Cypermethrin for bedbugs: description, application, reviews

Cypermethrin Cypermethrin against cockroaches is used in residential and non-residential premises. The product is available in the form of a concentrate, from which you need to prepare a solution yourself. Carrying out disinfestation requires compliance with instructions and safety rules. The insectoacaricidal substance acts on crawling and flying insects and retains its toxic properties for several days.

Operating principle

Cypermethrin acts against cockroaches based on a toxic substance. When it comes into contact with an insect's body, it causes muscle paralysis and death. The maximum effect lasts 2 hours. Due to the sharp suffocating smell, cockroaches get out of the shelter in search of a safe place, but receive a lethal dose of poison. The death of sexually mature and immature individuals occurs instantly.

On a note!

After disinfestation is completed, cypermethrin continues to act for another 2 weeks, but every day the properties weaken. Since baby cockroaches may appear after 10-14 days, the treatment of the room must be repeated. Within a month, with the help of two disinsections, the colony of cockroaches is completely eliminated.

Pros:

• quick results;
• prolonged action;
• optimal price;
• economical consumption;
• ease of use.

Minuses:

• unpleasant odor;
• you need to prepare the solution yourself;
• the purchase of personal protective equipment is required - rubber gloves, a respirator, a suit.

On a note!

Cypermethrin against cockroaches is used for any degree of infestation of the room. If there are few insects, a decrease in the concentration of the active substance is allowed.

Impact on humans

The insecticide has a harmful effect only on insects and cold-blooded creatures. But any drug of low toxicity is poisonous for people.

If the room is poorly ventilated during processing, the person in it may become poisoned. At the same time, his coordination of movements is impaired, salivation increases, convulsions, absent-minded attention and slowness are observed. The poisoned person may not react to light.

Children, pregnant and lactating women should not handle this drug. It is not recommended to use the insecticide for people who have skin diseases or hypersensitivity to chemicals.

Cypermethrin in high concentrations can be hazardous to health.
You can protect yourself from side effects only if you take precautions. Protective clothing and accessories should not be neglected. While preparing and spraying the emulsion, do not eat or drink, or smoke. After treating the room with Cypermethrin, clothes should be washed in hot liquid. Hands should be washed with soap and mouth should be rinsed with clean water.

Compound

The active ingredient is an insectoacaricidal substance – cypermethrin 25%. Belongs to the class of pyrethroids. Penetrates into the body of cockroaches through the chitinous cover. Cypermethrin is a moderately hazardous substance; if the instructions for use are not followed, it causes intoxication of varying degrees of complexity. During disinsection, the skin and respiratory tract must be protected from exposure to poison.

Cypermethrin 25 is produced by a Russian company in bottles of different capacities. The shelf life is 2 years from the date of manufacture, 1 year after the first use of the drug. The finished solution must be used within 3 days.

What products are Cypermethrin used in?

• Tetrix - 25% concentrated emulsion. Available in 250ml bottles and 1L and 5L canisters.
• Tsifox is a concentrated emulsion containing cypermethrin 25%. Available in containers of 50 ml (enough for an apartment), 500 ml and 1 l.
• Cucaracha - contains 20% insecticide. Available in 50 ml, 1 l and 5 l.
• Medilis Zipper - 25% cypermethrin, produced in 1 ml ampoules and 5 ml bottles. Also available in 50 ml and 100 ml.
• Insecticidal Chalk Mashenka - an old proven remedy is more suitable for prevention against domestic parasites or in isolated cases of occurrence.
• Insecticide is available in 300 ml containers and is ready for use.
• Raid is an aerosol for a wide range of applications.
• Clean Home - available both as an aerosol and in powder form (dust).
• Sichlor - contains 10% cypermethrin and also florpyrifos. Together, it has proven itself well in the fight against bedbugs.
• Sipaz Super - 25% insecticide. Available in 1l and 25l containers used by professional exterminators. Not widely available.

Terms of use

The instructions for use against cockroaches are simple - prepare a solution, treat the areas of greatest concentration of insects, and the trajectory of their movement. Disinsection is carried out completely, selectively, depending on the stage of infection and the number of cockroaches. They process baseboards, floors, and furniture from the reverse side.

The solution should be diluted against cockroaches immediately before baiting. It is allowed to use the finished product for 3 days, but then the toxic properties are reduced. Pour the solution into a spray bottle or household spray bottle. Spray the surface at a distance of 20 cm.

