How and how to poison bedbugs in city apartments

Bedbugs bite people and warm-blooded animals and are believed to be potential carriers of more than 40 different diseases and infections. Insects do not leave apartments on their own; their bites itch and take a long time to heal. The presence of bedbugs in the house cannot be ignored. The longer they stay indoors, the more numerous they become and the more annoying they become. It is necessary to kill bedbugs as soon as you notice the first individuals or suspicious bites. You can do this yourself or with the help of specialists from the sanitary and epidemiological service.

How to make sure there are insects in your apartment

Household members may not even suspect the presence of bedbugs in the apartment, and for a long time. In order to make sure that nocturnal bloodsuckers are present in the apartment, there are certain recommendations. The main habitats of house bugs are:

bed; armchairs and sofas; bed linen and towels.

Bedbugs are active at night, when people are sleeping, the parasites attack them and drink blood. A terrible sight, but such a phenomenon is quite common. If bedbugs are infested in one of the apartments of a multi-storey building, then after some time they can multiply so much that they will become a nightmare for absolutely all residents of this building.

The main location of colonies of quiet insects are baseboards, heating systems and other hard-to-reach places where the air temperature does not drop to +15 degrees. If the temperature is below +15 degrees, then the bugs leave such a room or die out.

To make sure there are blood-sucking pests in the apartment, there is no need to check all hard-to-reach places, especially since you are unlikely to find them during the day. You can arrange a raid at night, but the chances are almost zero, since you can wait all night with a flashlight, but still not wait for the bloodsucker to attack. In this case, in the morning a red dot (one or several) is found on the body, which is the site of the bug bite. This point indicates that the bug has damaged the integrity of the skin for the purpose of feeding. Parasites feed on blood, and one adult is able to suck up to 7 ml of blood at a time. Therefore, the main way to determine the presence of bedbugs in an apartment is the formation of such red spots on the body, which will itch and itch throughout the day.

Bedbugs go out hunting at night, so humans do not react to insect attacks. In addition, bedbug saliva contains an anesthetic substance.

Most of the bites are caused by females, and males are less active in this regard, but cause no less harm than females.

The second, no less reliable way to determine the presence of bedbugs in an apartment is the presence of a characteristic odor in closed areas. This could be a closet, a place behind the wardrobe, behind a closet, a sofa, etc. The aroma indicating the existence of bedbugs in the apartment is fragrant with the smell of burnt nuts. Now you know how you can verify the presence of bedbugs in an apartment, which is very important. After all, to effectively fight a parasite, you need to know it in person.

How to properly prepare for disinfestation

In order for the treatment result to be of high quality and bedbugs to not appear again, it is necessary to properly prepare the apartment for the visit of pest control specialists. To do this you need:

• carry out wet cleaning;
• remove dust from all surfaces;
• wash bed linen, soft toys, textiles.

During the destruction of bedbugs, there should be no people or pets in the room. If everything is done correctly, then we guarantee 100% destruction of little bloodsuckers. Thanks to our affordable prices, not only owners of luxury apartments, but also residents of small dorm rooms can order treatment from us.

Known methods of fighting bedbugs

There are many ways and means to combat bedbugs. The main ways to combat parasites include:

Freezing out parasites. Destruction of night pests using boiling water and steam. Increase in air temperature. A physical way to combat parasites.

In addition to these methods, you can fight parasites with the help of special insecticides, the effectiveness of which is many times higher than the methods listed above. In addition to special insecticides, which are available in different forms and types, there are also traditional methods of control. Let's take a closer look at all these methods and methods, after which we will summarize and draw a conclusion.

Aerosol insecticides

How can you quickly destroy bedbugs in an apartment using special preparations? If you decide to kill bedbugs yourself, then aerosol insecticides are the best option. Due to its principle of action, an aerosol insecticide is quite effective, but not safe for humans. The aerosol must be sprayed onto those types of surfaces where bedbugs primarily live or crawl. The aerosol method of combating parasites gives the fastest results, therefore it is the most popular and in demand.

By spraying an aerosol, the likelihood that the poison in the air will reach its target is very low, unless the spraying occurs directly on the bedbugs themselves or their colonies. After spraying, the poison settles on the surface, over which an insect can crawl over time. It is at this moment that the likelihood of infection with an insecticide is highest, so after some time the parasite dies out.

The disadvantage of all types of aerosols is the possibility of human poisoning with these insecticides. The poison is dangerous not only for humans, but also for animals. In order to properly exterminate bedbugs using an aerosol at home, you must follow these recommendations:

Remove all food products from the kitchen, as the poison may settle on them during spraying. You should also hide utensils and personal supplies, which will increase safety. All family members and animals should be removed from the premises where disinfection will be carried out. It is necessary to close all doors and windows, as well as ventilation ducts. The person who will perform the aerosol spraying procedure must wear goggles, a respirator, gloves and a gown. Clothes must be washed after disinfection is completed.

