Bed bugs in mattress and bed

Bedbugs are one of the most common parasitic insects that settle in humans. The source of food for them is human blood, as a result of which small "tormentors" prefer to settle in bed or in the bedside zone. That is why the parasites were given the name sofa, bed, mattress or bed bugs.

Insect features

In nature, there are a large number varieties of bugs. Recognizing bed bugs living in bed is not difficult. The absence of wings is their main feature. Due to this, the boundaries of the segments are clearly visible on the transparent shell of the insect.

Adult bug size can reach a length of up to 9 mm. In a hungry state, the abdomen has a rounded shape, after a hearty dinner, it lengthens by almost 2 times. You can distinguish a saturated parasite by a dark color, hungry pests of a light red color.

Another distinctive feature is the presence on the small triangular head of the bug of a long proboscis, formed by fused jaws. It is this solid and durable organ, divided into two channels, that pierces the human skin. Through one channel, the parasite consumes human blood, from another it releases a special anesthetic substance. Due to which the victim does not feel a bite. What a bed bug looks like can be seen in the photo below.

Unique to bugs is and breeding process. The male forcibly punctures the female abdomen with his genitals, fertilizing her. After that, the male’s seed products are stored in a special organ of the female and are consumed by her as necessary. A female lays up to 5-10 eggs a day, about 500 pieces in her entire life. After 3-4 days, they appear larvae (nymphs), which fade every week, and after 1-1.5 months become sexually mature individuals.

Mattress bugs live for about a year. It is also surprising that in the presence of uncomfortable conditions for the existence of insects can fall into suspended animation. Parasites do not tolerate sudden temperature changes. A temperature below -17 degrees and above +50 degrees is harmful to them.

Where do they come from

The appearance of bugs in the housing does not speak about the unsanitary state of the room. The bloodsuckers settle in the immediate vicinity of a person. Waste and garbage, unlike cockroaches or Prussians, are not interested in them. Therefore, bedbugs may appear even in a new apartment, where the cleanest housewife lives.

The main ways of the appearance of bugs in the apartment:

• Passed from neighbors. Especially if they started pest control, but not effective enough;
  

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  After the owners changed in the next apartment, they began to find cockroaches in their kitchen, and bedbugs in the bed. The treatment was done more than once, trying to independently cope with pests, but the result was very short-lived. From which the situation only worsened. In addition, it turned out that this problem arose not only in our apartment. This continued until they gathered with their neighbors and called disinfestation service for the destruction of bugs. But with the mattress still had to leave.

  Maria, Omsk

• You can find a bed bug in a cheap hotel, sanatorium or train carriage. As a result, there is a high probability of settling such a "lodger" at home;
  

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  Being on a business trip I had to stay at a hotel. When I found a bug on the bed, I understood the reason for the appearance of red itchy spots on the body. And looking under the mattress, she was horrified - the insects were simply swarming there. Had to look for another hotel. And upon arrival home, all things were urgently removed, I was very afraid to bring bed bugs home.

  Valentina, Moscow

• When buying books, clothes, paintings and other used things. Also, acquiring furniture from hand, you can often find bugs in a mattress or sofa.

Signs of presence

It is not always possible to see bedbugs in bed due to their small size. Insects go hunting only in the morning, when their future victim has the best sleep. The following symptoms will help to understand that bed bugs will help:

• waste products - the presence of black crumbs (excrement) resembling ground pepper, as well as dry chitinous covers discarded during molting, indicate the presence of pests, they can often be found in the joints of the mattress;
• if the mattress is saturated with a specific smell resembling sour raspberries;
• blood stains on the bed remaining after bedbug bites;
• bites in open areas of the skin - they can appear in different places, especially often pests affect children's skin, as it is more delicate;
• yellow spots on the sheet indicate that bed bugs have settled in the bed.

Below are the bedbugs in the mattress in the photo.

Ways to fight

Having found signs of bedbugs in the bed, you should immediately begin to fight them. The question of how to get rid of bed bugs in a mattress arises for everyone who has encountered such a problem. In this situation, you can use the services of the pest control service and order professional apartment processing or baiting yourself using chemical or folk remedies.

1. With severe infection of the mattress by bedbugs, it is better to get rid of it. Since baiting mass accumulation of insects is very expensive. So that the parasites do not spread throughout the house, the mattress is wrapped in polyethylene and taken out in this form to the street.
2. With a slight degree of infection of the mattress, bed linen is removed from it, which is obligatory subjected to washing and heat treatment. Do the same with a mattress cover (if any).
3. With the help of a vacuum cleaner, the delayed bugs are removed from the mattress egg laying
4. If the sofa or bed has armrests, then it is better to unscrew them. So you can more carefully process your favorite bloodsucker habitats.
5. In the winter season, when it is frosty outside, the method of freezing will help rid the mattress of bedbugs (air temperature should not be higher than -17 degrees).
6. You can process a bedbug mattress and using a steam generator (high temperature is also detrimental to insects).
   

   

7. Many people use kerosene to kill parasites. It is mixed with water in a ratio of 2: 1, after which laundry soap is added to the resulting mixture and mixed thoroughly. It is better to treat surfaces and hard-to-reach spots with the obtained solution using a spray gun. After a week, the processing should be repeated.
8. You can also get rid of bloodsuckers with the help of turpentine, phenol and salicylic acid. They are taken in a ratio of 40: 20: 3, respectively. Processing is carried out in a similar manner.
9. If there is no result when using the methods described above, you should use for processing the bed and mattress effective chemicals. In this case, it is necessary to pay attention to the composition of the drug, since bugs quickly develop immunity to many insecticides. The degree of infection, the presence of odor and the level of toxicity should also be considered.Most in demand among consumers are funds Get, Executioner, Fufanon or Cucaracha. They have a long residual validity, which makes it possible to count even on the death of larvae that hatch after processing.
   

   

10. After treatment with insecticidal preparations, the mattress is repeatedly vacuumed from dead insects.
11. If infected with pests in the crib, it is recommended to replace the mattress, wash the wooden parts with hot water. After that, the design is subject to treatment with an antiparasitic agent. It is important that it is as safe as possible for the health of the child and does not have a specific smell. An example of this is Pyrethrum powder. If the bed is treated with a highly toxic drug, then the child is isolated from the room for several days.

Everyone can find a bug in their bed. In such situations, it is important not to get lost and not to throw the situation on its own, but urgently control measures. Only timely processing will give a quick and effective result and help. get rid of bedbugs.