The treatment of an apartment or house is carried out with the windows closed, the room is left for 2 hours, then it is ventilated, and wet cleaning is carried out in places where hands will touch. Before disinfestation, you should also clean and move furniture away from the wall. There should be no other people or animals in the room at the time of bullying.

Important!

To consolidate the result and destroy young cockroaches, you need to carry out repeated disinfestation after 10-14 days, or as soon as small cockroaches come into view.

Mode of application

The working composition should be prepared immediately before use. To dilute the emulsion, it is allowed to take both filtered and clean tap water. Calculate the proportions of the concentrate according to the instructions provided by the manufacturer along with the packaging.

You can organize a uniform coating of the solution using spray devices and spray guns.

The amount of FAS Cypermethrin required for the preparation of working emulsions:

Calculation of the amount of FAS Cypermethrin for preparing a working emulsion:

Calculation of the amount of FAS Cypermethrin for preparing a working emulsion when treating clothes against ixodid ticks and fleas:

Reviews

Reviews about Cypermethrin are different. Many buyers claim that the drug is good against mosquitoes and flies, but has a bad effect on cockroaches.

We poisoned with Cypermethrin 4 times. The effect is short-lived. There was a suspicion that cockroaches quickly developed immunity to this poison. For Prussians, the drug is rather weak.

Marina, Moscow

We took Cypermethrin against mosquitoes when we were going out for the night. When I noticed a cockroach in the kitchen, I quickly diluted the solution and treated the floor behind the furniture and baseboards. I did not carry out a full disinfestation. The next day I found dead cockroaches. They were still alive for another week, then they disappeared. Cypermethrin helped us

Inna, Voronezh

Release form

It is a professional product. It is a concentrated emulsion. It is prohibited to use the emulsion in this concentration.

It is intended for preparing a solution that is prepared immediately before treatment. You can purchase 50 ml bottles. For use over large areas and territories, canisters with a volume of 1 liter and 5 liters are available.

Analogs from other manufacturers

In specialized stores there is a wide range of insecticidal poison against cockroaches. There are products from domestic and foreign manufacturers. The application is similar. Maximum properties last for 2 hours. In most cases, buyers pay attention to the presence of a strong odor and choose products with fragrances.

Effective means:

• Agran. Concentrate with two active components - chlorpyrifos, cypermethrin.
• Digital. The same Cypermethrin, but foreign made, with flavorings.
• Sinuzan. Strong concentrate with a pungent odor. The active substance is chlorpyrifos. Acts similarly to cypermethrin.
• Karbofos. The active substance is malathion. A modern insecticide that is resistant to ultraviolet radiation.
• Cucaracha. It works on the basis of malathion, cypermethrin.

The natural insecticide Permethrin is commercially available, which is obtained from Caucasian chamomile flowers. The active ingredient is pyrethrin. Synthetic pyrethroids were created on its basis. Pyrethrum against cockroaches is absolutely safe for people and animals, but it also acts on insects for only 2 hours.

Cypermethrin 25 will cope perfectly with cockroaches with light to moderate infestation; if there are a lot of insects, it is recommended to choose a more powerful drug - with the addition of another insecticide.

What is Cypermethrin

Cypermethrin is a highly active contact-intestinal insecticide. Which paralyzes both larvae and adult insects. With a long residual effect on surfaces treated with it (20 - 30) days. Resistant to high temperatures and exposure to sunlight.

The action of Cypermethrin is to act on nerve endings, causing paralysis of the insect and its subsequent death. Cypermethrin-based products are used against household insects: bed bugs, cockroaches, ants and fleas. Use is permitted in medical, children's, food and communal premises. As well as medical disinsection and the population in everyday life. Belongs to the group of peritroids and is available in the form of: concentrated emulsion 5 - 25%, powder and tablets.

Property of matter

It is a colorless transparent liquid with a weak specific odor.
Contains 8 types of isomers (chemicals with the same molecular formula). One part of which affects flying insects, the other on crawling ones. Resistant to ultraviolet rays and acidic environments. Disintegrates under the influence of alkali. Preparations based on Cypermethrin belong to groups 2 and 3 of danger to humans (little dangerous and moderately dangerous). Interesting fact: Predatory bugs Acanthaspis petax feed on ants, and attach the sucked skins to their backs in the form of a kind of shield. This technique confuses the spiders, who mistake the shield for a cluster of living ants that can resist it.

