Remedies for bedbugs

We have compiled the TOP 10 effective remedies for bedbugs in 2022. In this list, it is impossible to identify clear leaders and less effective drugs. The fact is that each product acts in its own way: with different speeds, residual effects, kills only insects or adults and eggs, contains natural insecticides or the latest chemical ones, etc.,

The choice in each case is determined by:

degree of bedbug infestation;
the required speed of impact;
the possibility or impossibility of leaving the apartment during processing;
the presence of allergies among the inhabitants of the apartment;
previous means used, to which bedbugs may have developed resistance.

When choosing, you should take into account the fact that sprays and liquid preparations act faster, but give a short-term effect - on average up to 3-4 weeks. Preparations in powder form work slowly, but provide prolonged protection. Among powder powders there are real champions that will save you from bedbugs and other harmful insects for 10 years!

The best solution for a comprehensive approach to bedbug extermination is our do-it-yourself kit. You can order a kit for treating your apartment against insects and find out the price from consultants using the phone numbers on the website. Our specialists measure the required dose of insecticides separately for each apartment, based on its square footage.

D-Fense Nxt

The American universal aerosol D-Fense Nxt is one of the newest semi-professional products available for self-use. It destroys bedbugs, ants, fleas, cockroaches and other pests.

The aerosol effect is based on the action of 3 substances for contact, residual and long-lasting effects:

novaluron 0.2% and pyriproxefen 0.02% - disrupt the reproductive system of insects, provide population control;
deltamethrin 0.06% - affects the central nervous system of bedbugs during contact, immobilizes them, killing them within a few minutes.

The aerosol is sold in convenient cans with a folding nozzle and a valve that rotates 360°, which allows you to spray the insecticide at any angle.

The effect of D-Fense Nxt lasts for several months; re-treatment is not required. The insecticide can be used in residential areas, to treat beds, food cabinets, and can be used indoors even while food is being prepared there. There is no need to leave the apartment during processing.

The disadvantage of the aerosol is the fact that it can currently only be purchased in foreign stores.

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How do bedbugs live, when and what do they eat?

Bed bugs are nocturnal. During the day they hide in their nests located in secluded places in the apartment. At night, parasites crawl out of their hiding places to drink blood. Night is the best time to search for food. While a person is sleeping, it is easy to approach him and choose the most tender part of the body to bite.

It takes 4-10 minutes for a bedbug to get enough. During this time he can make about 10 bites. The body of a well-fed parasite lengthens to 8–9 mm and becomes convex. Adults “go hunting” once every 5–6 days. Nymphs need food more often: they suck blood every day. Without it, the larvae go into suspended animation. They can stay in this state for up to 1.5 years.

Saturation of the bug with blood for 10 minutes

Bedbugs have a developed sense of smell. They sense the air exhaled by a person at a distance of 3 m from him. Pests can feel its warmth at a distance of 1 m. In 1 minute, bedbugs cover about 100 cm. But, having drunk blood, they become slow and clumsy. At this time, they are especially vulnerable: they can easily be crushed in their sleep, turning over from one side to the other. Therefore, after waking up, you can find crushed individuals and blood stains in your bed.

"Medilis Cyper"

The drug "Medilis Cyper" was developed for agricultural purposes, but has also proven itself in the fight against domestic insects, including bedbugs.

This is an emulsion with the active ingredient cypermethrin in a concentration of up to 0.5%. Cypermethrin is a neurotoxic poison that causes insect paralysis and death. The residual effect of the poison lasts indoors for up to 3 months. Next, new treatments are required.

The disadvantages of the drug include fairly high toxicity. When using, you must avoid contact with the drug for cats (especially toxic), dogs, humans, fish and strictly follow all safety measures listed in the instructions.

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Clean house

Country of origin: Russia
Ready-to-use spray with a volume of 400 milliliters
Main active ingredients – alphacypermethrin 0.10% + tetramethrin 0.10%
Price ≈ 250 rubles

Has a chamomile scent. Suitable for local treatment of furniture, objects and surfaces. One bottle is enough to treat an area of up to 50 square meters.

"Zonder"

The Dutch drug ZONDER has many positive reviews and really helps get rid of bedbugs quickly and safely for apartment residents. It belongs to the professional class, but is also allowed for independent use.

The product contains 2 substances:

chlorpyrifos - has a long-term neuroparalytic effect: first, convulsive muscle activity (tremor) occurs, followed by paralysis. Remaining on surfaces, chlorpyrifos remains active for up to 3 weeks.
Cypermethrin is a neurotoxic poison that also first paralyzes the insect and then kills it. It can remain on surfaces for up to 1 month, killing and repelling insects.

Complementing and reinforcing each other, the substances cause almost instantaneous death of insects and within several weeks (if the drug is not removed) protect against a new invasion of bedbugs.

The disadvantage of ZONDER is moderate toxicity for fish and cats, however, in the absence of direct contact, the drug is safe. "Zonder" has an unpleasant odor, but after a few hours it disappears.

The main drawback of the product is the number of fakes. When the drug proved to be really effective, many underground workshops appeared where counterfeits were made. Therefore, when purchasing, you need to pay attention to the seller: reputable trading companies and stores work with trusted suppliers.

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The most useless ways to deal with bedbugs

Vladimir B.

Insecticide Treatment Expert

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We receive a lot of questions about bed bug control. We answer some of the most popular questions.

The most useless thing you can do to get rid of bedbugs is:

If you keep the lights on at night, won't bedbugs bite?