Before spraying the can, you need to shake it thoroughly, which is often indicated on the product itself. Spraying should be done in a direction away from you, holding the can at arm's length. The approximate distance to the object is about 20-30 cm. It is prohibited to spray the aerosol on electrical appliances, as well as open fire. It is necessary to spray in those places where the presence or habitation of parasites has previously been identified. At the end of the spraying procedure, you should open the windows for ventilation and leave the room for 2-3 hours.

To completely destroy bedbugs, it is necessary to thoroughly treat with insecticides all places where bedbugs can make their nests

Now we’ll find out what aerosols exist to control insects at home.

Raptor. The basis of an effective remedy for bedbugs is the poison of the peritroid group, due to which it has a paralytic effect on parasites. The maximum effectiveness of this drug is due to its local effect on bedbugs and their nests. The cost of such a drug is about 200 rubles.

Raid. This aerosol is intended for treating upholstered furniture, for example, if you need to kill bedbugs in a sofa or bed. The raid is due not only to the effectiveness of the effect, but also to the absence of an unpleasant odor, which quickly disappears. The cost of such a product does not exceed 200 rubles.

Mikrofos +. If the first two preparations have practically no odor, then Mikrofos + has a powerful aroma. This aroma gives high performance indicators, but finding Mikrofos Plus is quite difficult. The cost of a Mikrofos canister will cost 1,500 rubles.

Battalion commander Another effective drug, which is additionally equipped with various types of attachments. These attachments allow you to disinfect hard-to-reach areas, which increases the likelihood of fighting parasites. The best effect is achieved by direct action on bloodsuckers, their nests and eggs. The cost of Combat is about 150 rubles.

Bed bugs live in cracks in walls, in parquet floors, and near heating systems, so when using an aerosol, be sure to spray poison in these places.

Using aerosols, you can also destroy bedbug eggs by spraying any of the above drugs on them. In addition to aerosol preparations for killing bedbugs, there are also powder types.

Sanitation carried out by specialists

The high cost of this option is justified by a guarantee of quality, the use of the latest bug control devices, and a large customer base. To evaluate professionalism, it is necessary to compare comments about various bedbug control companies on various thematic forums. Positive reviews are a reliable guide, a weather vane of quality.

These methods of sanitation against bedbugs in an apartment are in use...

The corresponding services have recently adopted fog. It is used both hot and cold. The steam generator produces tiny liquid particles.

Fuel is water, an inexhaustible resource. All sorts of chemicals are mixed into it, otherwise the desired result simply cannot be achieved. The solution to the problem directly depends on high or low temperature.

1. “Hot offer” is in great demand. Having chosen hot fog, it will be useful to have a spare place to spend the night. If you agree on the so-called “drip spraying”, which is harmful for both bedbugs and humans, the former will die out 100%, and you will only have to spend two or three days in another house. Only then is it allowed to return to one’s native walls without fear.
2. Safety is the advantage of cold fog. It causes less harm to health and disappears after a couple of hours. Its particles do not penetrate the respiratory tract. The rules for using cold fog are no different from the previous method (hot fog).

Of course, such treatment against bedbugs at home radically changes the situation in the apartment. The fog combines temperature and poison, which makes the method a priori lethal. However, there are some unpleasant consequences. How typical it is to have exceptions.

Drugs diluted in water force owners to do local cleaning: wipe tables, chairs, remove garbage, ventilate the room. It seems that there is no destructive influence on things... Not so! Unfortunately, the great and powerful fog can create problematic spots everywhere, which, at the same time, are incredibly difficult to remove. However, if you only want peace, perceive it as the highest goal of the whole undertaking, then choose the fog without any twinges of conscience.

A weak analogue of fog is steam produced by irons or special devices. It pales in comparison to a “weather event.”

People don’t want to turn to sanitation services because of the cost. One apartment (with no matter what area) is estimated at approximately 1,800 rubles. The principle of “cheaper in bulk” is quoted here. For example, for etching in four apartments, the owners will pay a total of up to two and a half thousand rubles. It’s more economical, but not everyone will do this: what if bedbugs are just annoying you!

Since the team has been hired and money has been paid for the labor, order additional cleaning of the bathroom. As a rule, it is not needed there, but this is to get the maximum benefit from the agreement (tricks are sometimes good). As a rule, such a bonus is included in the list of services absolutely free of charge.

