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Insects in the apartment

The appearance of small white bugs in an apartment will surprise the most experienced homeowner. Among the many types of insects, there are several similar ones, which may turn out to be white, beige or transparent.

Below are photos and names of white insects in an apartment or house:

• silverfish - small bugs up to 1 cm long, having a white, light gray or translucent, elongated body ending in 3 hairs; they are active only at night and can move quickly;
• woodlice - gray, gray-white or brown individuals, the body of which is divided into segments, each of which has a pair of legs, belong to the type of land crustaceans, breathe with gills - such insects are found in the house from dampness and their main diet consists of plant debris and water;
• mosquitoes and larvae - prefer to rest during the day in a room with high humidity;
• sewer beetle - distinguished by its gray-black color and large size (up to 3 cm), a strong shell that protects it from being crushed, very agile and fast, prefers warm and damp places;
• spiders, midges, centipedes or ants - are able to penetrate from the basement or neighboring apartment through ventilation pipes;
• small black bugs in the bathroom, called beetles or flour beetles, feed on cereals and bulk foods.

Insects in the apartment and bathroom

Cockroaches

If you have cockroaches in your house, then you urgently need to take measures to destroy them.
After all, even your clothes can suffer from these nasty insects. The cockroach has a rounded body 2-3 cm long. The color of this insect is usually either black or dark brown. The cockroach also has a strong jaw and gnawing mouthparts.

Why do cockroaches start chewing clothes? The fact is that these insects are very attracted to the smell of human sweat and stains from various foods on clothes. They are also sometimes attracted to starch, which is used when washing things. That is why the cockroach attacks your things and greedily begins to eat leftover food. As a result, the fibers on the fabrics become thinner and many small holes appear.

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Insect habitats

Absolutely all insects cannot do without water, therefore, when they get into an apartment, they look for rooms and places in them located closer to sources of moisture:

• pipes (water supply and sewerage) on which condensate accumulates;
• hard-to-reach and well-hidden areas in the bathroom, near communications;
• wet or damp rugs on the floor, various hygiene products with moisture residues;
• places where dust accumulates and is not removed (the floor under the bathroom, the backs of shelves in a cabinet, etc.).

The appearance of white or gray bugs in the bathroom is most often caused by poor sanitary conditions in the room. In addition, some insects may come from neighbors after baiting has been carried out in their apartment. Some exceptionally tenacious specimens then migrate in search of a new home.

What do kravchiki look like?

Body size varies from 2 to 3.5 cm. Males are larger than females. A characteristic feature is a large head with large jaws. Males have additional fangs. Males use them when fighting with an enemy or competitor during the mating season.

The large head smoothly blends into the chest. The abdomen is convex, making up 1/3 of the whole body. There are no wings, snow beetles live underground and crawl on the surface. The body is covered with a durable chitinous covering. The color is coal black or with a blue tint. The legs are short, strong, ending in claws. A photo of the imago is presented below.

Silverfish

Such small, long insects are able to move very quickly on their numerous legs, penetrating into the narrowest crevices. They instantly hide when the light is turned on. Silverfish multiply quite quickly, so they pose a problem for apartment owners.

Their diet includes various substances: wallpaper paste, mold fungi, book bindings, sugar-containing products, fabrics and leather (not synthetic), food scraps and even wet paper and rags. Due to their nocturnal lifestyle, silverfish are difficult to spot immediately.

These gray-white beetles appear from dampness and choose corners with high humidity to live. They are not dangerous for humans: they do not bite due to their too small mouth, and they do not spread bacteria.

The only harm such insects can cause is to the nervous system of people who are frightened by their rapid movement across surfaces, and if they also crawl over the body, then impressionable women may faint.

Prevention is a preventive method of control

Timely prevention will help to avoid the appearance of springtails and podura in indoor plants.

