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While bed bugs can live in close to any material, metal bed frames are far less appealing than wooden frames. These tiny crevices are perfect hiding places for bed bugs and provide the warmth needed for bed bugs to take up residence inside of a bunk bed.
In this manner, can bed bugs live in metal bunk beds?
Metal bunk beds are favorable but no guarantee Bed bugs travel in groups of seven to ten. They will climb a wall, navigate across the ceiling, and drop onto a bed. Metal bunk beds help avoid many bed bug issues but are not a guarantee.
- Clean bedding, linens, curtains, and clothing in hot water and dry them on the highest dryer setting.
- Use a stiff brush to scrub mattress seams to remove bedbugs and their eggs before vacuuming.
- Vacuum your bed and surrounding area frequently.
In this way, should I throw my bed frame if I have bed bugs?
If you think you have bedbugs, don't move furniture out of the room, don't throw mattresses and other belongings away (we'll explain why this is almost never necessary), don't rip up carpet, and don't use DIY pesticides on the bugs—all of this can spread the bedbugs further throughout your home.
ANSWER: Bed bugs do not have a preference for wood or metal. They hide in narrow harborages close to where the potential host sleeps. This might be anywhere within several feet of the bed (baseboards, dressers, nightstand).