Effective techniques on how to properly kill bedbugs

The question about the best recipes for killing bedbugs at home cannot be called random, erroneous, or hinting at a lack of proper hygiene in the house.

Bug bite marks

After all, their presence in the home today, as in centuries past, still offends the sense of smell and infuriates, and the technical power of man has not made their bites at least a little less painful.

How to kill bedbugs at home

You can fight bedbugs on your own, but this does not always give a positive result. Without experience, it is impossible to correctly calculate the dose of toxic compounds so that it is destructive for insects, but does not cause trouble for residents of the house and pets. In addition, few people know how to kill bedbugs in an apartment on their own - most modern drugs are powerless against parasitic bed dwellers, and the average user simply cannot obtain professional chemicals.

• Using “grandmother’s” recipes in the form of kerosene or gasoline not only does not give the desired effect, but can also be fatal for residents and the premises itself. Firstly, the smell of flammable liquids is very persistent and does not disappear for a long time, which causes a risk of poisoning. Secondly, these are explosive compounds, and even the slightest spark in the room can lead to a fire.
• Inexpensive store-bought powders, crayons and gels do not work on bed bugs, since these insects feed exclusively on blood, which means using such poison will be a waste of time and money.

• Aerosol sprays with poisonous gases, in principle, can have a disastrous effect, but an incorrect dosage, on the contrary, will ensure resistance to the drug used in insects, which will increase their resistance to other toxic mixtures.

Preparatory procedures

Before killing bedbugs in an apartment yourself, you need to take a number of measures that will increase the effectiveness of the procedure.

1. Carry out search work to detect nests of parasites. If there is a strong infestation in an apartment, there are several of them, so you shouldn’t stop at just one found nest. In a discovered bedbug infestation, you can poison the parasites faster than waiting for them to walk across the poisoned surface.
2. If your search is unsuccessful, do not despair. It is necessary to provide access to the poison to all places where bedbugs can live. Be sure to move furniture away from the walls.
3. Remove bedding as insecticide is not used on it. Parasites are destroyed from linen and clothing by washing at high temperatures, ironing with steam, and treatment with a steam generator.
4. Hide food and dishes if bed bug treatment will be carried out throughout the apartment.
5. Cover aquariums, terrariums, insectariums tightly or temporarily move them to another room. For the residents of these houses, the poison is deadly.
6. Close windows, doors, cover sockets and ventilation grilles with film - ensure the room is airtight so that bed bugs do not escape.
7. When killing pests, you should wear personal protective equipment: rubber gloves, a long-sleeve jacket, trousers, and a respirator.

Important!

There should be no other people or pets in the house at the time of treatment.

How to kill bedbugs effectively at home

The best way to poison bedbugs is to call a professional exterminator. effectively and quickly kills bedbugs in Moscow apartments. Contacting a professional SES guarantees you:

• safe disinfestation of residential premises;
• 100% result after 1-2 treatments;
• confidentiality and good speed of work;
• protection against the reappearance of insects for a certain period;
• saving time, effort and financial costs.

There are several effective ways to kill bedbugs; which one to use in a particular situation is decided by a specialist. Typically, SES specialists use several proven bullying techniques.

1. Freezing destroys not only adult adults, but also their egg clutches, which allows you to eliminate the entire population of parasites at the same time. This method is suitable for cleaning upholstered furniture, clothing, carpets; contaminated items are sealed in a room with a fairly low temperature, but to completely destroy the insects they must remain there for about a day.
2. Evaporation or the use of hot fog is a universal method of baiting bedbugs for any room. This is an absolutely harmless procedure for people and pets, but extremely dangerous for blood-sucking parasites. Professionals usually kill bedbugs in Moscow in this way, since it is quick and most effective. To work, you will need powerful steam generators and fan heaters capable of creating a room temperature above +50°.
3. Insecticidal treatment - the use of active chemicals is justified in combination with steam treatment, only then will it give a visible effect. The latest generation insecticides do not have an unpleasant odor and do not have a toxic effect on people, while they effectively repel uninvited insects and act as a kind of preventive measure against small parasites.

It is quite difficult to cope with bedbugs without professional help, and by wasting time on a fruitless independent fight against insects, you will give them the opportunity to significantly proliferate and take over most of your territory. Don't know how to properly kill bedbugs? Protect yourself from torment - entrust the work to the masters of the official SES, we will clean your home of nasty bedbugs and return the rooms to cleanliness and freshness!

