How to get rid of bedbugs folk remedies

When identifying unpleasant "tenants" in the form bed bugs There are two options for what to do. Seek help from professional pest control or fight on your own. The first method is the most effective, but not all resort to it because of disinfestation costs or commonplace shame in front of neighbors. To etch home bugs on their own using effective insecticides or try to get rid of them using folk methods. Folk remedies for bedbugs are a way to save finances and the ability to avoid chemicals in the room.

Features of the application of folk methods

Folk remedies for domestic bugs are divided into repelling and destructive according to the spectrum of exposure. As a result of the centuries-old fight against parasites, they have been well studied. breeding features, behavior and identified their weaknesses:

• In a hungry state, individuals have a very flat body, as a result of which it is very difficult to crush them.
• In the daytime bugs are hiding in secluded places, they go hunting only at night.
• Insects have 3 stages of development: an egg, larva, adult. Eggs protected by a very dense shell through which chemicals do not penetrate. Oviposition can be destroyed only by means of ovicidal action, which are distinguished by high toxicity and a pungent odor, by the temperature method or mechanically, crushing each egg with fingers.

  

• Bed bugs have a well-developed sense of smell, and they are sensitive to odors.
• Insects are resistant to temperature fluctuations, they can be destroyed only with the help of very low and high temperature conditions. Bedbugs die at a temperature below 20 ° C and above 60 ° C.

Removal of bugs by mechanical action

The cheapest folk remedy, the effectiveness of which is doubtful. The essence of the process is to literally destroy bloodsuckers. To do this, turn on the vacuum cleaner at maximum power, find a place of congestion parasites and eliminate them. It is recommended to burn the contents of the dust bag, and wash the bag in boiling water.

The “slipper” technique is even simpler. Armed with a slipper, wait for the night and destroy insects crawling out of shelters. The complexity of the process lies in the fact that bed bugs move very quickly, and small larvae are difficult to see. The procedure is performed when the light is on, as the light of electric lamps is not a deterrent for parasites. Valerian is used to lure insects; its smell attracts bloodsuckers. In this way, you can slightly reduce the size of the bug population, but, alas, you will not be able to completely get rid of it.

On a note!

There is also a popular way to destroy parasites for the lazy.On the perimeter of the bed, cabinets, along the baseboards, you need to attach double-sided tape and collect insects as they stick.

Vinegar against bedbugs

Folk remedies for bedbugs based on vinegar can scare annoying parasites for a while. Most often, this method is used for preventive purposes to protect your apartment from the penetration of parasites from neighbors. Table vinegar or essence, it is necessary to process all skirting boards, sills, door sills, window openings, ventilation grilles. To enhance the deterrent effect, vinegar is mixed with a wormwood decoction.

To destroy parasites, a mixture of the following components is prepared:

• vinegar;
• alcohol;
• naphthalene.

All ingredients are taken in equal proportions and mixed. The resulting product treats all surfaces in the room, furniture, floors. The agent gives the greatest effect upon direct contact with an insect and can be used as an alternative aerosol. Advantages vinegar applications come down to the fact that with regular use, adults and larvae leave the apartment. But he does not exert any effect on bedbugs and the smell of vinegar disappears very quickly, so the infected room will have to be treated very often with this folk remedy.

Interesting fact. The degree of infection of the apartment can be judged by the soreness of the bites. If bug bite causes immediate pain, then the larva bites and parasites live in the apartment for a long time, successfully breed and lay eggs.

Folk remedies for bedbugs with turpentine

Turpentine is one of the most favorite components in folk remedies. There are many recipes for preparing mixtures with turpentine for the destruction of bedbugs by folk remedies. Cooking poison and pest control must be carried out with rubber gloves. This technical fluid is very toxic and is used to destroy parasite nests.

The most popular folk remedies with turpentine against bedbugs:

1. Mix 100 ml of water at room temperature, 10 ml of turpentine, 15 ml of kerosene, 100 ml of liquid soap in a sprayer, treat the places where bed bugs have accumulated and the space adjacent to them.
2. Combine turpentine and ethyl alcohol in equal proportions, 5 g of camphor.
3. Mix 100 ml of turpentine, 10 ml of kerosene and 15 g of naphthalene.
4. 80 ml of turpentine, 40 g of phenol, 6 g of salicylic acid.

