Detection of bedbugs: reasons for appearance in the apartment, methods of getting rid of them

How to Detect Bed Bugs

It is quite difficult to independently detect bedbugs in an apartment, since they become active only after dark.

One option is to wake up early in the morning and try to find insects or traces of blood on a white sheet.

The effectiveness of this method is low, so other methods can be considered.

The search procedure is directly related to the environment in which bedbugs prefer to live.

The following nooks and crannies are required for inspection:

• The back surface of the furniture.
• Gaps under the baseboard.
• Carpet.
• Old books.
• Clothes that have not been used for a long time.
• Upholstery of upholstered furniture.
• Legs of chairs, beds and sofas.
• Etc.

If you carefully examine all the nooks and crannies, you can quickly find a nest with bloodsucker eggs. You will have to get rid of the latter immediately, and the easiest method for this is to use boiling water.

Eight glasses

It is not immediately possible to understand that there are bedbugs in the house, since they may not leave visible marks on the bed. The method of using plastic utensils will help dispel all doubts.

Step-by-step instruction:

• Prepare 8 disposable glasses, half of which will be larger in diameter.
• Place smaller containers inside them; fill the latter with vegetable oil, then sprinkle with talcum powder.
• Since insect activity occurs only at night, place all 4 structures under the legs of the bed before going to bed.

If you pre-treat the outside of large glasses with sandpaper, it will be easier for bloodsuckers to climb them. Once trapped in talcum powder and oil, they will not be able to get out of it.

Plate method

This is another method of how you can find out if there are bedbugs in your house.

Here are the step-by-step instructions:

• take several disposable plates.
• Treat their outer side with high-fat cream, Vaseline or any oil.
• Fill each container with baby powder.

When preparing for bed, place plates around the room. The parasite will not be able to get out of the vessel if it is stained with talcum powder.

Method without using additional traps

You can detect bedbug settlements in an apartment not only in the ways described above.

The presence of insects is determined by the bitter odor that the room emits.

Moreover, permanent residents are not always able to smell the unpleasant aroma. Then it would be wise to invite neighbors or friends.

If it was not possible to catch the bloodsuckers at night, but their presence is beyond doubt, it is worth conducting searches in daylight. Using a magnifying glass and a flashlight, you will have to examine every meter of the area for the presence of droppings or parasite eggs.

As soon as you manage to find a nest of bedbugs in the apartment, you will need to immediately carry out a complete disinfestation.

It is important to understand that traps only help detect insects. Additional measures will be required to destroy them.

Rules for detecting bedbugs at night

It would seem that since the bug is active exclusively at night, it is much easier to detect it at this time. In fact, everything turns out somewhat less positively for a person who wants to destroy both the parasite and its nests located in the apartment.

The fact is that night searches are not always convenient. But this does not negate the fact that if a flashlight or light in a room suddenly turns on, the chances of finding a domestic bug in the apartment increase significantly. The insect simply does not have enough speed to quickly hide in a shelter.

It is important to remember that such actions to detect a bedbug are effective if the population has reached a sufficiently large number. Otherwise, it is more effective and simpler to look not for the bedbug, but for traces of its night feeding in the form of bites on the skin of the apartment residents.

The consequence of nighttime activity of bedbugs is redness and itching, which can be easily detected for at least 2-3 days after the bite. The presence of such traces is rightly considered the most obvious sign of the presence of a parasite in an apartment at the stage of a relatively small insect population.

An important advantage of this method of detecting a bug in a private house or apartment is its effectiveness, which does not depend on the time of day. There is no doubt that a person can examine his own skin both during the day and at night - when turning on any lighting device.

How to detect a bedbug nest

Domestic bugs do not have a centralized nesting site as such or any kind of hierarchical communication with each other, like that of an ant. They accumulate in safe places, but this happens arbitrarily. To find pests in the house, you need not only to know where to look, but also how to detect a bedbug nest by its distinctive features.

These signs include:

• The physical presence of insects in a certain place.
• Brown dirty coating on things and objects.
• Chitinous plates shed during molting.
• Insect excrement.
• Brown translucent remains of larval cocoons.
• Abundance of black spots on surfaces.
• When there is a large concentration of pests, there is a specific, sugary bitter-sweet smell.

The only way to detect bedbugs at home is to carefully inspect all things, furniture and interior items. Science has not yet invented a universal insect detector in the house, so in any case this will have to be done manually, consistently paying attention to every square meter of space.

