How to get rid of bedbugs before they evict you

• By Vil Malinoshevsky
• About bedbugs

Bed bugs are a very subtle and ambiguous issue. The fact is that if bedbugs hide in the bed itself - in the sheets, in the pillowcases of the pillows, inside the duvet covers - then there are always fewer of them here than in other places in the room. For example, look at where the main clusters of bedbugs are located in a heavily infested sleeping area in an ordinary apartment:

The situation with beds is similar: bedbugs can live and hide in a bed, but if there are a lot of them in the house, then here, in the bed, only a small part of the total number can be found. This is very important, because people often believe that since bedbugs, or, for example, bedbugs, it means that they only live in beds and beds, and if they are taken out only from the bed, then they can be gotten rid of forever .

In reality, only a small part of those bedbugs that constantly live in the apartment hide and constantly live both in the bed and in the bed. That is why those people who treat only the bed or only the bed, even with very effective means, cannot get rid of them. After this treatment, only those bugs that were on the bed will die. And everyone else will continue to bite safely, having emerged at night from their hiding places in other places in the apartment - from behind baseboards, from under linoleum and from under furniture.

Adult bedbugs on the seam of a mattress on a bed

This is one of the main mistakes when removing bedbugs from an apartment. If you understand well where they hide during the day, where to look for them and where to poison them, then getting them out, in principle, will not be a big problem. But this is only in theory. In practice there are many nuances. Now we will talk about the main points. Plus, we often receive questions by email regarding the removal and general detection of bed bugs in beds, and we will also answer the most common of them.

Reasons for and ways to get rid of bedbugs in an apartment

Bed bugs in apartments in cities such as Moscow and many other cities around the world are now not something unusual. Bedbugs are found in apartments, cabins, dormitories, hostels, hotels and furniture warehouses. They are widely distributed throughout the world and suffer from them both in the poorest countries and complete unsanitary conditions, and in the fashionable hotels of the best resorts in the world.

Bedbugs in an apartment and how to get rid of them are the most popular insect problem in the world, followed only by cockroaches in apartments. In order to competently destroy and get rid of bedbugs in an apartment, you need to know where and how to look for them, and what they are.

Lifestyle

Bedbugs crawl out of their shelters at night, active from 3 to 7 o'clock. They adapt to the conditions; their main requirement is that it be dark and warm. Can't stand the sun. The bug is a lazy insect, so the main victims are children and young people with delicate skin, in order to make it easier to puncture and drink blood. The optimal feeding period is once a week, but if this is not possible, they can go without feeding for months. The place for bites is chosen on delicate areas of the skin - on the neck, face, abdomen, groin area, inner part of the arms.

Where to look and how to find bedbugs in an apartment

Bed bugs, or house bugs as they are also called, are synanthropic parasitic insects that feed exclusively on human blood. Accordingly, in an apartment, bedbugs choose places closest to humans. As a rule, these are sofas, beds, armchairs and mattresses. Bedbugs are nocturnal insects and feed at low levels of infestation at night. Therefore, during the day, when a person is in the apartment and is awake, bedbugs are extremely difficult to detect. Bedbugs usually live in an apartment for at least a couple of weeks before a person realizes that bedbugs have settled in his apartment. Where can you most often find bedbugs in an apartment:

where to look for bedbugs in an apartment

• Sofas and beds. Look in linen boxes under sofas and beds. In the cracks and folds of the upholstery, in secluded places in the bed structure. If the mattress is white, then the most obvious sign of bedbugs in the apartment is the appearance of black dots and blood stains on the mattress. The black dots are a “cyst” of bedbug feces. And the blood stains are a crushed sucking insect.
• Bedbugs in apartments also like to settle behind wall decorative elements. Look, there are black dots, live bugs and larvae behind wall lamps, paintings, in corners and joints of walls and ceilings.
• Sockets and wallpaper. Bedbugs in apartments often hide in bedside sockets and in the joints of wallpaper.
• Behind the baseboards, in medium and severe situations, bedbugs in the apartment go behind the baseboards and under the floor. In the cracks of old parquet or laminate. In such a situation, getting rid of them is quite problematic.