A large population of white fools is the cause of illness in indoor pets

• The outer surfaces of flowerpots and pots, flower shelves, window sills, and stands are wiped with detergents.
• Preliminary watering of the soil with hot water is organized before planting flowers. Larvae and adults brought with the soil are destroyed.
• If necessary, the old soil is completely replaced with new one.
• The dosage of organic fertilizers, a potential food for springtails, is strictly observed.
• Organization of moderate watering and frequent loosening of the soil.
• When replanting plants, the soil is treated in advance, and the flower container is equipped with an effective drainage system that prevents stagnation of water.
• If necessary, the lump of earth on the root is dried in a shaded place in the breeze or blotted with soft paper.
• Rotten roots must be cut off.
• To prevent the reproduction of insects, containers for flowers are chosen of a suitable size, free of voids in which fungus, bacteria and other food for the fool can develop.
• For the purpose of prevention, planted (or transplanted) flowers are watered with an aqueous solution: 1 liter of liquid and 4g of Fitosporin.

Often, increased indoor air humidity occurs due to water supply leaks and faulty shut-off valves. Therefore, measures are being taken to eliminate them. Ventilation of rooms to ventilate plants should not be neglected.

Woodlice

These insects have an oval body of light gray, white, beige or brown, convex on top, and consists of several segments. The bug has 7 pairs of legs and a hard shell, and in front there are antennae up to half the length of the body. In nature, woodlice love damp places, which is where they got their name, but sometimes they settle near human habitation. They can climb into the cellar and into some rooms in the house (bathroom or toilet) where there is high humidity.

You can see such insects in the toilet or bathroom only when you turn on the light at night, because during the day they hide in secluded corners. Woodlice feed on plant debris and can harm plants in the garden. Inside residential premises, they can live not only in the bathroom and toilet, but also in living rooms where there are decorative flowers in pots. Here they find not only water, but also food.

Penetrating into living spaces, woodlice can not only frighten people who are disgusted by insects that run quickly, but due to moisture and mold they become carriers of various fungal diseases, which pose a danger to human health.

Who are skin beetles?

Specialist coleopterologists classify this small insect as a member of the order Coleoptera. It has a brown sometimes black color. The insect is small oval in shape. The entire body is covered with short, stiff hairs.

Brown beetles are divided into four large classes, each of which contains from two to eight species. According to this classification, there are more than 600 species.

Types of bugs, what do they eat?

The following types are most common in apartments:

• ham (the most common is almost black in color);
• carpet (uses organic compounds);
• fur coat (has a black color with several white dots on it. Prefers crumbs, food scraps, table waste. The adult lives using accumulated nutrients);
• Kozheed Smirnova (brown in color. Settles in wooden structures: door and window frames, wooden floors and wall decoration, in furniture elements);

Any household items serve as a breeding ground for them: from organic compounds (leather goods, fabrics, books, furniture, carpets, waste products) to synthetics.

The diet includes: cardboard, felt, rubber, cable braid, asbestos structures. Capable of eating indoor plants and flowers. They can cope with almost all plant foods.

The grain beetle is capable of destroying nuts. Various types of grains and cereals, bran flour and products made from them. Ham specializes in meat and fish products.

Let's celebrate! Despite this omnivorous nature, small brown bugs are able to go without food for a long time. It has been established that this period can last up to five years. In this case, their biological processes slow down, but they remain viable.

How to get rid of white insects in the bathroom

If the number of pests is small, then you can get by with simple physical home remedies for insects:

• carry out a general cleaning of the bathroom, removing dirt and condensation deposits;
• treat the entire room with bleach or other disinfectant, then apply a solution of copper sulfate;
• You can reduce indoor humidity by regular ventilation or drying using electrical appliances.

Methods for controlling insects in an apartment

Other remedies to get rid of small white insects:

• a trap made of a wet birch broom, which is placed in a corner at night, attracts domestic insects and parasites, they get entangled in the twigs of the broom, so in the morning you can burn it or take it away from the house;
• traps made of glass jars, wrapped on the outside with paper or tape, on such a surface any insects can easily climb up and fall down, wanting to eat the bait in the form of an apple, sugar, etc., they cannot get back along the slippery walls;
• moisten a roll of toilet paper and leave it overnight - moisture-loving bugs will rush to get into it, in the morning it must be destroyed, but not unrolled (otherwise they will run away).