Finding bedbugs in an apartment and the places where they are most concentrated is important for a correct assessment of the situation with parasites in the house. This information will be useful to you no matter what method of pest control you choose in the future.

Appearance of parasites

How to recognize bedbugs? The body size of insects does not exceed 8 mm. After eating they increase slightly in size. Females are significantly larger than males. The color of insects is dark brown or dark red. Bed bugs do not have wings; they move on underdeveloped legs, which is why the parasites hide during the day and crawl out when they are less noticeable (Where bedbugs hide in an apartment and how to detect them, read this article).

Bedbug larvae (pale yellow in color) undergo several molts before becoming adults. The presence of discarded empty skins on the floor indicates that parasites like to live with you.

During her life, a female bedbug lays five to seven hundred eggs. There can be from 5 to 20 eggs in a litter, it all depends on how much blood the adult drank. The longer you ignore the presence of blood-sucking “guests” in the house, the more favorable and faster their reproduction will occur: in 3-4 months the entire room will be chock-full of insects.

Can there be one bug in an apartment? Yes maybe. He can enter the premises from the street purely by accident. However, if the situation repeats, it is necessary to conduct a thorough search of the house.

Read more about what house (bed) bugs look like in this article.

Why is it important to determine where bedbugs nest?

Pests do not come out of their shelters during the daytime. These are insects that are predominantly nocturnal. During the day they do not leave the nest, here bed bugs reproduce and young individuals develop. Insects choose places where the most suitable conditions for them are created.

For normal larval growth

and reproduction of adult individuals, a number of conditions must be met: comfortable temperature (+25...+35°C), normal humidity (60-80%), availability of food.

Bedbugs make their nests in places with a comfortable temperature for them.

If you find a nest of bedbugs, it becomes possible to destroy them mechanically. As a result, the number of insects in the apartment is significantly reduced, which facilitates faster cleaning of the premises. When an entire nest is destroyed at once, this measure makes it possible to reduce the rate of their reproduction, since there will be much fewer females, and at the same time the number of new eggs will decrease.

How to recognize a bedbug

The home bug, or as it is also called the bed bug, leads a parasitic lifestyle and is active only in the dark. From time immemorial, he began to settle where people live.

The insect is not capable of flight, but moves quickly on short legs. For nutrition, these creatures use human blood, as well as the blood of pets. During daylight hours they sit out in hidden places, and after dusk they go out hunting.

Upon careful examination of adult insects, it is noticeable that the body of the female is round and slightly convex, while that of the male is flat and elongated. The convexity of the female body means that eggs are ripening in her body.

If you want to determine whether these parasites are living in your home, take the time to carefully inspect all the rooms, taking into account the possible symptoms that we have listed below.

Do not mistake the bites of these insects for an allergy if other signs are already found indicating their presence nearby.

Signs of the presence of bedbugs

The presence of parasitic insects in a home can be detected by the following signs:

1. Nasty smell. When the number of these parasites in a house reaches large numbers, you can recognize their presence by the unpleasant odor of the secretion that males secrete to attract the attention of insects of the opposite sex. Owners of apartments in which large colonies of these insects lived claim that the smell is similar to cognac; other people say that the aroma is more reminiscent of sour berries. The smell is difficult to recognize if you are constantly at home. But neighbors can help in recognizing the smell of the parasite.
2. Bite marks on the body. When you wake up in the morning with an irresistible desire to scratch a limb and notice slight redness on the skin, this means that bedbugs have spent the night in your bed. There is a slight swelling at the site of the bite with a noticeable puncture point in the middle. The victims note that not a single bite is found on the body, but a certain line of punctures in the skin with an interval of 3 cm between them. Having fed on blood, the insect sits in a secluded place for more than a week until it gets hungry again. Most often, women and children suffer from bites because their skin is more delicate.
3. Blood stains on the sheet. Having fed on blood, the parasite increases in volume and loses speed of movement. He does not have time to retreat before the person turns around in his sleep and crushes him. In this case, blood pours out of the cavity of the insect and ends up on the bed.
4. Remains of chitinous cover. Bedbug larvae, growing up, change their chitinous shell 4-5 times. This happens during molting. In this case, black chitinous scales are found on the floor, furniture or in the bed. The larvae do not know how to move quickly, so where you find the remains of their shells, look for the larvae themselves.
5. Black dots on a white bed. When examining bedding, small black dots are sometimes found. This is most likely not dirt, but excrement excreted by bloodsuckers.

