[SPAM] RE: They are not microscopic - Bed Bugs how to repel them - Any suggestions?

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I cannot explain the way I feel right

now.......................................(it is not good!!!!!!!!!!!!)

I am completely skeeved...............................

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Penny

Tuesday, February 24, 2009 6:45 PM

[sPAM] RE: They are not microscopic - Bed Bugs how to

repel them - Any suggestions?

 

 

Hi Lori,

Sorry to disappoint you but they are not all microscopic. They are -

as an adult about 1/8 " long and flesh colored when they haven't

eaten. Once they have fed on you they are purplish red - from the

blood. They are soft skinned and you can 'squish' them in your

fingers. I used a tissue to kill a bunch of them when we were at the

hotel that was infested! The baby ones can be much smaller of

course, but all of them bite and move rather quickly.

 

I reported it to the State authorities ASAP as I knew it was

something that needed to be reported to the State health department.

 

I have never seen them before that time but as soon as I saw one I

knew what it was as my Mom had described them to me years ago about

when she once stayed at a friends house that had them!

 

I remember her saying they hated lights so we slept with the lights

on.

 

And yes the bites were on me, slow to heal. They itched and were red

for well over a week. I imagine they use something in their bites to

keep the blood from clotting and of course that causes skin

irritation.

 

Penny

 

, " Lori VanScoter "

<lvanscoter wrote:

>

> You cannot see bed bugs, they are microscopic- I am not sure if you

can feel their bites or not, I do not know. I do k now that you can

be allergic to them; I have been skin tested, and am allergic. I

have the allergen matress pad, works nicely.

> Lori

>