Bed bugs: what are pests and how to effectively deal with them

Bed bugs are found in many houses and apartments throughout Russia. For a comfortable stay indoors, they need a more or less warm microclimate and a regular source of food, which is the blood of people and animals.

Of course, for humans and pets, living in the company of blood-sucking insects is not only unpleasant, but also dangerous to health. Very often, such proximity ends in multiple bites for people and animals, which lead to the development of serious allergic reactions.

How dangerous are bed bugs to human health?

With their presence in the house, ectoparasites cause great harm, which is expressed in the following:

• insects regularly attack humans, inflicting multiple bites. Traces from their attacks can itch for a long time and remain visible;
• due to ectoparasite bites, there is a high probability of contracting more than 40 dangerous diseases;
• Living in the same house with bed bugs is a constant stress that prevents you from sleeping and resting peacefully. As a result, a person’s well-being, mood and performance deteriorate;
• After an attack by pests, allergies often appear in the form of rashes, itching, burning and other reactions.

In addition, unsanitary conditions are created in the apartment and dirt appears. This is due to the fact that bedbugs constantly leave behind a characteristic brown discharge. It is extremely difficult to clean things, furniture and clothes from them, which creates additional stressful situations.

Insect habitat conditions

It is a mistake to think that bedbugs necessarily require unsanitary conditions to live. They feel great both in a rustic barn with animals and in a luxurious apartment with expensive renovations.

If insects appear in an apartment building or in one of the apartments, then soon their invasion is expected in other apartments. Walls and floors for bedbugs are not an insurmountable obstacle. Insects move easily around the house. Residents of neighboring apartments should immediately prepare for problems with bedbugs. The fight ahead will not be easy.

What do bed bugs look like?

The appearance of these pests depends on gender, stage of development and degree of saturation with blood fluid:

• Bedbug larvae reach 1.5-2 mm in length depending on age. They are distinguished from adult individuals by their coloring - the shade of their body is more transparent and lighter;
• a hungry adult ectoparasite reaches 1-3 mm in length. As the insect becomes saturated with blood, it can increase to 7 mm;
• males are easy to recognize by their more elongated body, females by their more rounded body;
• the color of the pest’s back can be red, copper or brown, depending on the level of saturation with blood fluid;
• a well-fed house bug turns purple due to the blood inside its translucent body;
• The insect has 6 legs and has mustaches on its round head.

When multiplying, pests lay eggs that are very similar to grains of rice. Their length does not exceed 1 mm. If you look at a photo of bedbugs, you will notice that their larvae immediately after hatching are full-fledged, but very small insects. Under favorable conditions, they grow to the size of an adult in 30-40 days.

Characteristic features of their eggs

The female lays 3-4 eggs at a time, which are transparent and about 0.5 mm in size. But despite this, they are noticeable, since they are among adult insects and their metabolic products. Each egg has an elongated shape and resembles an ant's.

Only the larvae that emerge from the eggs bear a strong resemblance to young cockroaches or lice. Initially they are translucent and light. At this time, they can no longer be confused with other insects. Larvae that have not received food for a long time have a uniform light yellow color.

How to distinguish from other insects in the house?

Due to the characteristic appearance of bedbugs, they can be easily identified against the background of other insects. From the outside they look like little bugs. They differ from cockroaches and ants by being slower and having a rounded, slightly pointed body shape.

They also cannot be confused with woodlice and centipedes, which have much larger legs. If it is still difficult for you to make the distinction, you need to take a high-resolution photo of the domestic bug on your phone, and then zoom in on the picture on the screen. This way you can see in detail all the details of the pest’s anatomy.

6) Chairs and tables

Wood, especially untreated and not coated with any varnish, is rightly considered one of the most “favorite” materials for bedbugs. Tables and chairs are often made from it. In this case, they can and are highly likely to become places where insects hide. Especially if a chair or table is installed next to the bed.

In addition to the joints of wooden parts, parasites also use the upholstery as a hiding place, as well as the places where the fabric joins the chair frame. It is also necessary to carefully inspect the furniture for defects in various surfaces and the structure as a whole - potholes, cracks or crevices. These places also often attract parasites and are used by them for daytime stay.