If you do not kill insects, white or transparent bugs can spread throughout the apartment. Therefore, if you fail in your independent struggle, it is better to contact the sanitary and epidemiological service.

Home thermobia

In living spaces, unpleasant-looking insects called silverfish often appear and settle for a long period of time. The bugs have no wings. An oblong body with a small head with antennae and three tails in the form of processes causes outright hostility among people. They get stuck in the darkened holes in the corners. Home thermobia settles in the bathrooms of apartments and country houses, causing damage to objects and coatings.

Small insects are not uncommon in the apartment. And it's not just fleas and cockroaches

But, taking certain precautions and following the clear instructions in the instructions when fighting all kinds of bugs, it is possible to achieve the desired effect, and no worms will appear in the apartment. Remember that only the owner will cope with the problem who treats the problem with full responsibility

Chemical and folk remedies

To destroy white insects in the house, insecticidal aerosols are recommended, which should be used every week (Raid, Raptor, Dichlorvos, Clean House, etc.). When carrying out processing, personal protective equipment should be used (respirator or gauze bandage, rubber gloves on hands).

Insect control products

Folk remedies against silverfish and woodlice:

• scatter diatomaceous earth in the cabinets - a substance that kills crawling parasites; its solution can be used to treat cracks in the walls, tile joints, baseboards;
• scatter spices (cloves, etc.), essential oils or citrus zest inside the cabinet, which must be changed every 4 days;
• sprinkle boric acid powder mixed with chalk (in a ratio of 1:4) on the pipes, under the toilet and sink; the solution can be used to treat the surfaces of the pipes;
• against wood lice, it is also recommended to use a solution consisting of soda ash (3 g), tobacco powder and ground red pepper per 1 liter of water - this mixture must be sprayed in places where pests accumulate (plinths, ceilings, cracks and corners in the bathroom, toilet and cellar) ;
• To catch woodlice in flower pots, baits made from potatoes or carrots are used; to do this, cut out the middle of them and leave them overnight - when they get in there, the baits are destroyed along with the bugs.

Small “relatives” of felt grass – root scale insects

Root bugs are the most dangerous pest of indoor plants and belong to the polyphagous family. The food supply of these insects mainly consists of succulents; it was with these ornamental crops that they were once brought to Russia. Females, larvae and eggs are extremely resistant to adverse external factors. These representatives of the order Homoptera are very prolific, producing up to 4 generations per year.

Appearance of the pest and the danger it poses

The main population of parasites consists of females. Males do not have such vitality and usually die after mating (females - after laying eggs). Females look like a white cylinder covered with a waxy coating. Their body length is only 2 mm. Males resemble whiteflies in appearance. Due to the presence of wings, they are often confused with white midges.

Unlike other types of pests, rootworms are not so easy to detect, because they live exclusively underground. If you remove a flower from the soil, you will find that its roots are strewn with many white dots, as if dusted with flour. By attacking the root system, these small white beetles cause the plant to stop growing and its leaves to become faded and deformed. If it is severely damaged, it dies.

Reasons for appearance

These parasites, like many others, appear due to the use of contaminated soil under conditions:

• waterlogging or drying out of the soil;
• lack of natural light, low temperature and humidity in the room where the flowers are located;
• untimely removal of dead parts of the plant;
• non-compliance with quarantine of new green inhabitants of the home.

How to destroy an insect and save a flower?

What to do if there are these tiny bugs in the substrate? To save the affected flower, you need to treat it with a ready-made insecticide or a self-prepared product. Measures to combat the scale insect should be taken as quickly as possible, otherwise this voracious creature will not leave its green victim a chance to survive. Information about the drugs that these white insects in the soil of indoor plants are afraid of:

Folk remedies are also used to combat root bugs:

• mix 5 crushed cloves of garlic with 500 ml of water, then let the mixture brew for 4 hours;
• mix 10 ml of liquid soap and alcohol with 1 liter of water;
• prepare a highly concentrated infusion from tobacco.

