How to get rid of bedbugs in an apartment forever on your own?

A bedbug is one of the types of parasites that live in a person’s home. Their appearance is most often not associated with the pollution of the apartment and the presence of animals in it. Bed bugs can appear even in a perfectly clean living space. The fight against bedbugs must begin immediately after they are discovered, otherwise they will multiply and much more effort will be needed to remove them. To exterminate bedbugs, you can use both chemical and folk remedies. In this article we will talk about the main methods of control and remedies that have helped many families get rid of bedbugs in their apartments.

What do bed bugs look like?

A bedbug is a blood-sucking insect that is an ectoparasite of humans and warm-blooded animals. Wikipedia considers it from the point of view of an obligate synanthropic insect - its existence is completely connected with human life and housing. There are several types of bedbugs: black, white, brown.

If you already know firsthand what bed bugs look like and don’t want to learn their appearance and detection tips, you can skip straight to the extermination tips.

What do insects look like? The size of a bed bug ranges from 5 to 8.5 mm, with males always being smaller than females. Insects have a yellow, brown or dark brown color, which is directly caused by saturation with blood. The bug has a flat body, the front edge of the head is equipped with a special proboscis, which helps the insect pierce the skin and suck blood.

Stinging setae form the upper and lower jaws. They are divided into two channels: through the large channel, blood enters the body, and through the small channel, saliva is released for injection when bitten. To successfully exist in the vicinity of humans, house bugs are endowed not only with a miniature and flat body with low weight, but also with small notches on their paws, which allow them to move along walls and ceilings.

Many people are sure that bedbugs are able to fly and jump, but this is not the case; the bedbug does not have developed wings, and its legs are not adapted for jumping.

Preventive measures (prophylactic)

The location of the enemy has been determined, it’s time to choose a weapon to destroy it. To get rid of bedbugs yourself, you can use four methods: mechanical, folk, temperature and chemical.

As a rule, by mechanical method we mean a slipper and a vacuum cleaner. The first to hit the bugs is the second to suck them out.

Folk remedies are suitable for those who, due to circumstances, do not have access to stores where they sell chemicals, or who fundamentally do not want to spend money on them.

Such people can take advantage of the gifts of nature. It is known that bed bugs cannot tolerate the smell of wormwood and tansy. Therefore, it is necessary to spread these plants in places where parasites accumulate and after a while they will retreat from there. True, you should be careful with tansy. It is moderately toxic, so during procedures, it is not superfluous to ventilate the room, and keep children and pets at a distance.

These herbs act not only on bed bugs, but also on mosquitoes and cockroaches. Which is definitely a plus. The downside is that both wormwood and tansy repel parasites, and do not kill them. The enemy moves to another place, but after a while he will undoubtedly return to continue to pester you with bites.

Also, such chemicals as kerosene, cresol, denatured alcohol, ammonia and sting were widely used among the people. Separately, and especially as part of mixtures, these substances can not only repel bedbugs, but also destroy them along with the larvae and sometimes eggs. However, treating a room with them is time-consuming and inconvenient; they smell strongly and damage upholstered furniture.

In general, experts are increasingly less likely to recommend their use. The reasons are simple - they are much inferior to professional chemicals, some of them emit toxic fumes, others are flammable. So it is neither possible nor safe to get rid of bedbugs with kerosene or vinegar at home.

Lifestyle, nutrition and period of activity of the bug

How do bedbugs live and what do they eat? They lead a parasitic lifestyle, feeding exclusively on the blood of humans and warm-blooded animals. Insects are active only at night, and during the day they hide in dark, secluded places. Their nocturnal lifestyle helps them get close to a sleeping person unnoticed and easily choose the most suitable place for collecting blood.

The linen bug emerges from its hiding places between 1:00 a.m. and 7 a.m. It only takes 4 to 10 minutes for it to become saturated with blood, after which it leaves the human body and hides in a shelter. One “meal” of food lasts an insect for an average of 5–6 days. A bug that has drunk blood noticeably increases in size and can reach 9 mm. It is noteworthy that when fed, the bug becomes very clumsy and vulnerable, it loses its reaction speed and can be easily caught and crushed. This is why you can see blood stains on the bed; a thick and clumsy bug can be crushed even in your sleep.

The most developed sense organ of a bedbug is smell; it is able to sense carbon dioxide, which is released when a person breathes, at a distance of up to 3 meters, and the warmth of a sleeping person - at a distance of up to half a meter.