Bed bugs - lifestyle and activity

These insects prefer to live in dark, secluded corners where they can hide from people and animals.
In such favorable places, parasites can nest in whole colonies or alone. If you still managed to find their secret hideout, this does not mean that there is not another cluster of bedbugs in other parts of the apartment. It is important to consider that when they start in an apartment, they can disperse into different rooms. You can understand what a bedbug and its shelter look like from numerous photos on the Internet - they often show insects on the back of the mattress, the back of the bed and in other secluded places.

During the day, bedbugs are traditionally inactive. Their main activity begins at night from about 3 to 6 o'clock. During this period of time, bloodsuckers crawl out of their shelters to attack sleeping people. A person learns about their activity in the morning when he discovers bite marks on himself.

Therefore, the secluded rookeries of these insects are often located near places where people prefer to sleep or relax. This allows ectoparasites to quickly reach their victims and feed on blood. So it’s often not difficult to determine where bedbugs live in an apartment. As a rule, these are bedrooms or children's rooms.

How many species are there in nature?

There is a huge variety of bedbugs in nature; in total there are almost 100 thousand species. This amount was established by entomological scientists. However, there are other species of insects that have not yet been studied.

In official numbers, there are different types of bedbugs, among which there are predators and herbivorous inhabitants. Predatory species prefer to attack animals and people. They feed on the blood of humans, inhabitants of forests and thickets. Others feed on plant sap and leaves.

House bugs

Types of house bugs are predators that attack people, bite, and suck blood. One of the dangerous species of this group of insects is the triatomine.

Among the main features of house bugs it is worth highlighting:

• their body is small, it has a round shape;
• Insects have a durable chitinous shell that protects them from negative influences and increases their survival;
• The bedbugs in the apartment do not have wings, they do not need them. They move quickly and can travel long distances in a few seconds;
• the structure of the oral apparatus allows it to pierce the durable surface of plants or the cover of animals and people. This allows you to receive everything you need for life;
• some are active during the day, others prefer to be nocturnal. Nocturnal insects navigate by smell, quickly find prey and attack it;
• To scare away enemies, bedbugs use an unpleasant odor, which is actively released when there is danger.

Bed bugs

When considering what types of bed bugs there are, it is worth paying attention to bed bugs. They also pose a danger to humans because they can bite hard and suck blood. Insects are small in size and cannot be seen with the naked eye.

The ways bed bugs get into an apartment can be different:

• through ventilation passages;
• sewer pipes;
• they can be brought from business trips, from hotels;
• bring on yourself from the guests;
• Bed dwellers are often carried by pets.

Bed bug species have similar appearances. Their body shape is flattened, which allows them to calmly move between the folds of fabric, while remaining invisible. The length of the insect can be from 3 to 8.5 mm, the size depends on the sex, the saturation of the blood, usually females are larger than males. The color can be different - dark brown, dirty yellow, beige, rusty.

Bedbug bites pose a danger to human and animal life. After them, redness appears on the body and rashes form. When scratching and when infection occurs, an inflammatory process can develop. Insects can carry dangerous infectious diseases - typhoid, smallpox, hepatitis. But the facts of infection were not established.

The following insecticides are ideal for controlling bed bugs:

• Executioner;
• GET drug;
• GEKTOR;
• Cucaracha;
• Forsyth;
• Raptor;
• Tetrix;
• Combat;
• Fufanon;
• Digital;
• Clean house.

Flat

The names of such bugs are flat or subbark pine. They got them thanks to the color of the cover, which resembles pine bark. Such insects are not dangerous to people or animals, since they are not interested in them. Insects prefer to feed on sap from tree bark. They overwinter at the base of trees, and in the spring they move under the bark of trees, where they lay eggs.

Flat representatives live in different parts of Russia and other countries.

The largest concentrations of them are:

• in Eastern Europe;
• the European part of Russia and Western Siberia;
• Crimea;
• Georgia;
• Armenia;
• In the northern part, the distribution range of insects extends to the Baltic States.