Physical methods of killing bedbugs

Perhaps the main disadvantage of various chemical poisons used to combat bedbugs is their certain toxicity for humans too (as well as for pets). And no matter how much advertising claims about the safety of a particular drug, you should always understand that insecticides, when inhaled or in prolonged contact with the skin, will definitely not add health.

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At the same time, instead of killing bedbugs with insecticidal preparations, it is sometimes advisable to combine such treatment with physical methods of killing parasites, which include:

• Freezing;
• And also the destruction of bedbugs with hot steam or just hot air.

Such methods are well suited for destroying parasites in children's things, cribs, things of people prone to severe allergic reactions, if people with asthma live indoors, and in some other situations. That is, in cases where it is desirable to minimize the use of chemicals.

On a note

Most modern insecticidal preparations against bedbugs quickly and without consequences break down in the human body into safe compounds, and therefore are not as toxic to people as they are to insects. However, if they come into contact with the skin or mucous membranes, they can cause irritation and provoke allergic reactions, sometimes very severe.

Particularly severe cases of poisoning occur when the instructions for use of a particular drug are not followed, in particular when personal protective equipment (respirator, gloves) is neglected.

The method of freezing bedbugs is especially suitable when clothes, bedding and furniture are infected with parasites - instead of poisoning the bloodsuckers here with insecticides, it is enough to take it all out into the cold: bedbugs, as well as their eggs, die at temperatures below -22°C. It is important to take into account that it may take some time to cool furniture or mattresses “throughout the entire thickness,” so it is advisable to leave things in the cold for at least 24 hours.

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You can also freeze the entire apartment (or the entire private house), but it is important to protect the water supply and heating pipes from freezing.

However, if it is not a harsh winter outside, then you can “kill” bedbugs with heat: the parasites die quite quickly at temperatures above +50°C. Accordingly, the following options are possible:

• Take contaminated items out onto a glassed-in balcony on a hot summer day;
• Wash bedbug-infested clothing in hot water;
• Treat furniture, mattresses, clothing with hot steam using a steam cleaner (steam generator);

• Treat things and furniture with hot air from a hairdryer (it is worth considering that hot air will not penetrate, for example, deep into a thick mattress);
• Using powerful fan heaters, create a temperature in the room above +50°C for several hours (this is how some companies abroad destroy bedbugs).

In general, we can say that both freezing and high-temperature treatment are more suitable for destroying parasites, so to speak, locally - in individual things, contaminated furniture, mattresses, allowing you to reliably destroy not only adults and larvae, but also bedbug eggs. However, in most cases it is advisable to use highly effective insecticidal preparations to treat the main areas in an infected apartment.

At the same time, you need to approach the choice of the drug that you plan to use to kill bedbugs (especially in a residential area) wisely - let's look at this point in more detail...

Effective drugs

Effective insect control products

You don’t have to worry too much about how to kill bedbugs. The most effective products are available in the form of aerosols and concentrates. A new insecticidal product is the Raptor aquafumigator.

Aerosols

It is advisable to kill at home if the number of bed bugs is small and a nest is discovered. The maximum effectiveness of any product of this form is detected within the first 2 hours.

It has an immediate effect; the poison penetrates the body of insects by contact. However, the aerosol does not kill the eggs, and the layer of poison on the treated surface weakens every hour.

On a note!

Repeated treatment is required after 14 days in order to destroy the larvae that emerged from previously laid eggs. You can use the products Raptor, Raid, Combat, Clean House, Karbofos, Dichlorvos.

Concentrates

Killing bedbugs with concentrated emulsion solutions is the best option. Professional products help to cope with any number of parasites in the house.

Professional preparations for bedbugs

The solution is prepared immediately before use, in the concentration specified in the instructions. The action is similar to aerosols, but the concentration of poison on the treated surface and the long-term preservation of properties are different. Microencapsulated professional preparations remain effective for up to 6 months. The entire population of domestic bugs is gradually destroyed.

Effective drugs:

• Executioner, Forsyth;
• Tetrix, Cucaracha;
• Sinuzan, Get;
• Delta Zone, Agran;
• Fufanon, Tsifoks.

Aquafumigator

The pest control of bedbugs using the Raptor aquafumigator is carried out with virtually no human intervention. The poisonous substance is in a special container. It is placed in a container with water. A chemical reaction occurs, as a result of which toxic smoke with droplets of poison is released into the room. The insecticide is able to penetrate into hard-to-reach places through fabric surfaces. Valid for 3 hours. Settles on the surface and retains its properties for about 14 days.

