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*Sealing cracks and crevices which bedbugs can hide and lay eggs (which can be as small as the width of a credit card) around the area in which bits occur.

*Sealing cracks and crevices which bedbugs can hide and lay eggs (which can be as small as the width of a credit card) around the area in which bits occur.

*Washing bedding and clothes in 140°F degree water and drying at high heat, especially the latter which can be used alone.  

*Washing bedding and clothes in 140°F degree water and drying at high heat, especially the latter which can be used alone.  

*Dusting with non-chemical pesticides such as diatomaceous earth  

*Dusting with pesticides such as silica or diatomaceous earth.

*Judiciously use of effective chemical pesticides.  

*Judicious use of effective chemical pesticides.  

===Insecticides===

===Insecticides===

An additional insecticide is hydroprene, which does not actually kill bedbugs, but instead it works to prevent reproduction by disrupting the development of immature bedbugs, resulting in being unable to reproduce. This process takes longer but it can ensure an eventual end of the infestation, if contact with all bedbugs is made, but usually this chemical is used in conjunction with other insecticides.<ref>http://www.bed-bug.org/insectisides-for-bed-bugs/</ref><ref>http://www.zoecon.com/pdfs/GentrolBedBug.pdf</ref>  

An additional insecticide is hydroprene, which does not actually kill bedbugs, but instead it works to prevent reproduction by disrupting the development of immature bedbugs, resulting in being unable to reproduce. This process takes longer but it can ensure an eventual end of the infestation, if contact with all bedbugs is made, but usually this chemical is used in conjunction with other insecticides.<ref>http://www.bed-bug.org/insectisides-for-bed-bugs/</ref><ref>http://www.zoecon.com/pdfs/GentrolBedBug.pdf</ref>  

Natural  insecticides include orange oil, cedar oil, freshwater food-grade [[Diatomaceous earth]] as well as slica and quartz. The latter three, rightly applied, can slowly work to control or kill bedbugs by cutting them as they travel, often resulting in their death by dehydration. However, lower humidity is recommended for using diatomaceous earth, and the manner of application as well as the source of diatomaceous earth can be a deciding factor in how well it works, and more research is needed to establish its effectiveness.<ref>http://newyorkvsbedbugs.org/2010/01/11/australian-de-trial</ref> One study showed increased of silica aerogel (a synthetic desiccant dust) when combined with a blend of bed bug alarm [[pheromones.]]<ref>[http://www.bioone.org/doi/abs/10.1603/033.046.0323 Journal of Medical Entomology, Addition of Alarm Pheromone Components Improves the Effectiveness of Desiccant Dusts Against Cimex lectularius]</ref>

Natural  insecticides include orange oil, cedar oil, freshwater food-grade [[Diatomaceous earth]]. The latter rightly applied, can slowly work to control or kill bedbugs by cutting them as they travel, often resulting in their death by dehydration. Silica aerogel (a synthetic desiccant dust) mixed with chemical insecticides has reported to be highly effective,<ref>http://www.mypmp.net/bed-bugs/bed-bugs-are-dusts-bed-bug-bullet</ref> especially  when combined with a blend of bed bug alarm [[pheromones.]]<ref>[http://www.bioone.org/doi/abs/10.1603/033.046.0323 Journal of Medical Entomology, Addition of Alarm Pheromone Components Improves the Effectiveness of Desiccant Dusts Against Cimex lectularius]</ref> Lower humidity is recommended for using diatomaceous earth, and the manner of application as well as the source of diatomaceous earth can be a deciding factor in how well it works, and more research is needed to establish its effectiveness.<ref>http://newyorkvsbedbugs.org/2010/01/11/australian-de-trial</ref>

Repeat treatments with any insecticide are advised and are almost always necessary. Inhalation of all  insecticides is to be avoided. Spot treatment of bedbugs with chemical formulations can make matters worse by allowing them to disperse and or develop resistance to the insecticide used.  Fogging is not advised, as besides the health risk to humans, they are considered to be less effective, and most contain pyrethroids, which has an associated excitatory flushing effect and by spraying into a space rather than harbourage, bugs are likely to disperse and can spread an infestation.<ref>[http://bedbugger.com/2007/05/30/bombs-dont-work-on-bed-bugs-citation-anyone/ Bombs and foggers don’t work on bed bugs and can make them worse]</ref>

Repeat treatments with any insecticide are advised and are almost always necessary. Inhalation of all  insecticides is to be avoided. Spot treatment of bedbugs with chemical formulations can make matters worse by allowing them to disperse and or develop resistance to the insecticide used.  Fogging is not advised, as besides the health risk to humans, they are considered to be less effective, and most contain pyrethroids, which has an associated excitatory flushing effect and by spraying into a space rather than harbourage, bugs are likely to disperse and can spread an infestation.<ref>[http://bedbugger.com/2007/05/30/bombs-dont-work-on-bed-bugs-citation-anyone/ Bombs and foggers don’t work on bed bugs and can make them worse]</ref>