They are not afraid of light; only dangerous activity can scare them away. While you sleep, the light will not prevent insects from drinking blood.

If you move to another apartment, will the bedbugs die of starvation?

It won't work. Adults will move to neighbors, and nymphs will become numb. When you arrive, you will again become their victim.

Is it possible to kill them all with a “slipper”?

Physical extermination helps control pest population growth. But you won’t be able to completely get rid of bedbugs at home this way.

On the Internet I found many methods of fighting bedbugs using spells. Will this help?

Conspiracies, rituals, ceremonies, prayers and other actions associated with “supernatural power” have zero effectiveness. The fight against bed bloodsuckers requires decisive and consistent action.

CimeXa Insecticide Dust

Insecticidal dust CimeXa Insecticide Dust is another new American product with a record long effect - up to 10 years! For this reason, it is recommended to use dust in places where the drug can last for a long time: wall voids, the inner surface of cracks, the space behind the baseboard, stucco molding (applied at the installation stage), attics, places where pipes pass through the wall (applied at the repair stage or with using special nozzles, syringes through cracks), bed frames, box springs, mattresses on the underside, wall-mounted headboards on the inside, moldings, hollow furniture legs, etc.

The dust consists almost entirely of natural material - silicon dioxide, the share of which is 92.1%. Essentially, it is silica gel - a natural adsorbent that is safe for humans and animals if they do not inhale it constantly. This is another - the main - reason to use dust only in hard-to-reach places.

However, manufacturers have added stabilizing “additives” to the product that do not allow silica to fly freely into the air - this significantly increases the safety of CimeXa Insecticide Dust. Therefore, you should not “extract” silica gel from shoe bags yourself - it contains no stabilizers and will be dangerous not only to bedbugs, but to you in the first place.

Silica gel does not act instantly, but is effective and long-lasting. It destroys the waxy cuticle of the insect, leading to dehydration and death. After some time, there are no mature individuals left in the room capable of laying eggs, and the colony dies out completely. When bedbugs re-infiltrate an apartment or house (and this will inevitably happen), they will become victims of CimeXa Insecticide Dust, applied any time ago.

The product is odorless, does not leave stains, does not cake into lumps, and does not form resistance, because it acts on a physical level, literally sucking moisture out of parasites.

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What do bite marks look like?

One individual can make up to 7 bites in 1-2 minutes. Saliva anesthetizes, so the moment of “eating” is not felt. The marks look like mosquito marks and can be very itchy if you have an allergy. But not necessarily. The bitten area turns red and there is noticeable induration. Bedbugs love delicate skin - neck, shoulders, back.

Insects are carriers of serious diseases such as tuberculosis, hepatitis B, smallpox, and brucellosis. Allergies can cause severe itching, nausea, and anaphylactic shock. Bedbug bites lead to nervousness, lack of sleep, a person loses productivity, and the quality of life decreases.

To reduce the rash, you need to lubricate the affected area with lemon juice or St. John's wort decoction. Preparations with aloe juice help well. Completely removes traces of ointment containing cortisone. If the itching does not go away, the lumps increase in size, you should consult a doctor and not self-medicate.

Combat Super Spray

Spray "Combat" has a pleasant smell, which can be attributed to its advantage. It is caused by aromatic additives, so people with allergies should use the product carefully and first conduct a test by treating a micro-area in the apartment.

Active ingredients of "Kombat":

Imiprothrin is a potent pyrethroid insecticide with low toxicity to humans but a paralyzing effect on insects. Has a knockdown effect;
Cyphenothrin is a pyrethroid insecticide that is highly effective against insects with resistance to carbamate and organophosphorus insecticides. The substance paralyzes the insect and leads to death, has a relatively long residual effect (it depends on the conditions of use).

Bottles with “Combat”, following the example of foreign drugs, are equipped with a flexible spray nozzle, which allows you to destroy bedbugs in cracks, small gaps in frame reinforcement, behind the baseboard. The nozzle helps to spray the substance only in the right place, without getting on fabrics, wallpaper, or technical devices.

The disadvantages of the drug include a property common to all sprays - a relatively short-term effect. Its duration depends on how soon the bedbugs enter the apartment again.

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How to detect places where bedbugs accumulate in an apartment

The most popular habitats for bedbugs
Before you get rid of bedbugs, you need to make sure that they really exist. Direct evidence of their presence in the apartment is the detection of insects at any stage of their development. Their nests can be found:

behind the baseboard;
under the floor covering;
in the cracks of walls, pieces of furniture;
inside electrical appliances, in sockets;
in closets with clothes, books;
in upholstery of upholstered furniture;
under the mattress, between it and the headboard;
in the folds of curtains, tulle;
behind pictures and other hiding places.

In addition to direct evidence of the presence of parasites, there are indirect signs of this. These include:

blood stains on the bed;
red and swollen spots on the body, itching, appearing after a night's sleep;
a characteristic smell of pests, reminiscent of old cognac;
light brown husks (chitinous shells) and yellowish shells of already empty eggs in secluded corners of furniture and rooms.

Attention! While there are few bedbugs in the apartment, they nest next to the power source - the place where you sleep. As the population grows, insects spread throughout the living space.

Example of a bedbug inspection

Carefully inspect the mattress for black spots. This is especially worth doing when checking into the hotel.

An example of black spots and accumulations of bedbugs on the seams of a mattress.

Example of furniture inspection. There are bedbugs in the seams of the sofa. And they hide in the nightstand. Inspect the furniture if you buy it secondhand.

