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2. What causes bed bugs? - AOL

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   Plus they can survive without a blood meal for 6 to 12 months, Green says, which is part of the reason they’re so hard to spot and get rid of. Can bed bugs live in cold climates?

3. Bed bug - Wikipedia

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   Bed bugs spend much of their time in dark, hidden locations like mattress seams, or cracks in a wall. [2] Treatment is directed towards the symptoms. [2] Eliminating bed bugs from the home is often difficult, partly because bed bugs can survive up to approximately 300 days without feeding. [6] [8] Repeated treatments of a home may be required. [2]

4. Bed bug control techniques - Wikipedia

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   Bed bugs can be killed by a direct one-hour exposure to temperatures of −16 °C (3 °F), however, bed bugs have the capacity for rapid cold hardening, i.e. an hour-long exposure to 0 °C (32 °F) improved their subsequent tolerance of −14 to −16 °C (7 to 3 °F), [39] so this may need to be maintained for longer. Freezer temperatures at ...

5. Insect winter ecology - Wikipedia

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   Although polyols such as sorbitol, mannitol, and ethylene glycol can also be found, glycerol is by far the most common cryoprotectant and can be equivalent to ~20% of the total body mass. [17] Glycerol is distributed uniformly throughout the head, the thorax, and the abdomen of insects, and is in equal concentration in intracellular and ...

6. Bed bug season is here; here's how to avoid unwanted ... - AOL

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   Bed bugs are nocturnal bloodsuckers who prefer to feed on humans. N.C.-based A-1 Pest Control offers some parameters for identifying bed bugs: They are no bigger than the size of an apple seed and ...

7. 10 Things You Need to Know About Bed Bugs, Including How to ...

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   When do bed bugs come out? Though these pests like to come out before dawn, don't think you can wait up all night to outsmart them. "A bed bug is an opportunist, and while their peak feeding time ...