Kill bugs with heat or cold
Bedbugs can be eliminated by exposing them to heat equal to 46 degrees Celsius, or to extreme cold, that is, to a temperature less than zero degrees Celsius. It can be exposed to cold by placing clothes or objects with bugs on them in bags inside the refrigerator at a temperature of -17 Celsius, and leaving them for at least four days, to ensure the death of the bugs. Bugs can be exposed to heat in several ways, including:
- Wash bedding and clothes with hot water for thirty minutes, then put them in the dryer on the highest setting for thirty minutes.
- Use the steamer on sofas, furniture, and other places where bedbugs are present.
- Place items with bugs in black bags, and leave them outside on a hot day, or in a closed car.
Pesticide
Insecticides can be used to get rid of bedbugs in the home, and there are some pesticides that have been registered by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). It has a special reference to bugs, and it can be used, including:
- Permethrin and pyrethroids: These are the most common chemicals used to kill bedbugs.
- Pyrroles: such as chlorfenapyr, which kill bedbugs by disrupting their cells.
- Neonicotinoids: Neonicotinoids are chemicals that harm the nervous system of bugs.
- Dessicants: They are one of the types of substances that kill bedbugs, but they work slowly, so it may take a few months to kill all the bedbugs.
tea tree oil
Tea tree oil is considered an antibiotic, antifungal, antiseptic, expectorant and antiviral. It is useful for inhibiting viral and bacterial infections, and is also used to kill insects, including bedbugs. It has properties that help destroy bedbugs and stop their growth. It can be used by mixing twenty drops of pure tea tree oil in a water spray bottle, and then spraying the furniture, and all Places infested with bugs, wash the fabrics with hot water, and repeat the process once a week, until the bugs are completely eliminated.
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Ten drops of peppermint essential oil can be placed in a bottle with a volume of about 114 milliliters, shake it well, and spray the bugs with the spray. Peppermint oil gets rid of a variety of insects, such as: bugs, spiders, and cockroaches.