On a note!

Given that bed bugs like to settle under the upholstery couch, mattress, the use of folk remedies for bed bugs with turpentine is not always rational. After use, these products leave stains that can be very difficult to remove. It is best to use them to destroy nests under linoleum, wallpaper.

Kerosene vs home bugs

Kerosene in folk remedies acts as a deterrent and liquidator of harmful insects. Under the influence of kerosene vapors, parasites and their larvae die. To completely get rid of bloodsuckers, you must repeat the procedure several times. Ingredients for the preparation of folk remedies:

• kerosene 100 ml;
• creosol 50 ml;
• naphthalene 5 g.

The use of kerosene requires precautions:

1. Pest control should be carried out with rubber gloves and a protective suit in a well-ventilated area.
2. There should not be people or pets in the apartment.
3. Kerosene is a combustible substance, therefore, fire safety rules must be observed.
4. If you feel unwell, go out into the fresh air.
5. After processing, close the room for several hours.

   

Folk remedies with chemical solutions against insects

You can get rid of folk remedies for home bugs with the help of technical fluids, which are commercially available. The disadvantage of this method is the high toxicity of the components and the specific smell.

• Denatured alcohol is effective for the destruction of adult bugs, larvae, eggs. They do not need to handle the apartment, parasites are watered directly with clean meth. The substance is very combustible.
• Ammonia is poured into containers that are installed near accumulations of bloodsuckers. The second way to use the product is to add liquid to the water for washing floors. After processing the floor with ammonia, not only bedbugs scatter, but also cockroaches.
• Aviation liquid process nests of parasites.

Plants against parasites

Most folk remedies for bedbugs in a plant-based apartment are safe. Their effectiveness can only be assessed in terms of preventionbecause they perform a deterrent function. Dry plants are most commonly used. Herbariums are hung on the walls, near window, doorways, near beds. Decoctions from plants are also prepared and possible places of insect penetration are treated. In herbal poisons can be added essential oils from these plants or cedar oil.

Chamomile, calamus, peppermint, wormwood, tansy, Ledum - all these herbs are used to scare bugs folk remedies.

Important!

Sagebrush, tansy, rosemary belong to poisonous plants, so if there are children, pets in the house, you must make sure that the grass is out of their reach.

Critical temperatures against parasites

The most effective folk remedies for bedbugs in an apartment are freezing and heating. Bed bugs are not so sensitive to temperature changes, but at a certain temperature regime they die.

Freezing

To get rid of bedbugs, their eggs and larvae should have an air temperature of minus 20 Celsius. Freezing an apartment to such a state can be dangerous. This method is good for eliminating insects in pillows, in clothes and those items that can be taken out into the street.

High temperatures

It is possible to rid the living space with folk remedies from domestic bugs even at high temperatures. At + 50, the parasite and its offspring die. Artificial heaters, irons, boiling water are used, but the most convenient steam treatment.

On a note!

The most savvy on a hot day, put the car in the sun, the car is heating up, the temperature in the cabin reaches the desired level and the chamber for the destruction of blood-sucking insects is ready. In the car they put clothes, pillows, everything that can fit into it.

Reviews about folk remedies for bedbugs

When bugs appear, people first of all begin to collect information about the parasite, compare its appearance with photos on the Internet, visit forums where you can read reviews about who and how to get rid of them. Regarding folk remedies for bedbugs, there is no consensus. They help one, others not. To draw your own conclusion about the effectiveness of folk methods is possible only from personal experience.

I believe that specialists should remove bugs and other parasites. Folk remedies in our case did not help.

Galina, Moscow

There are no companies in our city dealing with killing bugs. Therefore, I had to do this on my own. Kerosene helped (according to reviews of our friends, the best folk remedy for bedbugs). They poisoned the apartment and left for 2 days to live with their parents. More bugs have not seen.

Ulyana, Kuibyshev