On a note!

Of all the fumigators against bedbugs, the aquafumigator is the most effective.

Any of the listed remedies will give the desired result if used correctly. The fight lasts for a month

Aerosol preparations against parasites

When planning to kill bed bugs on their own, many people prefer to use insecticides in aerosol form because it is very convenient. In addition, using aerosols, you can get almost instant results, especially if you spray the drug directly on insects.

But the duration of action of aerosol agents does not differ; on treated surfaces the toxic effect lasts no more than a few hours.

Instructions for using aerosols

In order for the treatment to be effective and to avoid harm to the health of household members, the following rules must be followed:

• Before using the aerosol, you must remove all food, hygiene products and utensils;
• household members should be sent out of the house for several hours, and pets will have to be sent for a walk with them;
• the person who will work with the drug must wear clothing that covers most of the body, gloves, and a respirator;
• Shake the container with the drug several times;
• spray the drug only over the habitats of bedbugs; you need to treat bedroom furniture, baseboards and other secluded corners in the apartment with special care;

• Do not apply the product to bedding, clothing, soft children's toys;
• After 40-60 minutes, you should ventilate the premises and clean the apartment.

What drugs to use

To treat bedbugs at home, you should choose an aerosol insecticide designed to kill crawling insects. It is better not to use universal products and preparations for exterminating flying insects, as they are less effective against bedbugs. You can use the following tools:

• Raptor;
• Combat;
• Dichlorvos;
• Clean house.

Folk remedies for getting rid of insects

It is important to remember that folk remedies cannot completely destroy bloodsuckers, especially if the colony has grown significantly. Application can be quite effective at the time of the appearance of bedbugs, when their numbers are small. Complete relief can only be achieved when used together with chemicals.

Tansy

Plant rosettes are hung around the apartment around the sleeping areas. The smell of tansy is pungent and bedbugs cannot stand it.

“Smoking out” insects is one of the simplest methods of ridding your home of insects. But it only works if the colony of bedbugs in the apartment is small and the parasites have not yet spread throughout the house. Otherwise, this method may not work.

Sagebrush

Another folk remedy that can kill bedbugs. Just like tansy, wormwood repels parasites with its smell. But you can enhance its effect if you brew an infusion of the herb and use it to wipe the mattresses of the bed and the pillows of upholstered furniture. You can treat the floor with the infusion by splashing the decoction on insect nests.

These remedies will be unreliable if there are a lot of bedbugs in the house. In addition, not only insects, but also the owners of the house themselves will have to endure the pungent smell.

Freezing

The air temperature in the house that is comfortable for parasites fully corresponds to our ideas about comfort - from twenty to twenty-five degrees Celsius. You can kill bedbugs with cold in country houses. In an apartment, you will simply freeze out the entire house, possibly without achieving the desired result.

Vinegar

This is a more reliable remedy. With vinegar essence, while observing the safety rules for working with such liquids, pour the floor in places where colonies of parasites have been noticed. And you wipe furniture and mattresses with 9% vinegar. Then you can open the windows in the house to quickly dispel the acrid smell and leave the room before evening.

Kerosene or turpentine

These products work in the same way as vinegar. But they are more poisonous, and the smell disappears with great difficulty. This way you can kill the parasites when it is possible to take your family out for a couple of days while the apartment is disinfected.

Mechanical method

This is the destruction of bedbugs manually. If the colony of parasites is small, you find the piece of furniture in which they have accumulated and remove it. Or use a vacuum cleaner to clean the nest.

However, there is a high probability that you will not be able to completely get rid of insects. It is better to use more reliable methods.

Choosing traditional methods for cleaning your home from bedbugs

Let’s make a reservation right away - traditional methods will help to expel bedbugs “hot on the heels”, but they are completely powerless against families that have firmly inhabited the apartment and have managed to multiply. They are based on long-existing recipes that exist among the people, and have more than once proven their effectiveness against recently arrived uninvited “guests”. Similarly, folk measures will help when bedbugs live in an apartment next door, and will also protect the home during the mass migration of bloodsuckers when they are poisoned nearby.

Plants that repel bloodsuckers

Herbs such as lavender, chamomile, wild rosemary, tansy and calamus have parasite-repellent properties. These are the main allies in the fight against bedbug invasion.