Underbark bugs cause severe damage to coniferous trees.

As a result of their active life, the movement of juice and nutrients along the trunk is disrupted. As a result, the needles begin to turn yellow and fall off, and the tree may eventually dry out and die.

Woody

Wood bugs are a type of bug that belongs to the group of stink bugs, which includes about 4 thousand subspecies of insects. They prefer to live in vegetation, feeding on leaves, plant juice, fruits, and berries. They can often be found in raspberry bushes.

The green tree bug is disgusting to many, and its unpleasant smell can cause horror. It is this that insects secrete in moments of danger, as they try to protect themselves. They have a body flattened in the upper-lower direction, which is divided into 5 segments.

The upper part is divided into:

• triangular head;
• prothorax, which has triangular projections;
• shield;
• two pairs of dense elytra;
• membranous wings.

The lower (abdominal part) is divided into 6 segments at the edges. Between the second and third pairs of shoulder blades there are glands that secrete a specific odor. It is because of this that insects are called stink bugs. The edges of the chitinous cover of the segments protrude, this is what gives these representatives a relief frame.

Green stink bugs rarely live in apartments, but can sometimes be found. In these places there is no usual food for them; they can fly in by accident - during the breeding season, during the development of new territories, or during a sudden change in weather conditions. They do no harm; insects can only emit an unpleasant odor.

You can eliminate it in two ways:

• mechanical. The inhabitants can simply be collected, but you should not touch them to avoid an unpleasant odor. After this, they should be thrown out onto the street;
• chemical The room can be treated with insecticidal agents. Raptor, Clean House, Get, Raid and others have a good effect.

Soldier bug

The soldier bug, unlike other types of insects, is the most harmless. Representatives have a small body with a black and red color. Their length is 10-12 cm, their shape is teardrop-shaped. Their bright colors are used to scare away enemies.

In Russia, bedbugs begin to be active in early May. They keep in flocks with a large number of individuals. They are active during the daytime, but at night they hide under stumps, rotten wood, and various dark places with high humidity.

stink bug

When studying the varieties of bedbugs, it is worth paying attention to the stink bug. The insect received this name due to the fact that it is capable of emitting a strong unpleasant odor that can spread over long distances.

The main features of insects include:

• parasites have a characteristic green color, which is observed in them during the warm period of the year. But when it gets colder, it turns gray;
• the body is medium, can be 16 mm in length;
• have unusual shapes - they have a triangular head, sharp triangular protrusions are observed on the sides in the upper part, the abdominal area is divided into 6 segments, which give the insect an unusual appearance.

The parasite uses its unpleasant odor to scare away enemies. For many insects, it can be dangerous - it can cause severe damage to the nervous system, including paralysis and death. Insects also use it during the mating season to attract a partner.

Horsefly bug

Horse flies are a type of bug. But in appearance they look like strange flies or wasps. They have many subspecies, which may differ in appearance and lifestyle. These insects pose a high danger to gardeners. They swoop down on plants in flocks, eating everything they can - from flowers to fruit plants, buds, leaves, inflorescences, and seeds. They reproduce quickly.

bug turtle

The turtle bug is a species of these insects. Parasites pose a high threat to cereal crops. They are capable of destroying all agricultural crops and ornamental plants.

Among the main features are:

• their shell has a rigid and durable structure;
• body shape oval;
• the color combines several colors - dark gray, brown, yellow;
• The size of the insects is small.

They prefer to winter in forests, where they burrow into fallen leaves; warm barns with grains are an excellent place for wintering. In the spring, when the air temperature warms up to 15 degrees, they fly out and attack fields with rye and wheat plantations.

Forest bugs

Wood bugs are a general variety of bugs that can include different types of insects - wood scales, turtles and many others. These are often harmless parasites for humans, but not for gardeners. They prefer to eat plants, juice, and small insects.

Water bugs

When considering what bedbugs exist in an apartment, you should not forget about other varieties. Particular attention should be paid to aquatic representatives. They may differ in color, body shape, and lifestyle.