Powder insecticides

Do not doubt that most sellers will advise you on powder types of insecticides against bedbugs. The peculiarity of powder insecticides is that the parasite must feast on this product, after which it dies. But bedbugs feed on blood, so they definitely won’t feed on powder. This indicates that powder products are less effective than aerosols.

This applies only to powders that are based on intestinal poison. Such powders are cheap and practically ineffective. But another thing is powder, in which the main destructive substance is a contact poison. The use of such means increases the likelihood of killing bedbugs, but this process is extended over time.

In the store you can find the following types of effective insecticidal powders:

Chlorophos. Presented as an organophosphate insecticide that must be prepared before use. To prepare, you need to dilute 15 grams of powder in 10 liters of water. The drug is toxic and dangerous to humans, so follow all safety rules when using it. The result when using Chlorophos is almost 100%.

Neopine. An effective powder that allows you to overcome bed bugs once and for all. It also needs to be diluted in water before use. The method of application is to spray the resulting solution in all places where bedbugs can live. 2 hours after irrigation, the applied drug should be washed off. To get 100% results, it is necessary to carry out the procedure of irrigating the premises with this drug every day for 1-2 weeks. A one-time use of Neopin or Chlorophos will only reduce the number of parasites.

Mashenka. Many people probably know about the “Mashenka” chalk, as it is used to combat many types of domestic parasites. This type of chalk is based on a poison of the pyrethroid group, which destroys the nervous system of the parasite, after which the bug dies. Chalk Mashenka is inexpensive, but quite effective, so you can choose this product. It is used to combat single insects, but it is not capable of removing large colonies.

You can also find liquid means for killing bedbugs on the market, but there are very few of them. To use liquid insecticides, you will need to acquire special equipment, which is quite expensive. Moreover, liquid products are almost similar in effectiveness to aerosols and powder preparations.

Temperature treatment

How to kill bedbugs without using special means? It will not be possible to destroy parasites this way, but it is possible to remove them. The essence of the temperature method is that you need to turn off the heating in the room and wait until the temperature drops to +10 degrees. With this mode, all the bugs will leave their home or run away to their neighbors, but as soon as the temperature rises again, they will disturb you again. Bedbugs die at temperatures of minus 22 degrees, so while it drops, they will have time to escape.

Using this method, do not forget about the heating system, which can freeze, and this threatens the development of big troubles with the housing office and neighbors.

If you need to remove bedbugs from a sofa or chair, then in winter it is recommended to take this piece of furniture outside, leaving it for several hours.

You can use another temperature method, which is based on warming the parasites. But in order to do this, you need to find the location of the parasites, and then pour boiling water over them or scald them with steam. At home, such methods are impractical, since even if you find a nest of bedbugs, you definitely do not want to pour boiling water on your furniture, walls and other objects.

An experienced team of exterminators has a steam generator in its arsenal, with which it is possible to destroy an entire colony with one jet of steam. Another option that exterminators use is prolonged heating of the room, reaching a temperature of +50 degrees. This temperature is also fatal to parasites.

What means does the SES use against bedbugs?

These poisons are extremely dangerous, they can only be used by specialists.
How do the sanitary and epidemiological station poison bedbugs? Its employees have several options of poisons for bedbugs and other pests. These are inexpensive but extremely effective tools that can only be used by specialists. These include:

• "Karbofos": it has been known since the times of the USSR. This is an inexpensive but good product, which has several significant disadvantages: the drug has an incredibly persistent and unpleasant odor that lasts for several months. Additionally, due to its popularity in the past, many bed bugs today have become immune to it.
• "Fufanon": an insecticide similar to karbofos, they have the same active substance. However, the smell of fufanon is less persistent and unpleasant, and its effectiveness is slightly higher. This substance is often used in remote regions with low funding.
• “Effective Ultra”: belongs to hazard class 4 - low dangerous (most poisons have class 3 - moderately dangerous). The product is highly effective, has no unpleasant odor and has a long-lasting protective effect. The effectiveness of the poison is associated with the presence of several active ingredients: if one poison does not affect the bedbugs, another will help. Unfortunately, due to the high price, “Effective Ultra” is often purchased by non-governmental exterminators.

Hot mist produces smaller droplets than cold mist

• "Extermin": a microcapsule product that appeared not so long ago. It is highly efficient, popular with private customers: it does the job well and is quite cheap. It is often used in public and private SES. However, the smell problem also affected him.
• "Chlorpyrimark": similar in composition and effect to "Tetrix", but it contains flavorings that help a little to cope with the unpleasant odor.
• “Biorin”: often used by exterminators, sprayed using hot or cold fog technology. With its help, you can destroy a colony of bedbugs or ants in one go.

