A chemical with the funny name Lambda Probe for bedbugs is not used very often.
Usually people choose more well-known and affordable products that are always available in stores. But this insecticide has enough advantages, and many apartment owners have managed to remove the evil spirits with its help. It remains to be seen whether this poison helps against bedbugs and how to use it to get the desired result. Quick Jump:
Mechanism of Action on Bed Bugs
Composition and release forms
Lambda Probe for bedbugs - instructions for use
Where to buy and how much does it cost?
Pros and cons of the product
Reviews
Description of the drug
If the room is slightly infested with bedbugs, you can try to get rid of the bloodsuckers on your own. A wide range of insecticides available on the modern market allow this to be done. The drug Lambda Zone for bedbugs has proven itself quite well in the fight against parasites. This is a new generation universal product that will successfully cope with any pest in the house.
The insecticide is produced in the form of a microencapsulated suspension; its color and smell resemble ordinary water. 2.5% lambda-cyhalothrin is placed in nanogranules; this active substance is excreted in microdoses on the surface of the capsule and causes paralysis in insects upon contact, followed by death. The South Korean drug is produced in 50 ml bottles. The price of the Lambda Zone insecticide in Russia is 700-750 rubles. The product is very economical; one bottle can treat an area of up to 100 m².
How not to make mistakes in use
Even such an easy-to-use cockroach repellent can be used incorrectly. Typical mistakes that people make when processing other substances. The main mistake is the wrong dosage. For example, you added too little product to a large amount of water - the result will be zero. Or, on the contrary, you poured too much product and not enough water - an allergy is possible due to the peculiarities of the body's reactions.
Another mistake is failure to take precautions. Some people, considering the drug absolutely harmless, neglect basic safety rules - gloves and a bandage. Personal protective equipment is a mandatory aspect of this procedure, regardless of what substance is used.
The burning microencapsulant Lambda Zone will surprise even the most seasoned cockroaches. With the advent of this remedy in the house, the long-term struggle will be successfully completed.
Advantages and disadvantages
Pros:
- Safe for people and animals. Symptoms of poisoning may only appear if you drink a bottle of the chemical;
- Long period of residual action (up to two months);
- Efficiency;
- No smell;
- Does not leave streaks or stains;
- A foreign monopolist manufacturer, which has a positive effect on the quality of the insecticide;
- Viral nature. An infected insect carries nonogranules with poison on its legs into its shelter and infects other members of the bug colony;
- Economical use. Just 5 ml of concentrate per 1 liter of water is enough;
- Destroys cockroaches, bedbugs, fleas, ants, ticks and mosquitoes;
- Does not cause addiction to insects.
Minuses:
- High price;
- Does not destroy eggs;
- It is prohibited to treat bedding, clothing and children's toys. But this is not such a significant disadvantage; items placed in a sealed bag can be frozen in the freezer or washed at temperatures above 60 degrees.
Procedure for exterminating cockroaches
If a person seriously intends to independently carry out pest control in the house using Lambda, he will have to make thorough preparations for this process. It is the key to quality results and the safety of all residents of the house.
There are several most important points of this procedure, without which you should not start processing:
- Before using an insecticide, be sure to carry out a thorough wet cleaning of the entire house. The fact is that for some time after using the chemical it will not be possible to wash it off. That is why it is important that the house is clean. Cleaning also remains one of the best preventative measures for the appearance of Prussians.
- Next, you need to move all the furniture away from the walls, hide equipment (TV, computer, etc.) in plastic, all clothes, food, small personal hygiene items and other similar things should also be removed.
- Treatment of the room should be carried out using a spray bottle or a special industrial sprayer. In any case, it is necessary that no one else remains in the room, and the exterminator himself must use protective gloves and a suit (if possible).
To effectively kill cockroaches, the product must be diluted in an appropriate amount of water before spraying. To do this, you need to carefully study the instructions, which accurately indicate the proportions. You can't do everything by eye. This is one of the most common mistakes when cleaning an apartment using this product, because of which many cannot solve their problem with Prussians.
Very often, either too little of the active substance is used, which does not bring the desired result, or an excessive amount is used with the development of side effects already at the exterminator himself (if appropriate protective clothing is not used). This is why you must always follow the instructions.
Preparing the room
Immediately before treatment, it is necessary to wet clean the apartment. The absence of dust will improve the adhesion of the insecticide to the surfaces being treated. It is also worth considering that after disinfestation you should refrain from cleaning for 2-3 weeks so as not to wash off the sprayed product. We move all the furniture in the bedroom away from the walls, at a distance necessary for the free passage of a person, this will simultaneously facilitate processing and increase its efficiency. We hide food in the refrigerator and wrap the dishes in cling film. We place clothes, bedding, toys in vacuum bags (this will prevent the spread of bedbugs to other rooms) and carry out heat treatment at high/low temperatures.