Among the main aquatic species of bedbugs it is worth highlighting:

• water striders They are found on the surface of rivers, lakes and other bodies of water. Insects usually glide along the water surface. They feed on small insects and larvae;
• smoothies. Medium-sized insects that can grow up to 15 mm. They have long hind legs with which they move. They feed on small insects, larvae, and can sometimes catch fry. The parasite's bite is painful, similar to a wasp sting, but it is not dangerous. They can also make sounds that are similar to the chirping of grasshoppers;
• belostoma. This is a large representative of water bugs; its body can reach up to 10 cm in length. It does not attack itself, but can sometimes bite. The insect lives in southern latitudes, Southeast Asia, South Africa and North America.

Bedbugs are unpleasant insects that live in different parts of the world.

They may have different body shapes, colors, they may have different lifestyles and habitat features. Some of them prefer to feed on human or animal blood, while others, on the contrary, like to eat vegetation. But in any case, many of them are harmful; if parasitized, they can destroy the entire crop, and predatory varieties often carry dangerous infections. For the fight against them to be effective, it is worth knowing their types and main features.

Reproduction of bed bugs

To effectively fight bloodsuckers, you need to know how they reproduce and develop.
This helps to easily detect insect nests and select appropriate methods to neutralize them. The following conditions in the apartment contribute to the rapid reproduction and maturation of larvae:

• temperature within 20-25 degrees Celsius;
• high humidity;
• a large number of dark places;
• constant availability of a food source (without human blood, bedbugs will not be able to reproduce).

If at least one favorable factor is missing, insects stop breeding and gradually die out. Their reproduction process occurs using the method of traumatic insemination. When mating, the male injects seminal fluid into the female’s abdomen, first damaging its walls. Then she can become fertilized herself and raise offspring. When the breeding season begins, the individual produces up to 5 eggs per day. They have a pronounced yellowish-dirty color, reaching a length of 1 mm, as can be seen from the photo of bedbugs in the apartment.

Over the entire life cycle, the female is capable of laying up to 500 eggs. After hatching, the larvae resemble smaller versions of the adults. Gradually, passing through 7 stages, they turn into fully formed insects 5.5 mm long, fully ready for reproduction. The ripening period is approximately 1-1.5 months. If there are unfavorable factors, the process may take up to 80-100 days.

How do they reproduce?

Bed bugs belong to the group of insects with incomplete metamorphosis. They do not have a pupal stage; larvae (or nymphs) develop into adults as a result of several molts. Thus, the full cycle includes 3 stages:

• egg;
• nymph;
• sexually mature individual.

The fertilization process is traumatic. In order for the seminal fluid to enter the female, the male cuts through her abdomen with his genital organ. Sperm penetrate the body cavity, some reaching the ovaries.

A male can copulate up to 200 times per day. The insect is not able to determine which sex an individual belongs to, so it mates with everyone. Males can attack each other. Someone else's sperm, which gets inside, does not die, but mixes with its own. Now, during copulation, such a male throws not only his sperm into the female.

After the first fertilization, the female can lay eggs for the rest of her life. Once inside, sperm are stored in the body and used when needed. The reproduction process does not stop; with normal nutrition, the female can lay up to 10 pieces. in a day. Hatching occurs on the 4th day or after 3 weeks. Insects quickly emerge at a temperature of 35°C and high humidity.

The masonry is well protected, so it is not always possible to destroy it with the help of poisons. If eggs are found, the nest should be treated when the larvae hatch.

Nymphs develop quickly only with good nutrition. If there is not enough food, then development slows down, but as soon as the insect receives a new portion of blood, the growth process resumes.

The best place for breeding is city apartments, where the temperature is high, there is always food and there are many hidden and safe places to live.

Lifespan

On average, bedbugs live about 1-1.5 years.
The exact lifespan depends on the climatic conditions in which the insect lives and the availability of a regular food source (human/animal). If circumstances are favorable, without baiting with chemicals or physical neutralization, the pest calmly goes through all its life cycles, dying at the age of 1.5 years. Bedbugs are born singly in eggs. The larvae hatch after 2 weeks. Under favorable environmental conditions and constant availability of food, the larvae grow to the size of adults in 1-1.5 months. Therefore, you must always find and destroy parasite nests in a timely manner. It is important to remember that the larger they grow, the more dangerous bedbugs become for humans in an apartment.

