Getting rid of insects

The way to get rid of bedbugs

The way to get rid of bedbugs

Bed bugs are very small brown insects that have adapted to live with humans so that they feed on his blood, and thus are considered family organisms. They have recently spread in many countries of the world, such as Australia, Britain, America, and Arab countries, and they are often transmitted through bags. Travelers from one place to another, and its presence is not excluded in the finest and most luxurious hotels in high-end countries, where it can hide in narrow cracks in the walls and in furniture, in hot and humid weather, and it is active at night when it stings a person while he is sleeping without feeling because of her possession of a drug, but After it finishes sucking blood, a red spot appears on the skin that causes itching, and thus interrupts his sleep. To get rid of it, a set of steps must be followed, namely:

  • Search for their whereabouts in the cracks, and they often leave their droppings, which are in the form of small brown spots.
  • Get rid of infested furniture, or try to clean the cracks well using a special pesticide, and take them out in the sun, and close the existing cracks well.
  • Washing all sheets, blankets, mattresses, and carpets with hot water to which some vinegar has been added, and spreading it under the sun.
  • Cleaning sofas and beds that cannot be washed with a steam vacuum cleaner.
  • Spray the room with a bedbug insecticide.
  • Adding a good amount of chlorine to the water, rinsing the room in it, taking into account drying it well, and opening all windows; To provide ventilation, and the entry of sunlight.
  • Putting a moisture-absorbing material in places where moisture is likely to be present, or exposed to moisture, such as silica gel.
  • cleaning pets living in the house; It is a suitable environment for bedbugs to breed.
  • Repeat the previous steps twice a week, because bedbugs leave huge numbers of eggs, and these eggs are not affected by the pesticide like adult insects, so they must be eliminated as soon as they hatch before they become adults, and are able to reproduce again, and thus the emergence of new generations.
  • Camphor oil can be used on the body, or some mint leaves can be spread on the bed to prevent bedbugs from approaching during sleep, until the process of getting rid of them completely.

Bugs prevention tips

It is very easy for bedbugs to transmit and multiply in the home, and therefore several preventive steps must be taken, namely:

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  • Examine the hotel beds and make sure that they are free of any traces of the presence of bugs before opening the luggage and settling in, so that the items do not pick up a group of these insects, and thus move to the house.
  • Coordination with neighbors in anti-bug campaigns, especially when they are close to each other, and there are joint visits between them.
  • Keep the house ventilated, and allow the sun's rays to enter it.
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