Bedbugs/history/2022 - Revision history

Woozle: /* 2022-05-09 Mon */

2022-06-21T14:50:17Z

2022-05-09 Mon

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	Did get nibbled a bit, but only about 20 minutes of discomfort. Found/squished a bug on the wall above where H sleeps.		Did get nibbled a bit, but only about 20 minutes of discomfort. Found/squished a bug on the wall above where H sleeps.
			===2022-06-21 Tue===
			That was followed by about 2(?) weeks of nightly bug-attacks, followed by doing a more thorough heat-blasting of the bedframe, followed by several(?) weeks of not being bit. (I can't remember if the bugs went away immediately or were just drastically reduced; I do think I did a total of 2-3 nightly blasts, but some might have been precautionary.) The night of June 18th I got some mild bites, after having found a bug in Z's bed after he noted that he was feeling somewhat bitten. I blasted the frame again the next day (did not see or smell any bugs during that) and have not been bitten since.

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Woozle: /* 2022-05-08 Sun */

2022-05-09T18:22:49Z

2022-05-08 Sun

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	Apparently that bug was just getting started. From about 3am until it started getting light, it slowly worked its way up towards my head, finally stopping about half an hour before I got up. Fortunately, I found it (a near-hatchling) under my pillow and caught it -- so we'll see tonight if that takes care of the problem.		Apparently that bug was just getting started. From about 3am until it started getting light, it slowly worked its way up towards my head, finally stopping about half an hour before I got up. Fortunately, I found it (a near-hatchling) under my pillow and caught it -- so we'll see tonight if that takes care of the problem.

			Bedtime: found/squished two engorged hatchlings, so I guess it wasn't just one nibbling on me.
			===2022-05-09 Mon===
			Did get nibbled a bit, but only about 20 minutes of discomfort. Found/squished a bug on the wall above where H sleeps.

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Woozle: /* 2022-05-07 */

2022-05-08T14:09:51Z

2022-05-07

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	'''~10:00''' After having felt like something was biting my left arm, I took off my sweater and heat-treated it. Some time later, I felt something biting the left side of my chest and I found a hatchling crawling around the inside of my shirt. I wasn't able to catch it before it disappeared (it was very fast and too close for the glasses I had on), so I took off the shirt and heat treated it (and also the sweater again). No bites since then.		'''~10:00''' After having felt like something was biting my left arm, I took off my sweater and heat-treated it. Some time later, I felt something biting the left side of my chest and I found a hatchling crawling around the inside of my shirt. I wasn't able to catch it before it disappeared (it was very fast and too close for the glasses I had on), so I took off the shirt and heat treated it (and also the sweater again). No bites since then.
			===2022-05-08 Sun===
			Apparently that bug was just getting started. From about 3am until it started getting light, it slowly worked its way up towards my head, finally stopping about half an hour before I got up. Fortunately, I found it (a near-hatchling) under my pillow and caught it -- so we'll see tonight if that takes care of the problem.

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Woozle: /* 2022-05-07 */

2022-05-07T14:56:37Z

2022-05-07

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	The only bite during the night was on my left knee (in dramatic contrast to the usual ceaseless barrage lasting 2-3 hours) -- a minor one, not sure it was a bedbug; will check that side of the bed again more thoroughly, and maybe put tape over possible hiding-places where the boards come together.		The only bite during the night was on my left knee (in dramatic contrast to the usual ceaseless barrage lasting 2-3 hours) -- a minor one, not sure it was a bedbug; will check that side of the bed again more thoroughly, and maybe put tape over possible hiding-places where the boards come together.

			'''~10:00''' After having felt like something was biting my left arm, I took off my sweater and heat-treated it. Some time later, I felt something biting the left side of my chest and I found a hatchling crawling around the inside of my shirt. I wasn't able to catch it before it disappeared (it was very fast and too close for the glasses I had on), so I took off the shirt and heat treated it (and also the sweater again). No bites since then.

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Woozle: /* 2022-05-07 */

2022-05-07T12:19:48Z

2022-05-07

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	While I was reading, a bug started biting my left arm -- fortunately I was able to catch it. After that I did a slow and careful heat-treatment of my side of the bed's underside.		While I was reading, a bug started biting my left arm -- fortunately I was able to catch it. After that I did a slow and careful heat-treatment of my side of the bed's underside.

	The only bite ~~I got~~ was on my left knee -- a minor one, not sure it was a bedbug; will check that side of the bed again more thoroughly, and maybe put tape over possible hiding-places where the boards come together.		The only bite during the night was on my left knee (in dramatic contrast to the usual ceaseless barrage lasting 2-3 hours) -- a minor one, not sure it was a bedbug; will check that side of the bed again more thoroughly, and maybe put tape over possible hiding-places where the boards come together.