Where to look for bedbugs in the house

While inspecting the premises, inspect all the places where family members sleep and sleeping equipment:

• mattresses;
• armchairs;
• upholstered furniture;
• beds;
• sofas.

If you have bedbugs, this is where they will hide during the day. If you can’t find adult insects or their larvae, you will find traces of their vital activity in the form of:

• specific smell;
• chitinous scales;
• excrement in the form of black dots.

In addition, insects prefer to sit on the back walls of cabinets, on the floor under furniture and under carpets. While waiting for the night, they also gather under baseboards or a gas stove.

Bedbugs are practical by nature and choose places to roost so that there is a minimum distance to the victim. That's why they accumulate under mattresses or behind baseboards in bedrooms.

Ways bedbugs enter an apartment

No house or apartment is safe from these parasitic insects. To avoid bringing them into your home, take some precautions:

• After traveling on a train or staying at a party, carefully inspect your clothes, as bedbugs may be hiding in them;
• carefully inspect the items of furniture and clothing that you buy in retail establishments;
• keep the ventilation openings closed, through which insects will move to yours from the neighboring apartment.

Signs of bedbugs in an apartment

To find out if there are insects in your apartment, you need to pay attention to several signs. You can tell that there are parasites in a room by looking at marks, bites on the body, and an unpleasant odor. All these symptoms cannot go unnoticed. During the day, bedbugs most often do not reveal their presence and become active only at night.

Presence of traces

You can see the traces a few days after the bloodsuckers move into the home. On furniture, near baseboards and in other places, apartment residents see small black dots located next to each other. These are insect excrements and indicate the presence of a large number of parasites in the house. Bedbug secretions are liquid and dark brown in color. But in air they quickly harden and become hard.

Females shed their chitinous shell during some periods of their lives. If there are blood-sucking insects in the apartment, people will definitely find such “husks” in the most unexpected places.

Bites on the body

Bedbugs leave characteristic bites on people's bodies. It is quite easy to detect these traces. Red spots appear on the skin, which are located close to each other. Most often, “paths” are formed. The number of bites may vary. This depends on the size of the parasite population. In some cases, up to 100 red dots can be counted on the body, but more often there are no more than 20. The bites give a person a lot of unpleasant sensations and are very itchy.

Stains on the bed

When bedbugs appear on the bed, spots and traces of larvae remain. Dark spots on the sheet are parasite feces, but they are observed quite rarely. More often, small blood stains remain on the bed linen. People toss and turn in their sleep and crush parasites. Sometimes the stains are traces of human blood, since wounds on the body do not heal immediately. When you need to figure out whether or not there are bedbugs in an apartment, you can lay down a clean white sheet and evaluate its appearance the next morning.

Stains on the bed from bedbugs.

Unpleasant odors

If there are blood-sucking insects in the apartment, this is accompanied by the appearance of an unpleasant odor. Bedbugs have glands that secrete an “odorous” secretion. This helps to scare away enemies and mark the territory so that each time you return to your permanent habitat.

If there are few insects in the room, the smell may be faint. Over time, bedbugs multiply and the specific aroma becomes more pronounced. It is pungent and reminiscent of the smell of rotten nuts. It is also compared to the smell of cheap cognac.

Why are bedbugs so difficult to find in an apartment?

Even understanding that the likelihood that bedbugs have appeared in the apartment is very high, it is not easy to detect parasites. This is primarily due to the fact that insects are active at night when people are sleeping. During the day, insects hide very creatively.

The flat body allows bedbugs to climb into the most inaccessible places in the house, and the sufficiently high speed of movement allows them to move freely around the premises and make nests quite far from the bed.

What to do if bedbugs are found during inspection

If during the inspection of the apartment at least one individual of a parasitic insect was discovered, then the only thing that needs to be done is to take measures to destroy them. Bloodsuckers multiply at a rapid speed and the sooner you start fighting bedbugs, the less labor-intensive and costly the process will be. Bloodsuckers will not leave their “habitated” places of their own free will. To exterminate bedbugs, you need to contact the SES or make independent attempts and purchase the appropriate insect extermination drugs that are commercially available.

How long do bedbugs live after disinfestation?