Prevention of bugs

In order not to solve the problem when white insects appear in the apartment, the following preventive measures should be taken:

• regularly wipe off condensation and dust on pipes;
• Maintain cleanliness in the bathroom and toilet;
• check how well the ventilation works in service areas (toilet, bathroom, kitchen), if necessary, periodically clean the shafts;
• make cosmetic repairs by sealing all existing cracks near the baseboards, in the walls and on the floor;
• If there is a leak, the taps should be repaired immediately, avoiding the accumulation of moisture;
• dry corners that are too wet using a fan heater, because insects can lay eggs in such places, and hot air will destroy them;
• if mold appears, such areas should be thoroughly treated with chlorine and then dried;
• in the kitchen you should regularly check all cereal stocks and do not leave crumbs;
• prevent the accumulation of garbage, remove food and other waste in a timely manner.

With regular cleaning, drying and compliance with hygienic rules in service areas (bathroom, toilet and kitchen), no white insects will be able to settle in the house due to the lack of the high humidity necessary for them.

At any time of the year, uninvited guests in the form of annoying insects can appear in your home. They appear due to dampness, lack of sanitary conditions, and can also enter the room through open windows and doors or through holes in walls or risers.

Types of kitchen bugs

There are a large number of parasites that can become residents of your kitchen.

Let's look at the most common types of kitchen bugs:

1. The Lesser Khrushchak is
   a small brown bug that lives in the kitchen. It does not exceed three millimeters in size and has small antennae. Most often they live in flour and starch.
2. The red flour beetle is a smaller parasite that also lives in cereals. Prefers crumbly products whose humidity does not exceed 15%. The mucoed's body is reddish in color and protected by hard wings. Its presence can be signaled by products that have turned into lumps.
3. The food moth is an insect with a discreet color. Lives in bulk products (tea, dried fruits, cocoa, pasta). The size can reach one centimeter. The appearance of moths in the kitchen is an unpleasant and unexpected moment. Perhaps in a store a small white worm stuck to a package, bag or packaging, which in a couple of days will become a moth.
4. The bread grinder is an inhabitant distinguished by its particular gluttony. The insect's body is brown in color, covered with small hair, and its length does not reach four millimeters.
5. Weevil - This insect can be either brown or black, depending on the species. There are weevils: barn and kitchen weevils. Rice is also a home dweller, but, despite the name, it is not picky about food. You can find the nut type of this parasite, for example, in walnuts. The oak weevil is an outdoor insect, but if you are storing acorns for crafts at home, be sure to check for them. Beetroot is a lover of gardening and vegetable gardening.

No one is immune from the appearance of such parasites, since a clean house does not guarantee the absence of bugs in food. If you are a fan of purchasing large stocks of cereals, then do not forget to check them for pests at least once a month.

All of the above little bugs in the kitchen can become a problem. To prevent this from happening, let's consider where they come from in the house, as well as ways to combat harmful insects.

White insects in the apartment - who are they?

While recognizing cockroaches and ants is not difficult, the appearance of strange little bugs causes serious difficulties, since in order to eliminate parasites, one must know their exact type.

Let's try to figure out who can start up in the house.

• The most common type of parasitic white insects in an apartment is silverfish (in common parlance - woodlice). It is a small wingless individual, an oblong body with numerous legs. In fact, the body of the parasite is not completely white, it is rather silver, but in sunlight it appears almost transparent. Such insects feed on starch and products containing it. Due to the fact that silverfish choose damp places, the main area where the insects will be located will be the bathroom or kitchen, especially the sink area.
• The sugar silverfish can be designated as a separate species; it most often appears in food warehouses, kitchen drawers with food, and libraries (since it loves book bindings and glued pages). Such insects come out only in the dark, so it is quite difficult to detect them.
• White midges most often appear on indoor plants; this insect is called a whitefly. It is almost impossible to prevent its occurrence, but it is very easy to escape from it - just treat the soil and affected leaves with a weak solution of manganese, repeating the procedure if necessary.
• Light-colored bugs in kitchen cabinets can be food midges; they feed on cereals and other bulk products, spread very quickly, and in a few days the pest population can increase several times. These insects can appear in an apartment due to improper sanitary conditions - high levels of humidity, the presence of crumbs and other debris. Having appeared in one product, after a couple of hours the midges will move to other places, and they actively infect even hermetically sealed products.