Cost of processing a cottage (house)

Room size	1 year warranty
Up to 70 m2	3400 rub.
From 71 to 170 m2	4900 rub.
From 171 to 300 m2	6500 rub.
From 301 to 500 m2	10500 rub.
From 501 to 1000 m2	15300 rub.
From 1001 to 2000 m2	17200 rub.
From 2001 to 3000 m2	22200 rub.

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Bedbug reproduction and lifespan

The reproduction of the household bug does not stop throughout the year. Fertilization of the female occurs in a very unusual way: the male introduces his seminal fluid through the integumentary tissue of the female, piercing her belly. The storage of seminal fluid by the female lasts throughout her entire life. She spends it gradually, laying up to 5 eggs per day. In total, a female bedbug is capable of laying from 250 to 550 eggs over its entire life cycle.

Bed bugs love to settle in mattresses, so their eggs can be found there, as well as on furniture seams, in fabric covers and other dark, hard-to-reach places. In appearance, the eggs are similar to small grains of white rice, which turn yellow as the embryo matures.

The fastest and most proven way to kill bedbugs inside a mattress is to use a special protective mattress cover. The product is a sealed case with a micro-zipper. By putting such a cover on your mattress, you will seal and thereby kill the insects inside, without resorting to disposal of the mattress itself.

The complete development cycle of the egg until the appearance of the larva is 7–10 days. If conditions are far from favorable, then the cycle can increase to 20 days.

Larvae are small bugs that absorb blood for the speedy onset of molting and the transition to a new level of development. When molting, the larvae shed their dark brown shells. Shed skins can be observed in places where parasites are most concentrated: behind sofas, in mattress seams, bedding fabrics, pillowcases. Before the larva becomes an adult, 5 moults must occur.

The larvae are not able to produce a special anesthetic secretion that adults secrete, so when bitten a person may feel a sharp, unpleasant tingling sensation.

Bedbug reproduction occurs faster when temperatures are favorable and the insect is provided with food.

How long do bedbugs live?

The lifespan of a bed bug ranges from 11 to 14 months. When hunger, low temperatures or other unfavorable conditions occur, bedbugs slow down their life processes and enter a state similar to suspended animation. They can remain in this state for over 12 months, while maintaining full viability.

It is noteworthy that bedbugs are able to migrate between apartments in search of more favorable living conditions. They easily crawl through ventilation holes, cracks in the walls of houses, chimneys, and in warm weather they move well along the outer walls of houses. An adult can walk 1 meter in 1 minute.

Prevention of parasites

To prevent bed bugs from appearing in your apartment, it is enough to follow a number of simple rules, such as:

Carrying out regular cleaning of the apartment, emptying the home of unnecessary things. The accumulation of unnecessary things leads to the accumulation of various parasites that simply adore these places.
When purchasing new furniture, and especially used furniture, it is better to carefully inspect the furniture from all sides, noting factors that indicate the presence of parasites.
The same applies to buying old antiques such as furniture, mirrors in wooden frames, paintings, books, table lamps, etc.
After the trip, you should check everything very carefully, with mandatory washing and ironing of all things.
Regular inspection of the bed, in addition, paying attention to bites and their nature. When there are mosquitoes in the room, you can always hear them, but you cannot hear insects. In addition, wounds are very different.
Carrying out cosmetic repairs, especially replacing wallpaper, baseboards and platforms. The cracks between them and the walls are ideal hiding places for parasites.

If there are insects in the apartment, and especially on the sofa, it is not so easy to get rid of them, especially if children, pregnant women or sick relatives live in the apartment, since the use of chemical control agents in such cases is contraindicated. Therefore, to getting rid of them will require patience and perseverance. You will have to sweat a lot after working with your brain. Everything will be much easier if you use chemistry. It allows you to quickly and efficiently clean your home from pests, and only after that you can organize bouquets of wormwood, tansy or other plants.

While bedbugs have not yet appeared, it is better not to hesitate and take measures to prevent them from actually appearing in the apartment. For this you need very little, but you will be provided with comfortable living conditions.

What do bite marks look like?

A roombug, when saturated with blood, can make up to 7 bites at intervals of 1 – 2 minutes. Thanks to the anesthetic saliva secreted, a person often does not feel a bedbug bite. Traces of bedbug bites on the human body can be distinguished by a characteristic line of closely spaced red dots, which can be compared to mosquito bites. Itching and burning of the bite site is an individual symptom that may not appear. A large number of people do not experience any physical discomfort associated with the bite.

