How to escape from bedbugs. Recipes for folk remedies for bedbugs at home: essential oils, boric acid, turpentine and kerosene. What do bite marks look like?

Kirill Sysoev

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For you, the extermination of insects in an apartment is a serious problem and you don’t know how to get rid of bedbugs? There are many ways to solve this issue: chemicals, folk recipes, or inviting insect exterminators. Let's talk about how to get rid of bed bugs on your own.

How to get rid of bedbugs in the apartment yourself

Bed bugs cannot tolerate temperatures from about +40°C and above, and from -20°C and below. Therefore, at such temperatures, you can take out infected items on the balcony, and in a day the insects will die. During the extermination of insects in a particular room, you should not live in it, as the evaporation of chemicals will adversely affect your body.

GET is a capsule liquid that destroys not only bedbugs, but also ants, cockroaches, and fleas.

Advantages of this product: harmless to humans and animals, effective from six months to a year, odorless, resistant to temperatures, does not cause allergies.

Pros: wide spectrum of activity, compatible with insecticides and fungicides, has a long period of protection, is used in agriculture, has a low cost.

Fufanon. Used to kill bedbugs, cockroaches, flies.

Application: dilute 1 part of the product with 3 parts of water, and calculate 50 ml per 1 square meter. After processing the room, it should be ventilated for about half an hour. Cleaning should be carried out every other day and only in a protected chemical kit.

Pros: the period of application is 2 weeks, the product also affects the larvae, the drug is also used in food production, residential facilities.

Tetrix. It has a liquid form, is sold in a concentrated form in vials.

Application: dilute 10-50 ml per 1 liter of water. Has a slight unpleasant odor.

Pros: a highly effective product, just one bottle is enough to treat an apartment with three rooms, it works instantly.

Microphos. Product for professional use.

Application: 1 part of the substance is diluted with 30 parts of water. 400 ml is enough for 50 square meters. It is better to repeat the treatment in a month.

Pros: valid for six months, wide spectrum of action, provides complete death of insects, low toxic.

Pyrethrum. Sold in powder form.

Pros: Safe for people.

Chlorophos. It is a strong poison in the form of a powder, viscous granular liquid. It is stored in non-residential premises.

Application: dilute in a ratio of 1:4 with water.

Pros: completely destroys the population.

Aerosol sprays (Karbozol, Raptor), liquid products (Dibro-Fin, Dichlorvos, Lacterin) and others (Difocarb and Combat) are also common.

Folk remedies

Vinegar essence. This is a simple and safe remedy. Does not damage treated surfaces.

Application: simply treat all places where insects appear.

Valerian tincture. Not effective against eggs. Not used if there are animals at home.

Evaporation. Safe method.

Application: cracks between skirting boards, sofa seams, etc. are treated with boiling water.

A solution of boiling water, turpentine and kerosene. Effective against removal from bed.

Application: mix 20 ml of kerosene, 15 ml of turpentine, 150 ml of water, and treat furniture surfaces.

Sagebrush. Affordable, but ineffective.

Application: just put wormwood in bed, its smell repels insects, but does not kill.

Other famous recipes:

Insects are not always visible in daylight, so you should turn off the light and turn it on after a couple of minutes. After that, they will crawl out of their shelters. Examine the items under the bed. If you can't get the bed bugs out of your mattress, throw it away.

To sleep peacefully, you need to do almost the same as when destroying them in bed:

Vacuum all upholstered furniture (sofas, armchairs).
Treat with your choice.
Pay special attention to seams, edges, cracks.
Examine the interior of the sofa.

We destroy bedbugs in the apartment: specialized services

If you are not sure that you can get rid of insects yourself, you should contact specialists. Many firms offer services of this nature. Please note that specialists can use substances (poison) that are only low-hazard substances. And this is a great advantage for residential premises.

Modern pest control services use so-called ULV generators. These generators produce a uniform mist of the chemical, which increases the safety of pest control by reducing the amount of agent. Experts will help you save time allotted for getting rid of bedbugs, as well as do it competently and efficiently.

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Bed bugs, or bed bugs, are bugs 3 to 8 mm long. By the structure of the body, they resemble their close, but harmless relative, the stink beetle, only their body cover is transparent and you can determine by color how long the bug has been drinking blood. In fact, this is a rather voracious insect that can drink twice its own weight, that is, up to 8 mg of blood.

Cimex lectularius, which is exactly what the name of the bed bug sounds like in Latin, belongs to the order of hemipteran insects, but they do not have wings. Yes, and they move quite slowly - only one and a half meters per minute. But this is enough to attack the victim, because active adults hide mainly in furniture.

What does a bed bug eat?

