How to get rid of bedbugs in an apartment once and for all?

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.

Temperature effect

It is known that bedbugs die when exposed to heat or extreme cold. Therefore, SES specialists carry out a special thermal spray treatment of the entire room.

Controlling bedbugs or other bugs at specific temperatures is safe and does not involve the use of toxic chemicals.

Also, when exterminating insects from all rooms, residents can destroy not only parasites, but also their eggs.

Destruction of small pests in the cold

Bedbugs die quickly from severe frosts, because they cannot tolerate temperatures of -20 degrees Celsius or lower.

Under a certain temperature influence, these parasites die within a few hours.

When destroying various representatives of hemiptera in winter, residents open all the windows and let the frosty air inside. At this time they go outside and then walk there for several hours.

Thus, under the influence of frost, all small pests quickly die.

Removing insects with high temperature

In addition to low temperatures, bedbugs die quickly due to high temperatures - over +45 degrees Celsius. However, the eggs of these insects are more stable: they live at +50 degrees Celsius for more than a day.

More often, during residential heat treatment, specialists use steam generators, which they use to cover surfaces infested with small pests.

When such parasites appear on clothing or on the carpet, the tenant gets rid of them by using his own iron.

However, the destruction of hemipteran representatives in this way is a long and difficult process.

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.

Effective insect control measures

Against bedbug infestations, it is recommended to resort to proven and effective methods, of which there are several.

How to get bedbugs out of an apartment:

• Calling SES representatives to your home, who will competently disinfect the premises using professional chemicals or other means. One treatment is enough for the total extermination of parasites. The work uses both chemicals and hot steam and cold fog.
• Self-treatment of the space with commercially available chemical insecticides. There is no universal composition for exterminating blood-sucking pests, so they are selected depending on the degree of infestation and other circumstances. The cost of such funds varies.
• Traditional methods are a budget option. People tend to do this when there is little infestation with bedbugs, since it does not kill, but rather scares away the pests.

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.

Useless methods of struggle

Uninformed homeowners, when bedbug infestations are discovered, resort to ineffective means of extermination:

• They move temporarily to another place of residence, trying to leave the bedbugs without food. This does not affect bedbugs, since only a small part leaves their homes in search of new food. Then the parasites go into hibernation, which lasts up to a year.
• They leave the light on at night in an attempt to scare away insects. Bloodsuckers quickly adapt to irritating external factors, so this will not be an obstacle.
• Bloodsuckers are killed mechanically - the “sneaker method”. In this way it will be possible to reduce the parasitic population, but not by much.

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.

Scotch

Many users share their experience of fighting bedbugs using double-sided tape. It is glued to small pieces of cardboard around the perimeter and placed under the legs of the bed so that the tape follows their contour.

With this homemade trap you can catch insects that try to climb onto your bed to bite you.
However, if there are already a lot of insects in the apartment, then this is not a solution. This method helps in the fight against single individuals noticed in the early stages. Then the caught bedbugs can be destroyed physically or with boiling water. Then treat the apartment with a composition based on alcohol, ammonia, or spread aromatic herbs around the perimeter.

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.

Boiling water

Bed bugs cannot tolerate high temperatures. Therefore, many recommend simply scalding the insects with boiling water.

Yes, every adult that comes into contact with boiling liquid will indeed die instantly.
Such a short-term effect will not have on the larvae . And it is simply not possible to treat all the walls in the room and pieces of furniture with this product. Boiling water can scald baseboards, naturally, in dismantled form, cornices, walls and floors lined with tiles.

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.

Wormwood, tansy, wild rosemary

Another measure to prevent the recurrence or initial appearance of bedbugs in an apartment is the use of dried strong-smelling herbs or decoctions based on them.

• Wormwood has a characteristic aroma that many insects cannot tolerate. It is enough to place small branches of dried wormwood in corners, under baseboards, in bookcases and other places to repel bedbugs from your home;
• Tansy is a poisonous plant. It must be collected precisely during the flowering period. After this, dry and spread around the perimeter of the room. Keep in mind that dried tansy is toxic, keep an eye on children and pets, ventilate the room more often;
• Ledum is also a toxic plant. A decoction is prepared from its leaves, which is used to treat the interior and furniture. The broth will have a clearly noticeable odor, so you need to leave the apartment for a day, and then ventilate well for another two days.

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:

1. 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.
2. 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.
3. 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.
4. 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.
5. 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.

Several cases from practice

In March, four months ago, we worked in Mytishchi; a woman herself removed bedbugs from an apartment for two years, but did not remove them. Twice exterminators worked in front of us, each time they killed the bedbugs, but after a month or two they appeared again.

We checked our order database, half of the apartments in this building are or were infested, that is, one of the neighbors constantly has bedbugs.

During the treatment, the exterminator got confused, checked everything, found two cracks in the heating risers, and a crack in the box in the toilet where the toilet flush goes into it. The woman immediately sealed these cracks with sealant during treatment. Four months have passed. Not a single parasite was seen in the apartment. The customer is happy, her children and no one bites her, she recommends us to friends, says how well we carry out the treatment. But in reality, the whole secret was in this sealant putty.

Standard organization for introducing heating risers into a room - in the gap between the pipes, bedbugs could skip (if they could jump)

There was an interesting incident in another apartment. It was a dead-end apartment in an old building, and it was very well renovated, literally perfect walls, perfect joints, ceilings, ventilation grilles. And a person has the same problem: it turns out that there are no bedbugs, but after a month or two they appear. He poisons himself, orders treatments - the result is the same.

