Bedbugs are best eliminated with heat not pesticides as this article mentions. The beauty of heat is that it's 100% effective and you don't have to know where the bed bugs are in order for it to kill them.<p>Take the "divide and conquer" approach in your living space. Isolate one room with masking tape (and perhaps plastic sheeting). Go over all the fabric and upholstery with a steam gun. Then crank up the heat to over 50C for 24 hours. Then move on to the next room. Bed bugs travel at night up to 200 feet so be careful of re-contamination.<p>There are companies that will bag your entire house and then heat it up to kill everything at once.<p>With your clothes just use the dryer on high. Washing will not affect the bugs at all.<p>Full disclosure, yes I had them and I killed them using these techniques. Your mileage may vary depending on the details of the structure you in.