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Woozle: /* 2022-05-01 */

2022-05-07T12:17:38Z

2022-05-01

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	If I find the energy, I'll definitely dryer the bedclothes today (big "if", tho).		If I find the energy, I'll definitely dryer the bedclothes today (big "if", tho).
			===2022-05-07===
			I've been bitten every night since 5/1, until last night.

			The night before last, I ran packing-tape -- two strips arranged together so that the top one was sticky-side up and held away from the wall, with a third strip to ensure that bugs couldn't get underneath that one -- across the wall above the bed, ending at the doorframe.

			Yesterday I noticed it had caught one juvenile bug over near the doorframe -- near enough to make me think that maybe I need to pay more attention to the doorframe. I gave the frame a more careful heat-treatment, and saw evidence of at least a couple of bugs being disturbed by that (hopefully zapped), and then I put up tape-barriers to prevent any remaining bugs from getting to the bed easily.

			While I was reading, a bug started biting my left arm -- fortunately I was able to catch it. After that I did a slow and careful heat-treatment of my side of the bed's underside.

			The only bite I got was on my left knee -- a minor one, not sure it was a bedbug; will check that side of the bed again more thoroughly, and maybe put tape over possible hiding-places where the boards come together.

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Woozle: /* 2022-04-30 */

2022-05-01T12:30:38Z

2022-04-30

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	More bites, as expected, around 2:30. The pinching technique wasn't helping much because I was having a hard time localizing them, but wrapping the towel around me did stop them (I... do not understand why that works).		More bites, as expected, around 2:30. The pinching technique wasn't helping much because I was having a hard time localizing them, but wrapping the towel around me did stop them (I... do not understand why that works).
			===2022-05-01===
			I actually caught a bug on me, around 12:30, but it seemed like the biting got ''worse'' after I disposed of that one.

			Eventually it got to a point where it seemed likely the bug was on the towel, so I tossed the towel on the floor. No more bites after that, but of course the bug is still going to be at large.

			If I find the energy, I'll definitely dryer the bedclothes today (big "if", tho).

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Woozle: /* 2022-04-29 */

2022-04-30T12:02:55Z

2022-04-29

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	Some time later I found a much lesser bite on my neck, and a similarly lesser bite on my hand -- nothing that would have been a problem unto itself -- so there may be more than one type of creature involved.		Some time later I found a much lesser bite on my neck, and a similarly lesser bite on my hand -- nothing that would have been a problem unto itself -- so there may be more than one type of creature involved.
			===2022-04-30===
			More bites, as expected, around 2:30. The pinching technique wasn't helping much because I was having a hard time localizing them, but wrapping the towel around me did stop them (I... do not understand why that works).

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Woozle: /* 2022-04-28 */

2022-04-29T12:59:44Z

2022-04-28

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	The towel continues to be at least somewhat effective; only got 4(ish) bites last night. On the 4th one (on my hand), I decided to try doing what I used to do with the no-see-ums in Arizona: pinch the area around the bite as hard as possible (usually there's a little blood, but in the dark I can't tell)... and, yeah, no more bites after that. Will try that sooner, tonight. This does make me wonder if these are in fact bedbugs and not something else (as Sandy also suspects).		The towel continues to be at least somewhat effective; only got 4(ish) bites last night. On the 4th one (on my hand), I decided to try doing what I used to do with the no-see-ums in Arizona: pinch the area around the bite as hard as possible (usually there's a little blood, but in the dark I can't tell)... and, yeah, no more bites after that. Will try that sooner, tonight. This does make me wonder if these are in fact bedbugs and not something else (as Sandy also suspects).
			===2022-04-29===
			They got in one bite and were in the middle of a second one before I noticed (possibly asleep). I immediately squeezed hard on the second one -- and then found myself waking up nearly 2 hours later with no new bites. So I guess that worked.

			Some time later I found a much lesser bite on my neck, and a similarly lesser bite on my hand -- nothing that would have been a problem unto itself -- so there may be more than one type of creature involved.

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Woozle: /* 2022-04-27 */

2022-04-28T13:41:03Z

2022-04-27

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	Couldn't find any on the towel, but they did seem to avoid it -- especially once I wrapped it around me.		Couldn't find any on the towel, but they did seem to avoid it -- especially once I wrapped it around me.

	Will try to run the bedclothes & pillows through the dryer today -- that seemed to at least stave them off for a night, last time.		Will try to run the bedclothes & pillows through the dryer today -- that seemed to at least stave them off for a night, last time. (Update: didn't have the energy for it. Maybe Saturday.)
			===2022-04-28===
			The towel continues to be at least somewhat effective; only got 4(ish) bites last night. On the 4th one (on my hand), I decided to try doing what I used to do with the no-see-ums in Arizona: pinch the area around the bite as hard as possible (usually there's a little blood, but in the dark I can't tell)... and, yeah, no more bites after that. Will try that sooner, tonight. This does make me wonder if these are in fact bedbugs and not something else (as Sandy also suspects).

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