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A quick home method is food grade diatomaceous earth that you can pick up at many stores especially health foods. Use where you can near or at baseboards and any day time hiding places. They can live in the mattress folds, etc. but it's difficult to treat some areas with DE. Certainly between mattress and foundation, wherever you see the blood tracks. DE is not safe to breathe so keep it undisturbed. It's vacuums up easily.

Poisoning BB's requires that they ingest the toxin. DE only works on the exoskeleton and is not immediate. The sticky tape can be used on any legs under the bed that allow travel to and from where they hide, other than the bed itself. Wrapping anything in plastic and setting it outside in the AZ sun should take care of that one item, even a mattress. Needs to reach 120º for an hour and a half throughout, so black plastic would be better.

The pest control person is the best bet.
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