None of the dwellings is fully insured against the appearance of domestic bedbugs. Yes, yes, do not be surprised, even in our twenty-first century, in the modern world of advanced technologies, this issue remains relevant. In the apartment they can come "by their own" from neighbors on walls or ventilation passages, through microcracks in the floor, in places where water and sewage pipes pass. These uninvited guests can be brought into the house with furniture, not only used, but also new - after all, it is not always known in what conditions it was manufactured, transported, etc. Claps cling to clothes, shoes, personal belongings, if they somehow found themselves in infected places (these could be trains, hotels). Unfortunately, bloodsuckers continue to live a full life in apartments, houses after inferior repair.
Bedbugs are parasitic insects, they are furniture, bed and house. These insects are brown, very small in size, flat or oval in shape. They live and reproduce in warm, hard-to-reach places, especially where there is little fresh air and sunlight. These are cracks and crevices in the floor, in walls, under skirting boards and wallpaper, especially in places where heating pipes pass. Also, bedbugs like to be based under the upholstery of armchairs, sofas, in mattresses, even in electronics. Life expectancy of a bug from one year to two. They go out hunting at night, but if they are very hungry, they can attack in the daytime and in the evening without fear of natural or artificial lighting. The bug itself is usually not felt, but after a while a strong itch is felt in its place and a blister appears. Some people affected by the stings of these parasites may develop an allergic reaction. Bedbugs drink blood not only in humans, but also in warm-blooded animals - cats, dogs, hamsters, rats.
The consequences of the bites of these bloodsuckers are very unpleasant: night itch causes irritability, deprives normal, full sleep. In addition, there are suspicions that bedbugs are carriers of such serious diseases as smallpox, leprosy, anthrax, tuberculosis. Of course, these data are not proven, but the fact itself causes unpleasant associations. Therefore, if you have these parasites in your house, there is nothing deadly in this, we must immediately take measures to destroy them. There are various ways to get bugs out of the apartment. Sometimes it's easy to just throw out an infected thing, but if it's new furniture, it's somehow pitiful and therefore it's better to resort to other means.
The methods by which you can withdraw from the apartment home bedbugs
To destroy bugs use several methods - mechanical, physical and chemical.
The first is mechanical, the most laborious and not always effective.
It consists in collecting these bloodsuckers with a vacuum cleaner, sweeping them with a broom or pressing them by hand. You can also throw an infected sofa or bed, but where is the guarantee that these insects have not yet bred in other places. By the way, if they settled in a TV, computer and other items, then the destruction of bedbugs without damage to the equipment will not work and most likely, you will have to part with them, but do not rush, call specialists and they will make a radical decision.
The physical way, how to get bugs out of the house, is known from ancient times, it was used by our ancestors.
For this method, use steep boiling water (hot water vapor) or liquids such as turpentine, kerosene, denatured alcohol. In Russia, even before the revolution, devices were used - special containers that produced and produced steam. They had the shape of a teapot with a long nose, through which hot air came out, and they processed places of clumps of bedbugs.
The chemical method is the destruction of bedbugs with the help of various poisonous preparations.
It is advisable to invite specialists for this, but the situations are different and if this does not work, you can try to drive bedbugs out of the apartment on their own.
The simplest and most effective method for controlling bugs is methanol . It is used very simply - pour all detected nests with this alcohol, then ventilate the room until the smell disappears completely. By the way, it is necessary to say that on the upholstery of furniture, on mattresses denatured alcohol does not leave any traces, therefore it is possible to water them safely.
We suggest that you familiarize yourself with several popular and effective ways of killing bugs yourself:
- You need to carefully cover all the cracks in the floor, in the walls and place in the saucer rooms with a solution of ammonia or with a mixture: 150 g of denatured alcohol 40 g of benzene and 10 g of naphthalene.
- 100 grams of dry petals of chamomile flowers (or chrysanthemums) mix with 10 grams of naphthalene, sprinkle the mixture next to the nest of bedbugs.
- 10 g of naphthalene, 100 ml of cresol, dissolve in 200 grams of kerosene, then with the help of a brush, lubricate the places where bugs are located.
- Bug clusters can be greased with other solutions, for example: - 10 ml turpentine, 15 ml kerosene, 30 g soap green, 100 ml water; - 100 ml of ethyl alcohol, 5 g of camphor, 100 ml of turpentine.
Treatment with these compounds should be carried out for several days in a row, until the bugs disappear.
These remedies are good, but there are cases when the bugs are already bred, and settled in various inaccessible places, then the effect of solutions will not be very effective.
In these situations, you need to use production poisons - dichlorvos, carbofos, chlorophos . You can buy them in the garden or department stores. We remind you that when using these products, you should always wear rubber gloves, a respirator. Before you start, remove all products, dishes, toys, etc. Handle all the rooms in the house, including the kitchen, store rooms, toilet, bathroom. After treatment, close the shelter, at least for a day, then ventilate, clean, but not thorough, but superficial, wash all bed linen. After 7 days, you need to re-process.
It would be desirable to notice, that for today the most effective way of destruction of bedbugs is work of experts. All that is required of you is to prepare an apartment (house) for their arrival. To do this, it is necessary: - to do cleaning, a small rearrangement of furniture, to ensure unhindered access of workers to all places of insect gathering; - remove and pack all dishes, food, toys, clothes; - Ensure that pets (not only a cat, a dog, but also aquarium fish, turtles, hamsters, etc.) do not stay in the room where the treatment will be carried out;
About the activities needed after disinfection, the specialists you invited for processing will be instructed in detail.
As you understand, removing from the apartment bugs - it's a troublesome business, it's not easy. If these nasty blood-sucking insects have appeared in your house, do not despair, make some effort yourself, or use the help of specialists, and they will leave your home.