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.

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Long version:

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

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.

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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 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.

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

Why would you send your kids back to that camp?

And have you had your house treated?

I’d worry about eggs. Trash it all.

Use bleach and hot water.

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

Anonymous wrote:You should have thrown it all away.

Well I have now.

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.

You should have thrown it all away.

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

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

It's the only way.