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If you find at least one of the above signs, then immediately contact the pest control service in Moscow. The sooner you contact our specialized service for exterminating bedbugs in an apartment in Moscow, the easier and faster you can get rid of them.

Where do the reasons for the appearance of bedbugs in the apartment come from?

Bed bugs in an apartment do not come out of thin air and do not appear out of nowhere. There are a number of reasons why you might have them in your apartment. We will look at the main reasons for the appearance of bedbugs in an apartment.

• The most common reason for bedbugs to appear in an apartment is if neighbors have them. If your neighbors have bedbugs and they don’t fight them, then sooner or later bedbugs will appear in your apartment. The migration of bedbugs from neighbors is a fairly common phenomenon. In such a situation, you should exterminate bedbugs in your apartment before the situation becomes critical with the application of gel barriers that will prevent bedbugs from entering the apartment from neighbors.
• Bedbugs can be brought into the apartment from guests (if there are any there), or guests brought them to you. Bedbugs can appear in an apartment after visits from guests, acquaintances, relatives, utility workers, craftsmen, etc. A person may not be unaware that they have infested them, and unwittingly spread bedbugs on their clothes and in their bags.
• Bed bugs also often appear in an apartment during a trip or after a trip, especially if you had to stay overnight in dubious hostels or hotels. You can bring bedbugs into the apartment along with personal belongings from such a trip.
• Bed bugs can also appear in an apartment with new furniture. Many furniture warehouses in Moscow are infested with bed bugs. Also, buying used furniture can cause bedbugs to appear in the apartment.
• You can also receive bedbugs with the parcel. Especially from Asian countries.

Whatever the reason for the appearance of bedbugs in the apartment and wherever they come from. Either way, you definitely need to get rid of them.

Chemical odors

In addition to perfumes and herbs, the following chemical compounds have an excellent repellent effect against bed bugs:

• kerosene and turpentine;
• acetone and denatured alcohol;
• white and vinegar;
• ammonia or ammonia.

All these substances are united by a pungent specific odor, of which insects are afraid. None of these compounds pose a mortal danger to their body. If you want to fight parasites using the above means, you should also take into account the fact that their aromas will create no less unbearable conditions for human life.

How to get rid of bedbugs in an apartment yourself

Bedbugs in an apartment, as mentioned above, are currently not something out of the ordinary. Many thousands of people face this problem every day, not only in Moscow, but throughout the world. Bedbugs in megacities, as a result of exposure to technogenic factors and constant persecution, over time acquired the most stable resistance (immunity) to insecticides than bedbugs in the outback, where in some remote regions they are still successfully poisoned using folk remedies.

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In order to get rid of bedbugs in an apartment, there are several most popular methods. Let's briefly look at everything in order of decreasing effectiveness and dwell on the most effective way to get rid of bedbugs in an apartment in more detail:

Independent use of household insecticides in order to get rid of bedbugs in the apartment. If you decide to get rid of bedbugs in your apartment using means that you “read about on the Internet” or on the advice of friends, then we strongly recommend that you first familiarize yourself with the list of insecticides not recommended for use by the Research Institute of Disinfectology.

In this list, to your surprise, you can find such means for exterminating bedbugs in an apartment as: “Executioner”, “Troapsil” and many other advertised means. Use of these drugs is at your own risk.

You can also get rid of bedbugs in an apartment using various physical measures . Freezing or steaming with a jet of hot steam. But we want to note that these methods of getting rid of bedbugs in an apartment will be effective only with a slight degree of infestation

Freezing

You can freeze bedbugs only in those rooms that are not afraid of long-term cooling, and in regions where winter temperatures stay below minus 15°C for quite a long time. In this case, freezing must be repeated at least twice: this guarantees that the repeated procedure will kill the bugs that hatch from the eggs that survived the first freezing.

Using a steamer

Exposure to steam leads to the death of both the insects themselves and their nymphs. Raising the temperature in a hot room in the sun has a similar effect on bedbugs. Unfortunately, it is not always possible to expose all the furniture from the apartment to the sun and “fry” the bloodsuckers; besides, they will still remain in cracks, behind baseboards and in other secluded places.