Example of inspection of baseboards and carpets. Characteristic black spots were found.

Circill RTU

The drug Cirkill RTU belongs to the new generation of botanical insecticides. It is 100% effective against insects that have developed resistance to pyrethroids. Kills insects on direct contact within 24 hours, has a residual effect for 2 weeks. If surviving insects lay eggs on the treated surface during these 14 days, the eggs die.

The active ingredient in Cirkill RTU is cold-pressed neem oil at a concentration of 5.5% with extremely low toxicity to humans and animals. The oil kills bedbugs, ants, brown cockroaches, aphids and other insects. In addition, it kills fungi, mold, and other microorganisms.

Substances in the oil - azadirachtin, solanine and others - affect the hormonal balance of parasites, disrupt the life cycle and bioprocesses in their body: reproductive, digestive, regenerative, etc. Larvae treated with oil stop developing. The general disharmony of all systems in the insect’s body leads to death. Such properties of oil in nature are due to the protection of plants from parasites and pests.

The drug is used to treat painted and unpainted wood, paper, fabrics, carpets, mattresses, and hard-to-reach areas of upholstered furniture that can absorb the drug. During treatment, close windows and doors, turn off/turn off ventilation and air conditioning. After treatment, leave the room for 4 hours, and upon return, ventilate the rooms.

The disadvantages and at the same time advantages of the drug include its smell. The botanical scent of neem oil is very persistent and remains a light aroma even after the drug wears off. If this smell is not pleasant or suitable for someone, then processing can become a problem.

Can I just use store-bought neem oil? In most cases, no. In approximately 80% of cases, your purchase will turn out to be a synthetic fake that does not have the properties of natural oil, and in 10% of cases you will purchase a weakly concentrated oil that has been heat-treated and has lost its effectiveness. Only in rare cases can you buy real cold-pressed oil from trusted sellers.

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Ozonation is very dangerous, but effective

Ozone is a powerful oxidizing agent that, at the proper concentration, destroys all living things. Literally everything. In the classification of toxic substances, it is in the same group as arsenic. Therefore, this method cannot be used in multi-story buildings. But in private homes you can do whatever you want. But you will need to live somewhere else for a few days.

How to fight bedbugs using ozone

But even this method will not help get rid of bed house mites in one go. If the level of infestation is high, 3-4 applications per week will be required for 4-5 weeks. In addition, you need a powerful ozonizer and clogged windows/doors and ventilation ducts. They place it in the affected room, but leave the doors to all others open. In an average-sized room, the ozonizer should operate for at least 10 hours. Considering the fact that it consumes a lot of energy, the pleasure is not cheap.

There is no need to spray ozone - it will penetrate into all the cracks on its own.
But this is strong poison!
The ozonizer must be turned on/off remotely (throw the extension cord/carrying device outside). After turning off, wait a day, after which you can jump in wearing a respirator (preferably a gas mask), open the windows and jump back out. Airing will end in about another day. If the required ozone concentration has been achieved, you will get rid of all fauna in the house, including bedbugs.

Once again: ozone is a powerful poison. Be extremely careful. But along with the bedbugs, it will also destroy their smell.

"From bedbugs"

The simple name of this product should not be misleading - the powder actually copes well with dangerous and unpleasant “neighbors” in many cases. Another advantage is that it acts on insects that are resistant to other drugs.

The active ingredient of the powder is acetamiprid 20% - an insecticide with systemic, intestinal and contact action. By disrupting the transmission of nerve impulses, the substance leads the insect to severe overexcitation and death. The insecticide acts very quickly and retains a residual effect for up to 21 days.

The disadvantage of the active substance is that it is not stable in the environment. Therefore, the manufacturer for the drug “From bedbugs” has developed a composition that retains the activity and integrity of acetamiprid for 3 weeks.

To treat surfaces, make a working solution in a proportion of 5 g per 1 liter. It is odorless and leaves no marks on surfaces. The solution is sprayed into cracks, along the baseboard, along the perimeter of frames, along the wooden parts of upholstered furniture, mattresses and the insides of removable upholstered parts of sofas and armchairs are treated.

You will not be disappointed in the product if you purchase Indian-made powder. The trouble is that many fakes quickly appeared on the market, so you need to be picky when choosing a seller of goods.

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How an exterminator chooses a bedbug killer

When we go to treatment on call, we take several products with us, one of which or a complex of which is most likely to destroy all the bedbugs in the room.

Of course, in order to choose a remedy, we need to roughly imagine the situation in the apartment: how many bedbugs are there, how long have they been living there, what have they been poisoned with, what substances can they already be resistant to, are there cockroaches along with the bedbugs? The operator tries to obtain all this information from the customer in advance by phone, but it is not always possible to do this. Sometimes people don’t say something, sometimes they hide the fact that they treated the room with something or called another service. Therefore, we always make allowances for this and take the strongest means with a reserve of “power” when traveling. Moreover, for each trip we bring several different means so that we can choose the most suitable one on the spot.

As a rule, we prefer to work with imported products. They are more expensive, they usually use relatively new insecticides that bedbugs have not yet encountered and to which they do not have resistance. Due to the fact that these products are quite expensive, they are rarely used by other services, and due to the fact that they are sold in large packages, people do not use them at all for self-processing. This is a definite, fairly reliable guarantee that specifically here, in Moscow and the Moscow region, in St. Petersburg, bedbugs have not encountered these products. And when we use these drugs, we immediately destroy bedbugs.

