The collective term - bedbug poison - refers to a group of chemical and natural agents that can effectively influence uninvited inhabitants of a home. The penetration of blood-sucking obligate human parasites into an apartment creates a lot of inconvenience for the inhabitants of the home.
There is also a risk of possible infection with dangerous viruses and bacteria through contact and airborne droplets, due to contact with bedbug feces, through which pathogens are removed from its stomach. Effective poison against bedbugs in such a situation is the only possible way to eliminate the problem.
Resistance of bedbugs to various drugs and agents
It is also difficult to choose a suitable poison for the simple reason that groups of toxic substances for bedbugs are conventionally divided according to the form of release, and not according to the active chemical compound or biological substance.
The ability of bedbugs to develop resistance to poison, which they were lucky enough to overcome once, makes repeated disinfestation useless if different packages contain the same insecticide, or different preparations containing the same poison.
It seems quite likely that the bugs crawled from neighbors, or waited in pseudoanabiosis for the period from the departure of the previous owners until the arrival of new ones. In both cases, it is impossible to predict what poisons they were poisoned with before.
Insecticide
This Russian product can be called the “heavy artillery” of the world of insecticides. Created on the basis of three toxic substances, “Bedbug killer” is not one of the safest products, but after its use, bedbugs are guaranteed to die out. Those who use Klopomor note that insects die even before the treatment is completed.
Due to the high power and toxicity of Insecticide, it is recommended to thoroughly clean and ventilate the room after using it.
Criteria for selecting insecticidal agents
The criteria influencing consumer choice are not the most effective or best poison, but the convenience of its use for humans. People are looking for insecticide:
- reasonably safe for humans and pets;
- does not create problems during use, convenient and instant;
- does not have a specific pungent odor;
- if possible, prolonged action so that it can not be removed immediately.
Purchasing bedbug poison that meets similar requirements most often has a repellent or paralytic effect on adult bedbugs without affecting the ovipositors and larvae. The absence of adult bedbugs leads to a surge in the development of surviving larvae and the hatching of new ones from eggs, as provided by nature to prevent the death of the population.
When purchasing insecticides to combat bedbugs, you should look not at the release form and ease of use, but at the potential effectiveness, which is used for its intended purpose.
In the fight against bedbugs there should be no half measures, because not every poison will work on them, and insects are distinguished by their enormous ability to survive. And in what form – you don’t have to choose, you should read reviews about the active substance and buy something that will truly help.
Karbofos
The Karbofos product is quite old, but still popular, especially among farmers. As a matter of fact, it was precisely for them that it was invented - “Karbofos” appeared on the American market as an alternative to existing drugs that is safe for poultry and livestock. This product is also suitable for apartments and works quite effectively.
On the modern market, Karbofos can be found in powder form, as a pure substance in bottles, and also as a ready-made solution in canisters and barrels. The advantageous quality of Karbofos is its affordability - it will take only 1000-1500 rubles to remove bedbugs in an apartment. However, the product is still quite outdated and has an unpleasant odor that lasts in the room for about three weeks.
Types of products and release form
It is useless to buy insect repellents; it is the same as putting out wormwood or tansy against bedbugs, following folk recipes. The repellent effect of herbal preparations ends after a few days, and the insects, still alive and healthy, will rush into the attack with a vengeance, spurred on by hunger.
Only professional or industrial products are truly effective; they poison not only bedbugs, but also larvae and deprive the eggs of their viability.
Insecticides according to release form are divided into:
- concentrated solutions;
- aerosols and sprays;
- gels;
- crayons;
- powders.
A radical means of destroying parasites are those that professional exterminators come with, and even then, only if the treatment is also carried out in neighboring apartments.
But, since few people dare to admit to the presence of bedbugs in their homes, and many cannot afford the services of professionals, there is only one way out - to fight the bedbugs yourself, using purchased products, and try to win.
Concentrated solutions
This is the most effective poison for bedbugs at home. With the help of such products, you can get by with a single application and destroy entire nests of bedbugs, larvae and eggs if used in the correct concentration, and the inconvenience of the release form can be easily compensated for by pouring the product into a spray bottle after the solution has been brought to the desired consistency .
Liquid insecticides are used to treat not only already discovered nests, but also places of probable accumulation and penetration into the apartment.
The negative aspect of such products is their relative toxicity and strong characteristic odor. But you can safely apply them to different surfaces, and ensure not only a high degree of penetration, but also the maximum possible destruction of all stages of the bedbug population.
In the ranking of sales and consumer demand of liquid insecticides:
- Karbofos;
- Executioner (both foreign and domestic);
- Tetrix;
- Fufanon;
- Digital;
- Cucaracha;
- Forsyth;
- Get.
