If there are bedbugs in the apartment, you must immediately begin to act. It is best to invite a specialized service for this, or to purchase funds in aerosols or sprays.
In addition to them, sometimes you can find bedbug traps in stores. But do not rely heavily on them - unlike ants or cockroaches, which react to food bait, these parasites are only interested in human blood.
Bed bug traps
Advantages and disadvantages
Main disadvantage these kind of traps is that there it is very difficult to deliberately entice the bug - no bait can do it. In addition, they find a sleeping person by a unique combination of many factors that are rather difficult to simulate with improvised means.
Also, using bedbug traps it is impossible to destroy a large enough colony. Under these conditions, they can only become an auxiliary tool. But when the bugs only appeared in the room and did not have time to lay eggs, this tool will work fine.
By virtue bed bug traps at home is ease of manufacture, and in the case of acquisition - relative cheapness. Using such a tool for 1-2 nights you can check the room for bugs infestation - if there are parasites, then they will definitely fall into it. And this, in turn, will be a signal for more serious action.
Traditional species
Usually in stores you can buy adhesive tapes and carbon traps.
Sticky tapes - This means in the form of sheets, boxes or tapes, smeared with a sticky, not long drying glue. They must be placed in places where parasites move from the nest to the feeding place, and back. Sheets must be constantly checked to determine where most of the insects come from, and thereby adjust further placement.
Also sticky sheets should be put under the legs.. On the one hand, this is a way to check whether they come from outside, or live somewhere in the folds of the mattress, on the bed frame. On the other hand, you can lure bedbugs into a trap, going for a time to spend the night in another place.. Hungry, the parasites will begin to descend from the bed to search for food, and will fall into a sticky composition.
Carbon dioxide traps are built on the proven fact that bedbugs take carbon dioxide exhaled by man as a guide..
For example, a device Nuvenco Bed Bug Beacon consists of a plastic umbrella and a tank with carbon dioxide. Getting into the umbrella, it evaporates and attracts pests there.
They can no longer get out of the trap by themselves. As a result, in the morning it will be necessary to clean the container with bedbugs, by lowering them, for example, into the toilet.
This type of bait is very effective, but the cost on them starts from 3,500 rubles..
DIY bug traps
It is very easy to use the means at hand in order to create the simplest traps yourself.
The adhesive tape is successfully replaced by double-sided tape.
They can paste over the internal surfaces of furniture:
- cabinets;
- nightstands;
- beds;
- even on legs.
Simplest replacement sticky sheets under the legs - water plates.
- You need to take deep dishes.
- Fill it in half with water.
- And in the center to put the leg of the bed or sofa.
Accordingly, it will be necessary to make them at least 4 pieces - for each leg. Bugs falling into the water, can not get out.
Another trap under the support is made of two cups, differing in size.
- In a large glass a little icing sugar is poured, vegetable oil is poured.
- There in the center is placed a small glass, in which the foot of the bed is already placed.
Bed bug traps are not very effective, because these parasites do not react to sweet bait, like cockroaches and ants. With such tools you can check whether there are parasites in the room, or use them as secondary. Among the traditional traps can be noted sticky tape and carbonic traps. You can also make them yourself, using double-sided tape or glasses of different sizes.
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.
