Even if you superchistyulya and in your apartment always perfect order, it does not mean that one day you will not face a very unpleasant surprise. Here it is: small malodorous bug that somehow snuck into your bed and going to drink your blood. Already the creeps, right? Calm and do not panic! Just in this material from Housechief we have collected for you the full information on how to get rid of bedbugs in the apartment.
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- 1 Know your Enemy face
- 2 Where they like to settle bloodsuckers
- 3 How to understand that the apartment has bedbugs
- 4 Getting rid of bedbugs in the apartment without chemistry, folk remedies
- 5 Available chemistry Insecticides
- 5.1 Effective sprays bugs
- 5.2 Insecticides in powders
- 5.3 Sprays of bedbugs
- 6 Cold and heat: how to deal with bedbugs via temperature
- 7 Who better to call pest control?
- 8 Caution when disinfestation
- 9 Common errors when disinfestation
- 10 Prevention in the apartment of bedbugs
Know your Enemy face
In this case the person is not present, but to recognize this insect should be mandatory. So, he has 6 legs, it's black and very small. So small that it may not be noticed.
Note! One female bedbug lays daily 5 eggs, so do not wait for the start Klopova army to march in formation through the apartment. We must immediately begin to disinfestation at the slightest suspicion of the presence of the enemy.
Where they like to settle bloodsuckers
Hunting bugs usually come out at night, at a time when a person has the most sound sleep: from 3 to 5 hours. They can smell prey from afar and unmistakably seek your bed. To lull his victims, bloodsuckers inject an anesthetic when they bite. So what do the bites are not felt. They reveal only later, when the itch.
With the dawn of bed bugs are hiding in their fundamentals shelters. They like warm secluded place.
They love warm appliances, so that colonies can be found in the housings of computers, televisions and microwave ovens. Klopova masonry need to look at wallpaper and plinthsIn books on the shelfIn housing sockets, under the carpet, at ventilation and a pile of clothes that have not fingered.
How to understand that the apartment has bedbugs
If a lot of bloodsuckers, you'll smell. This persistent spirit is often found in removable and dysfunctional homes. About insects appearance can signal the presence of a chain itchy spots on the skin and microscopic traces of blood on sheet.
If there was the slightest suspicion, to take over the search for the nest. Check all potential asylum.
Getting rid of bedbugs in the apartment without chemistry, folk remedies
If the apartment is badly infected, folk remedies you are unlikely to help. They are effective only if the bugs are very small or are you going to spend prophylaxis in the event of their migration from the neighboring troubled apartment. That can be used from the available arsenal:
| Means | The order of application |
 | Suitable as a preventive measure. 9 percent vinegar or vinegar essence rubbed places possible invasion: the gap ventilation holes, Sockets, frames. Pungent smell will scare away insects if they are conceived to move into your apartment. |
 | Coniferous extract with a pungent odor - one more tool for the prevention and control of bloodsuckers. Turpentine in pure form can be treated with any suspicious place, but be aware that the liquid may leave oily traces. The most effective is a composition of paraffin and turpentine (1 glass), glasses alcohol and glasses of water and 25 g of naphthalene. This solution is treated with the room and closed it at least half a day, and then ventilated. |
 | Many herbs repel insects crawling: wormwood, drug chamomile, tansy. plant twigs can be decomposed into cabinets or grind them and to fill in the gap. |
Available chemistry Insecticides
What requirements must meet the insecticidal chemicals? The most important thing - it must be safe, not only for humans but also for pets. You do not like it, if the apartment after processing kick the bucket favorite hamsters your daughter. So do not take chances, getting drugs of dubious origin and quality.
Second, a very important requirement - high efficiency.
Qualitative insecticide acts from the first application and has a prolonged effect. It not only kills insects, but also kills their eggs and larvae.
Well, except for the two most important requirements, there are other, less important, but it is very desirable:
- ease of use;
- no caustic flavor;
- affordable price.
Based on the foregoing, we will pick you up for a few high-quality products:
Effective sprays bugs
Aerosols - very easy to use tool. The insecticide is sprayed, so you do not need to plant anything, dissolve or mix. To destroy the bugs is better to use special sprays on the packages that say that they are suitable for this purpose.
