How to independently bring home bugs in the apartment
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The difficulties of removing bedbugs from the apartment
Bed bugs - small insects with a very oblate body that feeds exclusively on blood. The conditions of the apartments are ideal for their stay: the temperature and humidity conditions are optimal for their vital activity. They to fly, can not jump, but moving fast enough. The peak of activity of parasites occurs at night, before dawn, when a person is fast asleep. During bite, the bug introduces an anesthetic substance, thanks to which the victim feels nothing while he performs his bloody meal. The interval between feeding adults ranges from 7-10 days, so with a small infestation, a person for a long time is unaware of the existence of "neighbors".
Insects breed very fast. Males are very “loving” and can make up to 200 matings per day.
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A single fertilization is enough for a female to be able to postpone the eggs throughout his life. On average, under favorable conditions, the female lives from 1 year to 1.5 years and during this time she is able to lay 400-500 eggs. It is very problematic to destroy eggs, because they are protected by a dense shell that reliably protects them from external influences, including chemical ones.
At the first stages of “settling” of domestic bugs in an apartment, it is usually impossible to detect parasitic individuals. In the daytime they are skillfully are hiding in dark, secluded places and do not give out their presence. In most cases, by the time a person notices signs of bedbugs: brown specks of blood on the bed, chitinous skins, small black feces, characteristic linear bite marks, blood-sucking insects had time to multiply and their population can be counted in hundreds of individuals, which greatly complicates the fight against them. In this case, the question of how to get the bugs out of the apartment, rises very sharply.
The most useless methods of dealing with bedbugs
Due to ignorance of the subtleties of behavior and physiology of domestic bugs, often used original methods of breeding insects, the effectiveness of which is zero:
- Leave the room and leave the insects on "starvation rations." Such a measure in no way helps to bring out bedbugs. In the absence of food, only part of the population decides to migrate in search of a food base. In most cases, bed bugs are in no hurry to leave their homes and simply fall into a state close to suspended animation, in which they can stay for about a year.
- Based on the fact that bugs panic run up with a sharp turn on the light, some people leave for the night turned on the lighting lamps. Blood suckers do not scare the light of electric lamps and even more so do not drive them out of the apartment. They quickly adapt to the light and will continue their parasitic hunt.
- The method of "home slipper" also does not help get rid of bed bugs. It is likely that in this way it will be possible to slightly reduce the number of insects, but no more.
- Rites, rituals, conspiracies, salt sprinkling and other dances with tambourines will only amuse your households and insects.
Review of methods for the destruction of parasites
There are several ways to quickly and efficiently remove bedbugs from an apartment, each of them differs in labor intensity and cost:
- Calling professional pest control will help destroy bedbugs quickly and in most cases forever. Depending on the contamination of the room, pest control is carried out in 3 ways: traditional chemical treatment, hot mist or cold fog. Cost of processing apartments in Moscow (one-room) starts from 1200 rubles, in the regions this figure may differ slightly.
- Chemical insecticides for independent use with proper use provide high efficiency and are able to remove bugs. It should be remembered that there is no single universal remedy for the expulsion of parasites. Blood-sucking insects extremely quickly adapt to chemicals and the tool that helped a neighbor on the landing may be completely ineffective in your case. Cost drugs for the destruction of bedbugs can from several tens of rubles to several hundred.
- Folk methods - a budget option. Reviews on the use of folk remedies for the expulsion of parasites are diametrically opposed. They have the greatest effect as a scare crawling vampire. But they are often used at the beginning of the struggle, when they are wonderinghow to get home bedbugs on their own, without the help of specialized organizations.
Preparation of the room for processing
Whichever way how to get the bedbugs out of the apartment, was not chosen prepare for pest control. First of all, it is necessary to determine the sources of infection and potentially dangerous places from which parasites can appear. Despite the fact that the bugs are able to migrate over long distances, they prefer to live near their victims, namely in sleeping places. Therefore, first of all, it is necessary to carefully examine the mattress, bed, sofa and all the spaces adjacent to them.
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If the bugs got into the apartment with furniture, then the original source should be sought in the furniture. It often happens that people treat sofa and the bed, but the fact that the newly acquired antique chair is teeming with bugs does not even reflect.
Insect nests are a cluster of adults larvae, excrement, chitinous skins, which nymphs shed during the molting period. Detect nests It is possible not only in the sleeping places, but also on the walls, on the floor, peeled wallpaper, detached linoleum, and parquet use special love from parasites.
Often, parasites are found in sockets, radios, digital and home appliances, under baseboards, in furniture joints, on the back walls of cabinets and cabinets. With a large number of bedbugs in the apartment, their eggs can be in clothes, shoe. Localization of bedbugs can be seen in the photo.