Varieties of white bugs

In the soil of indoor flowers, one miniature insect goes unnoticed. But after a few days, a colony of pests actively sucks out the plant’s juices. External signs of infection: spots on leaves, stems, curled leaves, wilted flowers, fallen buds.

There are several types of white pests:

• Aphid. The maximum size of an adult is 2 mm. The colors of aphids are very diverse; on indoor plants they can be found in light gray, white, green, red, etc. The body has an elongated shape, small legs, and straight antennae. It reproduces extremely quickly. Small white bugs feed on the juices of the plant, thereby leading to the complete death of the crop.
• Spider mite. White insects appear suddenly in the soil of indoor plants, unnoticed by humans. The mite body size does not exceed 2 mm. When flowers are heavily infested, a clear symptom of the presence of this pest is the presence of cobwebs on the back of the leaf. The result of the vital activity of the parasite is spots, dried, curled leaves. Females take refuge in the soil, under rotting leaves.
• Root mite. Insects live in flower pots in moist soil. They parasitize bulbous plants - tulips, gladioli, hyacinths. They live directly in the soil, feeding on the bulb itself. As a result of active life activity, the flower gets sick and dies.
• Mealybug. Small white bugs in indoor flowers no larger than 3 mm in size. An oval flat body with growths, covered with a dusting in the form of flour. Long tentacles are visible on one side. A sign of the life of a mealybug is a white coating on the leaves, stems, and soil.
• Springtails. Small bugs with an oblong, translucent body live in soil with high humidity. They feed on dead organic matter and do not harm the plant. Externally, the springtail is similar to a caterpillar, but with legs. The mustache is clearly visible on the head.

White pests

How to deal with white insects in an apartment?

To combat insects in a residential apartment, it is better to use drugs that are safe for humans, although in some cases (especially when the area is massively populated by parasites) chemically active agents will still be needed.

• The fight against silverfish should be comprehensive - first, clean the area from dust, dirt and cobwebs, and then treat it with chlorine-containing household chemicals. After waiting for the surfaces to dry, wipe all corners and hidden places with a solution of copper sulfate; it is advisable to dry the area using a fan heater (for small areas, a regular hairdryer is suitable). After a couple of hours, final cleaning with vinegar water is required - ½ cup of regular vinegar per bucket of warm water.
• Sugar silverfish most often grow in bookcases and shelves with papers, so these areas should be given special attention to eliminate the pest. Books and magazines should be rearranged and emptied, as eggs may be laid in them, and bookshelves can be sprayed with lemon water or thoroughly vacuumed.
• To eliminate food white midges, you will have to throw away all bulk food: even if you do not see bugs there at the moment, this does not mean that the cereal is clean. There are already numerous parasite eggs in it, and in a few days the insects will appear again. After cleaning all the cans and boxes, you should carry out a comprehensive treatment of the kitchen drawers using a soda solution or store-bought insecticides. After a couple of hours, the furniture should be washed with soapy water and additionally sprayed

Modern aerosol preparations are suitable for combating any type of insect, so they can be used as a protective or prophylactic agent against any type of parasite.

Chemicals to the rescue

If it is not possible to mechanically remove the larvae and adult insects that have settled in the roots of the plant (planting in deep tubs), use insecticides: Tanrek, Kinmiks, Agravertin, Fitoverm, Aktaru, Konfidor. The solution is prepared in the following proportion: 8 g of the drug per bucket of water. If Intavir is used, then 1 tablet of the product is pre-diluted in 10 liters of water.