How to prepare an apartment for processing

We will vacuum and do wet cleaning. Cleaning will help you partially destroy individual crawling individuals, locate nests and assess the degree of charge in the apartment.

• We move all the furniture to the center of the room
• Freeing windows from curtains and drapes
• Freeing walls from carpets and paintings
• We remove the bed linen and send it to the wash
• We turn over the mattress, sofa cushions, etc.
• We put food, cosmetics and personal care products in thick plastic bags
• We put clothes in closets, but only if treatment inside the closets is not needed
• We take out or tightly cover the fish and all indoor plants.
• We remove people and pets

Security measures

Treatment with Alphacypermethrin against bedbugs should be carried out wearing protective clothing: a suit, gloves. Hands should be completely covered. It is also necessary to wear glasses and a gauze bandage, since the toxic fumes of Cypermethrin can cause respiratory diseases. Family members and pets must be taken to a safe place. Even plants that are taken out to the balcony or other room need protection.

After bullying, clothes are thoroughly washed or thrown away, the face and hands are washed with soap. Security measures cannot be neglected. This can lead to severe toxic poisoning, symptoms of which include gait disturbance, drooling and even convulsions.

First aid

If the product gets on your skin, blot it with a cotton swab and wash the affected area with soap.

If the product gets into your eyes, rinse with plenty of running water and drop in a 30% solution of sodium sulfacyl or a 2% solution of novocaine.

If the product gets into the stomach or through the respiratory tract, rinse your mouth with a soda solution, drink 2 glasses of water with 10-15 tablets of activated carbon and go out into fresh air. In case of complications or necessity, consult a doctor immediately.

Precautionary measures

Although the product is characterized by low toxicity, precautions when working with it are required. The person performing the treatment must protect the face and skin from contact with the substance.

To do this, you need to wear rubber gloves, special clothing and a respirator. During the treatment of the apartment against bedbugs and the next 24 hours, it is advisable to move all residents and pets to another apartment. It is also recommended to remove personal belongings and hygiene items from the apartment. Clothes, soft toys, mattresses and bedding must be treated in the hottest possible water. All contact surfaces (especially those that children can touch) must be thoroughly wiped with a soda-soap solution.

Cifox

You can easily buy Tsifoks in hardware stores - a yellowish liquid with a pungent aroma. Contains 25% cypermethrin. The product is available in plastic bottles with a capacity of 50 to 1000 ml.

The drug effectively destroys pests and protects the apartment from re-infestation.

1. The instructions say that the solution is diluted with water before use.
2. To eliminate a small colony of cockroaches, dissolve 1 ml of the substance in 1000 ml of water.
3. If numerous nests are found, double the concentration.
4. Mix the liquid thoroughly, place in a spray bottle and spray the room.

In reviews of Tsifoks against cockroaches, people emphasize its speed. Insects die en masse 30 minutes after exposure to the insecticide. Among the disadvantages, buyers consider the need to dilute the product and adhere to the proportions.

Where to buy and how much does it cost?

Owners of apartments affected by infection often do not know where they can buy the chemical, or how much this poison costs. Until recently, Cypermethrin for bedbugs, which has good reviews, was mainly used by sanitary and epidemiological services. Now the drug itself and analogues of the active component are easy to find on the open market. It is often available in hardware stores, and you can purchase the pesticide on the Internet in a few minutes. Store addresses can be found in any search engine.

You can find complaints online about the high cost of the drug. But this only applies to large bottles that are purchased for industrial use: they actually cost from 1,700 rubles. For an ordinary apartment, a 50 ml bottle of Cypermethrin is enough, the price of which ranges from 140 to 260 rubles.

Purpose

The product is intended for the destruction of cockroaches, ants, bedbugs, fleas, flies, mosquitoes and rat mites in objects of various categories: in residential and non-residential premises, hotels, hostels, in public catering establishments (on weekends or sanitary days) by personnel of organizations engaged in disinfection activities , as well as to combat ixodid ticks (carriers of tick-borne encephalitis, Lyme disease and other diseases) when processing natural sites by professional contingent (employees of institutions authorized to engage in disinfection activities, supervisory authorities in the field of consumer rights protection and human well-being).