Despite the fact that such a thing as bed bugs began to appear somewhat less often than before, however, meeting them is unlikely to bring much joy to anyone.
However, if they did appear in your house, you should not panic, because today there are a huge number of all kinds of methods to combat parasites.
So, let's figure out how and how to get rid of bed bugs at home.
Bed bugs: how to get rid of at home
The range of means by which today you can fight bed bugs is quite extensive. All these funds are usually divided into the following groups:
physical impact;
chemicals;
folk methods;
call special services.
Which option to choose from this group is a purely individual matter, everything will depend on personal preferences, material component and a number of specific circumstances.
Physical impact means the independent destruction of bed bugs, and the difference from the last point is only that special services can guarantee the complete elimination of insects in the house, however, it will cost much more.
However, if the location of the bugs is concentrated in one or two places, or if the area of the treated room is not too large, you can try to get rid of them yourself.
Whichever option you choose, whether specialized or independent, in both cases we must not forget that chemical insecticides are very toxic to the human body and can cause many allergic reactions in it. Quite common cases where improper use of insecticides and non-observance of safety precautions led to serious poisoning, so this kind of action is prohibited for people with a tendency to allergic reactions, children, pregnant and lactating women.
Bed bugs: how to get rid at home using chemistry
Next, consider the option of expelling these insects from their homes through chemicals. However, before using them, remember a few simple rules:
1) each person conducting such events should use rubber gloves and a cotton-gauze bandage to protect the airways and hands from exposure to chemicals;
2) the whole process of chemical cleaning should be carried out in well-closed clothes (for example, in a tracksuit), so that there are as few open skin areas as possible;
3) the head should also be protected by a scarf or other special headgear during processing;
4) upon completion of the procedure, you need to go out into the fresh air, wash your hands and face thoroughly with soap and water and remove the robe.
So, you can fight parasites by the following means:
Executioner (has high efficiency, but persistent unpleasant odor is also present);
GET (no less effective, and also odorless);
Raid (aerosol)
Riapan
Neopin;
Carbosol;
Forsyth (a very strong tool, but has a very strong smell).
This list contains both domestic and foreign funds. Moreover, the choice is provided not only by the names of the drugs, but also in the forms and composition: some drugs use Dichlorvos, Karbofos, all kinds of peritroids or organophosphorus substances as the main shock force. As for the latter (especially representatives with a low toxicity threshold), today they are the most popular, since they very effectively and quickly kill bugs. In addition, after a short period of time, they themselves disintegrate and lose their danger. Thus, the room, which was treated with such drugs, in a day or two becomes absolutely safe for humans.
As for chemicals in the form of aerosols, their selection must be approached with particular care. The fact is that they have been used by people for a long time and may lose their effectiveness due to the immunity developed by them in insects.
Bed bugs: how to get rid at home with the help of folk remedies
If bed bugs have only recently appeared in your house and there are not too many of them, you can try to fight them with the help of folk remedies proven by more than one generation. The most famous of them:
turpentine;
vinegar;
denatured alcohol;
cresol.
Each of these products, in pure or diluted form, must be applied to the areas affected by bedbugs. To completely get rid of them, do not forget to do it every day, and after a while the bugs will disappear from your home.
To process the corners of wooden furniture, baseboards and floors, you can use a mixture of turpentine with kerosene with the addition of naphthalene. For such treatment, it is necessary to wear not rubber, but polyethylene gloves, which are usually used when dyeing hair, since these substances can corrode rubber products.
As for upholstered furniture and carpets, it is better to use solutions of denatured alcohol, naphthalene, acetic acid or purified ethyl alcohol. For example, 5 g of naphthalene needs to be dissolved in a glass of methylated spirits or 70% ethyl alcohol and treated with bugs infected places.
Each of these tools is quite effective only in the early stages of bed bugs, but if the situation requires more serious measures, you need to use chemicals or start the fight against these insects with the help of heat treatment, which should be discussed in more detail.
Bed bugs: how to get rid at home through heat treatment
If parasites found you in a frosty winter, the first thing to do is to freeze them on the street. To do this, you need to put out certain pieces of furniture (mattresses, shelves, tables, chairs, etc.) and hold them in the cold for several hours. At the same time, the frost on the street should be strong enough (from -25 ° C and above), since these insects are resistant to lower temperatures. You can also freeze the apartment completely, leaving the windows open for a couple of days, but this can lead to breakdown of plumbing systems.
You can also get rid of bed bugs by heating, but, unfortunately, not all things and furniture can be treated with high temperatures from +50 ° C and above. However, the lion's share of furniture and the places where these insects can be accumulated can be treated with dry steam or heat, and this treatment is very effective. To carry it out, you will need a call to the sanitary services. Their employees in the fight against insects can use industrial hair dryers, special irradiators or steam generators.
The higher the temperature, the shorter the exposure time, and at a temperature of +100 ° C and higher it will be 45-60 minutes. Such treatment will lead to the death of absolutely all bugs, including their eggs and larvae, which are the most resistant to external influences.
Call Special Services
A full guarantee of getting rid of any type of house insects, including bed bugs, can be given only by professional pest control. Such a service is relatively expensive, but without any labor, the owners will be able to quickly and effectively get rid of insects.
Special services employees, as a rule, use the most effective insecticides that can not be bought at a hardware store, since such substances require special skills. In addition, they also use special equipment:
heat guns designed to heat the room while eliminating insects by the temperature method;
fog generators - equipment for spraying insecticides in small drops. This method is the most effective, since the poisonous substance gets to all places where bugs can be, even to the most inaccessible ones.
Bed bugs are a rather unpleasant phenomenon, but with the timely reaction of the owners, you can get rid of them quite quickly and effectively.