Traditional ways to get rid of bedbugs in an apartment.

Some ways to get rid of bedbugs in an apartment using wormwood, vinegar or lemon go back to our ancestors. When professional insecticides had not yet been invented. But the bedbugs also had no resistance or immunity to the agents at all. And so in Rus' they burned a hut if there were bedbugs in it.

Spells and prayers for bedbugs.

The most crazy and ridiculous way to get rid of bedbugs in an apartment is a conspiracy. It goes without saying that Christian prayers for bedbugs have never existed and do not exist. And everything that you found on the Internet as the “Conspiracy for bedbugs” and “Prayer for bedbugs” is nothing more than fiction and a clearly ineffective way to get rid of bedbugs in an apartment. Although you can try, sooner or later you will contact our pest control service and ask to get rid of bedbugs in your apartment.

No one today knows 100% of the strategy on how to get rid of bed bugs in an apartment on your own, while spending little money and time. If your premises are infested, it is better not to waste time and energy, but to immediately contact a bedbug removal service.

If you see a bite site on yourself...

What to do if you are bitten by a bug? First of all, everyone should know that under no circumstances should you scratch such bites, as this can result in an infection getting into the wound. We wrote about what a bite looks like here. Unfortunately, there are no special means or methods for getting rid of itching, but there are recipes that will alleviate the condition of the “victim”:

• after a bite, the area must be treated with soapy water or alcohol;
• if pain occurs at the site of the bite, it is rational to place a piece of ice or a frozen product on the affected area;
• if the reaction is severe enough, take an antihistamine (Loratadine or Diazolin); lubricate the bite site with anti-itch ointment;
• what to do if you are bitten by bedbugs and the condition is complicated by inflammation of the affected area? Here it is imperative to seek medical help.

The best method to get rid of bedbugs in an apartment

And since we have already figured it out, the wisest, most rational and effective way to get rid of bedbugs in an apartment is to contact our company, professional exterminators who know all the nuances of the life of bedbugs in an apartment and all the ways to destroy them.

Contacting our disinfection service is the most effective and modern way to get rid of bedbugs in an apartment, especially in cities such as Moscow. Our sanitary service specialists use products to kill bedbugs in apartments that are not available for purchase to the general public who have not been trained in the field of disinfection. Also, getting rid of bedbugs in an apartment with the help of a professional exterminator is much faster and more profitable than resorting to independent methods.

Our bedbug control company offers the destruction of bedbugs in the apartment using special ULV fog generators and the method of manual pneumatic spraying. Specialists treat, precisely, all the necessary places in the apartment where there are signs of bedbugs and their traces, which prevents the working solution from getting on household items that do not need to be treated. This makes it much safer to perform pest control against bedbugs in an apartment. The effectiveness and duration of the result depends on the correct implementation of the process of exterminating bedbugs in an apartment.

killing bedbugs with cold fog

killing bedbugs with cold fog

Is there a need for re-processing?

Chemical disinfestation performed by professionals uses high-quality certified products and modern equipment. But even after the most thorough treatment, eggs and adults may remain. They will be active until contact with the insecticide occurs.

The need for re-treatment depends primarily on the effectiveness of the first disinfestation. Many SES use long-acting preparations, so you will be able to understand whether your home needs to be sprayed again no earlier than a month after the first visit of specialists. As for finances, some companies provide reprocessing for free. Biotrix is ​​one of these.

During re-treatment, exterminators restore the thickness of the insecticide layer. As it is erased, the pesticide ceases to destroy bedbugs, so sometimes there is a need for another disinfestation.

How much does it cost to get rid of bedbugs in an apartment? Prices

Disinfestation by specialists is the fastest and most guaranteed method of getting rid of bed bugs in an apartment and their larvae, which are very difficult to kill at home. It is not recommended to clean for 2-3 days after disinfection against bedbugs. This time is given for the complete destruction of all parasites. Prices for getting rid of bedbugs in an apartment in Moscow are more than affordable; everyone can find an acceptable cost for exterminating bedbugs in an apartment. Now you know what to do if there are bedbugs in your apartment and how to get rid of them.