Bunches of dried or fresh herbs placed in secluded places will help you scare away “uninvited guests” from your home

Fresh parts of the plant - leaves, flowers, twigs - are laid out on the floors of bedrooms and hallways to repel crawling parasites. The dried, crushed mixture is scattered in suspicious areas, and also as a barrier to the penetration of bedbugs into the apartment. A strong decoction of these herbs is suitable for spraying instead of a chemical preparation, but its effect will be much weaker, and the procedure will have to be repeated every other day for 2 weeks, and after a week the entire treatment cycle will be repeated again.

Note! Fresh grass should be replaced regularly as soon as it begins to wilt. The powder of the crushed mixture is renewed as the smell wears off, but no less than after 3 days.

Essential oils as protection against bedbugs

Essential oils are good in the fight against bedbugs because they represent a strong concentrate of the aroma that bedbugs hate, so they act more accurately and more effectively than herbs. To starve out bedbugs, ethers of tea tree, lavender, eucalyptus or rosemary - any of the above - are suitable.

It is necessary to drip a little around the legs of sleeping areas and in places where bedbugs prefer to hide during the day, so that they do not dare to attack sleeping family members. As the aroma fades, it is advisable to renew the treatment until the nighttime biting stops.

Handy household recipes for exterminating bedbugs in an apartment

Some household aggressive liquids are no less repulsive to bedbugs than plant odors. These include ammonia, vinegar, turpentine, denatured alcohol and acetone. They deal a blow to the parasites’ sense of smell, forcing them to hastily leave their homes.

With a solution based on any of these liquids that can be found on the farm, wipe the floors and walls, generously wetting the surface, and also pour it over potential places where bedbugs may be concentrated. After a few days, the parasites will leave the room, but the eggs will remain. Therefore, after 2 weeks, the attack against bedbugs is repeated.

But even for residents, the smell they leave behind can hardly be called attractive. Therefore, these liquids are usually used to treat a room that has been abandoned for a while in order to kill bedbugs from there.

Chemicals

You can kill bedbugs in an apartment yourself using chemicals, which can be in the form of:

• aerosols;
• concentrates;
• microencapsulated products;
• dusts and crayons.

Aerosols

Bedbug pest control using aerosol agents is one of the very common methods of control. These drugs contain insecticidal substances that have a nerve-paralytic effect on insects. Aerosols can be purchased at any hardware store or Moscow market. High efficiency and ease of use are their main advantages. In addition, most of these products have a pleasant smell and are low-risk to human health. Aerosols of the following brands are especially in demand: Clean House, Combat, Raptor or Dichlorvos.

Aerosol Clean Home

Review

Aerosol Raptor is simply a universal remedy. Once used to bait cockroaches, it also dealt with bedbugs. I recommend.

Alexey, Krasnodar

Concentrates

Preparations of this type are a concentrated emulsion based on insecticides. It is diluted with water according to the instructions and the resulting solution is sprayed on contaminated surfaces. The most popular means for killing bedbugs are: Forsythe, Tetrix, Fufanon or Karbofos.

Microencapsulated drugs

Microencapsulated preparations are highly effective in the fight against bloodsuckers. Typically, killing bedbugs with this product does not require re-treatment. The preparations are based on insecticides, which are placed in special capsules. Due to this, the product has a long period of protection (up to 5-6 months). Microencapsulated preparations from Get, Delta Zona, Minap 22 or Lambda Zona are especially well known.

Get remedy for bedbugs

Review

I killed the bloodsuckers at home using Get. Just one treatment was enough to completely get rid of bedbugs. And exterminators were not needed, and I saved the money.

Nikolay, Ryazan

Dusts and crayons

Such means for killing bedbugs are ineffective; they are used more for preventive purposes.

Review

Killing bedbugs with Mashenka's chalk is a waste of time. The insect population will only increase during this time. Therefore, it is better to use more effective means.

Nina, Tagil

Chalk Mashenka

General recommendations when treating premises

In order to effectively control parasites, it is recommended to create an environment unfavorable for bedbugs. When processing with ready-made compounds or using home remedies, it is necessary to protect households and pets. Most formulations have a pungent odor and have toxic properties.

Poison bedbugs at home, taking into account the following recommendations:

• remove people and animals from your apartment or house for 3-5 days;
• pack dishes, hygiene items, and food in sealed, clean containers (boxes, crates);
• strictly follow the attached instructions;
• use personal protection for hands, respiratory organs, eyes, and overalls; Soak clothes, bedding, textile furniture covers with the product, dry, and treat with hot steam using an iron to prevent bedbugs;
• burn the things in which you carried out the treatment or treat them with special compounds;
• after fighting bloodsuckers, ventilate the apartment for 3-5 days;
• wash all surfaces with a solution with the addition of soda (concentration 50 g per 10 l);
• In case of large-scale infection, re-treat after 10-14 days.

