How to Stop 13 Crawling Insects Getting on Your Bed with This Organic DIY Bug Barrier Device

Last Updated on 18/08/2025 by Tony Abrahams

It’s a disturbing thought, isn’t it? You’re lying in bed at night and something tiny is crawling up the sheets… and you don’t know what it is, but you’re suddenly wondering how to stop crawling insects getting on your bed.

For a lot of people, that fear turns into reality, especially during warmer months when crawling insects are more active. Whether it’s bed bugs, fleas, mites, ants, or something else entirely, one thing is clear: You want them off your bed. For good.

And if you’ve been wondering how to stop crawling insects getting on your bed once and for all, you’re in the right place.

Let’s walk through the types of crawling insects you might be dealing with, how they get on your bed, what doesn’t work, and a simple, smart way to block them completely.

What Kind of Crawling Insects Get on Your Bed?

Most of us think of bed bugs or fleas, but there’s actually a whole creepy-crawly world out there trying to share your mattress.

One Quick Clarification: This Doesn’t Stop Flying Insects

Our Floor Barrier is made to stop crawling insects only. So it won’t stop mozzies, flies, or moths from landing on your bed. But for anything that has to crawl up your bed legs to reach you? It’s a game changer.

How Do Crawling Insects Get Onto Beds?

• Up the bed legs – the most common route.
• Across bedding that touches the floor – like hanging sheets or doonas.
• From walls, curtains, or furniture – if your bed is touching anything else, it’s a bridge.
• Via pets, laundry, or bags – they hitchhike inside unknowingly.
• Falling from ceiling lights or vents – rare, but it happens.

Why Do You Still Have Bugs If You Clean Constantly?

Vacuuming and mopping are great for surface dirt and crumbs, but they don’t reach the secret places where insects actually live and breed. Eggs can be tucked deep inside cracks in floorboards, behind skirting boards, inside bed frames, or buried in the seams of your mattress, places a vacuum head can’t touch.

Mopping may make the floor sparkle, but it won’t drive out pests hiding in carpet fibres, under furniture legs, or inside upholstery. Many crawling insects are so small you could be inches away and not notice them. Others are masters of concealment, slipping into warm, dark spaces during the day and only coming out to feed at night.

So even if your home looks spotless, those hidden refuges mean the infestation can quietly continue, until you cut off their access and physically stop them from reaching you.

Why Sprays and Plug-Ins Usually Don’t Work

• Sprays only work on direct contact, and they don’t last long.
• Most aren’t safe for bedding or pets.
• Electronic plug-ins have no scientific proof behind them.

The Real Solution: Isolate Your Bed and Kill the Crawlers

The easiest way to keep crawling insects off your bed is to cut off their access completely. Treat your bed like a little island, nothing touches, nothing connects, nothing sneaks on.
Here’s how to do it properly:

1. Move your bed at least 30cm away from walls, curtains, and furniture
   Crawling insects are clever. If your bed touches a wall, a cupboard, or even thick curtains, they’ll use those as a bridge to climb on.
   By shifting your bed away, even just a foot, you instantly remove some of their sneaky little highways.
2. Tuck in all bedding so it doesn’t touch the floor
   Got a doona or blanket hanging over the edge of the bed and brushing the floor? That’s a ladder for bugs.
   Tuck everything in tight so no sheet, quilt, or bed skirt touches the ground. You’re building a fortress here, not a welcome mat.
3. Place a Floor Barrier trap under each bed leg
   These specially designed insect traps sit under the feet of your bed. Inside, you’ll add a layer of natural Diatomaceous Earth (DE).
   Here’s the magic: bugs trying to reach your bed have to crawl through the DE in the barrier. And once they do, it’s game over.
4. Fill each barrier with Diatomaceous Earth (DE)
   DE is a non-toxic, natural powder made from fossilised algae. It’s harmless to humans and pets, but deadly to insects.
   When bugs walk across it, the powder sticks to their legs and body, slicing through their protective outer layer. They dehydrate and die over the next day or two.
   It keeps working for months, no spraying, no reapplying, no smell.
5. Treat your mattress and bed base with steam for instant kill
   Before setting up your barrier system, do a deep clean using a high-temperature steamer.
   Steam penetrates into seams, cracks, and joins – places no spray or wipe can reach. It kills bugs and eggs instantly, including those already hiding in the bed.
6. Use a bed bug-proof mattress cover to seal the mattress
   Even if some bugs are already inside your mattress, you can trap them in with a secure zippered cover.
   Once sealed, nothing gets in or out. Any bugs inside will die off over time, and your bed becomes easier to inspect and keep clean.

This combination of isolation + DE powder + steam + covers means your bed becomes a completely protected zone.
If a bug wants to feed on you while you sleep, it’ll have to crawl through a death trap to get there, and that’s not going to happen.

Real Customer Experience

“We had some kind of crawling insect biting us every night. Tried sprays, vacuuming, even essential oils. Nothing worked. Then we tried the Floor Barriers with DE inside. No more bites. No more mystery bugs. Finally sleeping in peace.” – Lisa T, Sydney

Still Not Sure What’s Biting You?

We can help. Take a clear photo of the insect and send it to us. We’ll identify it and recommend the right treatment for free.

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Final Thoughts: Stop Crawling Insects Getting on Your Bed

Whether it’s fleas, ants, mites, or something you’ve never seen before, crawling insects don’t belong on your bed.

If they can’t fly and they have to crawl to reach you – our Floor Barrier with Diatomaceous Earth will stop them.

Set it up once. Sleep easy every night.

Frequently Asked Questions: Stop Crawling Insects Getting on Your Bed

1. Will the Floor Barrier work for all types of crawling insects?
   Yes, the Floor Barrier trap with Diatomaceous Earth (DE) is designed to stop any crawling insect that needs to reach your bed via the legs. This includes bed bugs, ants, fleas, mites, cockroaches, and more. As long as the insect crawls, the barrier will force them through DE powder, which kills them by dehydration. Just remember: it doesn’t work on flying insects like mosquitoes or moths.
2. How long does the Diatomaceous Earth powder last?
   Unlike sprays, Diatomaceous Earth doesn’t wear off quickly. As long as it stays dry inside the Floor Barrier, it remains effective for months, even years. You only need to replace it if it gets wet or clogged with dust or debris.
3. Do I still need pest control if I use this system?
   It really depends on the insect. If you’re dealing with bed bugs, you don’t need a pesty – our system is designed to kill them and keep them from coming back. For other crawling insects, it can still be highly effective on its own, but in severe or widespread infestations you might want to combine it with other treatments.

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Sources: Stop Crawling Insects Getting on Your Bed

Rutgers University Study on Bed Bug Control with DE

Title: Efficacy of Diatomaceous Earth and Silica Gel against Bed Bugs

Summary:
This Rutgers University study demonstrated that amorphous silica dust (DE) is highly effective at killing bed bugs when applied in areas they must crawl through. It supports the claim that Floor Barriers with DE is lethal to crawling insects without the need for chemicals or reapplication.

University of Kentucky – How Bed Bugs Travel

Title: Bed Bugs: Biology and Management

Summary:
This guide explains how bed bugs move from walls, baseboards, luggage, and furniture onto beds, almost always by crawling. It validates the concept of physically isolating the bed as a core strategy to stop crawling pests from reaching sleepers.