Contrary to popular belief, bedbugs do not carry dangerous diseases. Although viruses and bacteria, pathogens of various diseases, can be in their body for a long time.

How to get rid of bed bugs on your own?

Nevertheless, the most effective way in the question of how to get rid of bed bugs in an apartment is chemical preparations.

Bed bugs appeared - how to get rid of these household pests forever? Where did they even come from in the apartment? And why are they dangerous? Do not panic. If there are bedbugs in the house, it is possible to get rid of them. Even forever. The main thing is to properly disinfect.

Why are bed bugs dangerous for humans?

Advice! Be sure to disinfect bite wounds with any antiseptic. Fenistil will help relieve itching and irritation, from folk remedies - parsley or mint leaves. If there is a tendency to allergies, it is better to take an antihistamine.

How to find bed bugs in an apartment

Bedbugs do not like sunlight, so they choose the most secluded places inaccessible to humans for their nests. The favorite territory of bedbugs in the apartment: behind baseboards, cabinets, upholstered furniture, under carpets, paintings, in sockets, household appliances, ventilation openings, etc. But the most comfortable place for them is sleeping. The closer to food, the better.

Advice! To detect bedbugs in the apartment, use an aqueous solution of vinegar. Dilute the vinegar so that its pungent smell is clearly noticeable, and use a cloth to wipe the baseboards, floors, picture frames, holes between walls and furniture with it. The unpleasant smell of vinegar will drive the bugs out of their hiding places.

What other signs may indicate the presence of bedbugs in the apartment? Here are some of them:

coming home, you feel an unpleasant cognac smell;
in the morning on a white clean sheet you notice specks of blood and small brown specks - insect excrement.

Preparatory steps before disinfection

How you deal with the treatment of the room depends on whether you can get rid of bedbugs forever or not. If the remedy is not chosen correctly, the recommendations for its use described in the instructions are not followed, and the preparatory measures in the house are not carried out, it is possible that it will not be possible to get rid of the pests the first time. You will have to re-treat, but with a different means, since the bugs will develop resistance to the drug used. This is how they live. Yes, and your health can be harmed if you have such frequent contact with chemicals.

before processing, clothes, bedding and underwear should be washed in hot water to destroy all eggs and insect larvae;
if it is not possible to remove all things from the apartment, then they should be packed in plastic bags;
hide all food, dishes and cutlery so that they do not get chemical substances;
furniture should be moved away from the walls so that all hard-to-reach places can be processed;
people who are not involved in the processing should leave the apartment for several hours (preferably 2-3 days);

prepare in advance protective clothing, rubber gloves and a hat (long-sleeved thick fabric clothes will do to replace the protective suit);
if you need to prepare a solution for spraying from the means with which you are going to get rid of bedbugs, then you will need a spray gun;
be sure to wipe the dust and wash the floors so that the remedy for bedbugs is applied to the cleaned surface;
on a hot summer day (or on a cold winter day), you can take upholstered furniture outside or a loggia (if conditions permit), this will help get rid of some of the insects and facilitate the main stage of pest control;
study all possible means by which you can get rid of bedbugs in an apartment forever without harm to health, choose the most suitable and convenient for you and proceed with the processing.

Advice!If you are not sure that you can get rid of bedbugs on your own at a time, it is better to entrust this matter to professionals so as not to waste either time or money.

Bedbugs - how to get rid of forever: professional chemicals

Professional pest control products are more effective in controlling insects than folk ones, but at the same time they are more toxic to the person himself. Therefore, when using them, all necessary safety measures must be observed and the instructions in the instructions must be followed exactly (including dosing).

Advice! If the chemical comes into contact with the mucous membranes of the eyes or nose during use, immediately rinse them under running water. Do not wait for an allergic or other possible reaction (such as a chemical burn), seek medical attention immediately.

What are the most commonly used remedies to get rid of bed bugs? In hardware stores today you can find a variety of remedies for bedbugs in liquid and solid forms. But, since these insects often choose the bed as their habitat, it is ineffective to use solid forms of preparations. You can't put sticky tape on the bed either. Therefore, it is better to stop your choice on aerosols and liquid products.

To get rid of domestic pests, tools such as Klopomor, time-tested Dichlorvos and Executioner are often used.

Advice! When choosing a remedy for bedbugs and other insects, give preference to agents from hazard classes 3 to 4: they are less toxic to humans.

Advice!When treating a sofa with an aerosol, it is better to remove the removable cover (skin) from it and spray the product directly onto the inside of the skin. This action will prevent the bugs from surviving and multiplying again.

Executioner
Another new drug on the Russian market. It contains a substance with a nerve-paralytic property - fenthion. You can use the drug even in the presence of sick people who cannot be transported to another place for health reasons. True, it is still better for them to wear a mask and protective clothing, and after treatment, it will be possible to ventilate the room in 20 minutes. After 5 days, the treatment should be repeated. The agent itself must be diluted in the container from which the spraying will be directly carried out.