If ectoparasites do not find a source of food, they slow down their metabolism for a while, hibernating. It is not uncommon for hungry individuals in search of warm-blooded animals to move en masse to other rooms using ventilation systems.

4) Sofa

This piece of furniture is quite rightly considered the second most popular, of course, after the bed, as a hiding place for bedbugs. Parasites hide both in the upholstery and on the surface of the back wall, pushed towards the wall, and in any joints of individual parts of the product. They are often conveniently placed on the bottom of furniture, where light does not reach, and climbing is not difficult. Another favorite hiding place for parasites is folds of fabric on the armrests and sides, as well as the interior of the sofa.

In a situation where bedbugs are found in an apartment or house, you will almost certainly have to not only inspect the sofa, but also disassemble it during the search and subsequent treatment. An alternative option is to simply throw away the furniture if it is worn out and of no particular value. Often this method of solving a problem becomes faster and cheaper. Naturally, it does not relieve you from the need to treat your home with any effective means to kill parasites.

Causes of bedbugs in the house

Pests can appear in residential areas if:

• lived in the apartment before you moved into it;
• sanitary and hygienic standards are not observed in the house where you live;
• were brought into the apartment by accident.

The first two situations are quite common. They can happen to anyone who, for example, purchased real estate on the secondary market, inherited it, or moved into rented housing. You often have to fight bed bugs in situations where unscrupulous neighbors live behind the wall. Bloodsucking creatures can crawl away from them in entire colonies, but only in cases of pathological unsanitary conditions.

If you suspect improper sanitary conditions in your attic or basement, you should have these areas inspected by your building management company. It is necessary to take several photographs on site. It is quite possible that stray animals or birds live there, which have become a factor for the appearance and reproduction of ectoparasites.

As for the accidental entry of bedbugs into an apartment, dozens of situations can set a precedent for this. The most common pests that enter the home are:

• with new things or furniture purchased in a store;
• with packaging materials;
• with pet hair after a street walk;
• with suitcases or bags upon returning from vacation;
• with any items that have been in locker rooms, on the seats of other people's cars or public transport.

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Some varieties of bed pests are able to independently move from one room to another through ventilation shafts, cracks in the walls or through open windows.

To be afraid of them or not

Scientists have not yet been able to prove the fact that “apartment” bedbugs are carriers of infectious agents. But they can provoke an allergic reaction. Not to mention the stress, the sharply shaken psychological state of the person next to them.

• Allergic reaction. Allergy to bedbugs is the most common complaint after bedbug bites. As a rule, it does not cause any particular harm to health. To relieve symptoms, it is enough to take an antihistamine.
• Iron-deficiency anemia. Most often, this painful condition occurs among representatives of the younger generation. Multiple bites caused by parasites provoke microbleeding in children. As a result, anemia develops.
• Stress. Squeamish people, when faced with bedbugs, experience serious stress, while non-squeamish people suffer from insomnia. Of all the consequences that bedbugs pose, stress is the most severe. Total fatigue caused by lack of sleep can lead to depression. It’s even more difficult with children: because of parasites, they are often afraid to go to bed, and parents are not always able to fully cope with the problem without the intervention of a specialist.

Having discovered bedbug bites on yourself or your loved ones, you need to disinfect the damaged area, cool it with ice, and then treat it with healing preparations.

Getting rid of furniture bugs on your own is quite difficult. By choosing “freezing” and applying it in an apartment by turning off the radiators and opening all the windows in the northern regions of our country, you can cause serious harm to the heating system. You are unlikely to find a heat gun capable of destroying pests with hot air on your farm. But a household steam generator, as well as sprays with powders, acts only locally, and therefore temporarily.

It’s not enough to know where bedbugs come from in an apartment. It is also important to understand that it is possible to destroy pests that feed on your blood only through joint efforts - by disinfestation treatment of all apartments in the entrance, and better yet, in the entire house. After professional cleaning using special equipment and chemicals, all you have to do is carry out a thorough wet cleaning and finally live a calm, measured life.

