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Shavontea from United States writes

Why are the bed bugs coming right back to the treated areas?

I used everything in the Bed Bug Kit #2 after cleaning and vacuuming thoroughly and even done several follow up treatments. The Bed Bugs were gone for a few weeks but now are coming back. Are they now resistant to the pesticides? Is there not residual chemicals present still in the treated areas to be effective in killing the returning bed bugs? It seems that even after spraying BedLam around the bed a couple hours before bed, we still end up with fresh bites and we even catch one making it way across the sheets in the night. Please help.

Answer:

The products in the kit you are using are working to kill the bed bugs, but they are not contact kills, they are residuals. Also, they are not repelling the bed bugs away since if they were, they would not die but rather be pushed around the room by where you spray the chemical. Putting the chemicals down in the treatments does not put a bubble around you or your bed to stop them from crawling. If the ones that are biting you or crawling near you are alive now, they wont be for long if they passed over a surface you treated with one of the products. Bed bugs can hide in any crevice small enough to slide your fingernail or a credit card into and it can take time for all of them to come out from hiding. You normally have to treat every 7 days with all of the products in the kit until you can go 30 days in a row without bites or signs of bedbugs. Only at that point should you feel that you have gotten rid of all the stages of the pests. Also, make sure you have not reinfested the home/room by bringing more in from where you got them in the first place. Bed bugs take a ton of detailed treatments and persistance to get rid of them and can take anywhere from 5 weeks to 4 months to completely eliminate if treatments are not done properly or if you are very heavily infested. 

Answer last updated on: 05/01/2014

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