Egor Buranov/ article author
Disinfection, pest control, disinfestation, knowledge of drugs, SanPiN. Conducting laboratory and field tests of repellent, insecticidal, rodenticidal agents.

Effective fight against bedbugs in the apartment

The fight against bedbugs is a problem that worries humanity for many years. Until today, it remains relevant, since it is very difficult to achieve tangible results in it. The abundance of chemicals helps partially solve this problem. To get rid of bed bugs became effective, it is necessary to apply an integrated approach.

Habitat

One of the fundamental factors for achieving a positive result in this “unequal” struggle is the determination of the habitat of bugs and their larvae. The information obtained will help to especially carefully process this territory and destroy the population in its den. Places where the bugs live in the apartmentare superficial, hidden or deep. Surface habitats include:

  • Floor coverings or carpets;
  • Window shades;
  • Linen and wardrobe;
  • Footwear;
  • Travel bags and suitcases;
  • Paintings on the walls;
  • Bookshelves;
  • Old crates and boxes.

It is not difficult to find and then destroy the bugs. In hard to reach or hidden places detect nests insects are heavier, we can only assume that they are there. In this case, the struggle will be more difficult. Favorite insect habitats include:

  • Electrical outlets;
  • Radio and television equipment, as well as any equipment available in the room;
  • All kinds of cracks in furniture, baseboards, under window sills and in other places;
  • Holes in walls and floors, as well as in cracks;
  • In ventilation ducts and other places.

    The habitats of bugs in the house
    The habitats of bugs in the house

Having decided on the location of insects, you must choose an acceptable method of controlling bugs in the apartment. All known means are aimed at the complete destruction of bloodsuckers. Existing methods of controlling bugs suggest the following measures to control their spread:

  • Prevention and prevention of possible resettlement of insects;
  • Complete destruction in case of detection of "guests".

Whatever funds are chosen, they all have one goal - the complete disposal of bed bugs.

Methods and methods of dealing with bed bugs

All existing methods and methods of combating parasites can be combined into four large groups:

  • Physical or temperature insect control methods;
  • Mechanical means of struggle;
  • Alternative methods and means of combating bloodsuckers;
  • Removal of bugs by insecticides;
  • Ultrasonic Repellers.

All of them are good in their own way and can be applied in a specific situation. Let us consider in more detail each of them.

Temperature methods for removing bugs

The essence of these methods is that in the habitats of insects are created adverse temperature conditions. The first step, which involves the fight against bed bugs at home, is to search for nests and reduce their number by carefully treating the room with a vacuum cleaner.

On a note!

The dust collector must be shaken out in the street near garbage containers, and then doused with boiling water or boiled if it is cloth.

The next step is the creation of adverse temperature conditions by freezing or intense heating. For them, they will become incompatible with life + 55 degrees and above or -20 ° C and below. The use of this method is fraught with a number of difficulties and inconveniences, and 100% guarantee for the destruction of all bugs he does not give. Many people prefer to use it, since this method is absolutely safe for human health, unlike chemicals.

You can thoroughly warm the apartment in several ways:

  • You will need a kettle or other dishes with boiling water. Such thermal disinfection of crevices, joints and skirting boards can give a quick effect. Pour boiling water over everything that can withstand such a treatment and preferably twice.
  • Linens, pillows and blanketspersonal things, curtains and bedspreads are desirable process with a steam cleaner, steamer or steam generator. You can use an iron, but the effect will be less.
  • If it was not possible to treat everything with steam and boiling water, then the most inaccessible places are recommended to be disinfected with a technical building hair dryer. The temperature regime of this device reaches 200 degrees.

On a note!

The effectiveness of the measures taken to control insects will depend on the thoroughness of processing, which should be carried out at least twice. After carrying out thermal procedures, to fix the effect, the bugs should be “frozen” with liquid nitrogen or other liquefied gases. Very low temperatures can be created using special spray cans or spray sprays containing liquefied substances.

Temperature method
Temperature method

An effective fight against bedbugs by a physical method does not end only with processing. To consolidate the results, you must:

  • For a long time, pack all personal items and bedding in vacuum bags, and cover upholstered furniture and mattresses with special covers.
  • To process all available cracks, joints and holes with the help of special sealing materials.

Carefully conducted events will certainly lead to a positive result in the fight against bedbugs.

Folk methods of getting rid of bedbugs

By the logic of things, folk remedies for combating bedbugs in the apartment are used very first. Mankind has accumulated many recipes that help get rid of these domestic inhabitants and ensure the safety of people. The ancient manuscripts and drawings found by historians and archaeologists confirm the long-standing proximity of man and the bug. conspiraciesthat are passed down from generation to generation.