The product has been tested many times against indoor pests

Podura in flowers feel very confident, so the plant needs to be watered twice every 7 days with an insecticide solution at the rate of 100 ml of the drug per 0.7 liter pot.

Fine-grained sand can be used. It is washed well and dried. The top thin layer of soil (several centimeters) is removed from the pot. The remaining soil is watered with any insecticide against the Colorado potato beetle. A thin layer of sand is scattered on top. Apply granulated Grom-2 or Bazudin, scattering the preparations in small quantities onto a slightly damp soil surface. A thin layer of soil is laid on top and watered abundantly. For greater effectiveness, do not water flowers in pots for 5 days after treatment.

Preventing the appearance of small midges and bugs in the apartment

It is much easier to prevent the appearance of small parasites in a residential building than to eliminate colonies that have appeared on a massive scale.

• Firstly, avoid the accumulation of dust and dirt in the room, since small bugs most often appear in dusty places. To protect furniture from pests when wiping dust, you can use a polish; this product has a double effect - it removes dirt and repels insects with a specific smell;
• secondly, monitor the condition of pipes and risers in the apartment, eliminate condensation on windows and glass-ceramic surfaces, it is moisture that attracts woodlice and other types of silverfish;
• thirdly, periodically thoroughly ventilate the room, in this way you will saturate your living area with oxygen and help eliminate all egg clutches of insects laid by this time, since pests cannot tolerate cold;
• fourthly, to protect your apartment from the invasion of small pests, it is worth using such harmless products as soda, laundry soap, lemon when cleaning the premises - these components do not have a negative effect on humans, but they do an excellent job of controlling insects;
• fifthly, the use of herbs is considered an excellent means of preventing the appearance of insects in kitchen and wardrobes, as well as among books. Rosemary, lavender, walnut, eucalyptus have a pleasant smell for humans, but many insects cannot tolerate this aroma. You can use dry bunches of herbal mixtures, laying them out on shelves and under tables; for the same purpose, it is permissible to lay out unpeeled garlic cloves in kitchen drawers.

By taking precautions, you will not encounter the problem of removing insects from your apartment, so you should not neglect them, especially since all the proposed remedies are very simple and accessible to everyone without exception.

Invasion of small insects in new buildings

In recent years, cockroaches in residential buildings have been replaced by small insects - hay beetles. Oddly enough, this problem is especially relevant for new buildings. Hay eaters are tiny insects whose natural habitat is in the wild. They settle under the bark of trees, in the forest floor, and on dead wood. But now they can be found in residential areas. Hay beetles especially often attack new buildings.

There are several reasons for this. Firstly, there are no natural enemies of these insects in new buildings, and they can be easily brought in from the natural environment.

Secondly, hay eaters love stagnant moisture. In modern construction, there are mistakes that lead to the accumulation of moisture in the seams between panels and floors. Small insects are attracted to under-dried casein glue, wet plaster, and grout. Stagnant moisture is an excellent environment for the development of small insects. In search of food, insects penetrate the smallest cracks, and then multiply and spread throughout the apartment. In new buildings, hay eaters most often feed on mold.

Mold is the cause of hayworms

Those most at risk are corner apartments, where the humidity is always higher, apartments on the lower floors, especially if the house has basements, and apartments on the upper floors - next to the roof. Gradually, insects can spread throughout the house along the riser or cracks in the walls and ceilings. It is almost impossible to remove mold that has accumulated between walls and plaster on your own. Panel houses are especially affected. Monolithic and brick structures are inhabited by hay eaters much less frequently.

The situation is aggravated by the fact that with poor quality construction, partial or complete freezing of the walls is possible. The worst option is when the insulation is installed indoors. Gradually, condensation accumulates between the insulation board and the wall, which has no normal outlet. Mold begins to grow in the cracks. The lack of normal ventilation is also an important factor. It is ideal when ventilation covers all rooms in the apartment. In fact, ventilation openings are most often installed only in the kitchen and bathroom. That's all. Considering that modern apartments are entirely filled with plastic windows (without supply valves in the walls) and solid entrance doors, ideal conditions are created for the development of mold and the infestation of associated pests.

