Insects in the house 🥝 fighting and bullying bugs, extermination of insects, cockroaches and pests

Following the saying: “My house is my fortress” - each of us tries to protect our home as much as possible from the invasion of anyone. And yet, with the onset of heat, “aliens” penetrate into houses and apartments, which cause us a lot of trouble: they bite, cause irreparable harm to food products, interior items, and worst of all, they spread infections that harm human health. How to get rid of insects in the house, so as not to harm your family, what means to use at the same time - we will consider these issues in this article.

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The most common types of domestic insects

A variety of pests can be started in a residential building, among which the following are most often attacked by houses and apartments.

Cockroaches

A cockroach is one of the oldest species of insects on Earth. In our homes, 2 species of cockroaches usually live: red ones (Prussians) and black. Most often, “newcomers” are planted in kitchens and bathrooms, as they like moist places, and eat the rest of the food.

The damage caused by insects is quite significant. They can damage any loose products, and since the pests are unpretentious in food, if necessary, they can enjoy not only soap, but will not disdain new sandals, taste your passport, and even refuse glass and metal.

The objects of their attention can be televisions and computers, copiers, washing machines. Any household appliances are perceived by them as excellent heated housing. Cockroaches breed all year round, and some individuals live up to 5 years.

Even the appearance of insects causes hostility, not to mention the possible infection that cockroaches spread throughout the premises. Accordingly - the insect repellent in the apartment specifically for cockroaches should be as effective as possible, have a quick action, long-term result.

Bed bugs

Bed bugs are one of the most dangerous insects, since it is difficult to remove them, and parasites show their activity only at night. Bedbugs avoid the light and try not to catch the eye, living in secluded places, close to food - that is, a person.

Important! Bed bugs feed on blood, and their bites are quite painful. In addition, after them, redness and irritation remain on the human body, accompanied by itching. There are many ways to get rid of such insects in the house, but not all of them guarantee a quick and really reliable result.

Fleas

Fleas are small (0.5-5 mm), wingless, blood-sucking parasites that bite painfully and, moreover, carry various infections. All known species of these insects feed on fresh blood, and each of them is able to drink up to 0.5 ml of blood at a time.

Each flea lives from several months to one year, and parasites that can bite not only pets, birds, but also parasitize humans can live in houses.

Important! Flea bites, although not fatal, nevertheless itch very unpleasantly, and sometimes can cause severe allergies.Fleas are carriers of the most serious infectious diseases: plague, tularemia and others.

Mole

Moth is a lover of feathers and velvet, and getting rid of insects in an apartment is not so easy, it is easier to prevent the occurrence of preventive measures.

There are several types of insect: grain, carpet, wool. Moth can spawn in a person’s home all year round, eating the entire contents of wardrobes, and some types of moths can parasitize in kitchen cabinets, damaging all food products, arranging egg masonries there.

Important! Pests eat everything: wool, feathers, felt, fur, natural velvet, book bindings and other materials. In addition, on the way to food, they can even nibble on synthetic fiber fabrics and plastic bags. Larvae of the moth are able to tolerate cooling to 0 ° C and lead a rather secretive lifestyle, and the duration of existence of individuals is quite long, almost 2 years.

Mosquitoes

Blood-sucking mosquitoes - houses appear from the street through open doors and windows. Insect bites cause itching, irritation and even allergies. In addition, annoying insects are carriers of pathogens of malaria and other infectious diseases.

Important! Mosquitoes choose wet, dark places for their home, so you can observe their accumulation in basements, pantries and enclosed rooms. It is easiest to get rid of this type of insect and protect itself.

Ants

Ants are annoying insects that are widespread throughout the globe. Red house ants live in cracks in ceilings and walls, under parquet and baseboards, behind tiled walls. Ants can also be found between sheets of books, in cereals, dried fruits, and stacks of linen.

These are public insects living in large families and colonies. The number of one colony can reach hundreds of thousands of individuals. Therefore, insect repellents in an apartment are usually developed not to destroy individual individuals, but to combat those that you never see.

Ants are omnivores. They eat sweets and meat products, as well as living and dead insects. Such individuals can significantly damage food stores, clothing, leather, fabrics, and even the insulation of electrical appliances. Annoying insects climb wherever they can: bins, garbage, etc.

Important! Often ants are mechanical carriers of pathogens of dangerous infectious diseases.

Flies

Flies are annoying insects that feed on food, garbage and are mechanical carriers of pathogens of various diseases. The development of insects occurs with the accumulation of rotting substances, where the female flies lay their eggs.

Wood grinders

Wood grinders are dangerous pests of wooden products. In a private house, such insects appear very often. An increase in their numbers can lead to significant damage to wooden coatings, floors and walls. Therefore, when they first appear, it is necessary to get rid of insects in a private house as soon as possible with suitable means.

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How to get rid of insects in the apartment?

To destroy insects must begin from the very first day of their appearance, since pests of any species multiply very quickly and increase their population to huge colonies.