Praised by users in dealing with spray Raptor bloodsuckers I got from bedbugs. Its formula was designed specifically for this type of insects and the result will be visible within 15 minutes after application.
This means you can process all furniture. It is not recommended to spray Raptor on linen. After treatment, 15 minutes to go into the room to ventilate it.
Dichlorvos Forte Antiklop - another effective drug, which can be found in almost any supermarket. It has a prolonged effect, ie the efficacy of the retained 20 more days after treatment. He does not leave stains on upholstered furniture.
Spraying means needed in the mask, after treatment room is closed for 20 minutes, after which aerate.
Insecticides in powders
Powders from insects attractive in price and very effective. They settle on the insect feet and they themselves bring poison into their nests. These drugs also have prolonged action. But the effectiveness of such funds is in second place after the aerosols, and they are not very suitable for controlling a large colony.
From popular products can be noted Fenaksin - it has no smell and can be used even in the nursery.
Another good powder to prevent the breeding of bedbugs - Neopin, he also has no odor.
And finally, the Tornado - effective powder for the treatment of carpets, furniture, paintings and mattresses. One tornado packing enough to handle a 70 m² area.
Sprays of bedbugs
unlike aerosol spray, in fact, only in the sputtering technique. Some solutions require dilution with water. Spray compositions may be from any spray.
Get - effective microcapsule drug that paralyzes and kills bedbugs. They did not immediately die, and bring poison into his lair, infecting others. Validity of a treatment - six months. So even if the remaining eggs hatch new individuals, their waiting for the fate of their ancestors.
Cold and heat: how to deal with bedbugs via temperature
Bloodsuckers and their larvae and eggs are sensitive to temperature changes. They are killed by frost and do not survive when treatment with superheated steam or air.
Steam generators have been used successfully for preventive processing of upholstered furniture from insects.
Who better to call pest control?
If you are not sure of the effectiveness of their methods of struggle, you can always invite specialists. There are two options: public and private life.
You can contact your local sanitary and epidemiological stations. It takes a lot of time for processing will have to obtain the consent of all residents of the entrance. Usually the whole procedure executed through the tenants association. Often, it happens: the presence of one or more disadvantaged apartments in the entrance leads to a total spread of insects, most of these tenants of apartments are not going to chip in a common pot to process, and moreover, will not be allowed into their exterminator ownership. And all your work will be wasted on the fact.
That is why many people prefer to go to private companies providing similar services. In their arsenal of modern medicines are safe for you and your animals. Professionals do not only carry out the processing of your apartment, but also give valuable recommendations for further preventative measures.
Caution when disinfestation
Above all, remember: insecticides, as if they were not well packaged, should not be stored near food. Any work with them need to be carried out in gloves and a respirator.
During treatment should be removed from the premises of the household, including pets.
Of course, during processing can not smoke, eat and drink in the treated area. There should be no product in non-hermetic package.
After the end of treatment at home, wash your face and hands with soap and water, rinse your mouth. Clothes after treatment need to be washed.
Do the cleaning in the treated room can be no earlier than 18 hours. Insect sweep using a broom, and burned or drained into the sewer.
Common errors when disinfestation
You will understand that in some way missed when bad horde back to your apartment after a couple of weeks. And it may not be that you have chosen an ineffective drug, in most cases, the reason is in violation of the disinfestation of the algorithm.
Parasites can just temporarily evacuate through unprotected moves to the neighbors, and then waited adverse times come back to you with the completion. So prior to treatment and at the time it is necessary to carefully etch and place a possible departure.
If you are forced to make regular treatment, do not use the same poison. Insects can adapt to its effects.
Prevention in the apartment of bedbugs
Once you manage to cope with the bloodsuckers colony, immediately take independent measures to prevent their reappearance:
- Seal all the moves and cracks, holes in the socket;
- install screens on the windows, check that the frames did not have slots;
- Set a fine mesh in vents, Treat with an insecticide of prolonged action;
- insulate and do not use the garbage disposal in the apartment, if you have one;
- Apply an insecticide around the perimeter of the apartment, and periodically updated.
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Hopefully these tips will help you cope with the problem. If you have already tried out some new insecticides and are ready to share your impressions, write in the comments!