When deciding which poison will help best, those who have already encountered parasites will definitely choose a concentrated solution. It may need to be poured and diluted, and surfaces must be washed after a while, and worked with precautions, but these are proven products with a high degree of effectiveness.
Each person has to make his own choice in favor of the means of application, but there is nothing better than this, either in terms of effectiveness or affordability.
Executioner
The insecticide "Executioner" is manufactured by a Russian company under a German license. “Executioner” is based on a substance called fenthion, a nerve poison that kills bedbugs almost instantly. At the same time, this substance has practically no effect on warm-blooded organisms, so you can use “Executioner” without fear - it can cause harm only at very high temperatures and has a pronounced effect - after treatment, insects and their eggs die after 3-4 hours. The product is available in small bottles and is sold in hardware stores. To treat a two-room apartment, it takes an average of about 50 bottles. In general, “Executioner” can be considered one of the most affordable and therefore very popular products - one bottle costs about 100 rubles.
Advantages and disadvantages of aerosols and sprays
Lovers of household amenities and in such matters as the fight against bedbugs prefer sprays:
- Combat;
- Carbazole;
- Raptor;
- Dichlorvos-Neo;
- Clean house.
These products are easy to use, do not require additional manipulations, some of them are available with low dosage and special nozzles for spraying in hard-to-reach places. They disappear quickly and do not require special cleaning after use. Particularly effective in the first 2 hours, and if sprayed directly onto the bedbug nest.
But sprays and aerosols also have significant disadvantages:
- the duration of action is insignificant;
- in most cases, re-processing is required;
- not effective against significant insect infestations;
- harmful to people with respiratory diseases.
Gels against bedbugs are completely ineffective, judging by consumer reviews. Feeding on human blood, they do not pay attention to the applied gelatinous mass and do not eat it, and the main infecting effect of gels is usually through the intestines. Bedbug traps, which insects fundamentally ignore, received the same reviews.
How to choose a poison for bedbugs
When choosing a poison, focus on the following factors:
- If there are few parasites in the house, their habitats are known, aerosols are chosen to combat insects. Bedbugs are removed in 2 stages. Control spraying is carried out 2-4 weeks after the initial spraying. During this period, larvae hatch from the surviving eggs. Young individuals are destroyed until they become sexually mature and ready to reproduce.
- If bedbug colonies are large, sprays are used to combat them. Preference is given to products without a strong suffocating odor. Get and Dobrokhim Micro are suitable for self-processing.
- In populated areas where bedbug poisons are not sold, folk remedies are used. Dwellings are treated with them many times until the blood-sucking insects are completely removed.
- When it is not possible to remove bedbugs on your own, they call specialists from pest control services.
Perfect mechanisms.
The bedbug is a unique blood-sucking insect equipped with a perfect piercing-sucking apparatus for feeding. With its help, the bug pierces the skin and gets to the blood vessels, and its sensitivity is amazing - thanks to the ability to sense the pulsation of blood, it finds the most accessible capillaries with pinpoint accuracy.
That is why a person who does not take care of disinfecting his home in time has every chance of waking up every morning with his arms, legs and back bitten in exactly the same places that only managed to heal the night before.
Treatment with medications
Exceptional cases where an allergic rash appears after bedbug bites require more alternative treatment. Initially, you need to consult a doctor who will prevent a serious deterioration in your health. You can get rid of the signs of allergies with specially selected antiallergic drugs.
Serious bedbug bites must be treated with antihistamines, which help block the nervous system's response to stimulation. Drugs of this kind are quite effective, but their use must be approved by a qualified doctor.
If allergic reactions develop against the background of bedbug bites, which cannot be treated with antiallergic and antihistamine drugs, then the use of glucocorticosteroids will be more reliable. These hormonal medications completely block the allergens that cause irritation from insect bites. You should not get carried away with such means, as they have a negative reaction in the form of addiction. These medications should not be used by children or pregnant women.
How to treat bedbug bites on the human body that cause pain? Cases where the bite causes severe pain are very rare, but not uncommon. Medicines such as:
- Ketanov; Segan; Ibuprofen; Aspirin.
Bed bugs lead to serious consequences in the form of deterioration in human health in rare cases, which is mainly possible in the event of a mass attack. If you cannot stand bedbugs and are afraid of them, then no medicine will help you cope with the feeling of fear until you destroy every last one of the night creatures.
Get
The Russian insecticide Get is rapidly gaining popularity, which is explained by its high efficiency and lack of odor. The product is quite expensive, but its excellent characteristics fully justify the cost, especially in small spaces. When buying Get, be careful - this is the most frequently counterfeited bedbug remedy. To avoid buying a fake, buy the product only from large, trusted sellers with good reviews.
