What bugs start in the apartment and how to get rid of them?

No matter how carefully you try to maintain cleanliness and order in the apartment, it will not be possible to avoid periodic invasions of pests. To combat cockroaches, bedbugs and other unwanted guests, there are a lot of special tools and methods, and there is a right for each parasite.

These round brown bugs are not often found in the apartment. Usually they can be found in a private house, but residents of multi-storey buildings are not 100% insured against them. In most cases, you can find a homemade skinhead on the windowsill and in the cracks in the window, mainly in the warm season, however, they can settle in the closet and in the closet, they also hide under the upholstery of upholstered furniture. And although from the name it can be assumed that they feed mainly on leather goods, this is not entirely true: beetles spoil any clothes and furniture, they can also eat food and books.

It should be noted that skin-eating beetles are quite insatiable creatures and reproduce very quickly: at one time the female lays more than two dozen eggs, and in less than a year the larvae that are born already reach the age of adults. You can recognize a kozheed by the following signs: it is an oval dark brown insect of small size, with small rigid wings about 3 mm long behind its back. Its body is evenly covered with tiny hairs, and it ends with a small semblance of a tail with a tassel at the end. The skinhead moves slowly, however, it has a cunning defense mechanism - at any danger, for example, from touch, it immediately turns its belly up and pretends to be dead. Adults can fly, so you can easily spot pests in your home. Obvious lesions on furniture, books and clothing, and their skin that they shed during the shedding period, will also be clear signs of the presence of skinheads.

Damage to interior items, alas, is not the only reason to get rid of the skin-eater - these beetles can also harm humans. Their bites can be seen as small pink spots on the skin, and sometimes they can bleed. The danger is that through an insect bite it can infect a person with helminths or infections... If such a nuisance nevertheless happened to you, it is necessary to treat the damage with any insect bite agent, it will not be superfluous to also go to the pharmacy for antihistamines, and donate blood for infections.

In the event that a skin beetle has wound up in your home, you should use various methods of exterminating it.

• The best option would be to detect and destroy pest eggs. To do this, you need to soak and thoroughly rinse things in soapy water, then inspect them for the rest of the eggs. If you find eggs after washing, repeat the procedure.
• For the destruction of larvae and adults, it is recommended to use boric acid powder - it is not only effective in the fight against skin debris, but also absolutely harmless to humans, so this option is suitable even for families with small children or pets. Pay special attention to cracks in the floor, baseboards under the radiator and cracks in the walls when processing.
• Since the skin beetle prefers warm and dry living conditions, freezing is a good measure in the winter season: carpets, outerwear and other insect-infested products can be taken out onto the balcony or outside and left for 10 hours, the freezing temperature should be –15 ° C and below. This procedure must be repeated several times.

Earthen fleas live in rooms with unsanitary conditions and where there is an abundance of soil or sand: in basements, entrances of residential buildings, sheds and similar places. Contrary to popular belief that fleas are mainly carried by animals, it should be noted that a person can also bring them to a dwelling, mainly in the summer-autumn period. You can recognize this insect by its appearance: it is a wingless, round and very small parasite, covered with a shiny green or light brown shell, which protects it from damage. Fleas reproduce quite actively and quickly, over a year and a half of life, one female displays more than 500 insects. In the absence of wings, fleas are able to jump to great heights and distances. This allows them to move very quickly, so fast that it is almost impossible for the human eye to see the trajectory of their movement.

The diet of an earthen flea completely consists of the blood of warm-blooded animals, including humans, so the presence of a pest in your home will certainly not go unnoticed. Bites from these insects are red spots, most often on the back, but can also be found on any other part of the body. They almost always cause itching and, in some cases, even allergies.

If such bites appear on the body, this is a sure sign that microscopic pests are still in your home, and you need to get rid of them as soon as possible.

• First you need to prepare your home for the destruction of parasites... Since they live in unsanitary conditions, a general cleaning should be carried out using detergents. Particular attention should be paid to carpets and upholstered furniture, since the bulk of the earthen flea larvae are usually found there, as well as in the bathroom, since dampness is the most suitable habitat for the parasite.
• After cleaning, it is necessary to treat the room with special insecticidal preparations, which can be purchased at hardware stores: for example, "Sinuzan", "Biorin", "Empire" or spray "Raptor"... Chemicals will also be effective remedies. However, it must be remembered that parasites quickly adapt to various poisons, therefore, in the event of a repeated invasion, a different composition should be used.
• If the family has pets, they also need to be treated with special flea products.which you can buy at pet stores or veterinary pharmacies.
• In conclusion, you need to wet the house. - this will increase the effectiveness of measures for the extermination of the parasite to the maximum.

If you begin to notice hordes of crawling or flying insects in your house or apartment, you must first determine which parasites inhabit the dwelling.... First, inspect the appearance of insects: they are huge or small, with or without wings, shaggy or, on the contrary, smooth.

In addition to the appearance of insects, also pay attention to the nature of their sabotage, habitat and season. This will allow you to more accurately establish which parasite is in front of you, since they can often be confused. For example, a domestic bark beetle is a rather large oblong beetle, similar to a cockroach, however, unlike the latter, it eats only a tree, respectively, it can be found more often in a wooden house and mainly in summer, while cockroaches can also be found in apartment conditions at any time of the year ...

Bed bugs are small, dark yellow or brown, round beetles with a flattened body. They are blood-sucking insects that live in bed: they can be found under the upholstery of upholstered furniture, in the seams of mattresses and pillows, mainly at 4-5 o'clock in the morning - it is at this time that they creep out. And also a sure sign of bedbug habitat are marks from their bites, which can cause an allergic reaction in the form of inflammation and increased body temperature.