We checked all the risers and sockets in the apartment - everything was sealed, everything was clean. We looked at the front door - there was no rubber seal on it. A good metal door, solid, but without elastic. They started checking it with a sheet of paper, and it turned out that when installing it, the box moved a little. It is not visible to the eye, the curvature occurred on the side opposite the hinges, that is, this curvature does not affect the opening and closing in any way. But there is a gap.

The next day the customer went to the market, bought an elastic band for the entire perimeter of the door for 200 rubles, it cost 200 rubles. He glued it on. This was after the New Year, more than six months ago. After this he has no bedbugs. Not because we carried out the treatment so well, not because the product was 12,000 rubles per liter, but because they can no longer get to it.

And there are many such situations. Somewhere you need a cheap tube of silicone for 150 rubles. Somewhere an elastic band costs 200, somewhere a grille costs another 200. Plus, it takes half an hour to do it. And that’s it, then carry out normal treatment and forget about bedbugs forever.

There are, of course, cases when bedbugs are reintroduced by people themselves. But in reality, if a person once had bedbugs in his house and was able to get rid of them, then this is usually such a negative experience that in the future, in situations where bedbugs can be accidentally brought in with things or furniture, the person will be extremely careful to prevent this. Did not happen. He will wash things, check bags after trips, will not buy used furniture, and most likely he will not bring bedbugs into his home.

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.

What to do with things that cannot be treated with insecticides?

Treatment with chemicals is not acceptable for all things. For example, insecticides should not be used to kill insects that hide in clothing and bedding. Some home furnishings, electronics and household appliances may break due to contact with chemicals.

How to kill bedbugs in textiles? To do this you need:

• wash all clothes and bedding in a washing machine at +60 degrees or higher;
• when things are dry, iron them with an iron with steam or a steam generator;
• It is better to take large items, such as pillows, mattresses, blankets, to a professional dry cleaner or to a disinfection chamber.

This set of measures will allow you to kill larvae and adults and get rid of eggs on textiles.

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:

1. 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.
2. 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.
3. The presence of black spots - bedbug excrement. They can be on the sofa, in bedside tables, wardrobes.
4. The keratinized membranes of parasites that remain after they molt. The shells can be found in areas with large concentrations of insects and excrement.
5. 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.

Why total bullying is always better

To understand how to remove bed bugs, you need to remember their ability to migrate. During the period of persecution, these parasites can leave places that are dangerous to their lives. For example, they can move from the sofa to a nearby chair, or even move to their neighbors, calmly waiting out an unfavorable period there. That is why spot treatment of an apartment often gives only a temporary effect, or does not bring results at all.

Of course, if an object infested with bedbugs gets into the house, it is enough to immediately get rid of it, or promptly destroy the insects that have settled in it. The main thing is that not a single female has time to lay eggs in any other corner of the apartment.

If it is not entirely clear where the parasites came from, you will have to treat the entire apartment, as well as cooperate with neighbors, since in apartment buildings, simultaneous collective persecution often becomes the salvation from bedbugs.

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.

In what cases does an apartment need to be re-processed?

After treating the sofa against domestic insects using improvised means at home, the parasites die within a month. It happens that insects adapt to chemicals. The survival rate in this case exceeds 93%, both adults and eggs remain.

With direct spraying, people die within 30-40 minutes, mass damage occurs within 2-3 days.

During this period of time, the parasites spread throughout the apartment, spreading across the surface of the poisoned floor and receiving their dose of poison. Young individuals die 2 weeks after disinfestation; larvae hatching from eggs also die. If capsule preparations were used during processing, the shelf life is extended by 30 days. These drugs have a longer duration of activity and can act for a long time.

Don't panic if the insects appear again after treatment; wait another 2 weeks.

Repeated treatment with stronger poisons is carried out in the following cases:

• new bites constantly appear on the skin;
• the habitat has changed: insects have moved from the bedroom to the living room or children's room;
• infection occurred again at home: through ventilation or through clothing;
• self-hypnosis in the subconscious - it seems to apartment owners that the pests have not disappeared anywhere.

If you do not follow pest control rules, not all eggs will die the first time. Possibly improper preparation or loss of the nest while spraying the poison. The second option is that they did wet cleaning too quickly, the poison did not work.

If the sofa is old, you can treat bedbugs with a more effective method: you need to remove the upholstery, after treating the upholstered furniture, it is thrown away along with the new material.

Survivors develop immunity to the drugs, which is passed on to their offspring. Secondary disinsection is carried out in several stages, and this is best done by professionals. The algorithm looks like this:

• the level of infection is assessed;
• the most dangerous areas are identified;
• food and personal belongings are removed from the room;
• small children, animals and adults, except for the exterminator, leave the apartment;
• furniture moves to the center of the room; passages to the walls must be open;
• the chemical composition is prepared;
• spraying is in progress.

The specialist closes the windows tightly, the room can be ventilated after 3 hours (according to the instructions). Additionally, wet cleaning is carried out.

This method allows you to permanently clean furniture from parasites.

Clue! A few days after the procedure, the room will need to be cleaned - the insects will come out of their hiding place and die. You can use a vacuum cleaner to collect dead or half-dead bloodsuckers.

Steam generator

This destruction method is based on exposure to high temperatures.

The steam generator should be used to treat all surfaces that allow this, all pieces of furniture and textiles in the house, including carpets, joints between the floor and the wall.
Many people advise treating the walls, but there is a chance that the wallpaper will move away from the surface under such influence. also use powerful steam generators .