Upon direct contact with the insecticide, adult bed bugs die within a few minutes to an hour. But not all insects immediately come under the influence of toxic substances: this is due to the fact that bedbugs do not go hunting as an entire colony (only 20% per night). It takes several days for the entire colony to hunt and die out. Thus, if blood-sucking insects reappear in the apartment after professional disinfestation, then we can say with confidence that these are new individuals. Here it is important not to miss the moment and re-treat the room.

Repeated disinfestation after 21 days will help get rid of the larvae that have retained their vital functions.

Folk remedies for detecting bedbugs

You can make your task of finding pests easier. For this purpose, auxiliary means are used.

Scotch

By placing double-sided tape on the floor around the perimeter of the bed, you can check for pests in your home. At night, bedbugs will make their way to the food source and become attached. This method works if bed parasites live outside the bed.

Place the tape on the bed legs with the sticky side facing out.

Flashlight

First you need to understand what insects can look like when they are hungry and well-fed. After midnight, it is recommended to take a flashlight. Bedbugs are active from 2 to 5 am. At this time, you can check whether insects are crawling out of their shelters and where they disappear afterwards.

Carefully inspect the furniture with a flashlight, moving it away from the walls

Magnifier

A magnifying glass will be needed to examine the small eggs, the husks that the larvae leave behind. The size of this debris is no more than 1 mm. A magnifying glass is used only if suspicious white and brown specks are found in one area.

A magnifying glass is required to examine small particles.

How to show bedbugs the door

Do you want to get rid of unexpected blood-sucking parasites in your apartment yourself? - Know that you have a serious task ahead of you. It will require a lot of time, money and patience. Fighting bedbugs alone is in vain, and you will soon understand this. Human ectoparasites are extremely prolific and spread with amazing speed. You bring them out and bring them out, but they are there and there. They migrate from apartment to apartment through ventilation, sewer, and water pipes. They are carried on the fur of dogs and cats, on things and bags, clothes and shoes. Therefore, negotiate with your neighbors and explain to them how to detect a cluster of blood-sucking insects at home. Join forces and attack the colonies of unpleasant guests with a wide front.

The methods to be used are the following:

• call exterminators;
• before this, pour vinegar, turpentine, kerosene, alcohol into the cracks in the wallpaper, furniture, behind the baseboard, wipe the books and bookshelves;
• pour hot steam over upholstered furniture;
• boil clothes, bed linen, fry seams with an iron;
• Place traps under furniture legs.

Professional exterminators use proven protective equipment. During the processing of apartments, houses, dachas, and cottages, people must leave the premises for several days. To avoid causing allergic reactions, headaches, and injury to the upper respiratory tract.

Destruction of bed bugs by heat treatment

For bed bugs to reproduce and develop, the room temperature must be between +20°C and +30°C. Insects can also withstand temperature changes from -20°C to +50°C. There are several ways to control bedbugs using temperatures.

Freezing

Many people use this method as a panacea against bedbugs. But, you need to know the basic rules of the procedure in order for the result to be positive:

• At a temperature of -10°C, insects experience a state of suspended animation. In this state they can live for several years without requiring food;
• At a temperature of -15°C , parasites can live for several days without needing food. After 3-4 days they die;
• At temperatures below -20°C, bedbugs die within a few hours;
• The larvae are able to withstand temperatures down to -30°C.

If you want to get rid of bedbugs, you will need to leave the house for several days, first opening all the windows. The temperature outside should not be higher than -15°C at all times. Therefore, freezing must be done in winter.

Burnout

You can treat bedbugs using high temperatures. If the temperature exceeds +50°C, then not only adult insects will die, but also insect larvae.

There are several burning methods:

• Wash clothes and bed linen in a washing machine at +90°C.
• If the tag says that the item cannot be washed at high temperatures, you can steam it with an iron. Try to stay on each centimeter for up to 5-7 seconds in order to destroy not only individuals, but also larvae.
• Use a steam generator , as it is more efficient because it supplies high-temperature steam.

Temperature changes and other methods
So, now you know how you can determine the presence of bedbugs in a room. This is not difficult to do, because insects will cause discomfort literally from the first days. You need to fight bedbugs with effective chemicals. If you don't want to do it yourself, you can call an exterminator.

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Cleaning and disinfection

Get rid of unnecessary items to reduce the number of places bed bugs can hide. Check for bed bugs in unwanted items and think about where you can store these items until the pests are completely eradicated from the house. Check all items again before returning them to their original location. Remove dead bed bugs, blood stains, eggs, and insect droppings using hot, soapy water. Rinse all items with bed bug stains in hot water and dry them on high for at least 20 minutes. Once dry, store items in sealed plastic bags until you are sure you are completely free of bed bugs. Vacuum carpets, floors, bed frames, furniture, cracks and cracks daily using a brush and crevice tool. After each use of the vacuum cleaner, empty the dust bag or seal it and dispose of it outside the building.