SES treats apartments against bedbugs using the hot or cold fog method. Both options are a poisonous aqueous gas solution that is sprayed into the air. The droplets are small, they easily penetrate into cracks and hard-to-reach places.

Both methods have some important features:

• Cold fog has an air temperature, hot fog - about +60 degrees;
• Drops obtained from hot fog spraying are several times smaller and are more effective in killing parasites;
• Cold fog is not visible, hot fog is white or grayish in color and is easier to control.

Traditional methods

Even before the release of various insecticides, people fought bedbugs using folk remedies. It should be immediately noted that most folk methods simply scare away parasites, after which they can return again. But there are also options that actually destroy bedbugs. We will find out what these methods are further.

Effective folk remedies against bedbugs include:

vinegar; wormwood; tansy; ammonia.

Bedbugs cannot tolerate the smell of wormwood and tansy, so if it is present, the parasites leave their usual habitats. This method does not destroy parasites, but rather simply removes them. To do this, it is necessary to place dry wormwood or tansy around the apartment in those places where parasites mainly live. The disadvantage of this method is the unpleasant smell of this steppe grass, which household members will have to breathe. Moreover, this herb is an allergen, so not everyone will be able to spread it around the apartment.

Wormwood and tansy can cause the development of allergies if one of the family members has an individual intolerance to one of these herbs. Before using this method, you should make sure that other family members are not allergic.

The components listed above can be mixed with each other, but in the end the result will not be destruction, but the expulsion of parasites. Such folk remedies do not have a prolonged effect, so their effectiveness is due to spraying vinegar or ammonia directly on the eggs or the bedbugs themselves. Colonies or places where nocturnal bloodsuckers accumulate can be treated with the following fairly effective liquid formulations:

pure denatured alcohol; aviation kerosene; vinegar, naphthalene and 90% alcohol.

Traditional methods are effective only if the parasites live in small clusters, but if you find a whole colony, then it is better to use an aerosol insecticide. In addition, the above products are very dangerous, they are flammable, toxic and difficult to remove from furniture after use.

Odorless drugs

Among other things, there are many odorless products that can kill crawling insects. These include:

• Poisonous bait gels.
  They are used to control cockroaches and ants and contain only directly toxic substances and bitterness for taste. Bitters are needed so that no one can swallow a single gram of the poisonous substance. The question is relevant, especially in homes with small children and animals. They are not suitable for poisoning bedbugs for one simple reason. They are intended for internal use. Bedbugs only know how to suck blood. Their trunk is not designed for anything else. All that can attract a bug to feed is the smell of a human body.
• Powders “Pyrethrum”, “Clean House”, “Brownie”. Either there is no smell at all, or the smell is faint. They have an effect on bedbugs, but very mediocre. When they land on the body of a bug, they poison it through the chitinous shell. In this case, direct entry into the esophagus is not required at all. There is no need to count on the fact that bedbugs will be removed using these products. There is always a possibility that some of the parasites remained unaffected and continued to exist.

• Crayons and pencils like “Mashenka”. They are approximately the same in terms of effectiveness as previous preparations, but can additionally be applied to vertical surfaces. In this regard, crayons are even more effective than powders, but they also do not provide a 100% guarantee in solving the problem.

As you can see, not every odorless product can effectively destroy parasite populations. Therefore, manufacturers are forced to produce drugs that would effectively get rid of the problem and would not cause discomfort associated with odors.

Methods for removing bedbugs from carpet

Carpeting is a great place for bed bugs to live. The more pile there is on the carpet, the more parasites it can live in. If you discover the presence of night bloodsuckers in the carpet, then there is a certain list of methods that allow you to remove them.

Cleaning carpet using a vacuum cleaner. To do this, you need to set the vacuum cleaner to full power and carefully walk it over the entire surface of the coating.

Carpet washing. To implement this method, you need to take the carpet outside and clean it with detergents. Treat the carpet with insecticides. You can treat the carpet with an aerosol insecticide, after which you can be sure that all the parasites living in it will die out. Thermal elimination of parasites. To kill parasites, it is necessary to expose the carpet to low or high temperatures. The only drawback of this method is the inability to achieve high (+50 degrees) and low (-22 degrees) temperatures.

White vinegar. Use a brush to rub white vinegar into the carpet. It is recommended to repeat the procedure over time, which will increase the effectiveness of this method.

Whatever option for eliminating bedbugs from a carpet would be used, it is important to remember that parasites are hiding not only in one place. The very next day after treating the carpet, new bedbugs can inhabit it, which today live in any corner of your apartment.