A characteristic symptom of a bite is redness of the bitten area and its thickening. This differs from a mosquito bite, traces of which disappear from the human body within a few hours.

Most often, bites occur on less protected areas of the body with delicate skin - the neck, shoulders, and back.

The price of exterminating bedbugs in enterprises

Room size	1 year warranty
Up to 70 m2	3900 rub.
From 71 to 170 m2	4600 rub.
From 171 to 300 m2	5500 rub.
From 301 to 400 m2	6550 rub.
From 401 to 500 m2	8050 rub.
From 501 to 700 m2	9450 rub.
From 701 to 1000 m2	12750 rub.
From 1000 to 1500 m2	14400 rub.
From 1501 to 2000 m2	20,000 rub.
From 2001 to 3500 m2	25,000 rub.
From 3501 to 5000 m2	30,000 rub.
From 5001 to 10000 m2	40,000 rub.
From 10000 m2	50,000 rub.

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Are bedbug bites dangerous for humans?

Scientists have not proven the danger of a bedbug bite and the serious diseases it carries, but there are organisms that are carried by bedbugs and can cause diseases such as:

brucellosis;
smallpox;
Hepatitis B;
tuberculosis.

What to do if bedbug bites itch very much and instantly increase in size, weakness, nausea and dizziness occur? An allergy to an insect bite should be excluded. In the absence of timely medical attention, allergies can lead to the development of complications after a bite, including anaphylactic shock.

Bed bugs are carriers of infections, but there have been no cases of them infecting humans. Quite often, infection occurs by the person himself when scratching the blisters and introducing microbes into the wounds.

Bedbug bites cause nervousness, malaise, and lack of sleep. A person loses his former ability to work, the quality and pace of life decreases. Constant psychological discomfort can transform into prolonged depression.

We treat bedbug bites, remove bite marks

Bed bug bites not only bring discomfort and unpleasant sensations, but also look unsightly on the skin. In order to get rid of the first symptoms of a bite and reduce inflammation, it is recommended to rinse the bitten area with clean water and then treat it with a solution of vinegar or citric acid.

To relieve the skin from itching, you need to soap the bite area with glycerin soap and let the soap foam dry a little. After 7-10 minutes, rinse the bite site with warm running water.

To treat skin bites, a prepared mixture of baking soda and water will help. Apply the paste mixture to the affected areas of the body and leave for 30 - 50 minutes, then rinse off with warm water.

In order to reduce the rash, you can use lemon juice or St. John's wort decoction. It is enough just to lubricate the bite area with cotton wool a few times.

To prevent the development of infection, it is recommended to apply a gel containing aloe vera juice to the affected areas of the body. A special gel, Gektor, after bedbug bites, is ideal for this purpose. It relieves redness and promotes rapid healing of wounds, restoring a healthy color to the skin. The gel is applied in a thin layer to the damaged area.

The ointment after bites, which contains hydrocortisone and cortisone, effectively removes traces of bites. It promotes the resorption of blisters, relieves itching, and reduces pain.

Allergic reactions and swelling of the skin can be relieved with antihistamine tablets such as Benadryl. It must be taken into account that they have contraindications that can lead to exacerbation of chronic diseases.

If the reaction to a bug bite is accompanied by a rise in temperature, fever, nausea, muscle weakness and headaches, then you should immediately consult a doctor for qualified medical care.

Types of bedbugs

Scientists have data on the presence of more than 5 thousand species of bedbugs. The most common is the bed bug, which prefers to settle in a person’s home and feeds on human blood. Despite this, other types of bedbugs deserve attention. For example:

Water bug . This insect prefers to settle in bodies of water and feed on creatures living in the water. It grows up to 1.5 cm in length. The water bug is not dangerous to humans. But its bites can cause allergic reactions and pain.
Wood bug . It prefers to live on various kinds of bushes and, for humans, does not pose any danger, even if it gets into an apartment or house.
Green bug . A fairly common pest that lives on plants such as raspberries and strawberries. It does not pose any danger to humans, but it is dangerous for strawberries and wild strawberries, as it feeds on the juices of these berries.
Red bug . They usually appear in early spring, when the sun begins to warm up, and in the fall, when the last warmth is observed outside before the onset of cold weather. They can be seen by their bright colors and numerous groups basking in the sun. These creatures feed on plant sap and have a detrimental effect on the condition of many trees.

What causes bed bugs?

