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Bed Bugs are Back! - University of Nevada Cooperative Extension

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Non-Chemical Control<br />

Heat treatments<br />

Heat chambers or whole<br />

room/unit<br />

Temperatures must reach<br />

~113° F to kill nymphs/adults<br />

y p<br />

~115° F to kill eggs<br />

Cold treatments<br />

Death point variable,<br />

~0° F<br />

Carbon Dioxide (atmospheric)<br />

– 30% CO2 for 24 hours at<br />

77°F (Wang et. al. 2012)

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