Before the arrival of the disinfectant instructor, you must:

• Disassemble things, remove or pack unnecessary items, remove or isolate bedbug killers from getting on dishes, personal hygiene items, cosmetics, clothes and underwear (if you suspect the presence of insects in underwear or clothes, they must be washed), isolate food and drinking water from possible contact with the product.
• Carry out a thorough wet cleaning of the entire room, wipe all surfaces from dust, get rid of debris, organize free access for the instructor-disinfector to all areas of the treatment facility and to all pieces of furniture.
• If treatment for bedbugs is carried out, it is necessary to remove all bedding for subsequent washing, prepare pieces of furniture for treatment, disassemble as much as possible the pieces of furniture infested with bedbugs in order to thoroughly treat their internal surfaces, moving them away from the walls where possible.
• When treating for fleas, you must thoroughly wash all animal bedding (if any).
• When processing, it is necessary to remove pets, birds, and aquarium fish from the premises.
• At the time of treatment, no one should be in the room except the instructor-disinfector conducting the treatment and the customer’s representative (the instructor-disinfector has a protective mask with him and provides it to the customer’s representative for safe breathing).
• After treatment, you must leave the premises.
• The minimum time after which the treated room can be used again is 1 hour when treated with microencapsulated preparations, the optimal time is 8-12 and 24 hours (depending on the preparations used). Therefore, when deciding on the treatment time, calculate everything so that you can leave the room after treatment for the maximum possible time for you and your loved ones.
• Premises treated with the product cannot be used until they are cleaned, which is carried out no later than 3 hours before using the facility for its intended purpose.
• After you return to the room, you need to ventilate all treated rooms for at least 30 minutes, thoroughly wipe tables and other surfaces using rubber gloves with a damp cloth with a soda solution (30-50 g of soda ash per 1 liter of water). But you should not carry out a complete cleaning of the room in all hard-to-reach places, since in this case you will wash off or sweep away most of the applied drug, which can lead to incomplete death of insects and a relapse of their re-spread.

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Consequences of bedbug bites

One of the most unpleasant consequences of a bedbug living in an apartment or house is insect bites on the human body. Usually their traces are found on open areas of the skin - in the neck, arms, legs or face. Somewhat less often, parasites get under clothing, in which case other parts of the body are not protected from bites.

How long does it take for a bug bite to appear?

While feeding, the bed bug injects an anesthetic into the skin puncture site, making the bite unnoticeable to the victim. However, the consequences of the parasite’s activity appear the next morning.

First, we are talking about a small red spot, which is located directly at the site of the bite. In most cases, in such a situation, itching occurs, since the effect of the anesthetic has already worn off, but the mechanical effect on the skin has not gone away. As a result, red spots appear at the site of the bite, which are much more visually noticeable.

An allergic reaction to a bug bite often which is expressed in a more serious form - severe itching, rapid reddening of the bite site, hardening of the skin at the puncture site, etc. A frequent symptom of this situation is an increase in temperature, which causes additional and very serious inconvenience. All of the above phenomena are observed within the first day after the bite.

How long does it take for bedbug bites to last?

In most cases - when there is no allergic reaction to the bite - the consequences of the bedbug's activity pass quickly enough. Moreover, today there are many pharmaceutical products on the market that can relieve itching and redness from the skin in a short time.

In addition, so-called “folk” remedies can be quite effective. For example, a weak solution of ammonia, parsley infusion or potato juice. Finding or preparing them is not difficult, and the action of the product on the site of a bug bite is quick and effective.

How long does it take for a blister to appear after a bug bite?

As already noted, a bedbug bite mark is usually detected almost immediately - that is, in the morning. The appearance of a blister is determined by two main factors. The first is the presence of an allergic reaction to parasite bites. The second is the person’s behavior: if he actively scratches the wound at the site of the bite, a blister will probably appear and very quickly. If the victim of a bed bug restrains his own impulses and endures the itching, there is a high probability that the blister will not appear at all.

You need to understand that not scratching the bite site is quite difficult. The fact is that the violation of the skin turns out to be very serious, and the effect of the anesthetic substance injected into the insects during feeding wears off very quickly. Therefore, a person often begins to itch in his sleep, with virtually no control over his actions.