Plus, we must admit that imported drugs are purer, they contain fewer impurities, that is, they are safer. They stink less, dissipate faster, and are less likely to cause any unwanted reactions in people.

At the same time, the price of these imported products is quite high and significantly increases the cost of processing. Therefore, either over the phone when ordering, or already in the apartment, we are forced to offer a person a choice: either treatment with a cheaper Russian drug, or expensive treatment with an imported product.

Sometimes we have friction with clients about this. The first problem is due to the fact that people, when calling an exterminator, do not want to rack their brains and decide on the choice of product. They pay money so that the exterminator makes this choice and so that there are no bedbugs left in their house. But when a person finds out that the difference in price when processed with different means can be 1500-2000 rubles, he understands that this question is appropriate.

Another complaint is related to the fact that, on the one hand, we say that bedbugs can be removed by any means, and on the other hand, we begin to offer cheaper or more expensive options. Some people perceive this as some kind of “divorce”. They say that you can remove it with anything, but then they start to increase the price by offering an imported product.

In fact, an exterminator will actually remove bedbugs using any means. The only question is that in one situation it may really not matter what means of poisoning is used. But there are times when it is important for a person that there is no smell in the room after treatment. Or the infestation of the apartment is so strong that only a powerful imported product will remove bedbugs the first time, but they will have to be poisoned twice with a domestic product. Plus, the possibility of a misfire due to resistance to a domestic, frequently used product has not been canceled: if we use an imported drug, we almost certainly destroy all the bedbugs at once. If we use a domestic product, it may happen that it does not catch bedbugs (although this is a very rare case), and the room will need to be treated again. Such repeated processing means additional hassle, nerves, labor and time. And we understand that for many people it is easier to immediately order an imported drug in order to avoid these hassles.

And one more important point: very often it happens that on the spot, already in the apartment, we discover a situation that is completely different from what the client described to us over the phone. Moreover, often this does not even involve the client’s malicious intent. It happens that a person does not see bedbugs, he thinks that there are not many of them, but we come, dismantle his sofa and find thousands of bedbugs, huge nests. It happens that a person orders treatment over the phone and does not know what means were used to poison bedbugs in the room before. And on the spot, one of the residents (mother, grandmother, apartment owner) tells the exterminator the names of the products that were used here previously. There are other situations, but the essence of them is common: in the office, according to the manager who received the call, the exterminator is preparing for one situation, but instead it turns out that the circumstances are somewhat different. And if initially we were preparing for treatment with an inexpensive domestic product, then on the spot it turns out that we need to work with a more expensive imported drug. Accordingly, it happens that the exterminator is forced to increase the price on site.

Previously, we considered this unacceptable, because such an increase is a favorite trick of scammers. They advertise pest control for 1,200 rubles, but in the apartment they grab their heads, ooh and ah, and tell the client that everything is more complicated than they thought, and poisoning will now have to cost 8,000.

We always try to avoid this, but in fact, sometimes such situations are inevitable even with crystal honest exterminators, without any fraud.

To completely eliminate the possibility of any mark-ups, all of our exterminators always have a certified price list with them and any price increase is always carried out in accordance with the prices established by the company.

You just have to understand that not always, but sometimes such a price change after a professional inspection of the apartment may be justified and necessary.

In particular, sometimes in an apartment the exterminator decides to use imported drugs instead of Russian ones, or use a complex of products, or after the main treatment, use Blockade-Antiklop for longer protection. All this increases the efficiency of treatment and the likelihood of complete extermination of bedbugs the first time. But this also leads to a reasonable increase in price.

"Agran"

"Agran" is a budget product with an excellent destructive effect. Its composition is original for the Russian market. The active ingredients of "Agrana" are:

Cypermethrin at a concentration of 5% is a second generation pyrethroid, a neurotoxic poison that can quickly penetrate the integument of bedbugs, disrupt the transmission of nerve impulses, which leads to paralysis of the insect and inevitable death. Cypermethrin is able to maintain its activity on surfaces for up to 2 weeks: during this time it kills and repels parasites;
chlorpyrifos at a concentration of 50% is an organophosphorus insecticide. Penetrating into the body of a bug, it first causes convulsive muscle activity and then paralyzes the insect. Depending on the type of surface, temperature, and other factors, chlorpyrifos can actively destroy insects from 3 weeks to 2 months. However, after several uses, bedbugs develop group resistance to the substance.

The disadvantages of "Agran" are quite high toxicity for humans and animals, a pungent and persistent odor on certain surfaces, loss of effectiveness with repeated use. The drug is classified as a professional product, therefore its use must be in strict accordance with the instructions and personal safety measures.

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No. 1 Self-processing kit

An integrated approach to the destruction of bedbugs with a do-it-yourself kit will allow you to get rid of insects yourself at an affordable price. Our service offers you to purchase such a set with professional chemicals used by qualified specialists. You can read more about the set at the link. The set consists of the following components:

professional chemistry;
spray;
protective gloves;
protective mask;
instructions;

Price of a self-treatment kit for bedbugs: 1190 rubles. Buy with discount

You can separately purchase professional chemicals for killing insects.
The insecticidal product is an emulsion concentrate in the form of a transparent liquid from light yellow to red-brown color with a specific odor. Used to combat all types of crawling and flying insects. Chemistry price: 600 rub. Buy the drug

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Liquid insecticide based on 5% chlorpyrifos. The cost is 1020 rubles. The solution has a slight odor. The white, creamy liquid is diluted in clean water in a ratio of 1:10 to 1:20, depending on the area of the treatment object. It is necessary to carry out disinfestation while observing safety measures - wearing a mask and gloves.