Every person who has ever found bites on their skin has wondered where bedbugs come from in their apartments. After all, a well-kept apartment not inhabited by pets and located far from garbage dumps is not a guarantee of safety from bed bugs.

How do bedbugs appear in the house? The main source of their spread is neighboring apartments. This problem is especially relevant in old buildings, Soviet high-rise buildings and communal apartments. Bedbugs move quite actively, capturing new territories to inhabit.

In rural areas, bedbugs appear in barns, chicken coops, poultry houses, and then safely move into human habitation.

Due to their high adaptability to unfavorable environmental conditions and good viability, bed bugs can enter the house in a variety of ways:

From a trip . Traveling to warm countries, the risk of getting bed bugs is quite high. It is enough to bring one adult female in a suitcase or backpack and after a while the apartment will be densely populated with blood-sucking insects.
Furnished . When buying used furniture, a person also runs the risk of acquiring bed bugs. Bloodsuckers often settle in sofas, armchairs and poufs, since it is on this furniture that their potential victim is located.
With clothes . Bedbugs hide in the folds of clothes, so trying on something in a store can bring back an uninvited guest. Also, used clothing stores are at risk, so after purchasing used clothing, you must thoroughly steam it.
With household appliances . Bedbugs like to wait out the daytime in secluded places, which serve as reliable protection for them. Laptops, TVs, microwave ovens and other equipment are good shelters for bedbugs; they often even lay eggs in the openings of household appliances.
On animals . Bedbugs very rarely parasitize animals, but there have been cases of them being carried by domestic animals and birds.

Bedbugs live in shops, warehouses, libraries, clinics, offices... Often, people don’t even notice small insects until their population reaches a huge number.

Benefits of calling a bedbug extermination service

In our service, you can order bedbug treatment with a guarantee and travel throughout Moscow, the price of which is from 1,600 rubles per apartment. This is a quick way to effectively get rid of household and bed bugs. Considering that you will spend a lot of time on self-processing without guaranteeing results, ordering services from a disinfection service is much easier and sometimes even cheaper. Often people have been struggling with this problem for years, but lose hope and still call us, because we offer:

quick disinfestation of any premises;
processing even in hard-to-reach places;
guarantee of complete removal of all individuals: adult bedbugs, larvae and eggs;
use of the latest equipment;
highly effective methods of disinfection of bedbugs, safe for the environment, people and animals;
all activities are carried out in accordance with SanPiN 3.5.2.3472-17.

A one-year warranty is included in the cost of bedbug treatment!

Thanks to professional processing tools and more than 10 years of experience, we take on even the most complex cases and set reasonable prices for our services.

Our service specialists know how to get rid of bedbugs even where other pest control services cannot. And the price of pest control services compares favorably with many competitors. At the City Disinfection Station, the result is guaranteed. Modern equipment for exterminating bedbugs allows you to treat large areas in a short time. Premium pest control products have a prolonged effect, so not a single bug will survive the work of our service.

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Where do bedbugs hide - habitats

You can determine the main habitat of bed bugs by their name; of course, this is the bed. Bed bugs live under the mattress, in the folds of bed linen, pillow seams, and bedside tables. They are especially attracted to sofas and armchairs with soft upholstery, in which they safely accommodate their entire colony.

The main criterion for such placement is proximity to the power source, namely to the sleeping person. In bedrooms, a comfortable temperature is most often maintained, which allows bedbugs to actively reproduce.

Where do bedbugs hide? They usually settle in hard-to-reach places such as:

cracks in linoleum;
parquet cracks;
linen closets;
carpets, rugs;
bookshelves;
upholstered furniture;
Appliances.

You can find bedbugs under baseboards, behind wallpaper, in wardrobes and even in electrical outlets.

How to prevent the spread

To stop the reproduction process, you need to create unacceptable conditions for this. The main factor is temperature difference. Conditions within +25…+35°C are considered comfortable for parasites. When the temperature is lowered with the help of an air conditioner to +18 and below, the development of insects slows down and the reproduction process is inhibited.

This will prevent the spread of insects until the bedbug nests on the sofa are destroyed.

When introducing pests, it is necessary to find their habitat. If it is destroyed, the number of insects will decrease many times. This is the fastest way to control pests in your home and also prevent further spread of insects.

Find all bed bug nests inside the sofa

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How to independently detect the presence of bedbugs in a room?

