Treatment
for Bed Bug
Bed bugs demand an integrated approach: spraying alone does not solve an infestation. Source: https://ipm.ucanr.edu/PMG/PESTNOTES/pn7454.html EPA backs integrated pest management here too, treating chemical products as just one tool among several rather than the whole solution. Source: https://www.epa.gov/bedbugs/controlling-bed-bugs-using-integrated-pest-management-ipm Resistance is why chemistry can't carry the job: pyrethroid sprays that once worked now fail against many bed bug strains that have evolved to shrug them off [EPA; UC IPM]. Source: https://www.epa.gov/bedbugs/pesticides-control-bed-bugs Source: https://ipm.ucanr.edu/PMG/PESTNOTES/pn7454.html Heat is the workhorse: commercial services hold about 130 to 140°F for two to three hours (lethal threshold near 113°F), and a hot home dryer kills bugs in bedding and clothing in roughly ten to fifteen minutes. Source: https://ipm.ucanr.edu/PMG/PESTNOTES/pn7454.html Steam kills every life stage, and a strong vacuum into mattress and box-spring seams removes bugs and eggs. Source: https://ipm.ucanr.edu/PMG/PESTNOTES/pn7454.html Where pesticides are used, desiccant dusts work mechanically: they scour the waxy film that keeps a bed bug from drying out, so it dehydrates rather than being poisoned [EPA; UC IPM]. Source: https://www.epa.gov/bedbugs/pesticides-control-bed-bugs Source: https://ipm.ucanr.edu/PMG/PESTNOTES/pn7454.html