Bugs in dorms

<p>Just curious but do you have or had a problem with insects in your dorm cuz i always heard its a good idea to have bug spray in ur dorm.</p>

<p>Never had bug spray in my room. But I never ate food in my room. Golden rule, DO NOT EAT IN YOUR ROOM.</p>

<p>^I don’t think that’s something you necessarily have to stay away from. Lots of people keep food in their rooms, just don’t be messy about it. </p>

<p>I had a little bit of a problem with ants, but that is because I dropped my phone in the toilet, so I put it in a bowl of uncooked rice to dry it out, and then I knocked the bowl over accidentally one day, and well, let’s just say that I think that room will have little grains of rice in it for pretty much forever. IT WAS IMPOSSIBLE TO GET THEM ALL!</p>

<p>Didn’t really have an issue. My 2 roommates made a mess of things though.
In hot weather, people tend to jar the doors open to dorms, then things may change.</p>

<p>Heck, we get some mice time to time. (Thankfully they never made it up to the third floor) :O</p>

<p>There are always going to be bugs…no matter what you do, the USAF has dorms for the enlisted and they are SPOTLESS and we still get a few flies…no need for bug spray just get a heavy-duty fly swatter.</p>

<p>^BS</p>

<p>I could do a dorm inspection in the cleanest of the clean and find mark downs, its all subjective, and for every passable room you’ll find another with underwear hanging from the light fixtures.</p>

<p>^ True…I probably shouldn’t have said “spotless” let me rephrase it and say that MY room is quite clean (not perfect) but I still have flies pop up occasionally. Only place I get marked down on is under my bed…old habits die hard.</p>

<p>I haven’t had a problem with bugs in my room at all.</p>

<p>I had a small problem with bugs, but my huge issue was with birds that flew in from the open door. I lived on the sixteenth floor, so bugs weren’t a huge problem. Our building sprayed for them twice a semester.</p>

<p>I only had one bug in my room, go figure. But a friend in another building claimed that her hall had rat problems. Yikes.</p>

<p>Wow you guys have interesting stories but do most colleges have an exterminator system where they spray the dorms on a regular basis?</p>

<p>^Mine did, but I think it depends on the college. One of the UH campus dorms virtually never gets sprayed, and they have a HUGE bug problem.</p>

<p>A lot of stinkbugs used to fly into my room -___-</p>

<p>People would leave the windows open in the study lounge, the stinkbugs would fly in and eventually reach some of the rooms. But my dorm was next to a lot of trees, and I think stinkbugs are a geographical thing.</p>

<p>Have any of you ever heard of colleges having major problems with a bed bug infestation? I’m sure you’ve heard some stories about those on the news. My mom is worried about that…</p>

<p>I guess I spoke too soon. I’ve never had a bug problem in my dorm, but I finally get to sleep in my room (I’ve been away for a week and my grandma was staying in my room). While I was gone, someone left an apple core in my trash and I just got back…to find my room INFESTED with fruit flies! I don’t understand how no one noticed but I’m definitely not sleeping in there. I guess I’ll have to tackle the problem tomorrow.</p>

<p>and this is why i love california…</p>

<p>Why do bugs not exist there?</p>

<p>Never had bug problems. Wasn’t the tidiest guy but managed to keep the floor clean and was intent on picking up any spilt/dropped food. Vacuuming occasionally helped imo.</p>

<p>We never had a problem with our dorms having bugs… no matter how messy they were. I remember once per semester that a note would be left on our doors telling us the exterminator was going to come by, i never saw them though.</p>

<p>It probably depends on your school, the area of the country, and how rural or urban the campus is… I never thought about having windows you could open, someone would have jumped out of them at my school.</p>

<p>Beware - I’ve read about how easy it is to pick up bed bugs from motels. Once you have them, they are very hard to get rid of. Keep your stuff in a sealed container (not in drawers in a hotel), and check your luggage and bags for any hitchhiking bugs after you leave. </p>

<p>Heat is also good to kill them - leave your bags in a hot car in the sun for a couple days after staying in a hotel. Wash clothes in hot water if you are afraid there may have been bed bugs, and then put them in the dryer for 30 minutes. Even some nice hotels have bed bugs.</p>

<p>As far as dorms, call the housing office if you have a bug problem. They have trained people or certified contractors who know what to do before the problem gets out of hand. Sometimes spraying on your own can just cause a bug problem to spread because the bugs try to avoid the spray. Also, many types of insects have developed resistance to the types of sprays available in stores, and the contractors need to carefully use something stronger.</p>

<p>Also, never buy used furniture or pick up furniture you find that was put out in the trash. Many bugs are brought into a residence from upholstered furniture. If someone put furniture out in the trash, assume they did it because it was infested.</p>