Independent detection of bedbugs indoors is difficult because the arthropods are very small and nocturnal. But by paying attention to some characteristic signs, you can still recognize insects:

The appearance of bites on the body is the main sign that there are bed bugs in the apartment. To distinguish bedbug bites from mosquito bites, you need to look closely to see if there are small droplets of coagulated blood on them. When bitten, a mosquito secretes a hemostatic mucus, which the bug does not have. The bug only numbs the bite site, so blood particles remain on the wound.
Blood stains on bed linen. A parasite that has drunk blood becomes very large and clumsy. It moves slowly and can easily be crushed by a sleeping person. In the morning, if you look closely at the bed linen, you can see small blood spots.
The presence of black spots - bedbug excrement. They can be on the sofa, in bedside tables, wardrobes.
The keratinized membranes of parasites that remain after they molt. The shells can be found in areas with large concentrations of insects and excrement.
Live insects, eggs, larvae. To detect adult individuals, you need to lay out the bed and turn on the lights sharply at night. Insects will definitely be noticed, as they will not have time to hide.

To simplify the search for pests, it is recommended to use a flashlight and a magnifying glass. It is necessary to examine all hard-to-reach places in the house. A magnifying glass will help in identifying excrement, eggs and larvae.

Bedbug trap

Unfortunately, bed bugs are quite difficult to attract with anything. Therefore, now there is only one type of trap on sale, which uses your sleeping place as bait. Such traps are plastic containers with a special “catching groove”.

The trap should be placed under each of the bed legs, and the bed itself should be moved away from walls and other furniture. Bed linen should never touch the floor. If all this is done, then bed bugs will have no other option but to crawl up the legs of the bed.

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.

This trap is usually sold in a set of 4 pieces.

Cold and hot war

Bed bugs are heat-loving insects that feel comfortable at 20-25 °C. They tolerate any temperature fluctuations painfully. For example, a cold snap of just 10 °C puts them into suspended animation; at -20 °C and below, their bodies freeze, and after a few hours the frozen organs rupture the internal tissues, leading to the death of the insects.

However, bedbugs like warmth for the time being. As soon as the thermometer rises to +55 °C, the parasites begin to feel uneasy. An hour or two in this heat and they die. A day later, the same fate overtakes the eggs they laid.

It would seem that freezing and evaporation could become the most popular means. With their help, you could easily get rid of bedbugs yourself and without special costs: you don’t need to buy chemicals or contact pest control services. However, in real life, it is not so easy to exterminate parasites with cold and heat.

Killing by cold requires a consistently low temperature outside. The windows are opened wide, the heating is turned off, the water is drained from the pipes so that it does not freeze and break communications. Freezing is carried out in two stages: the first time the population of adult individuals must die, the second time - those bugs that manage to hatch from heat-resistant eggs in about 2 weeks. If everything is done correctly, the blood-sucking enemies, as well as their eggs, will disappear forever.

But such a powerful effect will also have a downside. Freezing temperatures can ruin plaster, furniture, wallpaper or cause other costly damage. Therefore, freezing is only suitable for local control of parasites. Let's say bedbugs have infested the sofa and have not yet spread throughout the house. The furniture is taken out into the cold and left under the windows for a day. The result: no parasites, no chemical smell, just the aroma of frost on the upholstery.

Things are not so simple with the evaporation of bed bugs. To say that using this method to easily get rid of bloodsuckers at home would be an exaggeration.

For this procedure, a steam generator apparatus is used. The temperature is set to 60 °C and above; it is advisable to wrap the nozzle with a rag so that water vapor is sprayed at a wide angle. A jet of steam quickly kills bedbugs, their larvae and eggs, but the treatment process itself takes a lot of time, since with the help of a steam generator you can only hit bedbugs with targeted blows, and only in open areas: by removing a panel from the wall or rolling up a carpet on the floor. It will not be possible to crawl with such a unit into the far corner of the bedside table or treat the socket with a stream of steam. In addition, steam is harmful to paint surfaces, and at temperatures above 70 ° C, also to plastic coatings.

Therefore, as with freezing, evaporation is suitable for controlling bed bugs in a confined space when they have not yet spread throughout the room. Otherwise, only a temporary effect can be achieved - the remaining individuals will reproduce and quickly restore the population.

The best modern chemicals for bedbugs

The unpretentiousness of insects and their ability to live in the most unpredictable places makes the fight much more difficult. To remove bed bugs, it is recommended to use proven and effective chemicals. Next we will look at some of them.