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How can you tell if there are bedbugs at home?

It is almost impossible to immediately detect the appearance of “unwanted guests” due to their small size. In most cases, residents learn about the presence of ectoparasites later - by bites on the body.

At the same time, there are several other factors indicating that there are bedbugs in your apartment:

• characteristic brown dirt appeared on furniture and things;
• a bittersweet smell is detected in the room;
• behind the bed or under it you can find the ectoparasites themselves, as well as their larvae/eggs.

So, to determine the presence of pests in your home, you don't need to know everything about bed bugs. You just need to be a little observant.

Parameters to rely on when choosing funds

All chemicals are formulated for individual use. There is no universal remedy that will eliminate the problem under any conditions and degrees of neglect. List of criteria for choosing a product:

1. First of all, safety. Due to the fact that many stores sell substances for household use, high toxicity can lead to negative consequences on the body of residents.
2. Efficiency is the very property that is most important when choosing a product. If the drug does not produce results, then its use will be ineffective.
3. Deadline for destruction. If you need to get rid of “unwanted guests” in a short time, it is recommended to use aerosols.
4. Price. The phrase “quality - price” is not always true. Funds should be selected not by amount, but by quality.

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Where do bed bugs hide?

Pests traditionally choose dark, dry and well-sheltered areas as their habitat. They are often located near a food source (human/animal). Ectoparasites are most likely to be found in the following places:

• on the back of mattresses or upholstered furniture;
• under sleeping mats;
• in the shelves of bedside tables;
• under floor coverings (room bugs hide there if there are cavities);
• under window sills, baseboards and behind peeling wallpaper;
• in books and magazines;
• in clothes and shoes;
• in bed linen and pillows;
• on curtains and tulle;
• in cracks in the walls, ceilings and floors.

In all these places, insects hide during the day, digesting food and reproducing. Once you know where bed bugs live, you can easily neutralize them. It is only important to remember that there may be several such places in the apartment.

7) Nightstands

Almost always, next to the bed or sofa on which a person sleeps, there is a bedside table or chest of drawers. Bedside furniture is a favorite place for bedbugs to hide during the day. Insects quickly move there directly from the bed or sofa, comfortably placing themselves in the unlit interior space.

You can find a bug anywhere on the bedside table, but you should especially carefully examine the joints between the individual parts of the product - shelves, walls, ceiling and floor. In order to find parasites, you will need to remove all the objects located inside the furniture and carefully inspect all the listed places.

How to find a bedbug nest in a house?

Sometimes insects can hide in rooms not only singly, but also in entire colonies. To discover their rookeries, it is necessary to carefully examine all the rooms and the objects in them. This will be much easier and more effective if you adhere to the following recommendations:

• inspect the premises only during the daytime - this will allow you to examine each nook and corner in more detail;
• have a flashlight that will help you see places where light does not penetrate;
• move all furniture away from the walls - this is where bedbugs spread most often;
• if possible, disassemble the baseboards and remove the door jambs;
• expand the sleeping area;
• turn the mattress over and remove the covers from the pillows;
• examine duvet covers and pillowcases;
• unscrew the legs of the bed if they are hollow - from photos and pictures on the Internet you can understand that insects very often nest under them.

If a detailed examination does not yield any results, it is necessary to establish the cause of the bed bugs. Perhaps they come into the apartment through the ventilation shaft or from neighbors through cracks in the walls. Having figured out the cause, you will know exactly what to do and will be able to choose the most optimal measures to combat them.

5) Bedding

A variety of bedding - linen, pillows, blankets - are rarely used by bedbugs for daytime shelter. Typically, parasites are found on these objects at night during the active phase of their lives. They prefer to hide in more secluded and inaccessible places.

But it is important to take into account the fact that this applies to cases where there are relatively few bedbugs. If the situation becomes dire and the number of parasites goes off scale, they can be found literally everywhere, including bedding. Naturally, in this case, emergency measures are required, and the main task is not to detect insects, but to choose the most effective methods of exterminating them.