Having determined the scale of infection, you can begin preparing the apartment for disinsection. The process is very laborious, but to get the bugs, you have to work:
- Remove all bedding from the bed, wash them in water with a temperature not lower than 50 ° С, iron, pack into a bag.
- All clothes for which washing in hot water is allowed to wash and pack in airtight bags. You can kill all living individuals and eggs using steam generator. Clothes made from materials for which high temperatures are unacceptable should be dry-cleaned. It is imperative that every wardrobe item be crafted.
- Put the shoes in bags, pour insecticidal odorless into them and tie them tightly.
- Do similar manipulations with soft toys, pillows, blankets.
- Before disinfection, move the furniture away from the walls to provide access to the plinths.
- Food, dishes carefully packed.
- Processing must be done in all rooms at the same time.
Self-destruction of bedbugs by chemical means
On the modern market of insecticides presents a huge amount of tools that will help quickly and permanently remove the parasites from his apartment. The choice of drugs is determined by the contamination of the apartment, the presence of allergic reactions in the household, living in the house of young children, pets.
Aerosols and sprays they are easy to use, have a local effect on parasites and their nests. The action of aerosols is based on the inhibition of the insect's nervous system, which leads to paralysis and death. Most often used for processing upholstered furniture, carpets. The most popular aerosol preparations: Raptor, Raid, Dichlorvos, Microscope, Combat. The latter is equipped with additional nozzles for hard-to-reach places.
Powders called Dustami, and crayons can not be called effective means against bedbugs. Their action is based on direct contact with the bloodsucker and at the same time they cannot affect the entire population.Therefore, to say that you can permanently remove the bugs with crayons, there is no reason. They have the greatest effect as prophylactic and significantly reduce the chances of penetration of crawling parasites into the apartment.
The most popular drugs in this group are:
One of the best ways to self-breed house bugs, disinsectors consider chemicals intended for wet treatment. In this way, it is possible to achieve penetration of the active substance into the most hard-to-reach places. These drugs are sold in dry form or are a concentrate that is diluted with water before use, according to the instructions.
The most effective insecticides:
Important!
Use of insecticides should be with extreme caution and compliance with all safety rules. Disinsection work should be carried out in a respirator, rubber gloves, protective suit. As the latter, you can use a banal rain cover.
During the procedure, the room should not be people, pets.Despite the fact that only low-toxic products are sold in household chemical goods stores, neglecting the rules of personal protection can negatively affect health.
Upon termination of disinsection in the apartment close all windows and leave it for several hours. Wet cleaning for 3-5 days is not provided, except for items with which the household is in direct contact. Most of the drugs do not affect the eggs of bedbugs, so you need to be ready for re-processing after 10-12 days, when the larvae emerge from the surviving eggs. Only by systematically destroying the emerging offspring, you can clean the apartment from bedbugs and forget about their existence.
Folk methods against bedbugs
There are many popular tips, how to permanently remove bedbugs at home. The main advantages of folk remedies are their low toxicity, low cost of ingredients and safety. Alas, not so simple. Those tools that are characterized by low toxicity, are not able to destroy the bugs and can only scare them off for a short time.A number of traditional drugs that really have a destructive effect cannot be called safe. For example, the same kerosene is distinguished not only by its specific persistent odor, but also has a high flammability.
Folk remedies for repelling bugs consist mainly of herbs, fragrant oils and liquids with a strong odor.
- Sagebrush, branches of tansy, cloves, leaves of a marsh wild rosemary are laid out around the perimeter of the room and in the habitats of bloodsuckers.
- Table Vinegar - a kind of "hit" among folk drugs. It is diluted with water in equal proportions and all surfaces in an apartment or house, including furniture, are treated with the resulting liquid. When using such a tool, you must be prepared to inhale the fragrant vinegar and you will have to, and with prolonged use, all the clothes will be imbued with this fragrance.
- You can remove bedbugs from the apartment with the help of kerosene. 20 g of kerosene, 20 g of turpentine are mixed with 200 mg of water and a small amount of liquid soap. The resulting mixture is processed furniture, furniture, floors, baseboards, directly nests.After applying the tool due to its strong odor, not only insects, but also households begin to disappear.
- Freezing and heating are the safest traditional methods for removing bedbugs. When lowering the thermometer below -15 ° C, all things and interior items are carried out on the street. In severe frost or at air temperatures above 50 ° C, both adults and their offspring die. So be vigilant, if your neighbors began to actively carry out the contents of their apartments on the street, then they probably got bugs and they are trying to bring them out in a simple and reliable way.
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