You can either buy mattress covers or make a homemade bedbug trap. See related links for details on how to.
No, that is seen in scorpions but not in bugs.
Yes, it is possible. Bed bugs are adapted to human behavior. What this means is that they have no problem hitching a ride, and this is the primary means of transmission of infestations from sight to sight.
Ortho home defense contains bifenthrin wich kills insects. It may kill bed bugs but it doesnt seams to be an specified agent for bugs.
Bed bugs can latch onto many different things, including feathers. Hitching a ride is the primary way they get from one place to another.
The first sign one normally has that there are bed bugs in their home is the bit marks they have on their body when they wake up.
not very effective
Steam the mattresses and sheets.
Yes all they have to do is touch you and even if only one jumps on you they could reproduce very easily.
Yes they can! Luggage and bags are one of the most common ways for bed bugs to be spread around from place to place. If you had the bag in an infested location, it is possible, and even probable that you will bring bed bugs home with you in the bag.
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No. You can wash your stuffed animals in hot water, and they should be fine, as long as you have exterminated the bed bugs from the rest of the home.
Pets, cover fish tanks and food.