Lambda Probe for bedbugs - instructions for use
Preparing an apartment for harassment consists of the usual steps. First, it is cleaned well, because you will have to refrain from processing for some time after the procedure. Furniture is moved to the center of the room, household appliances are hermetically sealed with polyethylene.
Beds and sofas should be dismantled whenever possible in order to quickly destroy the nests of bloodsuckers. The exterminator must wear a gauze bandage, goggles and a protective suit.
Using the chemical is not difficult. It is diluted in the proportion of one bottle per 5-10 liters of water, shaken and applied to furniture and other surfaces using a spray bottle.
The dosage is calculated depending on the degree of infection. If there is too little water in the solution, it can harm human health. If the drug is used in a very weak concentration, it will not be able to destroy bloodsuckers.
When the poison dries, a film consisting of microscopic capsules will remain on the surfaces. The bulk of the population dies within a week, and for another month and a half to two months the pesticide will finish off its relatives and their offspring.
When the procedure is completed, leave the home for half an hour, and then ventilate it for at least an hour. Surfaces that people touch are wiped with a damp cloth. Animals are allowed back in only after the floors have been washed. General cleaning of the house is carried out no earlier than every month.
The exterminator needs to wash his face and hands, or better yet, take a shower. If a toxic substance gets on the mucous membrane, it is immediately washed with warm water.
If you work according to the instructions, the insecticide usually does not cause illness. But when the dosage is exceeded, symptoms such as muscle weakness, dizziness, and nausea may occur. If such manifestations occur, you should consult a doctor as soon as possible.
We are processing the apartment
Before disinsection, all residents, including animals, must leave the premises. We spray the potential habitats of bed bugs, as well as possible routes of their movement, usually this is the space near the bed where the bulk of the insects are concentrated. The consumption rate of the finished solution is 100 ml per 1 m² for non-absorbent surfaces and 200 ml for absorbent ones. After completing the disinfestation, you should wash your hands with soap and rinse your mouth with a soda solution. Before residents return, the apartment must be ventilated for an hour. During ventilation, we wipe the places with which people most often come into contact with a soap solution with the addition of soda.
How to use insect repellent?
It is not at all difficult to destroy parasites in the house with the help of Lambda Zone, but you should follow some recommendations.
First, before processing, do the following:
- Carry out a thorough wet cleaning in the house where cockroach control will take place. Wash floors, smooth surfaces and interior items with water and detergent.
Insects usually settle in places where it is difficult for people to reach them - behind tables, kitchen units, refrigerators, between baseboards and walls; Therefore, before cleaning, move large objects away from the walls if possible, and also pay special attention to small gaps and cracks.
- hide all clothes, toys, dishes, after inspecting them for the presence of parasite eggs.
- remove small children and animals from the house. Although the manufacturer reports that its chemical is non-toxic, we should still ensure the necessary safety for our loved ones.
- close all windows and doors: drafts reduce the effectiveness of the insecticide.
Secondly, carefully read the instructions for use. Failure to follow the basic rules will not lead to the desired result.
When the above steps are completed, we proceed to preparing the solution. Add 10 ml of Lambda to 1 liter of clean water, mix thoroughly and pour the suspension into a spray bottle.
On a note! The dosage of the drug depends on the degree of infection of the apartment and the quality of the surface being treated, so follow the instructions for the chemical.
Microcapsules need to be sprayed around the entire perimeter of the apartment so that cockroaches have nowhere to hide. Don't forget about the bathroom and hallway. Do not skimp on the solution, but moisten all surfaces well. The main thing to remember is that poison should not get on upholstered furniture.
After the mission is completed, leave the room for 30-60 minutes.
After diluting the suspension with water (see instructions), it is necessary to treat all areas where cockroaches accumulate with a spray bottle
At the end of the time, open all windows and doors to ventilate the apartment.
Reviews
“Despite the high cost (695 rubles), we decided to opt for the Lambda Zone product; the bedbugs had bitten us and we couldn’t stand it any longer. The main criterion when choosing a poison was the absence of odor, since we have a small child. The first two days after the treatment, the bugs still bit at night, they already began to get upset that they wasted money and wasted time, but already on the third night, the bites became significantly less. A week later, there were no bedbugs or signs of their presence in the apartment...”