All of the above applies mainly to the reaction to a bedbug bite of an adult. If the parasite has bitten a child, the situation can be much more unpleasant. The fact is that a child’s body, which is not yet fully formed, does not have the full-fledged protective systems present in adults.

The consequence of this is a much more severe reaction to a bug bite. It is expressed in the rapid reddening of the bite site and the appearance of blisters. With numerous bites, the temperature often rises, a runny nose and other similar painful phenomena appear. In addition, it is much more difficult for a child to fight the itching and restrain the desire to scratch the bite site.

How long does a bug bite itch?

Typically, the consequences of a bedbug bite in the form of itching in an adult appear within 2-3 days. For a child, this time may increase slightly. It is quite possible to alleviate the sensations with the help of various ointments and folk remedies, some of which were listed above.

The indicated time frames apply to situations where there is no allergic reaction to a bug bite. If it is present, the situation noticeably worsens, and the time during which itching is observed increases by several days. In this case, you should immediately consult a doctor, especially if we are talking about a child. Delay in such a situation can lead to unpleasant complications, while at the same time, taking medications prescribed by a specialist can eliminate all negative consequences for the body within 3-4 days.

It is necessary to note one more significant point. The presence of bedbugs in an apartment or house most likely means regular night bites. In this case, their effects are cumulative, which can lead to more unpleasant results in the form of numerous redness, constant itching, fever and even nausea. Naturally, in this case it is necessary to consult a doctor, and also call specialists to carry out insecticidal treatment of the room to destroy bedbugs.

How long does it take for redness from bedbug bites to go away?

The time it takes for the effects of bites to subside depends on several factors. The first of these is the person’s age. As already written above, in the vast majority of cases, an adult body copes with the consequences of the parasite’s actions much faster and more painlessly than a child’s body.

The second important factor is the number of bites. If we are talking about 2-3 cases per night, the blister disappears in 2-3 days, and within 4-5 days, as a rule, no traces remain in the form of irritation and redness. If the bites become regular and numerous, the consequences are observed over a noticeably longer period of time.

The third factor that can reduce the time during which the consequences of bites are observed is the use of special drugs or folk remedies. With proper selection and application, such methods can remove blisters and redness within the first two to three days.

What are bed bugs afraid of?

There are several things you can do to kill or repel bed bugs. What repels insects:

• insecticides (Raptor, Reid, Dichlorvos, Clean House, Fufanon, Agrant, Fumitox);
• high and low temperatures. Sharp temperature fluctuations are a factor influencing the activity of bedbugs. If you lower the temperature in the house to +10°C or increase it to +35°C, bedbugs will begin to look for more comfortable living conditions;
• herbs. The aromas of herbs can repel bed bugs, since they are guided by their sense of smell, for example, they are afraid of the smells of wormwood, tansy, wild rosemary, chamomile, calamus;
• essential oils or perfumes. Another source of pungent and unpleasant aromas for the parasite. A scent that repels bedbugs: essential oils of lavender, rosemary, eucalyptus or cheap cologne;
• traditional methods. Bed bugs are afraid of vinegar, turpentine, denatured alcohol, kerosene, acetone and other compounds with a pungent odor;
• Bedbugs do not like bright light. If you turn on a bright light at night, the parasites will scatter;
• bleach - this powder destroys insects if you pour it directly onto the pest source.

How bedbugs behave after treatment

There is often an increase in parasite activity. They leave their nests and begin to look for new places to live where they will be safe. This is facilitated by the release of poison, under its influence the parasites begin to flee.

This is one of the reasons why insects appear among neighbors after treating an apartment.

However, most bed bugs remain in the infested area. After spraying the insecticide, the behavior of the parasites changes. Noted:

• impaired coordination of movements;
• selection of non-standard habitats;
• increased activity even during the day.

Changes in habits are caused, first of all, by an attempt to find a safe place to live in the apartment. However, the main factor influencing the behavior of parasites is still the negative effect of the toxic substance. The insecticide affects the nervous system. At the initial stage, changes in its functions are minor.

Gradually, there is a decrease in mobility, bedbugs have less control over their body, and soon die.

Bed bugs after disinfestation

Why do bedbugs continue to crawl and bite after treatment?

