Getting Rid of Bugs

[Dancebug]

I have gotten up with some bug bites in the morning for last couple of days. Strangely bugs only like me. DH does not have any problem. I don’t know what kind of insects these are. Probably mosquitoes, but I am not 100% sure. Any way what is the best way of getting rid of these bugs?

[Chris Stratton]

DDT

Not entirely joking... yes, large scale agricultural use was an environmental disaster, but there's renewed if quiet willingness to look at it for limited indoor applications when the health effects of doing nothing are serious (areas with misquito borne illnesses)

More practically to actually do anything, it depends on what type of bugs are biting you.

One that's been making a comeback throught the civilized world is bedbugs - they hitchhike on luggage, hide in tiny spaces, and are extremely hard to kill because all they want to eat is you, and infrequently at that. Ordinary clean housekeeping doesn't bug them one bit - industrial society had a few generations of reprieve when we were using broadly targeted chemistry for routine roach control, but now that we've wised up to using fairly targeted poisons for roaches, we're no longer incidentally wiping out this ancient human companion. So you read about them showing up in high priced hotels, exclusive buildings, etc...