Bugs
Bedbugs or bed bugs are brown insects with an oval shape. They feed mainly on blood and wild hosts, especially birds and bats. In addition, they are characterized by their small size, reaching 4-7 cm. The female bedbug lays about 200 eggs throughout its life. It takes two to three months to fully grow, and bugs can live from twelve to eighteen days without eating.
Ways to get rid of bedbugs
Use specialized companies
This method is considered the best method used to get rid of bedbugs very quickly and securely, as these companies in turn use the appropriate medicine to combat all types of bedbugs, and the necessary tools to eliminate them.
- Closing holes and gaps: Holes are considered one of the most common places where bedbugs are found, as they breed and hide in them. They can be closed by placing a piece of cement or cloth inside them.
- Washing home furnishings and furnishings with boiling water: Boiling water is one of the most common methods used to get rid of bedbugs. In this method, furniture is washed with boiling water, then exposed to direct sunlight, and left for several hours.
- Using a hair dryer: The hair dryer gets rid of bugs, due to its high temperature. It can be used by exposing it to the areas where the bugs are located for several minutes.
Ways to get rid of bedbugs at home
- Using hot pepper and mint leaves: Both pepper and mint leaves contain volatile oils that have a strong and pungent smell, which kills and gets rid of bugs.
- House ventilation: The house must be exposed to adequate ventilation and access to sunlight, especially in hot climates.
- Spreading basil leaves at home: Basil is characterized by its strong smell that effectively kills bugs, and it does not cause any side effects.
- Use insecticides that kill bedbugs, but care must be taken when using them because they lead to respiratory problems.
- Clean the bedding regularly to ensure that there are no bugs inside it.
- Getting rid of insects in the house by using hot fumes.
- Use concentrated perfumes and chlorine because of their ability to kill bugs very quickly.
- Coating the bed legs with a substance called petroleum is clear in all respects because of its effective ability to catch and kill bedbugs.
- Separate dried clothes from wet clothes during the washing process.
- Close laundry bags before transferring them to the washing machine.
Bedbug damage
- Suffering from respiratory allergies, such as runny nose, asthma, etc.
- Irritation and redness in the eyes, in addition to constant flow of tears.
- Low level of iron in the blood.
- Hepatitis.
