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Old Sep 25, 2010 | 9:48 am
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SkeptiCallie
 
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Originally Posted by TMOliver
Rubbing alky unlikely to kill bedbugs (except by immersion/drowning) and is more likely to lead to alcoholism among resident population, leading the resident population to hold loud, orgiastic reunions in your bedding.
Blindness and, as stated in other posts, potential death. This is NOT drinkng alcohol!

[QUOTE=TMOliver;14785585]I suspect that bed bugs have a short lives not extending beyond a single egg laying cycle, without human contact/nourishment).

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The Wikipedia link provided by JDiver, above, says:

"Although bedbugs can live for a year without feeding . . . they normally try to feed every five to ten days."
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