Belongs to hazard class 3 - low toxicity. Can be used for residential premises.

The drug can be used against a wide range of insects: cockroaches, bedbugs, fleas, flies, mosquitoes, skin beetles. The concentration of the composition is selected taking into account the type of insects.

It is recommended to apply the product using a spray bottle. All interior items, baseboards, cracks, and walls are subject to treatment. The product blocks the nerve impulses of insects, leading to paralysis and subsequent death. The active ingredients remain active after application for 6 months.

After treatment, GET does not leave streaks, stains, or a strong odor. It is considered one of the most effective drugs for 2022 intended for independent control of bedbugs.

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Agran

Concentrated emulsion with a wide range of effects.
50 ml solution. For industrial use it is available in volumes of 1 and 5 liters. Production - India. Active ingredients: cypermethrin, chlorpyrifos. Belongs to hazard class 3 - non-toxic, approved for use in residential buildings. If safety rules are followed, it does not harm humans or animals. The cost is 250 rubles per 50 ml bottle.

Used for home and professional use in residential and commercial buildings. Method of application: spraying, splashing.

Designed to combat a wide range of insects: bedbugs, cockroaches, fleas, flies. Effectively copes with adults and larvae, preventing the reproduction of bedbugs.

To prepare the solution, you need to dissolve 5.5 grams of Agran in 5.5 liters of water.

A distinctive feature is the rapid effect on insects. The period of protective action after application of the drug is 3-5 weeks.

Agran has a sharp, specific odor. The solution remaining after disinfestation must not be stored. The finished composition can emit toxic fumes, losing its main characteristics.

After applying the solution to surfaces, floors, and baseboards, you must allow it to dry. Only after this is it possible to ventilate the room. Wet cleaning is allowed no earlier than after 2 hours.

Can be used as a prophylactic drug.

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Zonder

An effective microencapsulated remedy for bedbugs in the apartment.
Available in the form of a composition for preparing a solution. Volume from 100 ml. The main active ingredients are chlorpyrifos, cypermethrin and synergist. The cost of a volume of 250 ml is 3200 rubles. Economical, when used correctly the consumption of the composition is small. Available in bottles starting from 50 ml. To prepare the solution, mix the substance with clean water in a ratio of 5:1000.

It affects bedbugs through direct contact with them, as well as when it enters the intestines. Designed for use by pest control services.

The peculiarity of the drug is its duration of action and high efficiency. After the applied solution dries, microcapsules with active substances remain on the surfaces, preventing the spread of insects. The active substances work for 7 weeks after spraying. Apply using a spray bottle.

It has a pungent, unpleasant odor. After airing, the aroma disappears. The color of the product before contact with water is golden, tea-colored. Safe for animals and people, provided safety precautions are followed.

To increase the efficiency of the product, manufacturers do not recommend wet cleaning for several days.

You can use Zonder against insects: bedbugs, cockroaches, ticks, ants, fleas, woodlice.

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Lambda Zone

Microencapsulated drug with a wide spectrum of action.
Manufacturer – South Korea. Used in the fight against bedbugs, cockroaches, ants, fleas. Upon contact with insects, the drug paralyzes the limbs and enters the esophagus, leading to subsequent death. Active ingredient: Cyhalothrin. The drug is available in 50 ml and 1 liter volumes.

50 ml of product is enough to treat a room of up to 60 square meters. m. The price of a small bottle varies between 700 rubles.

To prepare the solution, dilute 50 ml of the product (one bottle) with 5-10 liters of water. Disinsection is carried out using sprayers and atomizers.

After applying the composition to the surface, you must leave the room for at least 1 hour so that the product forms a protective film and dries. Afterwards, ventilate for 1 hour. It is recommended to start wet cleaning no earlier than after 1 month.

If the dosage and safety rules are followed, the drug will not cause harm to health. Belongs to hazard class 3. The active substances continue to work for 2 to 5 weeks.

The drug has almost no unpleasant odor. The solution is not suitable for treating soft toys, clothing, and bedding. Does not cause addiction to insects.

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Cucaracha

The drug is intended to combat various types of insects: bedbugs, cockroaches, ants, fleas, etc.
The active ingredients are cypermethrin and malathion. The average price is 280 rubles. Available in small bottles of 50 ml. There are also volumes of 1 and 5 liters. The concentrated liquid is used to prepare the solution. 2.5 ml of the product must be dissolved in 1 liter of clean water at room temperature. Apply by spraying.

The insecticide has a contact-intestinal effect. Characterized by a quick effect and long-lasting effect after application. The residual effect of the drug lasts for 1 month.

The drug Cucaracha is suitable for independent effective disinfestation of residential premises. It has an affordable price and high efficiency. Safe for people and animals. Refers to hazard classes 3 and 4. Safety precautions must be observed. Processing is carried out with gloves and respirators.

After treatment, the room must be closed for a day, preventing ventilation and its use. Afterwards you can carry out wet cleaning.

With prolonged and frequent use, it can cause addiction in insects.

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Medilis Cyper

An effective insectoacaricidal agent based on cypermethrin.
Used for disinfestation against bedbugs, ticks, ants, cockroaches. Available in bottles of 50 or 500 ml, in ampoules of 1 ml. The price of the drug for 50 ml is 250 rubles. Has a contact-intestinal effect. Cypermethrin, which is part of the drug, is very toxic - it causes paralysis and critical overexcitation of the nervous system in bedbugs. Quickly penetrates the insect, leading to death.