Advice!The executioner has another advantage over other means: it can process bed linen and clothes.

Folk remedies for bedbugs

People have always used folk remedies to get rid of domestic insects. Almost all of these substances affect the body of arthropods with their strong odor. For example, vinegar does not kill bedbugs, but they can block the access of insects to the apartment if you lubricate all the vents and other possible ways they get into the house. This will be quite effective for prevention purposes if neighbors are poisoning domestic pests. If you use vinegar to get rid of bedbugs, then only along with other ingredients. Can be mixed with vegetable oil and lubricated skirting boards. Bedbugs will fall into such a trap and suffocate. In the same way, other folk remedies should be used - turpentine and kerosene. Just remember, if you use these bed bug remedies, you will significantly increase the risk of a house fire. These substances are flammable!

Also, for the purpose of prevention, wormwood is used among the people. She doesn’t kill bedbugs, but she can scare them away if they decide to enter your territory. Wormwood can be grown on your site or bought at a pharmacy. Dried plants should be laid out in insect habitats, at least under your mattress and under your pet's bed. The main thing is that the smell of this herb does not cause a headache in you.

How to properly treat an apartment from bedbugs

When you equip yourself with protective clothing, prepare a deadly remedy for bedbugs, you can immediately proceed to the very procedure for processing the apartment, having previously closed the windows. Hostilities begin from the farthest room. Processing is carried out around the entire perimeter of the dwelling. Walls are sprayed with poison near the floor and ceiling (30-40 cm from below and above).

Insecticide powders and crayons. Before you remove bedbugs from the apartment on your own with the help of advertised crayons, you need to make sure that the composition of the preparations includes contact poison, and not intestinal. The fact is that, unlike cockroaches, bedbugs will not consume powders and crayons due to the fact that they feed exclusively on blood.

The most popular products in the domestic market include the following items:

But for those who are ready to use all the methods for removing bedbugs, the following names can be recommended:

"Primadid";
"Lakterin";
"Insecta Dibro-Fin";
"Aktellik";
Foxid;
"Foresight";

Each of these funds must be accompanied by detailed instructions for the use and protection of the skin, respiratory tract and mucous membranes during the use of the drug.

Temperature processing. Bedbugs live and breed only in conditions that are comfortable for them. And the temperature regime plays a significant role.

Elevated temperatures. If you managed to find a cluster of bedbugs, you can pour boiling water over it. The disadvantages of this method are the likelihood of damage to the furniture or its upholstery. If the bugs and their colony are located, for example, inside an armchair or sofa, then it is almost impossible to get to them with boiling water without disassembling the piece of furniture, and in some cases it is completely impossible.

Profile services sometimes use special steam generators and heat guns, with the help of which they spray the surfaces of the entire room with a heat wave with a temperature index above + 500C. Without special equipment, such heat treatment cannot be achieved by improvised means.

Rules for personal protection when removing bedbugs

This is especially true if aerosols or liquid treatments are to be used.
Without fail, the room to be treated must be free of children and pets.

For personal protection, regardless of the chosen method of eliminating bedbugs, you must purchase:

Instructions for removing bedbugs at home

As a rule, insects choose upholstered furniture, mattresses, cabinets, exfoliated wallpaper, spaces behind baseboards, in books or between them as a haven.

To get rid of a harmful insect in the sofa, you can use one of the following methods:

It should be extremely careful to use such preparations, which include denatured alcohol and turpentine (most often folk remedies for combating bedbugs), as they can cause irreparable damage to the upholstery of the sofa.

How to get bed bugs out of bed?

How to get bed bugs out of carpet?

Due to the relative compactness of the carpet, removing bedbugs from it is not so problematic. Firstly, you can leave this matter to specialists (some dry cleaning services provide this service at a professional level). Secondly, you can use any of the following methods:
The easiest and most effective way to remove bed bugs from clothing is to thoroughly heat treat it.
In the photo, the bugs are male and female

Is it possible to get rid of bed bugs?

The action of chlorpyrifos sprayed on the surface lasts up to 40 days, sometimes the activity lasts up to 180 days. No re-treatment required, just one application is enough.

Combat

Combat- a product based on modern insecticides, produced in the form of sprays and immediately ready for use, it does not need to be diluted with water. The toxin enters the body of the bug through the integument of the body or intestines, paralyzing the nervous system and causing death.

The kit includes a flexible nozzle for processing baseboards and cracks in the floor, the drug is produced in two varieties: multispray and superspray. The product has a rather sharp and strong specific odor and can cause irritation upon contact with the skin.

