Linen or bed bugs are an unpleasant parasite that can live in any home. They eat exclusively at night, biting sleeping people, and leave behind itchy red spots throughout the body.
These pests can appear not only in old wooden houses, but even in modern high-rise buildings with European-quality repair. Parasites are very difficult to detect, and it will take a lot of effort to get them out of the room.
Linen (bed) bugs
Bed bugs are a common insect that feeds on blood. As the hunger is quenched, individuals can vary not only in size but also in the degree of coloration.
Appearance
What do louses and bedbugs look like? The bed bug in a hungry state has a special flat body structure, which is why it is almost impossible to grasp it with your hands or crush it. But insects after feeding are not so lucky - the bloody stains appearing on the bed are the result of an accidental crushing by a person.
The size of the parasite is up to 9 mm in length and 4 mm in width. A hungry pest has a rounded body shape, while in the full insect it is elongated, like a cockroach.
Development cycle from the egg includes 5 stages, as a result of which the insect discards a transparent skin (which is a sign of the presence of pests in the apartment), and becomes darker in color.
How to distinguish bedbugs from other pests?
Traces of the activity of bed bugs are easily distinguished from the traces of other pests living with a person. They differ from adult cockroaches in the absence of wings, in smaller sizes, and from larvae in a uniform color.
Bedbugs in linen do not build a common nest like ants. They usually lodge as close as possible to the place of feeding - on sofas, beds, baseboards.
The feeding is done exclusively at night, and therefore the bites can be detected only in the morning. They bite open parts of the body, while lice feed around the clock and exclusively on human-covered parts.
An important distinctive feature bedbugs is the presence in the house where they live, a specific sour smell.
Bites
Bedbugs bite at night, mostly women and children - their skin is thinner and the capillaries are closer to the surface. They don’t care where they drink blood, and wounds can be detected on any part of the body, including on the face.
The skin is pierced with a special probosciswhich consists of two channels. Through one insect sucks blood, through the other injects a special saliva, which serves for pain relief and reduces blood clotting.
Signs of parasite bites:
- in the morning, blisters appear on the body that itch;
- they are located only on the open parts of the body;
- blisters are arranged in a chain one after the other up to 7 pieces;
- well-defined red puncture point.
Where do they live and where do they come from?
Bedbugs cannot travel long distances due to the absence of wings. However, thanks to the flat body, these insects can creep even into the narrowest slots. In apartment buildings they may be distributed through ventilation shafts, wiring channels.
Where do bed bugs come from? Ways of appearance of bedbugs in the apartment may be as follows:
- from travels - insects come from hot tropical countries: Thailand, Indonesia, etc. One female is enough to start the development of a new colony;
- with purchased furniture - the new one is usually free from these parasites. However, if purchased used bed, sofa and other furnishings for sleep, they can bring many unpleasant moments in the future.
- on clothes - they can hide in clothes folded before bed, and then just do not have time to leave it. As a result, they can be brought to your apartment by visiting the contaminated room or receiving guests from there.
During the daytime, bugs live in folds of sofas, linen drawers of sofas and beds, wallpaper joints and under them, crevices of the floor, baseboards, walls, shelves for books.
IMPORTANT! Their adaptability to life is such that in a modern apartment they can live practically everywhere, including household appliances (especially with wooden elements).
How to get rid of bed bugs at home?
The most effective way to get rid of bedbugs is to order services from a special disinfection service. You can try to get rid of pests with the help of sprayers. "Executioner", "Cucaracha", "Tetrix".
ATTENTION! Dichlorvos anti bugs helpless.
With the help of folk remedies hardly get completely rid of bed bugs, but they can be used as supplementary, or for preventive actions. So, you can lay out in the apartment bundles of herbs with a pungent odor - wormwood, tansy and others, as well as prepare decoctions and process surfaces with them.
Bed bugs - insects that live near the person and feed on his blood. Their bites most often can be found after the night - they look like blisters and are arranged in a chain one after another. A hungry parasite has a special body structure, because of which it can not be crushed or caught by hand. To destroy bedbugs, it is best to call a special pest control service, or try to use aerosol means on your own.
A photo
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Useful materials
Read other articles about bedbugs:
- Find out the main causes of the appearance of bloodsuckers in the apartment, namely the bedding parasites.
- What do homebugs look like and how to get rid of them using various methods?
- Learn what they are dangerous to humans? How to recognize their bites, especially in children and how to properly handle damaged areas?
- To effectively deal with these insects, find out what species exist, how they multiply and feed, where to find their nests and can they live in clothes?
- Read more about folk remedies, in particular vinegar and temperature effects.
- Effective preventive measures.
- Study several review articles about modern means of struggle, in particular with bed bugs. Familiarize yourself with the list of safe products for people and pets, and also learn how to properly prepare the apartment before treatment.
- If you can not cope with the parasites on their own, we recommend that you contact the professionals. They possess effective destruction technologies and will be able to help you as soon as possible.
The following is a list of well-proven drugs (can be used independently):
- Powders and Dusts: Clean House, Malathion.
- Shallow mashenka.
- Sprays: Tetrix, Geth, Zifoks, Forsyth, Fufanon, Cucaracha, Hangman.
- Aerosols: Raid, Raptor, Combat.