Belongs to hazard class 3. Provided safety rules are followed, the product is harmless to people and animals.

To prepare the solution, mix 3-5 ml of the drug with 1 liter of water. The drug does not lose its qualities even when sprayed in open areas - it is resistant to ultraviolet radiation. The period of influence of the applied composition can reach up to 2 months.

Medilis Cyper has a specific, unpleasant odor. The color is translucent with a yellowish tint. It is characterized by high efficiency, long shelf life, affordable price and ease of use. Can be used for residential and commercial premises. Can be used in domestic conditions for self-treatment of an apartment or house.

Apply using a coarse spray. Suitable for processing clothes, bed linen, soft toys. After disinfestation, wet cleaning is mandatory.

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Xulate C25

Product made in Spain.
The microencapsulated suspension has a yellowish-milky tint and is thick. The smell is pungent and unpleasant. Dissipates within 2 days. Does not leave marks or stains on surfaces. Easily washed off and does not damage furniture. The active ingredient is chlorpyrifos. Available in 1 l and 50 ml volumes. The average cost of the smallest volume is 780 rubles. To prepare a working solution, mix 5 ml of Xulate per 1 liter of water at room temperature. Apply by spraying. After disinfestation, it forms a protective barrier on surfaces that prevents the proliferation of insects. Not suitable for treating bedding. After disinfestation, the room is closed for at least 8 hours. Afterwards, the surfaces are ventilated and cleaned with a soap and soda solution. It is used for various purposes: apartments, offices, warehouses, houses, educational institutions, etc. The effect is noticeable after the first treatment.

Xulate is a highly effective drug used for household and professional treatment of premises. Does not cause addiction to insects.

After disinfestation, the substances continue to act for 2-6 months. Effectively fights against adults and larvae. Hazard class – 4. Completely safe for people and animals.

Xulate is a broad-spectrum drug. Used to combat insects: bedbugs, ants, cockroaches, fleas, mosquitoes. It is recommended to use personal protective equipment when carrying out pest control work.

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Sinuzan Keminova

An effective drug against bedbugs.
Manufactured in Denmark. Price – 2300 rubles. The active ingredient included in the composition is chlorpyrifos. Used for professional and household processing. Specialists from special services note the high quality of the concentrate, regardless of the delivery batch. Available in 5 l volume. Can be used for objects of any purpose - residential buildings, offices, medical and preventive premises, etc. The concentrate has a weak specific odor. After one airing, the smell from the product disappears. Liquid from light yellow to brown. It is used against synanthropic insects of various ages, sexes and species.

To prepare the solution, mix 3 - 5 ml of concentrate with water at room temperature. Pest control occurs by spraying at home or using hot and cold fog methods in a professional environment. It is necessary to work with the drug using personal protective equipment - masks, gloves. After application to the surface, the effect of the drug reaches 1-2 months.

Belongs to hazard class 3 - a low-hazard drug, if precautions are taken, it is absolutely harmless to people and animals.

After disinfestation, cleaning must be carried out no later than 2 hours before the premises are used for their intended purpose.

The shelf life of the drug is 3 years from the date of production. Store in a dry, ventilated area at temperatures from –10°C to +40°C.

Sinuzan Keminova is a drug of the newest generation. Effectively fights against many types of insects, including bedbugs. It is successfully used by professional services in their work.

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INSECT CONTROL

Modern, ready-to-use formula based on cypermethrin, chlorpyrifos, tetramethrin.
Microcapsule suspension is used against insects: bedbugs, cockroaches, ants, fleas, wasps, skin beetles. Available in 100 ml bottles. The average price of the drug is 900 rubles. It has an unpleasant odor that disappears after the room is ventilated. Insect Control acts by contact-intestinal route. It sticks to the legs of insects, leading to paralysis and death. After disinfestation, insects disappear within 3-21 days. One bottle is enough to treat up to 80 m2 of room area.

To prepare the working composition, mix 25 ml of the drug with 1 liter of water at room temperature. Apply by spraying onto surfaces, floors, walls, cracks. If the room is heavily infested with insects, the amount of added suspension can be increased to 20 ml.

The solution is applied exclusively to the surface. Do not spray into the air. These precautions are described by the manufacturers.

Numerous tests and studies confirm the effectiveness of the drug. Can be used independently at home. Compliance with safety measures and the use of personal protective equipment is required.

The validity period of the sprayed drug reaches 6 months. Safe for people and animals. Resistant to ultraviolet radiation and high air humidity.

Does not leave sticky marks, streaks or stains. Can be used for premises of any purpose - residential buildings, offices, apartments, medical institutions, warehouses, etc.

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Force site

An effective remedy for bedbugs.
Suitable for professional and home use. The main active ingredient is fenthion. Available in bottles ranging from 50 ml to 5 liters. The price of the drug for 50 ml is 250 rubles. The emulsion is diluted with water in a ratio of 20 ml per 1 liter. Apply by spray. Activity up to 5 weeks. Packages 50 ml. enough to treat a room up to 25 square meters.

Hazard class 2. The permissible toxicity level, subject to safety requirements, will not harm people or animals. When working, it is necessary to provide the exterminator with personal protective equipment. The treatment should be carried out in an empty room.

