Before beginning fight against these insects, it is necessary to learn more about this widespread vamir. What the insect as onozhivt as looks and whether it is dangerous at all is? And the most important how to get rid of bed bugs in house conditions?
Domestic bugs, or bed bugs are bugs from 3 to 8 mm in length. In structure bodies remind the close, but harmless relative – bug skunk, only the body cover at them transparent and can be determined by color how long ago the bug sucked blood. Generally this rather gluttonous insect who is capable to drink twice more curb weight, that is to 8 mg of blood.
Bed bugs which photo is located above very hardy and can live without feed about one month, falling into the state similar to hibernation. Parasites generally in furniture and clothes of owners hide. Can get over also on guests, so they often migrate from the dwelling to the dwelling. Also, when population becomes big, can hide also in electrical equipment, in books, cracks in the wall, in various roughnesses.
Cycle of development of bed bugs
Cimex lectularius, namely so sounds in Latin the name of bed bug, belongs to group of semi-coleopterous insects, but they have no wings. And they move rather slowly – only one and a half meters per minute. But it is enough for attack on the victim, active adult individuals generally in furniture hide.
They prefer to breed in undercover dark places which do not come across in eyes. The female attaches eggs to almost any surface by means of sticky secretion of glands. For life cycle which lasts about a year she manages to lay about 3 thousand eggs. That is up to 10 eggs a day. But a lot of things depend on living conditions of these parasites – the more favorable for them situation, the they quicker and more often breed and develop. Insects do not love cold weather and too high temperature, pungent smells.
What does the bed bug eat?
The insect eats blood of warm-blooded animals thanks to the difficult mechanism of jaws and trunk. At sting the bug injects to the victim the anesthetizing liquid therefore most of people do not even feel sting. There are no such people whom they do not bite. Even if the person is sick, he has temperature and so on, all the same he suits them in food, these parasites are not picky in food.
Body of parasite insufficiently strong therefore often people press them, turning over in dream from discomfort. Though the sting of bug is almost insensitive, people often have allergy to substances which the blood-sucker enters for the best digestion, shown in the form of the red scratching plaques on skin. Who does not know - it is night parasites, by the light of attack extremely seldom and for big hunger. For one night the wreckers can make up to 500 stings, and the same individual can make several stings in night. If on body spots from stings have appeared - it is the first sign of bed bugs of which it is necessary to get rid immediately.
Contrary to popular belief, bugs do not carry dangerous diseases. Though in their organism the viruses and bacteria, causative agents of various diseases, can be long time.
How to get rid of bed bugs independently?
It is forever possible to remove and eradicate parasites, and it is necessary to make it immediately at their detection.
Parasites live all day, at the same time do not love temperature drops. For example, at-20 degrees and below they almost instantly perish, the same situation occurs also at temperature of +50 degrees and above. Any conditioner or something another is not able to create such temperature in the apartment. If to vystuzhat them from the apartment independently, then most likely, they will fall just into hibernation. But there are various ways of heat treatment of the room in which there live parasites. Services in destruction are provided by this way by the professionals specializing on fight against insects. It is important to acquire such information that the nobility how to fight against bed bugs.
Nevertheless the most effective way in question how to get rid of bed bugs in the apartment, are chemical medicines:
- Special mixes and parasites powders: Neopin and Riopan.
- Liquid toxic chemicals against insects: Lakterin, Foksid, Primadid, Get, "Formayt".
- Aerosols and sprays: Karbozol, "Dichlorvos", "Raptor", "Raid".
How to get rid and than to remove bed bugs, owners of the dwelling need to be defined independently. Processing by chemicals has to be carried out strictly according to the instruction attached to means on fight against insects. The procedure of their destruction is divided into several stages as one-time application of the chosen means, is not capable to destroy all population at once.