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How Big is the Center
Well of the ClimbUp®
Bed Bug & Insect Monitor?
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The diameter of the
center well is 4 1/4", so it is large
enough to accommodate the rolling
casters found on many metal bed legs. |
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Do I Take the Tape off
the ClimbUp® ?
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No, do not remove the
paper tape. The paper provides the
fibrous surface for the bed bugs to
climb up. If you remove it in error, it
can be replaced with paper wound tape
available at your local drugstore. |
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Would ClimbUp® Work
Better if Alcohol, Soapy Water or Oil
were Added to Capture Wells? |
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No, liquids negate the lubricant effect
of the talc. When alcohol or soapy water
evaporates from the wells in a day or
two, bed bugs will be able to cross the
barrier. When a dust or lint film forms
on the oil, bed bugs can walk across the
top. Also, bed bugs are much easier to
see against the opaque talc surface than
in liquids. |
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What Can Be Done if
Bed Legs are Too Big to Fit in ClimbUp®?
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Spacers or risers can be placed under
legs to elevate legs 1˝” over ClimbUp®.
Commercial bed risers are available and
do-it-yourselfers find that 1˝” thick
wooden blocks or slices of 3” diameter
PVC pipe work well. |
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How can ClimbUp®
Cracking over Padded Carpet be
Prevented?
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Distribute the weight of the leg over
the area of the center well by placing a
3” diameter disk of thin, rigid material
under the ClimbUp®. A 3” dock washer
from the local fastener store works very
well. |
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Can Scented Talcum
Powder be used to Re-lubricate ClimbUp®
Surface?
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Yes, talcum powder is talc. Any talcum
powder will work as lubricant. Bed bugs
appear to be neither attracted nor
repelled by the scents found in baby
talcum powder or body talcum powder.
Cosmetic talc is sufficiently pure for
the purpose of lubrication. |
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What Prevents Bed Bugs
that have Climbed Down Bed Leg from
Climbing Back Up Again?
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Nothing prevents bed bugs from climbing
back up again but dispersing bed bugs
are trying to get away from bed. Bed
bugs only seek a blood meal about once
per week. |
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