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Kikimora September 16, 2016Speciality: I love my home, I like to equip it, periodically change something, do it with my own hands. There are no special hobbies. I am the administrator of a small women's forum.
Invasion
For the second time this year, my mother-in-law called from Altai and complained about an invasion of forest bugs. Their first unexpected visit happened at the end of April, and now they came again, both times not one by one, but in a crowd. The first time she complained about the sanitary services, since people could not get rid of bedbugs on the balcony on their own, and they were not in a hurry to help.
Now the people have learned to deal with uninvited guests, and have realized that this phenomenon is temporary and does not pose a threat to health. And I began to wonder - why did they rush into the city? Here they live quietly in the raspberries, they don’t encroach on our territory. Here's what we found out.
Appearance of a bug
You can see what street bugs look like in the photo below. They have a flattened body resembling an irregular pentagon, a proboscis and six legs. In our article you can read about the habits and characteristics of the insect.
It is not difficult to recognize the forest bug among its other relatives. Its body has a characteristic shape, wide and dense and of a certain color.
There are several known species of these insects, and each color is quite original. On the Internet you can find many interesting photos of representatives of different types of forest bugs.
The green wood bug usually lives in Russia. The insect has the unique ability to change its color. In spring it is disguised as the first leaves and therefore has a light green color. In summer, brown spots appear on the chitinous shell. Towards the end of autumn, a brown tree beetle appears in the forest and blends in with the fallen leaves. This allows him to become invisible and protect himself from enemies.
Insects can travel considerable distances, although they rarely need to fly. Long antennae are located on the head of the beetle and smell glands are located on the chest.
Important! All types of forest bugs have a characteristic, very unpleasant odor.
Are flying bugs dangerous for humans ✋
Among these insects there are also those that are best avoided. For example, it is dangerous to come into contact with the triatomine bug. This insect is classified as a parasite because it feeds on the blood of warm-blooded creatures. Settles near human habitation in order to have access to a food source. The insect looks terrifying: black in color, with a red pattern on the carapace.
This type of insect is a carrier of Chagas disease. When bitten, the protozoan Trypanosoma cruzi enters the human body along with blood. As a result, the lymph nodes become inflamed, swelling appears in the area where the bite was made, the temperature rises, and a headache appears. The nature of the further course of the disease depends on the state of the body and immunity.
Symptoms often appear
over the next decades. At the same time, the ventricles of the heart enlarge. Sometimes this causes heart failure. The disease can lead to death.
The triatomine bug often bites people in the area of the lips and eyes, where the skin is thinner
It is also dangerous to come into contact with smoothie. It does not bite fatally. However, upon contact with such an insect, severe pain is felt.
In terms of intensity, it can be compared to the sensations that arise after a wasp attack.
Habitat
Forest bugs are ideally camouflaged to match the color of foliage or tree bark, so in nature you can find individuals whose color varies from pale green to brown. Forest bugs primarily inhabit forests and their surroundings. With the onset of cold weather, they hibernate and spend the winter under fallen leaves or hiding under the bark of old trees.
Woodbugs love to live in an atmosphere where the ideal temperature and humidity are maintained. When the situation changes and there is severe cooling, warming or humidity fluctuates greatly, insects begin to wander and can find comfortable conditions in a person's apartment.
Signs of appearance
Leaving their usual habitat, forest bugs can appear in a person’s home. This mainly occurs at the end of summer, when temperature conditions and humidity can change dramatically. In search of a pleasant environment, insects rush closer to humans.
Street bugs rarely end up in an apartment, because they are not human parasites and can only enter the house by accident. This usually happens when forests - their natural habitat - become too wet or vice versa when forest fires occur.
These smelly forest dwellers may only scare people with their unattractive appearance, but they are harmless.
If you find a stink bug in your home, you must act immediately. A female can lay up to 100 eggs, so you need to start fighting before the bed bugs multiply. Stink bugs are not a sign of lack of cleanliness and do not cause damage - so be calm and gentle in the fight!
Don't kill street bugs
To remove the insect, you have several options. It is important, first of all, that you take the six-legged animal safely outside. If you crush or kill them, they will start to stink and you will have to live in a foul-smelling apartment for days.
- Use paper first
You can use a broom to move the insect onto a sheet of paper and then release it into nature.
- With a vacuum cleaner
Alternatively, you can also use a vacuum cleaner. To protect your device from the evil smell of six-legged creatures, use the following trick: attach a stocking or the end of pantyhose to the vacuum cleaner pipe and suck the beetle at the lowest level. Then you can release the intruder from the stocking to freedom.
- Proprietary bug spray
Instead of buying chemical bug spray, you can make your own. Simply mix 120ml vinegar, 60ml dish soap and 250ml hot water and place in a spray bottle.
Clove oil, ammonia, and juniper can help drive out invaders with their strong scent.
You can prevent intrusion with simple techniques:
- Spray or wipe window and door frames with vinegar, the smell will keep insects away.
- Check your attic, through which six-legged criminals can enter your home. Seal the cracks with silicone or sealant.
- Intruders are attracted to light, so you need to minimize lighting outside your home.
- Place sticky traps on your windowsills so you can catch the bugs before they get into your home.
How to deal with flying and non-flying bedbugs
To destroy flying insects, do not use special means, because they move quickly. In addition, they are not found in large numbers indoors. If one pest gets into the house through a window, it is destroyed mechanically (with a slipper or other heavy object) when the insect sits somewhere.
Often street bugs die indoors from lack of food.
