Invasion of Bed bugs in France even on Public transport..ewwwww

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Skin-crawling videos show bed bugs crawling over seats on trains and buses in Paris as France battles an 'invasion' of the insects.

The French government has launched a concerted effort to fight bed bugs which have appeared in huge numbers on public transport, in cinemas and in hospitals.

Video footage shared online shows the insects crawling over seats on the Paris metro, on high-speed trains and at Paris's Charles-de-Gaulle Airport.

Transport Minister Clement Beaune said he was convening representatives from public transport operators next week 'to inform them about counter-measures and how to do more for the protection of travellers'.

Posting on X, formerly Twitter, Beaune said the aim was to 'reassure and protect'.

Bedbugs, which had largely disappeared from daily life by the 1950s, have made a resurgence in recent decades, mostly due to high population densities and more mass transit.

Click to see the video of the bugs crawling over train seats...:sick::sick:
Videos show bed bugs crawling over seats on Paris trains and buses
 

Many tourist cities/areas like NYC or Las Vegas have had issues over the years. Also big cities are attractive to many migrants legal or not. Only good news the problem has become large enough that many pesticides and/or otc solutions are now available at hardware stores, supermarket etc. But like many tiny pests it's about killing off the eggs.

Vacuum cloth and/or material objects like furniture, luggage(a bed bud favorite)and of course carpets. And wash linens with regularity.
 
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Chet said:
It makes you think twice about traveling and sleeping in a strange bed. What will you be bringing home?
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Exactly I've read this is the major reason that people get them in their own homes, because they bring them back unknowingly in their luggage from infected hotels and B&B's ....I have never had anything like this in my home, I think I would pass out if I did... I really..really hate creepy crawlies of all types.. :eek:
 
That's scary. I learned from two young men with families (on separate occasions) that 90 or 91% alcohol (forgot what the number is) will kill them. Each of them said they had gotten bed bugs, sprayed the alcohol and it got rid of them. Since I do take public transportation, though not as much as I used to, and I my and I sometimes stay at hotels (or our timeshare) I am concerned about bringing bed bugs home. So far we haven't had the problem, thank God.
 
We have them bad in this town I live in. I don't buy any used clothes or furniture or appliances. We have rooms at the hospital that hafta be dealt with often for bedbugs. Sometimes just sprayed and cleaned. Other times Orkin has to get involved. They are fast moving when they are young. I always get itchy after cleaning one of those rooms. *Shudders*

I suspect our population of them may be coming from the homeless people here.
 
With modern transportation the bugs are in your city before you read the news articles and they were probably there in some places already. They fly first class from Paris (or wherever) all over the world.

They were in the news a lot in the US a few years ago. We don't hear about them so much lately but I have known two people who found them in hotel rooms. The hotel refunded the rent, moved the patrons and life went on. One stayed up all night in her new room searching her luggage for bugs and the other shrugged it off and stayed a week.

It would be horrible to bring them home and I'm not really comfortable staying in hotels anymore. I don't buy used items but then I don't have to. I'm trying to get rid of things instead of acquiring more, but if I did need to buy something used I would inspect it, spray it, wash it, set it out in the sun for a week or something to be as cautious as possible.
 
They probably come from mostly transient populations including tourist which is why many are found in hotels with people transporting them in their luggage. Same for public transportation.

Also some people don't or don't know how to clean let alone do things like clean their luggage at least with a vacuum after a trip. The eggs with several tiny frequently survive poor cleanings and poor performing pesticides. Should vacuum around home with regularity and go into nooks and crannies with vac attachments and move stuff on occassion.

Also a lot of migrants coming into Europe and US which frequently means close quarters where it's easier for tiny bugs to spread to people or luggage/backpacks.
 
I do wonder how we survived childhood! Years ago we just never even thought about bugs. Us kids would bunk in together, nobody thought about washing bedding at 60 degrees.
Now something is always threatening to infect or infest us.
I just maintain the best hygiene I can, I will be careful about buying second hand items, I don't travel, we rarely if ever stay nights anywhere. So we should be safe.
Perhaps it's because habitation is so much warmer these days, central heating and humidity higher, so bugs can thrive. That's why I am a great one for airing absolutely everything.
 
Rose65 said:
Perhaps it's because habitation is so much warmer these days, central heating and humidity higher, so bugs can thrive. That's why I am a great one for airing absolutely everything.
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Consistent 'weather' year round not helping where many outside critters go into hybernation of somekind. This also allows for more reproduction not just survival.

Also many transient populations live in close quarters which leaves plenty of warm bodies to bite. And alot of clutter which many say is a contributor because clutter makes for cracks, nooks, crannies or space to hide in along with cloth things including clothing, furniture, beds, luggage etc. They say this is why moving stuff to vacuum is important because the entire area gets cleaned not just the where the vacuum can go.

Air conditioning does the same thing. Many critters are like humans they don't like extreme cold and will seek shade or cooler spots ie a home.
 

Invasion of Bed bugs in France even on Public transport..ewwwww​


They look like horrible little buggers them, and if I was in Paris, I'd be armed with a flame thrower. 😊
 
Apparently, bed bugs don't believe in national boarders. If my French is correct(?), they're "Les buggs de la lit". So, Brittain has to come up with a 'terribly English' way of saying "bed bugs".?????
Something like, "itchty witchies", or something.???
 
fuzzybuddy said:
Apparently, bed bugs don't believe in national boarders. If my French is correct(?), they're "Les buggs de la lit". So, Brittain has to come up with a 'terribly English' way of saying "bed bugs".?????
Something like, "itchty witchies", or something.???
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..or perhaps someone has come up with a terrible way of spellling Britain :sneaky:
 
WhatInThe said:
Consistent 'weather' year round not helping where many outside critters go into hybernation of somekind. This also allows for more reproduction not just survival.

Also many transient populations live in close quarters which leaves plenty of warm bodies to bite. And alot of clutter which many say is a contributor because clutter makes for cracks, nooks, crannies or space to hide in along with cloth things including clothing, furniture, beds, luggage etc. They say this is why moving stuff to vacuum is important because the entire area gets cleaned not just the where the vacuum can go.

Air conditioning does the same thing. Many critters are like humans they don't like extreme cold and will seek shade or cooler spots ie a home.
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Absolutely. I am very tidy and very aware of hygiene. I have seen some people's homes that are indescribably messy. Living in such careless lazy ways is terrible.
I shudder to think of anything crawling around in the bed!
 
They usually spread where people are too poor to get rid of them. I have had two tenants who brought them home from their travels. Alcohol kills on contact. Diatematatouse earth will kill them if they get it on their body and heating a room to 130 degrees Fahrenheit does the trick also. While clearing those rooms I brought them to my bedroom probably on my clothing.
They locate you by the co2 in your breath then attack your stomach first. I sprayed and sprinkled dust but I finally just woke up at three every morning, thew back the sheets and sprayed several individuals. Took a month to get them all. Now, I look into prospective renter's cars and if they are not clean, they do not move in here.
They have a habit of testing you twice before filling up so If you get three bites in a row you are in trouble so act fast.
Oh! by the way the bed bug things in the stores are alcohol or Dia earth and they can only be killed on contact. they are like big lice.
 
A bloke I met in Tescos told me that when he was a boy, their house had bedbugs.

His parents devised a crafty defence against the little blighters.

Everyone went to bed with 3 pairs of socks on, 3 pair of gloves, 3 all in one pyjamas, a gas mask and a thick baliclava hat, then, before the bugs could chew through that lot, it was time for everyone to get up for work or school. 😊
 

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