They can appear in the apartment in different ways: they can be brought in from crowded places on shoes and clothes, as well as along with building materials, for example, during repairs. Bed bugs and their eggs die when temperature above + 45 ° С, so washing your bed linen at a high temperature will help get rid of the parasite. Mattress, pillows and other furniture should be treated with a steamer or iron.

You can also influence bedbugs cold: for this, the infected things must be placed in the freezer, and in winter you can take out the laundry to the balcony or outside. At –16 ° С, larvae and adults die in 82 hours, at –24 ° С - after 24 hours. In addition to heat treatment and exposure to cold, bedbugs can be removed special chemicals available at hardware stores.

Since today there are 65 thousand species of this bug, the appearance of these insects is different, but their common feature is a characteristic elongated mouth apparatus, similar to a small proboscis. The weevil feeds on cereals, flour and flour products, vegetables and fruits, nuts, and food reserves in general, so you can find it in the kitchen: in the cabinets for storing food, in packages with them and directly in the food itself.

Pest control should start with the disposal of contaminated stocks: carefully inspect the bags of cereals, tea and flour... Various bakery products, including loaves, crackers and biscuits, are also not insured. The next step will be the processing of containers and cabinets for storing food: the shelves should be thoroughly washed with soapy water, after which the surfaces should be wiped with a solution of table vinegar - its smell is unbearable for weevils.

To prevent re-infection you can use herbs and spices with a pronounced odor, such as bay leaves, mint, cloves, lavender, any citrus peel will also work. Spread the herbs evenly on the food storage shelves. They should be changed to fresh ones once or twice a month. Chemicals for weevil exist, but their use is controversial, since we are talking about food and where they are stored.

Bark beetles start mainly in wooden houses, but apartment owners are not immune from their invasion. - the bark beetle is capable of causing significant damage to any wooden objects, including floors, baseboards and cornices. Externally, the bark beetle is a shiny, oblong beetle of a small size, dark brown in color with a characteristic antennae. It enters the apartment through contaminated timber or inside ready-made furniture.

The difficulty of dealing with this pest lies in the fact that for most of its life the bark beetle is deep inside wooden objects, devouring them, so getting to it is not an easy task. You can remove the bark beetle with the help of special chemicals and pesticides intended for the treatment of wood products and furniture.

The barbel beetle is an insect with long segmented whiskers, which are often 2-4 times longer than the beetle itself. The bulk of the damage is caused by insect larvae that feed on wood. They live in wooden furniture, window frames, wooden walls, floors and beams, turning them into dust. Winding oval tunnels in the wood are sure signs of a beetle in your home. Outside such passages, you can see accumulations of wood dust and excrement.

The cause of the appearance of the pest, as a rule, is use of contaminated timber during construction or renovation. A female barbel can lay from 200 to 450 eggs at a time, from which a whole colony of voracious larvae will soon emerge. The lifespan of each of them is about 2 years, and during this period pests can cause significant visible damage to your home.

You can get rid of insects with the help of special insecticides applied to wooden objects and structures.... Particular attention should be paid during the procedure to cracks and cracks in the wood. In some cases, they resort to treatment with a special gas - phosphine. This method is not suitable for every room, and it is necessary to call a specialist to carry it out.

Red grinder beetles, about 5 mm in size, affect both furniture wood and other wooden structures. Their presence can be easily recognized by their characteristic ticking sound, which is clearly audible during quiet nights. They also leave small round holes on the furniture. They appear as a result of the importation of contaminated firewood, boards and other timber into the house, so they can be found after construction or repair.

You can get rid of grinders using special chemicals, one of these can be prepared at home: for 3 parts of kerosene, you should take 1 part of naphthalene and tar, mix and pour into the holes-passages that the beetles sharpen. Processing must be carried out at least three times with an interval of 15-20 days.

The Khrushchak beetle starts up mainly in the kitchen, since it eats food. The greatest harm is caused not so much by adults as by insect larvae, which can destroy a significant amount of supplies in a short time. In the apartment, the parasite can appear with infected cereals, cereals or bran, as well as penetrate through the window in the summer-autumn period. The insect looks like a small winged beetle about 2 cm in size, the color of which varies from dark brown to black.

Signs of the presence of an insect are larval worms in food, and beetles also periodically shed their skin, which can be seen in the apartment. To remove the beetle, you must first of all get rid of all the affected supplies. Next, it is imperative to treat the storage areas of food with a vinegar solution; it will not be superfluous to process the rest of the kitchen surfaces: tables, shelves, cutting boards, as well as window sills and the floor. It is recommended to boil containers.

Adults often hide in cracks behind baseboards, so after thorough cleaning and processing of the kitchen, you need to scatter special chemicals around the perimeter of the rooms.NS. In conclusion, it will not be superfluous to spray with an insecticide. If these measures did not save you from the Khrushchaks, you need to contact a specialist.

A few simple preventive rules will help protect your home from harmful insects.

• Keep your home clean. Do general cleaning regularly using cleaning products, paying special attention to the kitchen and other food storage areas.
• Take care of your clothes. Wash bedding at high temperatures, and regularly process outerwear and shoes, since pests often enter the apartment from the street.
• Watch out for upholstered furniture... Dry cleaning, a steamer, or an iron are excellent ways to reduce the chances of insect breeding and spreading.
• Install mosquito nets on windows and doors. It is no secret that in the warm season, many pests can enter the apartment through windows or the front door, this applies primarily to flying insects.