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Jeez, that's horrific.
Some mornings I have bite marks but they fade away over the day. At the start of this, the bites didn't show at all.
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Problem is also that pesticides tend to be ineffective against them at the best of times. Resistant strains exist and due to them retreating to cracks and crevices where they aggregate you often fail to reach where they spend most of there time.
Used to work in a company where we kept them for research purposes, and had to work with them from time to time. Paranoia from that and being bitten on holiday means i always keep an eye out when I travel. The mental aspect is horrible and worst bit about them though as thankfully at least they aren’t known to spread disease.
Came across this blog a while back, when I was helping a friend with them which seemed to offer decent practical advice for self treating infestations:
https://citybugs.tamu.edu/factsheets/biting-stinging/others/ent-3012/
Mattress encasement, treating bed with heat gun/steam cleaner, sheets in hot wash, and then talc traps on legs at least gives you a safe space to sleep and methodically deal with infestation
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Made my life a misery when I used to live Brighton. Council sprayed twice but didn’t do owt (councils can only use biodegradable pesticides which dont work) - the good stuff was too expensive for us.
At its worst, I would go to bed with hoody tucked into joggers, gloves and socks and the hood drawn to leave a small circle on my face. I used it go into college with loads of bites on that small area. Used to get called fleabag.
My flat mates were never affected even though they had loads of the little buggers in their rooms. Bites apparently only affect people who are allergic to the anticoagulant they inject you with before they suck.
And they really fucking suck