Carefully study the composition of the ready-made or popular composition. Make sure that you are not allergic to the components used in the emulsion, spray or powder. Periodically carry out preventive treatment of premises against the appearance of parasites - wash the floor with vinegar, hang fragrant herbs, add essential oils to the cleaning water.

The appearance of parasites in the house is not associated with unsanitary conditions. Blood-sucking insects migrate from neighboring apartments, are carried by animals, and are carried on clothes and shoes. You can quickly get rid of bedbugs at home only with the help of the best household chemicals. Treatment using folk recipes has a repellent effect on bloodsuckers and is only suitable for preventing the appearance.

Processing rules

Having decided to kill bedbugs yourself, you need to inspect the apartment for the presence of bloodsucking nests in it. Most often, parasites live in the sleeping area. Therefore, the bed or sofa should be disassembled into its components, since for the most part it is in the attachment points that bloodsuckers settle. Bed linen, curtains, and clothing must be washed in hot water and heat treated with an iron. Bleach should be used whenever possible.

The prepared insecticidal agent for killing bedbugs is used in accordance with the instructions. They carefully treat the sleeping area, cabinets, tables, cabinets, bookshelves, window sills, baseboards, as well as holes for electrical sockets. It is better to use a steam generator to kill bedbugs in a crib and baby’s things. They can also go through all carpet products.

If self-treatment does not produce results, then it is better to call specialists to your home, because many pest control services can kill bedbugs in Moscow with a guarantee.

Disinsection procedure

Disinsection procedure

There are clear instructions on how to kill bedbugs, which vary somewhat depending on the chosen product:

1. Before using aerosols, shake the can thoroughly. Before using the concentrate, prepare a solution, pour it into a household spray bottle or spray bottle.
2. Processing begins with the nest.
3. Then the furniture is sprayed on the back side, baseboards, and finally walls, floors, and ceilings.
4. Leave the apartment closed for at least 2 hours.
5. Upon return, ventilate thoroughly, even if the product is odorless or has a pleasant aroma. Do wet cleaning in places where hands will touch.

To consolidate the effect, it is recommended to repeat disinsection 14 days after the first. If you cannot exterminate the parasites with your own efforts, you need to call specialists to your home. Private forms and individual Moscow specialists will willingly undertake the task of exterminating bedbugs in Moscow. The cost of disinsection of a one-room apartment with a 6-12 month guarantee averages 1,400 rubles. The destruction of bedbugs is carried out by drip spraying, cold fog, hot fog.

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Liquid and microencapsulated products

The most effective drugs against bedbugs are insecticides sold in the form of concentrated emulsions and microencapsulated products. The difference between these drugs is that in emulsions the insecticide is in the form of a solution, while in microencapsulated products the toxic substance is enclosed in microscopic capsules.

Therefore, the first option begins to act immediately, and the second - after a few days. But microencapsulated products retain their activity for a long time, for several months.

Advice! To get the best effect and ensure that your home is cleaned of parasites, it is recommended to use a combination of products. First, a solution of a concentrated emulsion is used, and then, after cleaning the apartment, a solution of a microencapsulated product is applied.

How to use

Liquid and microcarsulated preparations are used almost identically:

• first you need to prepare a solution by mixing the drug with water in the proportions specified in the instructions;

Advice! It should be borne in mind that to combat different types of insects, it is necessary to prepare a solution in different concentrations.

• the solution is prepared in cold water to prevent evaporation of the insecticide;
• the finished solution is poured into a bottle with a spray bottle, as this is the most convenient method of application;
• the drug is sprayed in secluded places in the house where bedbugs usually live;
• Safety precautions when working with solutions are the same as for aerosols.

What drugs to use

To carry out disinsection, you can use concentrated emulsions:

• Tetrix;
• Fufanon;
• Karbofos;
• Forsyth.

You can also use microencapsulated products:

• Get;
• Microfos;
• Minap 22.

So, if bedbugs appear in the house, you need to immediately select means to destroy them. The type of drug used to kill bed bugs is selected depending on the degree of infestation. So, if there are few bedbugs, you can limit the use of dust or aerosol. For more serious infections, it is worth using emulsion concentrates and microencapsulated products.