The first means of combating bloodsuckers were plants. Their pungent, saturated smell afraid of bedbugs. For this purpose, Ledum, chamomile, sagebrush, tansy and other, smelling plants. They are successfully used both in fresh and in dry form. Herbaria can be replaced bedbug essential oils. Odorous herbs are laid out under beds and mattresses, furniture, in the corners of the apartment and other places where parasites can live. Decoctions and infusions prepared from plants, spray the room and all the objects located in it.

Bedbug Grasses
Bedbug Grasses

More modern folk remedies rightfully consider vinegar, meth, turpentine, kerosene, bleach, naphthalene, dust, transformer oil and other means. The methods of their use and recipes for poisonous drugs and preparations prepared on their basis are not difficult to find today.

Important!

Giving preference to folk methods and means of combating domestic bugs, it should be remembered that all of them lead only to the temporary expulsion of bugs from the home. Therefore, they are best used for preventive purposes.

The mechanical way to control insects

This method of controlling bugs is one of the time-consuming and ineffective. It can help reduce the number of insects, but for a short time. You can’t do without it for two reasons:

  • You can detect bugs by tapping, pounding, vibrating, rearranging furniture and other actions that will disturb sleeping insects. Having found bloodsuckers, you should immediately begin to destroy them in any way to avoid migration to other places.
  • Found bugs must be collected or crushed if there are no chemicals to destroy them. It is best to collect creeping insects with a vacuum cleaner and then get rid of them. The best way is to pour into the sewer and rinse with plenty of water.
  • To reduce the population set traps factory-made and do-it-yourself

Bed bugs remain a serious problem and all methods and means, even not very aesthetic ones, are good for dealing with them.

Mechanical way
Mechanical way

Chemical or insecticidal bug control

The most effective and effective way of fighting bugs of all known and used today is to use modern chemicals. You can buy them in hardware or other stores, as well as in pharmacies. Individual protective equipment should not be neglected, which will help to avoid the negative consequences of working with pesticides. These include:

  • A respirator or gauze bandage to protect the respiratory system;
  • A special suit or other clothing that can be thrown away;
  • Glasses for eye protection;
  • Durable rubber gloves.

You may need a spray gun or sprayer when handling liquid substances if they are not equipped with one. Also necessary prepare an apartment for the upcoming disinfestation.

When choosing a drug to combat parasites, it is necessary to take into account the degree of infection of the premises. A small number of individuals can be destroyed with sprays, and in more complex cases, concentrated emulsions should be used. The chemical industry offers a wide range of bug control products:

  • Microencapsulated drugs. These include GetKsulat C 25, Delta Zone and Minap 22. The capacity of the poisonous substance lasts for 6 months. Odorless productsSafe for people and pets. They do not destroy individual insects, but entire populations.
  • Powdered insecticides and dusts. Among them Clean house, KarbofosRiapan Fenaxin, Pyrethrum, Microphos, Fas other. They have a very wide scope, as they fight not only with bugs, but also with cockroaches and other insects. The drugs are highly effective and have a lasting effect on parasites.
  • Highly concentrated liquid products. Tetrix, Cucaracha, Foresight, Insecta Dibro-fin, SinusanPrimadid Averfos, Executioner, Fufanon and other toxic substances. All of them are successfully used to combat domestic bugs. Most of these products are used in the form of an aqueous solution of the required concentration. Economical, allow you to process large areas.
  • Aerosol poisonous substances. They include 2-3 highly effective insecticides. They have an instant effect due to neuroparalytic properties, but do not destroy bedbug eggs. It is recommended to re-process to consolidate the result. The most popular are such means as Kombat, Raptor, Raid, Prima-U, Dichlorvos, Carbosol and other varieties of aerosol products. The advantage of these poisons is the ability to use in hard to reach places.
  • Bedbug fumigators. The most effective against bugs is the Raptor aquafumigator.
  • Bedbug Gels. The effectiveness of these funds is controversial, since it is necessary that the particles of the gel enter the digestive tract, and the diet of bed parasites consists exclusively of blood. the most popular drugs from this group of Globol, Blockbuster.
Bedbug Remedies
Bedbug Remedies

All considered and not named drugs are intended to protect the person from insatiable bloodsuckers. Effective bedbug control has a number of characteristic features that should be considered to achieve a positive result:

  • Bed bugs are resistant to certain poisons;
  • Insects are able to quickly adapt to various insecticidal drugs;
  • Bloodsuckers prefer to settle in the immediate vicinity of a person - in bedrooms, children's rooms, upholstered furniture and mattresses.
  • Bedbugs breed swiftly, it is enough after a disinsection to survive one fertilized female or several eggs, and after a few decades the parasites will again fill the apartment.

It is necessary and possible to deal with domestic bugs by any means, means and methods. The result is important here. The most effective way to deal with bedbugs is to use the services of professionals. Apartment processing takes no more than 2 hours. Depending on the contamination of the premises used cold fog or hot fog. Disinfestors in a short time will clean the room from insects and forever provide you with a quiet life.

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