When spraying poison, some of it enters the body of pests. Whether they can move, bite a person, or eat depends on what dose they received. If the amount of insecticide is significant, the parasites will die quickly. Otherwise they are still crawling. It is important to understand how bedbugs behave after treatment if the dose of poison in their body is small:

• crawl out of hiding;
• bite a person.

Pests that have received a minimal dose of poison still do not allow themselves to be detected; they continue their usual existence and can reproduce.

Parasite while feeding

Preventing the appearance of new bedbug nests

You will have to remember for a long time that the room is infested with bedbugs, so check the bed, mattresses, and linens. For preventive purposes, treat corners in the house, furniture, and places behind baseboards every two weeks to prevent new nests from appearing there.

Specifically do the following:

1. Place bunches of fresh wormwood behind the baseboard. Hang in closets, hang from the ceiling in rooms. Coat the cracks with antiparasitic agents, turpentine, and kerosene. Seal them with carbolic acid.
2. Treat furniture and books with special anti-bedbug products.
3. Steam upholstered furniture. Take carpets and mattresses out into the cold in winter. At a temperature of minus 25 degrees, insects, if there are any, will freeze to death. They will also die in the summer at temperatures above plus 30-35 degrees.
4. Inspect bed linen, clothes, wash in hot water, fry with an iron
5. Wash the floors in the house with hot water with the addition of solutions of turpentine, wormwood, and pyrethrum.
6. Chemical treatment of all premises with insecticides is mandatory.

After such a massive attack, new nests of house bugs are unlikely to appear in your home.

How to understand that the bedbugs are gone

At first glance, the fight against bed bugs ended in complete victory for the apartment owners?

But! It's too early to rejoice! After all, at least one surviving female is enough for the bedbug family to again begin to cause numerous inconveniences to the residents in a few weeks.

In order to sleep peacefully and enjoy sweet dreams, without painful bites, you need to do a little work that will dispel all doubts.

1. The first thing that needs to be done a few days after treatment against bedbugs is to carry out a general cleaning of the entire room, paying special attention to places where the routes of movement or dislocation of bed insects were previously observed.
2. Then, every few days you need to check the clean surfaces behind cabinets, under sofas and beds. The discovered droppings indicate that the treatment was unsuccessful, and several adults managed to survive.
3. Before the family has multiplied, it is necessary to carry out repeated treatment - most often this is enough to forget about bedbugs for a long time. If you use simple repellents - tansy or wormwood, then the insects will leave the room forever.

If you managed to destroy bed bugs the first time, then careful examinations will not yield anything - you will not be able to detect evidence of bed bugs and you can breathe a sigh of relief. But here, too, simple prevention with herbal raw materials will not hurt.

So, there are several simple ways to find out if there are bedbugs in an apartment.

Having discovered an unpleasant neighborhood at home, you need to immediately resort to the help of chemicals or folk remedies to prevent the apartment from turning into a bedbug infestation.

Also, after treatments, it would be useful to know where the surviving parasites may be hiding in order to take a control shot at the parasites - reapply the product or resort to traditional methods.

What to do if bedbugs are still found?

If a search of the apartment reveals bedbugs, it is time to immediately take anti-parasitic measures. The most common activities include:

• Mechanical restoration. It consists of collecting (by hand or with a vacuum cleaner) detected insects. It is effective for a short period of time, because missing even the smallest bug will lead to a new influx of pests.
• Heat treatment. Bedbugs are afraid of temperature changes, so it is advisable to treat every corner and crevice with a steam generator, and place pillows and mattresses on the balcony. Snow or scorching sun will force the parasites to retreat.
• Chemical treatment. The most effective way. Insecticides, or antiparasitic drugs, will help remove bedbugs as quickly as possible.

Always follow the instructions for the drug, because... there is a risk of poisoning from chemicals.

If bedbugs have infested the apartment and are found at almost every step: in the bed, upholstered furniture, toys, and do not hide during the daytime, then it’s time to call pest control specialists. In addition, you will have to say goodbye to sofas and armchairs - you cannot leave them at home (How to get bedbugs out of a sofa: what causes them and how to get rid of them, read this article). As a last resort, the infected furniture can be taken to the dacha - there, under the influence of ultraviolet radiation, the parasites will be neutralized.

What to remember

1. The habitats of insects act as nests for domestic bugs.
2. Bedbugs make nests in secluded places, near human sleeping places.
3. It is difficult to detect an individual bug. Clusters of insects reveal their nests.
4. It is possible to destroy bedbug nests only through a set of measures.

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