs is lying. The difference is, do they treat them correctly to eliminate them.
ArcaneM37
I would be willing to wager that every business type hotel has had bed bugs. All of them.
I worked at a Hampton and we got them twice in the year I worked there. Business people travel and bring them all over. It's not a cleanliness issue except that you must pay $1,000 per room to heat treat it and kill the bugs immediately. As long as a hotel treats when bugs are discovered, they are literally doing everything possible.
usernametakenisthestoryofmylife
How do you check for them?
amaterasu93
Pest control professional here. Best spot to look for them is at the head of the bed. Pull it back a little and look for spots about the size of a coffee ground. Under the mattress too, if you're physically able to lift it.
Also around bed skirts. Those are almost never taken off amd washed.
mthrndr01
Check the edge of the mattress for little black spots of blood is one. UV lights show it pretty well, but you might get some unwanted information in a hotel room
TiredSnowball
They are parasites and don't discriminate. The only difference between high end and "shady" hotels is how fast they are dealt with when finally discovered.
Littledirtybirdyfeet
Yup, it has nothing to do with cleanliness. A lot of department stores or any stores that sell textiles can also have them. It's a good idea when you buy new clothes to wash them first, at least through the dryer.
Hammerwell
To be specific. Washing with a high enough temperatue. 45C/113F is needed for at least 30 min. Better use 60C/140F to be safe.
Ororon452
Oh no. This is real folks. Even 5 star hotels get bed bugs. Lift your damn mattress when you get into the room!
comacomacomacomachameleon
first thing i do, even before bringing my bag in. Check that the sheets are clean, lift the mattress looking for any sign of bed bugs.
EaNasirsExcellentHighGradeCopper
yep, same. Check the room for visible cleanliness, Check the bathroom for the same, then pull the bed away from the wall and check the
EaNasirsExcellentHighGradeCopper
sheets and mattresses. Even high end hotels can be nasty as fuck and give you disgusting, unclean rooms at times. the only difference
EaNasirsExcellentHighGradeCopper
is that high end hotels will have the decency to act ashamed about it and try to make it right.