Bedbug bites

It is important to detect and neutralize ectoparasite nests in a timely manner in order to protect yourself from their regular attacks.
Bedbug bites can pose a serious danger, since many dangerous diseases are transmitted with them. In addition, very often they lead to allergic reactions such as swelling of the skin, itching and headache. Many people develop insomnia - a person simply cannot fall asleep, imagining bed bugs moving around his body. Recognizing that you have been bitten by pests is not difficult. The signs are classic: red dots on the human body, lined up in a pattern, small swellings and other characteristic symptoms.

1) Bed box spring

Topping the list of places where bed bugs like to hide is the bed spring unit. The reasons for this situation are obvious - a quiet and secluded shelter, warm and comfortable, moreover, located literally a stone's throw from the source of food in the person of a person. Given the extremely secretive lifestyle and low speed of movement, such a place is best suited for parasites to stay during the day.

Additional advantages for insects are the complete absence of light, visual inaccessibility to humans, and the frequent presence of wooden parts, which for some reason are extremely popular with bedbugs. Almost always there are cracks or other defects in the bed covering, which make the journey there and back even shorter, more convenient and faster for the parasite.

To detect bedbugs in a spring unit, you will need, as in the case of a bed frame, to remove bedding, remove the mattress, and sometimes disassemble some of the furniture parts. Carrying out the described measures takes time, but is mandatory in any situation where there are suspicions about the presence of parasites in an apartment or house. It is from the bed, as the most common hiding place, that you should always begin your search for insects, moving on to the next places only after carefully studying this.

Methods for controlling bed bugs

There are 3 main ways to help get rid of blood-sucking insects in the house:

1. Traditional methods. Aimed at destroying bed bugs of any size using kerosene, gasoline and other flammable and oily compounds. These liquids create an unpleasant odor for females and males. Despite all its effectiveness, this method cannot be considered safe, since a person himself can be poisoned by unary gases.
2. Independent chemical methods. Aerosols, concentrates, sprays and, in some cases, powders are used. Before using this method, you need to find out where bed bugs are hiding, and then scatter the drugs or spray them in these habitats. The procedure must be performed in an apartment wearing special protective clothing. The use of insecticides allows you to quickly get rid of household bedbugs; it is only important to keep children and animals out of the room during treatment.
3. Professional pest control. The most effective and safest of all methods. Effective in the fight against domestic bedbugs and their larvae. The premises are treated using hot and cold fog. This can only be carried out by special services that know everything about the life activity of bedbugs, their habitats and safety precautions when cleaning apartments from parasites.

Thus, using any of the listed methods, you will forever forget about the possible harm from bedbugs. You will no longer need to think about what color their secretions are, in what places they hide and at what time they go hunting. After treatment, it is only important to maintain proper sanitary and hygienic conditions in the premises.

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14) Computer system unit

household appliances any habitat for bedbugs. Much more it attracts other unpleasant neighbors of humans from among insects - cockroaches. However, there are many cases where parasites were found inside various household equipment. Most often, in such a situation we are talking about either a microwave oven or a computer system unit.

These types of household appliances heat up during operation; there are quite a few dark places inside the structure; in addition, the devices are constantly used by humans, who emit carbon dioxide during breathing, which bedbugs really like. The result of all these factors is that the parasite chooses a system unit or a microwave oven as a hiding place.

We use traps

Knowing that bedbugs go out hunting every night, you can try to protect your bed (if they have not yet taken up residence on the frame itself). You can buy ready-made traps or make them yourself.

1. You can purchase ready-made traps from Hector, which are installed under the legs of the bed.

   
   The meaning of this trap is that the bug, having climbed to the top along the outer rough side of the trap, encounters an obstacle in the form of a groove with a slippery surface. An insect thirsty for blood cannot understand in time that its legs are unable to grasp such a surface. Trying to get through the obstacle, the bug slides down, from where, for the same reason, it cannot get up.

2. Adhesive double-sided tape around the legs of the bed can also keep pests out. A few bugs may stick, but most will find a way around it.
3. Vaseline makes the legs of a bed frame too slippery to climb on.