The concentrate has a very strong, pungent, unpleasant odor, which disappears after airing the room for 3-6 hours. The high efficiency of the product allows you to quickly destroy adults and larvae, abruptly stopping the growth of the population and their further reproduction.

The drug is easy to use, which makes it suitable for household use. Also successfully used in professional pest control services.

After opening the package, Force Site can be stored for up to 4 years unopened at a temperature of -30°C and not higher than +40°C.

Designed for premises of any purpose - residential, office buildings, medical institutions, warehouses, etc.

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When choosing an effective remedy for bedbugs, pay attention to the manufacturer, the composition of the drug, and its characteristics. If possible, ask to see certificates or documents confirming the authenticity of the product. Today, there are a huge number of pest control products on the market that can deal with bedbugs no worse than professional services. The most effective are emulsions and concentrates for preparing aqueous solutions. The content of active ingredients in them is several times higher than the content of the same components in powders, crayons or sprays. When carrying out disinfestation yourself, several treatments may be required. This is due to the lack of professional equipment and experience in fighting insects.

"Fore-Site"

This is one of the most used tools in a professional environment, and now in everyday life. The drug destroys not only bedbugs, but also many other insects, even ixodid ticks. The indisputable advantage of For-Site is its long-lasting residual effect, which for bedbugs is about 2 months, depending on the conditions of use.

The active ingredient of the product is fenthion, which has an acute contact and intestinal effect. Once in the body, fenthion disrupts the transmission of nerve impulses, all body systems are paralyzed, and as a result the bug dies.

The manufacturer claims that For-Site has a “viral effect.”

The disadvantage and at the same time the advantage of the drug is its high toxicity, including for humans and animals. Therefore, any treatment with For-Site is carried out in protective suits and masks, and use in children's rooms, playrooms, bedrooms, dining rooms, and hospital wards is prohibited.

For humans, fenthion in For-Site is dangerous because, like in insects (but to a lesser extent), it affects:

on the central and peripheral nervous system;
on the heart, blood vessels;
on the mucous membranes of the eyes, nose, mouth.

In case of severe poisoning, inhalation of the drug can cause involuntary muscle contraction and paralysis. Therefore, even despite the high effectiveness of the product, it is better to entrust its use to professionals.

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What to look for when purchasing?

The first thing you need to know when buying bedbug medications is how to avoid getting a fake. Many of the listed funds are illegally attempted to be counterfeited within the country. Therefore, when buying a certain composition, you should pay attention to signs of authenticity - holograms, manufacturer labels and serial numbers.

When choosing, you should also consider:

release form - aerosols are more suitable for bed bugs, and emulsions are more suitable for furniture bugs;
active ingredient - it is better to choose components of a new generation to which bedbugs have not developed resistance;
manufacturer - Get, Raptor, Clean House and Green Belt are considered good brands;
presence of odor – new generation drugs often do not have an unpleasant odor;
cost – you will have to pay more money for more effective means;
duration of exposure - some compositions leave a film on the surface that retains the effect for a long time.

By considering each of the parameters in detail, you can independently choose the right product for household pests.

CrossFire

CrossFire is one of the newest bed bug treatments. The concentrate contains 2 active ingredients for double action - rapid and residual activity:

Metofluthrin is an effective pyrethroid developed by Japanese scientists. Under field conditions, metofluthrin vapor can repel up to 97% of mosquitoes. Upon direct contact, the substance has a neurotoxic effect, disrupts the transmission of nerve impulses and causes the death of insects;
clothianidin is an insecticide with pronounced contact, intestinal and systemic effects, especially effective against sucking insects. Upon contact, clothianidin acts immediately and blocks nerve impulses. As a result of exposure, bedbugs and other insects die from nervous overexcitation.

The combination of these two substances with stabilizers guarantees a quick and long-lasting effect of application - killing and repelling. Chemically stable after drying, the residue of the drug on surfaces begins to destroy the population almost instantly (3-5 minutes after penetration into the insect’s exoskeleton) and continues for 3-4 weeks.

The product targets all stages of the bedbug's life and is designed to completely destroy insect eggs, which are extremely resistant to external influences.

The most important advantage of CrossFire is its minimal danger to humans and pets, and if the instructions are followed, its complete absence. In the European Union, where they are especially scrupulous about safety issues, CrossFire is the only drug for this purpose! - There is no “signal word” for toxicity.

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Products with pyrethroids

Against bedbugs, drugs based on pyrethroids alone are mostly practically useless. Our exterminators found this out at the very beginning of the service; later we regularly tested new emerging insecticides of this group on bedbugs - where these substances kill cockroaches in a matter of minutes, the bedbugs are not killed at all.

The only more or less effective substance specifically against bedbugs from this group so far remains lambda-cyhalothrin. Preparations based on it - Lambda-Zone, Paragraph, Dr. Klaus. But it is also quite dangerous: in our treatments, when using it in basements, rats died, and one of our clients used a drug based on it to poison moles in the garden. Therefore, you need to work with it extremely carefully.

At the same time, it is with drugs containing pyrethroids that people most often try to poison bedbugs themselves. The fact is that it is with pyrethroids that odorless products are most often produced, and most of those who poison bedbugs for the first time expect that they can destroy these parasites without stinking up the apartment. As a result, the product is purchased, applied, the bugs remain, the product is reapplied, the bugs remain again, and then it’s the turn of heavy artillery, or professionals with such heavy artillery. But since almost everyone tries to try products in spray cans, it turns out that it is precisely these pyrethroid-containing drugs that are used against bedbugs even more often than truly effective products.