To get rid of insects as soon as possible, proceed according to the following instructions:

1. Find out the cause of pests and eliminate it. For example, in the kitchen very often small midges appear in bulk food products. The main reason for their appearance is the lack of basic hygiene in the apartment. But you can bring the “enemy" out of the store, so to eliminate and destroy the little lumps, throw away all the infected products, because in cereals and flour the insects could already lay their eggs.

Important! To get rid of insects in the apartment, be sure to inspect all cracks in the walls, risers, floors, window frames.Perhaps insects make their way inside your house through them. In order to block access to the apartment, cover all kinds of cracks and cracks, windows and doors, and protect with mosquito nets.

2. Actively clean all damaged surfaces. Once you have identified the cause of the pests, treat the damaged surfaces with modern active drugs or take home insect repellents in the apartment.
3. Clear out. After treating the room with active compounds, perform a final wet cleaning. Ventilate the room thoroughly, and wash the floor and cabinets with soda or powder to remove dead small and large insects.
4. Preventative measures. The final step in the fight against insects should be preventive actions to prevent the further appearance of pests in the apartment. For such measures, special aromatic compositions, gel-like substances, tablet preparations, which need to be treated, are suitable. For safety and allergy sufferers, we recommend using folk remedies for insects in the apartment.

Important! If you start pest control in a timely and quick manner, you have a much greater chance of destroying them in a short time. If, despite all the measures taken, you are unable to get rid of insects, contact a specialized service. Qualified specialists will conduct a complete disinsection of the apartment, which will destroy not only all adult individuals, but also get rid of egg clutches of insects.

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Insect repellent in the apartment

A variety of types of insects live in the human dwelling, therefore, special preparations are intended for each of them. You can get rid of insects using modern chemistry or using folk remedies. Consider each insect repellent in the apartment in more detail.

Aerosol preparations

You can use the tool against any types of pests. The drugs are effective against cockroaches, ticks and at the same time these same tools will help get rid of flies and mosquitoes.

Important! The most popular and common are "Raptor", "Raid", "Dichlorvos".

Gel putties

Use putties to treat crevices in the floor and walls. Apply gel putty between the window openings and the bends of the cabinets. Gel putties are very convenient when dealing with ants, cockroaches and any crawling insects, but they will not be effective against bedbugs, flies, mosquitoes.

Important! The most popular insect repellents in the house are the gel “Clean House”, “Combat”, “Globol”.

Loose mixes

Mixtures can be used in dry or diluted form. The poison solution is suitable for processing smooth surfaces and tiles. The insect repellent in dissolved form is effective in the fight against wood lice and other lovers of dampness, but a powdery preparation will help get rid of cockroaches and food midges.

Scent traps

Use traps as an insect repellent in an apartment if flying insects are wound: mosquitoes, flies, midges, moths.

Ultrasonic Repellers

Modern tools will help get rid of flying annoying insects. Pay special attention to the range of the device: if you use the repeller, you will be at home, then buy the simplest and cheapest drug, but to remove mosquitoes and mosquitoes in the suburban area, you will need a more powerful device with a wide radius of action.

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Folk remedies

Along with modern chemical active drugs, the popular method of eliminating “aliens” is also widely used in the fight against insects.

Natural Herb Fees

Many insects do not tolerate the smell of wormwood, tansy, lavender, peppermint, geranium, rosemary, laurel, etc. To prevent the appearance and repel insects, use compositions of fresh or dried herbs.

Use natural ingredients as follows:

1. Dry bouquets of lavender, mint, rosemary, geranium, wormwood, tansy, lay in secluded corners of the rooms. For example, in drawers of cabinets, under the sofa, on the upper shelves of hinged structures, or use all possible compositions to decorate the interior.
2. Use oil extracts of eucalyptus, lavender, rosemary as an additive for wet cleaning of floors and walls of residential premises.
3. Spray upholstered furniture, herbs, upholstered furniture, chairs and other home decoration in order to remove small parasites: bugs, fleas and ticks.

Citrus aromas

The aromas of lemon and orange have a deterrent effect for various types of flying and crawling small individuals. Spread lemon, tangerine, orange peels in the corners of the rooms, on the upper shelves, under the cabinets to get rid of insects in the house.

You can get rid of bugs with a lemon solution:

1. Squeeze the juice from one whole lemon.
2. Dilute the juice in one liter of clean water.
3. Spray all interior items with the resulting solution, especially sofas, beds, pillows and other textiles.

We offer you an alternative recipe:

1. Finely chop the lemon and crush it into water (1 liter).
2. Boil the fruit in boiling water for about 5 minutes.
3. Strain the solution.

A mixture of salt and soda

Combine salt and soda in equal proportions and sprinkle on carpet. Leave the product overnight, and in the morning thoroughly vacuum all the rugs and paths. This treatment will save your home from ticks and fleas.

Important! Perform the cleaning procedure periodically if the main carriers of fleas and ticks, pets, live in the apartment.

Boric acid and borax

Among the many drugs used for cockroaches, borax and boric acid still have not lost their significance. Oddly enough, for some reason, cockroaches still cannot get used to the compounds of these drugs. You can buy the drug at any pharmacy.