Here's what an employee of one of the capital's pest control services said:

Oleg Roshchin

I am a professional exterminator, I have been removing insects from apartments and private houses for 7 years.

Moscow bedbugs have unimaginable resistance to drugs. Our branches in the outback never cease to be surprised - they say you have bad bugs. Resistance to the drug develops from the second generation: if the parents were poisoned with one drug, it will no longer affect the offspring of bedbugs. Therefore, we have to constantly change processing agents.

Gektor

Hector is probably one of the most popular and modern remedies against bed bugs. The product was able to achieve this thanks to its unsurpassed effectiveness, as can be seen by reading numerous customer reviews. The drug is presented in the form of a powder based on silicon dioxide SiO2. The main feature is the principle of action - the product dries out bedbugs, completely dehydrating them. The drug is safe for use in apartments and private homes. There is a caveat - the product does not work instantly, and the effect appears after about a week, but it lasts for a long time.

Karbofos

Karbofos has a nerve-paralytic effect that helps remove bedbugs. Once on an insect, the substance immobilizes its muscular system, which leads to the death of the parasite. You need to know that Karbofos is a very stable product; when applied to interior items, the paralytic effect lasts for up to several months, which can pose a danger to children and animals. When using this substance, you must carefully read the instructions.

Get Total

Get Total will help get rid of bedbugs, cockroaches, fleas, ants and many other insects and will maintain the effect for up to 6 months (as the manufacturer claims). The instructions advise you to first clean the room, find areas where parasites have spread, pour boiling water or hot steam over them, and then thoroughly treat them with the drug. It is also very important to close all escape routes for bedbugs: cover cracks in baseboards and walls with masking tape, close hoods and joints of walls and communications. Then treat the entire apartment with a product diluted according to the instructions. Active ingredient: chlorpyrifos (5.0%). One bottle of the drug is enough for 20-22 sq.m.

Dichlorvos

Dichlorvos is an aerosol intexicide, which is available in cans. Aerosol is the best remedy that helps to quickly get rid of bedbugs. Surfaces pollinated with a spray retain insecticides for a fairly short period of time. To increase effectiveness, repeat the treatment several times a week. It is necessary to spray places where insects accumulate and where they might live. After spraying, you must immediately leave the room for 40 - 60 minutes, and then ventilate the apartment. Dichlorvos must be used following safety precautions.

Hot fog

Hot fog is the fastest and most effective way to get rid of bedbugs today. The chemical is poisonous, so it is recommended to call a special service for treatment. This method consists in the fact that the destruction of bedbugs occurs with any preparation heated to 80-90°C, which is sprayed indoors.

Hot fog heats the temperature in the apartment to 50°C; a fatal temperature for a bedbug is 45°C. Disinfection will take an hour on average, but suspended particles of the drug will settle within 3 to 7 hours. The descending particles must act on the eggs and larvae for at least another 4 hours to destroy them. Only after 8 – 11 hours can you begin wet cleaning of the room.

Xulat Micro

Xulat Micro is popularized as a remedy for home use against bedbugs and cockroaches, with which you can get rid of insects yourself. It is one of the microencapsulated preparations: after the liquid dries, the intexicides form a thin film on the treated surface.

Microcapsules stick to insects running across the surface, leading to poisoning of their body.

Special services to combat bedbugs

If we talk about emulsion concentrates, many of them are used by professionals from pest control services. This suggests another thought. Before you start removing bed bugs at home yourself, it’s worth asking yourself: will the small savings in money compensate for the volume and difficulty of the work that needs to be done? Are there any risks associated with it, not completely removing bedbugs, choosing the wrong drug, getting mild poisoning? If in doubt, you should call special pest control services. Professionals will do it better. But in this case, you need to look for a professional, and not a private trader with a sprayer or a bucket with a broom.

Refusal of intrusive services of professionals

Of course, a group of specialists can clear a living space of insects quickly enough. But is there a high probability of decent fulfillment of obligations on their part? It is problematic to protect yourself from amateurism, especially in these pragmatic times. Therefore, if these harmful creatures are discovered in the house, it is not advisable to immediately contact companies.

In addition, drugs to combat bedbugs are widely available. They are not prescribed by prescription, like medications, therefore, the proper level of preparation for an independent event can be provided.

By the way, professional services usually cost quite a lot. If you do not have large amounts of financial resources, it is better to deal with the pests yourself. This gives both a feeling of security and moral satisfaction from realizing the usefulness of the operation performed personally.