What is better anyway?

It’s better to turn to professional pest control for bedbugs. There are several arguments for this position:

you do not risk your health by diluting, spraying toxic chemicals or dusting surfaces with powders;
you will not be able to independently find and treat all the places and secluded corners where bedbugs hide, because the insects themselves are extremely small, the eggs are almost invisible, and the behavior of bedbugs is determined by the specific habitat;
professionals use strong and long-acting professional drugs that completely destroy populations, while staying in the premises is completely safe for apartment residents;
the use of modern technical devices for drip spraying makes it possible to treat 100% of surfaces and crevices, holes with microscopic gaps.

Success when contacting professional exterminators is guaranteed. The main thing, as in the case of choosing household insecticides, is to contact a reliable company with licenses and certificates, including for the use of chemicals. If they are, then the company has permission to work in residential and other premises.

Another important point is drawing up a processing agreement. A serious, responsible contractor himself proposes to draw up an Agreement with the obligations of the parties, a description of the work and its cost.

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How to prepare for disinfestation

Before getting rid of bedbugs, you need to block all exits for insects. During processing, they will try to leave the room through small cracks in the floor, walls, and exhaust ventilation holes. If they get into your neighbors' apartment, pest control will only give temporary results.

To discourage bed bugs:

carry out minor repairs (seal cracks);
cover the ventilation grilles with tape;
Cover other exit routes from the apartment with duct tape.

Professional pest control involves treating everything in the home with high-temperature chemicals. This includes interior decoration, furniture, toys, household appliances, textiles, books. To increase the effectiveness of the procedure, you must first:

remove sockets;
disassemble the furniture as much as possible;
remove paintings, clocks, carpets from the walls;
Place the rugs on the floor with the wrong side up.

Preparation also includes removing items from the apartment that should not be exposed to high temperatures and chemicals. This includes underwear, dishes, and personal hygiene items. You need to take your pets out of the rooms, clean the aquarium, and also leave yourself.

Attention! After chemical treatment, the apartment needs thorough wet cleaning. Only after it can you bring your children home, let your pets go and put all your things in their place.

Carbamates

For the most part, carbamate-containing agents are considered auxiliary drugs for baiting bedbugs. The most famous of them is Effective-Ultra, which is quite effective, but extremely expensive and consumable. We use it extremely rarely, in cases where, after several treatments, the bedbugs could not be eradicated with other drugs.

Preparations with several insecticides of different groups

The idea of adding several active components of different groups to the drug suggests that if the bedbugs are not killed by one of the insecticides in the product, then the second component will destroy them.

Also, in some products, an amplifier-synergist is added to the two existing insecticides, which by itself either does not kill insects, or does so very weakly, but which significantly enhances the effect of the main substances.

In practice, most drugs with such a mixed composition are mixtures of organophosphorus compounds with pyrethroids, and in many of them pyrethroids are added in some tiny quantities, the purpose of which is not entirely clear. Pyrethroids are generally weak against bedbugs, and in concentrations of 5-10% of the total amount of the product, after dilution in water, the parasites will not even feel them. But due to such low concentrations, they may well develop resistance to them.

On a note
Perhaps it was precisely this habit of adding pyrethroid to the product to create the impression of a “more powerful composition” that played a role in the widespread addiction of bedbugs and some cockroaches to insecticides of this group.

A striking example of such a drug is Agran. All disinfectants try to poison bedbugs with it when they first start working. Agran is inexpensive and impresses a beginner with its “complex composition” of chlorpyrifos (to which more than half of the bedbugs in Moscow and St. Petersburg are already accustomed) and cypermethrin, 5% of which does not even make a bedbug sneeze. At the same time, the product stinks terribly and gives the impression of a really powerful treatment.

As a result, all of Moscow and the surrounding Moscow region are flooded with Agran; they work with it where people are looking for cheaper treatment, and often it is inadequate for the degree of infection of the apartment. As a result, we most often refurbish apartments precisely after persecution by Agran - there is a terrible stench from chemicals here, and the bugs are still crawling and crawling, only crawling into the most inaccessible places.

In fact, the same chlorpyrifos is contained in the drugs Averfos and Sinuzan - these are analogues of each other. Considering that cypermethrin in Agran does not kill bedbugs, they can also be considered analogues of Agran. We have already discussed the effectiveness of these drugs above.

Top 3. Master 250 µs

Rating (2021): 4.39

47 reviews taken into account from resources: Ozon, Yandex.Market, Otzovik

The best quality is chlorpyrifos 25%. In other products, the content of the substance does not exceed 10%; in situations with severe contamination, only concentrated formulations can help.

Characteristics
Price: 830 rub.
Country: Israel
Substance: chlorpyrifos 25%
Action: 120-180 days

The drug "Master-250 μs" is intended for home use, and this is one of the best ways to destroy the ubiquitous bedbugs and cockroaches, used in Israel and Russia for more than 20 years. It contains a high concentration of chlorpyrifos, which is more effective than pyrethroids, to which many pests in apartment buildings have developed immunity. At the same time, the product has a tolerable odor, which disappears very quickly, and it is easy to use. The effectiveness of the poison is confirmed by dozens of reviews. The undoubted advantage of “Masters-250 μs” is its universal action against all crawling insects.

Advantages and disadvantages

Fastest total destruction effect
Convenient bottles for 1 use

The smell may persist for the first 3-5 hours
For processing areas over 50 sq. I need 2 bottles