You can use the tool in different ways, for example:

1. Sprinkle boric acid near the garbage cans, along baseboards, thresholds, under the sink.
2. Mix the borax in equal proportions with flour and granulated sugar, and spread the bait in the places where insects appeared.
3. Moisten 1 g of boric acid with water. Add bread crumbs to the prepared product.
4. In equal amounts, mix boric acid and grated potatoes. Put the bait in the place of accumulation of parasites.
5. Mix boric acid with hard-boiled egg yolk and sugar. From the resulting mixture, make small balls, and lay out the bait in the kitchen in secluded corners.

Important! Useful tips that will definitely come in handy if you are looking for a way to get rid of insects in your home:

• Borax and boric acid dehydrate the body of the insect, therefore, during the use of the product, make sure that there is not a single drop of water around (water taps do not leak, water does not stand open). Also, there should be no other food, otherwise - all methods of dealing with aliens will be useless.
• Against cockroaches and other crawling insects, you can use the bait from a mixture of dry alabaster and flour, taken in equal quantities. Sprinkle mixture of insect habitats, getting into the body of the pest, alabaster hardens and turns into gypsum.

Garlic and onion

A simple tool helps to drive out unsolicited insects from home. Preparing the solution is quite simple:

1. Finely chop 50 g of garlic and 50 g of onion.
2. Insist the resulting mixture in a glass of water for about two days.

Important! From the spray gun, spray with the prepared mortar the floor and walls in the apartment or house, as well as the basement or subfloor, if any. Repeat the procedure once a week during the pest infestation season. Although this method is inconvenient because of the persistent garlic-onion smell, it is natural and environmentally friendly.

Masking tape for flying insects

To get rid of flies and other annoying flying insects, use sticky paper (Velcro). You can prepare the adhesive tape yourself.First prepare the adhesive mixture, and then apply it to thick paper with a stiff brush. You can hang ready-made Velcro in the kitchen and in the rooms.

We offer you a recipe for making an effective, durable adhesive mixture for Velcro:

1. Take an iron bowl or tin can with a capacity of 0.5 liters.
2. Place 90 g of rosin in a bowl and melt it over low heat.
3. Pour 30 ml of sunflower, cotton, linseed or castor oil into the liquid alloy, mixing thoroughly.
4. Add 1 tsp to the mixture. sweet, odorous syrup or honey.

Important! No less effective will be such methods to get rid of insects in the apartment:

• From flies, you can use an old folk safe remedy - tansy. In a house where there is a bouquet of tansy, annoying insects are never. You can use dried tansy flowers (bought at the pharmacy) as follows: grind the flowers of the plant in a mortar, apply carpentry or casein glue on strips of flat paper (starch paste can be used), sprinkle generously with a layer of glue prepared with tansy powder. After the glue has dried, hang strips with the product near windows, doors.
• To prevent flies from flying into the windows, sprinkle the window frames with vinegar.
• Flies are terribly afraid of drafts, so ventilate your home more often.

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How to get rid of insects in a private house?

In a private house, getting rid of insects is much more difficult than in apartments, as pests penetrate from everywhere. Therefore, it is easier to prevent the appearance of insects and adhere to the following recommendations:

• Keep clean everywhere: in the house, in the yard, in common areas.
• Keep food waste in percale, and preferably black or darkened bags, closed in buckets with lids.
• In the summer, take out the garbage daily and even twice a day.
• Ventilate the rooms more often using drafts.
• Seal any cracks in the floors, walls.
• Seal large openings with steel wool to cut off insects.
• Protect windows and doors with mosquito nets.
• Plant insect repellent plants around the house. Pests do not tolerate the smell of tomato, cloves, elderberry, wheatgrass, valerian, anise, eucalyptus, geranium, and citrus leaves. Fresh leaves and flowers of bird cherry, basil repel insects well.
• Do not forget, including the light in the house, to close all windows, doors, so as not to attract insects.
• Keep your pets clean, which often bring fleas to your home. When wet cleaning, to wash the floors, use a decoction of wormwood: 40 g of fresh or 20 g of dry leaves of the plant dissolve in 2 tbsp. water, cook for 10 minutes, then add 25 g of planed soap, pour it all into a bucket of water for mopping.
• So that the ants do not get into the food, grease the outer edges of the dishes and bags with sunflower oil.
• Wash cabinets where food is stored inside with warm, soapy water and then with clean water. Coat slots in cabinets with table vinegar to prevent insects from entering.
• Hang fur, wool items in the fresh air in the summer to get rid of moth larvae. Store things in special covers made of fabric with an antimole drug.
• In cabinets, to prevent moths, spread dried orange peels, as well as leaves of geranium or tobacco.

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Of course, it is better to prevent the appearance of parasites than to fight them in every possible way. To prevent insects from ever bothering you, adhere to simple sanitation and preventative pest protection. If, despite all the methods of preventing the appearance of insects, you still have them, then use all the above means and methods of struggle, and the victory will be yours.