What do bed bugs eggs look like?

Some of the most common human companions are bed bugs. Fighting them is a lot of trouble because of their rapid reproduction. Numerous bedbug eggs are hidden so securely that it becomes necessary to find effective means for the destruction of the bug family. To do this, you need to know how the eggs of bed bugs look.

Bug propagation

Bites, blood stains on bedding, black dots of intruder excrement ¬– all this signs of the appearance of eggs and larvae of bed bugs. Not a very pleasant smell of rotten raspberries will signal that you need to do a search for masonry. This can only be done with a thorough examination of the bed and linen, as well as other corners of the apartment.

To detect bedbug eggs, you should take a magnifier. They are very small, the length does not exceed one millimeter. Their shape is oblong, with a slight bend, resembles rice grains. If you look at the bug eggs in the photo, you can see that there is a lid at the end of each of them. The color of eggs varies from transparent - pearl to yellowish. A special adhesive substance covering their shell allows them to be fixed on different surfaces, even vertical ones. So the laying of the bug receives protection from most pesticides. Each masonry contains from five to twelve pieces.

To quickly destroy the bugs, it is advisable to study breeding features, living conditions. You need to know where the bedbugs lay their eggs. The method of reproduction is traumatic insemination. The male pierces the female’s abdomen with his genitals and injects seminal fluid into her body. It is stored in a special tank and is constantly used. Therefore, females do not need a sexual partner to create new clutches.

For about five days, eggs form in their bodies, after which they lay eggs up to twelve pieces per day. Bedbug eggs are placed in large groups of up to hundreds. At this time, the female needs high-quality nutrition, because one meal gives her the opportunity to lay twenty eggs, from which new individuals will hatch. Over the entire life span, the female is capable of giving life to five hundred new bugs.

Nymphs of bedbugs from eggs hatch after 3-4 days. This is an immature larva, an embryo, a small copy of an adult bug. You can see it in the photo. The development of the larva is accompanied by a five-fold molt every six or seven days. For normal development, she needs to drink blood at least once before filling her stomach. Bug larva consumes less blood than an adult. But because of their large numbers, it is their bites that bother the person most. In addition, the larvae are not able to anesthetize the wound, which leads to itching.

Life expectancy of bugs has a direct dependence on temperature conditions. Ideal conditions of 25-30 degrees allow the insect to live up to twelve months.

Destruction methods

The properties of the protective shell of the embryos help withstand the effects of pesticides, temperature extremes, mechanical stress.But there are some vulnerabilities: high humidity, lowering the temperature below twenty degrees or an increase of more than seventy.

There are three main ways to destroy eggs and larvae at home: thermal, mechanical, chemical.

1. In a mechanical way, fighting larvae is long and inefficient. We have to find every clutch and try to kill the eggs by hand. First you need to consider the eggs in the photo. If the number of larvae is large, then this method is unacceptable.
2. The chemical method requires the right choice of insecticide. Recommended microencapsulated products, such as the Delta Zone, Get. They remain active for several months and destroy each new generation, preventing their reproduction. Therefore, re-processing may not be required. Of the inexpensive drugs can be called Karbofos, Fufanon. But their low cost is due to the high level of toxicity and odor. The most powerful drugs like Sinusan, Tetrix, Chlorpyrimac, Sichlor, require the use of protective measures and have a strong odor. Facilities Dichlorvos or Kombat require multiple processing, which is not very convenient in the apartment. There is a drug of professional action Diazinon. But it is forbidden to use it at home because of its toxic effects on humans and animals.
   

   

3. The thermal method of controlling larvae is quite effective, if you know at what temperature do bedbugs die. It should be treated with boiling water where possible egg congestion. Boil the laundry steam generator mattress. The operation requires several repetitions with weekly interruptions. In winter, on the contrary, infected objects can be carried out all day on the street or on the balcony. The temperature should be below twenty degrees. After freezing, you can rinse everything with a hot solution of peroxide or soda with water.

Where to find the nests

It is not easy to find eggs of domestic bugs because of their small size and the female’s ability to penetrate the most inaccessible places. In addition, the parasite does not tolerate daylight and seeks to hide the laying of eggs in the dark corners of the room, closer to the power source. If during the search an adult specimen is found, then there is a clutch and larvae nearby. This can be read above. Armed with a magnifying glass and a flashlight, you need to inspect habitat of larvae:

• bed, bed and mattress;
• clothesespecially stitches;
• pet resting place;
• crevices in the skirting boards;
• upholstered furniture and crevices of wooden furniture;
  

  

• Carpets
• cracks in the wallpaper;
• picture frames;
• ventilation;
• electrical appliances and heating system.

Prevention

The following measures will help reduce the likelihood of infection:

• If the neighbors have such a problem, then you can protect the apartment by closing all the gaps, especially near the pipe risers.
• Places adjacent to communication channels should be often treated with special crayons, bugs from dusts.
• It is better to get rid of the old parquet, as it is a favorite place for sheltering bugs due to many cracks.
• Unnecessary, old things should be thrown away, as they serve as a place for bloodsuckers to form nests.
• If you happen to stay in a hotel or lodging with larvae, then upon returning home you should process the bags with hot steam and wash your clothes immediately.
• The purchase of furniture and things from hand is always fraught with the appearance of uninvited guests in the form of bugs, careful inspection and processing is necessary.

Work on the destruction of larvae on their own requires time and patience. If bed bugs were successful, but the neighbors still had a problem, then after two weeks they will have to repeat the pest control. Therefore, the procedure should be carried out jointly, you can use services of professionals for the destruction of bugs.