Question
Does a heated or possibly an electric blanket kill off bed bugs or does it make them more active?
Answer
Toby - It depends if you've got a super-hot electric blanket, but no.
Chris - A serious electric blanket, wouldn't it?
Toby - Yes, exactly!
No, they're quite happy at the temperatures an electric blanket would have. In fact, one of the hypotheses is that central heating - keeping the house a certain temperature - has actually helped them. They don't die off in the winter, which they might have done back before we could maintain a constant temperature.
I don't think an electric blanket would have the best thing for you!
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Bed bugs & electric blanket
I recently bought a new box spring & mattress thinking that I would not have any bed bugs....but wrong! I used my heating blanket again this winter & started having bed bugs once again. Now, I have stopped using it as well as sprayed Lavender in my bed & no longer have them.
bed bugs + heating blanket
We have our mattress and box spring in bed bug proof covers. I just found old evidence of "friends" that used the heating blanket/ so no.. heating blankets are not your friends when it comes to ridding these damn things. Especially in apartments when fogging is not an option.
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