Natalia. Eagle
“Before we purchased Lambda Zone, we tried unsuccessfully to fight bedbugs using Mashenka’s pencil. Ease of use and no odor were the main reasons for the purchase. We cleaned the apartment. Two months passed, the bites disappeared, sleep returned to normal. Definitely, the product is worth its considerable money.”
Anna. Yeisk
How to achieve maximum efficiency
The use of the drug in liquid form involves using a fine spray. Ideally, this should be professional high-pressure equipment. When processing it yourself, use a high-quality spray bottle - the smaller the holes in it, the better. This is a fundamental point, since it will allow you to achieve the same consumption of the composition as the manufacturer suggests. And the poison will get into even the smallest cracks and holes, which means the bug will be guaranteed to be defeated. The drug should get into even the most inaccessible places
conclusions
The effectiveness of Lambda Zone against bedbugs can be judged 7-10 days after treatment. This time is necessary for the active substance to enter the parasite’s body. Cases where the insecticide does not help are rare and unlikely. When disinfesting, it is important to follow the instructions exactly and spend the next few nights after treatment in your usual sleeping place in order to force the bedbugs to move and come into contact with the poison. After all, it is known that bedbugs find their victims by the carbon dioxide exhaled by a person.
Mechanism of action on bedbugs
First of all, it is worth deciding on the terminology.
In fact, the correct name for the chemical is Lambda Zone, and a lambda probe is called an oxygen sensor. But on various forums dedicated to the fight against bloodsuckers, the remedy for bedbugs Lambda Zonda is a fairly common name. The drug is intended for the destruction of bedbugs and other annoying living creatures: ants, cockroaches. The mechanism of its action is quite simple: the poison, enclosed in a special capsule, enters the digestive organs of the bloodsucker and paralyzes its limbs. An insect, deprived of the opportunity to obtain food for itself, quickly dies.
One of the most pressing questions for apartment owners is whether Lambda Probe kills bedbug eggs or not. The poison is not capable of destroying oviposition immediately after treatment, but thanks to its prolonged action, the drug manages to cope with newborn bloodsuckers.
The mechanism of action of poison on insects
Lambda-cyhalothrin is an inhibitor that acts on the principle of oxidative phosphorylation. When the bug comes into contact with the treated surface, the substance penetrates the digestive system of the pest. Next, the killing components are absorbed into the hemolymph. From this moment on, the nervous system is damaged - the motor centers of the bug are completely paralyzed. Metabolic processes decrease, breathing stops. At the same time, the bug loses its ability to feed and dies within 24 hours.
Harmless to humans and deadly to cockroaches, fleas and bedbugs
This is a fairly harmless destroyer.
But this does not mean at all that he will spare the insects: he will destroy them to the last individual. But for other household inhabitants, humans and their pets, the product will be no more dangerous than tap water. In its consistency and smell, it is very similar to ordinary water, without any odors. What happens if an animal or my child accidentally tries it?
Absolutely nothing. In the human body, as well as in the body of animals, the product does not cause any allergic reactions or discomfort. This product can be used without any fear even in an operating room, children's kitchen or nursery, as well as in general any premises that have increased requirements for safety and cleanliness.
The use of microencapsulants is just becoming fashionable, and not all people can believe that a substance has finally appeared that can effectively cope with insects without harming humans. But in the case of “Lamda Zone” this is exactly the case: the product is effective and harmless.
Protect yourself when working with poison
In case of contact with the mucous membrane of the eye, redness occurs. No allergic reactions were detected upon contact of the poison with the skin. It is advisable to wear a protective suit, mask, goggles and gloves before treating the room. In case of contact with the mucous membrane, you should immediately rinse your eyes with clean running water. If there is no special clothing, then the minimum protective set is: rubber gloves, a hat, goggles and a respiratory mask made of several layers of fabric. Although, we still recommend purchasing a respirator. Clothes must have long sleeves.
All pets should be removed from the premises during treatment. Potted flowers should be placed in a safe place. Cover the aquarium with fish on top with a lid. Pack baby supplies in sealed bags. Hide food in the refrigerator. Do not spray poison onto the body of household appliances during processing. Remember that the bottle of insecticide should be kept out of the reach of children.
Proper equipment for working with poisons, but lacking headgear
See a doctor immediately! Even with the low toxicity declared by the manufacturer, lambda-cyhalothrin poses a certain threat to humans. For example, improper handling of the drug can lead to poisoning. In this case, the following symptoms will appear: salivation, loss of coordination of movements, difficulty breathing, tremors, decreased muscle tone. With such a clinical picture, it is important to seek medical help as quickly as possible.
