I think my kid's camp bedding got bedbugs last summer. If I wash it, is it ok?

[Anonymous]

You need to get out of there and burn the whole house to the ground!

It's the only way.

[Anonymous]

Why did your kid need a mattress pad for a one-week camp?

[Anonymous]

You should have thrown it all away.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Why did your kid need a mattress pad for a one-week camp?

We had it anyway (leftover from one of our older kid's dorm room) and it just makes the bed more comfortable. You're right that it's not necessary.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:You should have thrown it all away.

Well I have now.

[Anonymous]

Bedbugs die at a relatively low temperature - somewhere around 110-120. Dryers kill them at all life stages.

[Anonymous]

Use bleach and hot water.

[Anonymous]

I’d worry about eggs. Trash it all.

[Anonymous]

Why would you send your kids back to that camp?

And have you had your house treated?

[Anonymous]

Guys, they’re probably not even bed bugs. They’re probably just bugs from the basement. Stored stuff gets bugs.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Why would you send your kids back to that camp?

And have you had your house treated?

Well, I'm not sending my kid back to that camp (though I would-it was a good camp!) i said he is going to something similar next week. Similar meaning another camp at a university. This one is at a different university.
The one I sent him to last year has already been full for months.

No, I haven't had my house treated. I only found these bugs less than 24 hours ago. Do pest control services even come that quickly? I wouldn't know.
I've seen no evidence of bugs outside of the bin where this bedding was kept.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Just reread your post. Get rid of your sheets as well. You dryer might not be hot enough to kill everything.

Bedbugs can live for a year or two without feeding! Unlike lice, which die faster if they don't feed.

No they can't. Seven months is the outside time.

I doubt they are bedbugs and even if they were, they are dead now.

You’re incorrect. Bedbugs can live a year or longer dormant.

Only if it is cold, like below 55 and only in extreme rare cases. I mean, I don't care what OP does with her sheets one way or another, but like find me any any proof that bed bugs can live a year under non-cooled conditions.

[Anonymous]

I think these are not bedbugs, and that your bin probably already had the bugs in it before you added the mattress pad last year.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Short version:

Long version:

Thanks, this was informative and the long version was definitely worth the watch! (And I've been using my diatomaceous earth incorrectly)

[Anonymous]

Next time when you get back from camp, just park your car in direct sun, toss the bag in the back seat, roll up the windows, leave it there for a few days, and let any potential hitch hikers bake.