Harm from mold to humans

The smallest mold spores will always be present in the air of the room where it has started. These spores, when placed in a favorable environment, germinate, giving rise to a new colony of the fungus. Such a colony can even develop in humans. Often, a mushroom body, similar to chronic sinusitis, is detected on an x-ray in the maxillary sinuses. How did it get there? Very simple. The person inhaled the spores, and they sprouted in the favorable environment of the nasal mucosa and turned into an extensive fungal body, gradually poisoning the body. If a person feels chronic fatigue and has been tormented by a runny nose for months, then it is likely that the cause is mold, which is gradually developing in his body.

The most common insect guests: list of pests and descriptions

Do you know which insects are more often your “neighbors”? Here is their list:

Bed bugs.

They settle in upholstered furniture, mattresses, beds - closer to the power source. These small brownish-yellow house beetles reproduce very quickly and bite painfully. They have a flattened body, which increases significantly during feeding. They can also feed on the blood of domestic animals, so if there is a cat or dog in the house, insects will also live in its basket.

Fleas.

They bite very painfully. They are the most difficult to detect, since the parasite is very small, nimble and jumps far. The ectoparasite can only be detected at the time of the bite.

• Cockroaches.
• Louse. We are talking about body lice. She lives and lays nits exclusively in fleecy textiles, and when it is time to feed, she crawls onto a person to drink blood.
• Caterpillars. The small green insects in the apartment are caterpillars. They move into a house with a lot of greenery.
• House grasshoppers.
• Pharaoh ants.
• Clothes and fur moths.
• Spiders. Perhaps the most harmless “neighbor.” If small caterpillars in an apartment can ruin all the potted plants, then the spider will even be beneficial. It will find and eat the larvae of flies, mosquitoes, fleas, etc.
• Earwig and two-tailed bird.
• Silverfish.

If you find that caterpillars, cockroaches, fleas, moths or other insects live in your apartment, take measures to destroy them. Even non-biting and harmless pests can cause great harm to a person, especially a child. After all, their excrement, shed scales and corpses can cause the development of allergies and skin rashes. You can get rid of “neighbors” using both natural and pharmaceutical insecticides. The main thing is to take action without delaying.

Fight against hay beetles and mold

Dealing with hay beetles is quite easy - it is enough to carry out one or two treatments with contact insecticidal preparations within the infected apartment. The best results are obtained by treatment with cold or hot steam (“hot fog”). This method gets rid of small insects instantly and for sure. At the same time, the proximity to cockroaches, bedbugs, and fleas, if any, is eliminated.

In parallel with insecticide treatment, it is advisable to disinfect the premises from mold, which these insects feed on. A humid environment is always a provoking factor for the occurrence of mold. Hay eaters are not the worst thing to be afraid of, although such a neighborhood is quite unpleasant for a person. The mold next to them is much worse. Mold fungi can affect humans and lead to intractable chronic diseases. Fungicidal preparations are used for disinfection. Hot fog is used against mold. When using this method, the smallest particles of the solution get into the most inaccessible places - under wallpaper, into cracks in the joints of walls and ceilings, peeling plaster, etc.

All shortcomings made during construction must be eliminated by the management company. Repairing cracks in wall joints, repairing roofs and basements, and eliminating leaks is the responsibility of the management company.

Be sure to take measures to dry the premises.

How to dry an apartment after renovation

In winter, drying is not a particular problem - just turn on the central heating radiators. In summer, it is necessary to use heat guns. Do not forget about regular ventilation of the apartment. It is ideal if special ventilation valves are installed under the windows and the hood is functioning. If the humidity remains high, then you need to check the serviceability of the plumbing and pipes. If the plumbing was installed improperly, then there may be hidden faults in the plumbing equipment, then moisture will leak unnoticed, gradually accumulating in wall voids, under the bathtub and other hard-to-reach places.