Cats and dogs should not be allowed to come into contact with the insecticide during treatment. Once in the human body when breathing, the agent is excreted in a short time without harming the body.

Clean house

Means "Clean House" contains cypermethrin 13% and tetramethrin 2.5%, which effectively complement each other and act on the nervous system, blocking the impulse and killing the insect.

The drug is used in the form of a spray and dust, the spray is more effective for domestic bugs. Comes with a nozzle for processing hard-to-reach places.

The drug is not allowed to be used in the presence of children and pets. In case of contact with the skin, mucous membranes and respiratory tract, the insecticide causes irritation, therefore it can be sprayed only in personal protective equipment: a respirator, goggles and gloves.

It is quite effective against the bug, but it has a number of disadvantages: it is dangerous for the respiratory tract, it can especially harm young children and pets. In addition, Agran has a sharp and persistent odor. Before processing, pets and small children should be removed from the room.

Features of using Agran:

Curtains and bed linen must be removed before dealing with bed bugs in the apartment.
From walls and floors carpets should be removed and the laying of bedbugs under them should be processed, however, the textile itself should not be treated with Agran - for this purpose it is better to use a steam generator.
To avoid poisoning all food and things with which constant contact is possible should be removed.
Furniture, if there are no bedbugs in it, must be taken out from the treated room, otherwise it will be saturated with the smell of the product, which is practically not removed.
Work with the tool it is possible only in individual protective equipment to avoid getting Agran into the eyes and respiratory tract.
Particular attention must be paid to the clearance between the skirting board and the floor covering.
It is necessary to thoroughly impregnate the area of door and window jambs with Agran- bedbugs accumulate there.
It is necessary to process the gaps between the wallpaper, ventilation openings, the underside of furniture, especially near sleeping places.
All openings in the walls and floor are subject to processing.

Due to the toxicity of the product after pest control, it is advisable to leave the room for a week.

Medilis

Medilis contains the drug Cypermethrin at its core, it is used in the form of a spray for spraying. It belongs to conditionally safe insecticides, does not cause poisoning in humans, while being fatal to insects.

Medilis remains active for a long time when it hits the surface, does not disintegrate under direct sunlight and penetrates the body of the bug not only through the intestines, but also through chitin.

The product is sold in the form of a concentrate for self-preparation of a spray and has a sharp unpleasant odor that persists for a long time.

Raptor from bedbugs

Raptor produces a bedbug spray based on three active ingredients, to which a fragrance is added to cover the unpleasant odors of insecticides.

The agent remains active for 14-21 days, when it comes into contact with the chitin of the insect, it infects other individuals, however, for the best effect, it is necessary to spray the aerosol directly over the habitat of the bugs.

The spray should not be sprayed near heating elements and sources of open fire, in addition, it causes allergies not only in children, but also in adults.

One bottle of Raptor is enough to process a room along with furniture, however, the remedy does not work as effectively on bedbugs as it does on flies and cockroaches. The pest can develop immunity to basic substances.

Folk remedies for bedbugs

Folk remedies include:

Mechanical removal of insects along with dirt and dust;
The use of odorous plants such as tansy and wormwood to repel insects;
The use of turpentine, vinegar and kerosene to kill the insect.

None of these measures can completely get rid of bedbugs, since turpentine and vinegar do not completely kill insects, and plants can only scare away for a while with a pungent smell. Mechanical cleaning in most cases is not able to remove bedbugs and their eggs completely, so you should not rely on folk remedies.

They can be used if the bugs were seen once and in small numbers, however, if they continue to multiply and cause trouble with their bites, it is better to use chemical agents.

Sometimes you can use herbs or folk mixtures if there are pets or small children in the house, and there is no way to temporarily remove them from the home.

Is it possible to get rid of bedbugs forever?

Talk to neighbors to find out if they have a bed bug problem. Bed bug poisoning at home is better coordinated, this will help to get rid of bed bugs.
If the problem is widespread, it is better to resort to the help of pest control services, but if the bugs were found only in your apartment, it is possible to get by with bedbug funds for home use
Should be remembered that regular vacuuming does not fix the problem
All precautions must be taken before use remove children and pets from the apartment
It is better to start processing together with the residents of neighboring apartments so that the bugs cannot move to another place and then safely return

When processing, one should take into account the likelihood of allergies among family members and choose the means based on the safety for the health of loved ones.

Where can you buy bed bugs?

Aerosols and concentrates for self-killing insects can be purchased within walking distance: in household goods stores, market stalls or drugstores. Depending on the purpose, concentrates and dusts are sold in different volumes.

Professional means for disinfestation practically do not go on sale.

The appearance of a bed bug in an apartment can be prevented if several sanitary and hygienic requirements are observed: