How to deal with double-tails in a private house and garden

Many people had to deal with night inhabitants in a garden, a kitchen garden, a private house, and even in an apartment of a multi-storey building. Usually uninvited guests appear in rooms with high humidity. We are talking about doubletails - harmful insects that damage plants, fruits and vegetables. Especially a lot of trouble and worry causes a large accumulation of pests. How to get rid of double-tails in a private house or in the garden, you will learn from this article.

Pest Description

Before talking about the fight against garden pest, it is necessary to clarify the features of its appearance. Photo and description of the insect are presented below.

Appearance:

• Two-tails are called small insects whose body length is from 2 to 5 mm. However, larger specimens reaching up to 50 mm can also be found.
• The segmented abdomen has no pigmentation.
• Also, arthropods belonging to the order of the maxillofacial hexapods have no eyes. Their function is replaced by a long sensitive mustache.

The main feature of the double-tail is the claw-shaped outgrowths located on the last link of the insect's body. Outwardly, they are very reminiscent of tongs, which is why insects are called tongs.

On a note!

Two-tail very often confused with earwigs - representatives of the winged-winged squad. However, these individuals are much larger and have a darker color.

Reasons for the appearance

The question of where the two-tails come from is puzzled by those who once discovered the two-tailed creatures in their home. The pest can be found in the kitchen and in the bathroom, in the cellar or barn. All these rooms are characterized by high humidity and the availability of available nutrients.

Insects can enter the house:

• together with fruits and vegetables brought from the market;
• through various cracks and cracks;
• through open doors and windows.

An even more menacing species of creature appear, in greenhouses, in garden plots and gardens. There they live under a pile of fallen leaves, as well as in damp pits or lowlands.

Important!

If you do not take timely measures, then very soon it will be very difficult to bring out the two-tail. Indeed, from one egg laying up to fifty larvae can appear.

Are tweezers dangerous?

Many people care about the danger of a pinch. In addition to the fact that arthropods harm garden crops, their appearance in the house increases the likelihood of the spread of infectious microorganisms. In addition, two-tailed creatures bite quite painfully. From which the damaged area begins to itch, blush and swell. This can cause the appearance of fluid-filled blisters, on the site of which subsequently long non-healing ulcers form. Therefore, the presence of pests in a house or apartment is simply unacceptable.

Interesting!

There are also a lot of horror stories prophesying that the double-tail is able to get into the human ear and damage the eardrum. Such cases cannot be excluded, however, the probability of their occurrence is not higher than the penetration of other insects, such as earwig.

How to fight

There are various ways to deal with two-tails in a private house.

Prevention

If there are two-tails in the house, then the first thing to do is to examine the living room for dampness. Carefully inspect and ventilate damp areas, getting rid of the source of dampness.

Destroy the two-tails in the country will help timely weeding the beds. Deep underground digging in the fall can destroy the underground labyrinths and arthropod nests.

Traps

Two-tails can be pulled out using traps. It is enough to take pieces of unnecessary rags, moisten them liberally and arrange them in places where two-tailed pests appear. Dampness and darkness will create favorable conditions with which arthropods will certainly take advantage. Having found an insect in a trap, it is necessary to douse it with boiling water.

Recipes from the people

You can get rid of two-tails in an apartment with folk remedies, which are the safest.

• Boric acid. Boron powder is able to poison uninvited guests in the house. It is mixed with yolk. Small balls are formed from the resulting mass, which are laid out in different corners of the house. Insects will disappear after a few days.
• Herbs. Wormwood, mint, lavender, yarrow or tansy are what the two-tails are afraid of. The aroma of these herbs has repellent properties, repelling pests. Dried or fresh plants are laid out around the house to get rid of uninvited guests.
• Referring to the feedback from experienced gardeners, a decoction of the above herbs is also used to prepare a solution with which you can get rid of two-tails in the garden without harm to the crop. Such a product will have a long-lasting effect if you add grated laundry soap or laundry detergent to it.

When planting crops in the garden, it is advisable to plant basil nearby, the smell of which has the same scaring effect.

Onion and garlic

A decoction of garlic and onions is able to get rid of wood lice and two-tails in the house. Taken in equal amounts, the ingredients are crushed to obtain a porridge. The resulting mixture is applied in places where pests appear. To achieve maximum effect, re-treatment should be carried out.

On a note!

Garlic-onion mixture is not intended for long-term storage. After a day, it loses its properties.

No less effective is the fight against double-tails with the help of garlic-onion infusion. 100 g of finely ground burning components are poured into 0.5 l of boiled water and insisted for a day.

Pesticides

Chemicals cannot be called safe. They help to quickly get rid of pests due to the presence of insecticidal components. Therefore, pesticides are used when there are too many insects in the house:

• Chalk Mashenka - the most affordable remedy for two-tails in the house. Poison is used to process panels, skirting boards, thresholds and window sills, which limits the access of insects to the room. The crayons Clean House, Nika and Titanic possess similar properties.
• You can poison the two-tails with conventional aerosols such as Dichlorvos or Raptor. However, when using such means, it is necessary to use personal protective equipment. It is also unacceptable for children and pets to be at the time of processing the premises.
• Destroying a double-tail in the garden will help treat the plants with insecticidal preparations such as Iskra or Intavir.

If, using the methods described above, it was not possible to get rid of double-tailed pests, you should use the services of a pest control service, whose employees use professional drugs to combat harmful insects.