A bed or house bug is a small insect (on average 1 - 3 mm) light or dark Brown. In the photo you can see what a blood-sucking linen bug looks like. The triangular head is small in size compared to the body. The insect is not capable of flight, but moves on both horizontal and vertical surfaces very quickly and deftly.
The female is always larger than the male. The body of an insect in a hungry state is flat, flattened, almost transparent, no more than 1 mm long. After sofa bug stuck to human skin, it does not stop feeding until it becomes spherical. The body becomes red with blood and increases in size to 8 mm.
A bug can live without food for about six months. The total lifespan of one individual is one year. The insect is extremely prolific. One female is capable of laying up to 500 eggs in her life, each of which has a high chance of survival at home. A week later, voracious larvae hatch from the laid clutch, whose lifestyle is no different from adult individuals. The photo shows a female and larvae close-up.
Types of bedbugs
Bed bugs are a suborder of coleopteran insects. Species diversity there are a lot of them. Over 12,000 species of these insects live in Russia. For the most part, they are completely harmless to humans. There are also beneficial bugs in nature: Podisus, which eats Colorado potato beetles, flower bugs and soldier bugs, which destroy the larvae of garden pests.
Bloodsucking is the only kind- bed bug. This is the correct biological name, although they are popularly called linen, household, room, furniture and even sofa. These are not varieties, but simply various names the same insect, which happens different sizes and shades of color.
The pest received such a variety of names because of its ability to settle in cracks in wall plaster, seams in bed linen, sofa upholstery, mattresses, and furniture joints. A bedbug is often called another insect - a louse, which is not related to the bedbug family. The photo shows a furniture bug that has spent several months without food.
How do bedbugs get into the house?
- through cracks, ventilation from one apartment to another due to the ability to move quickly (an adult overcomes 1.25 m in a minute);
- together with used furniture, especially sofas and mattresses;
- blood-sucking animals are often carried by long-haired domestic animals;
- bed linen, in particular, the seams of pillowcases and duvet covers.
Signs of the presence of bedbugs in the house
Often the insect moves along the ceiling, hovering above the sleeping person in bed and falling from there onto the skin. At first, when a person sees a bite in the morning, he thinks that he was bitten by a mosquito. When the population has grown, it is no longer possible not to notice the aliens.
The main signs of bed bugs appearing in a house:
- the bites are not single, but form a trail of small wounds;
- around the bug puncture on the skin a swelling forms with a lump in the center;
- toxins injected by insects into the blood of a sleeping person cause a typical allergic reaction in the form of burning and itching;
- Tiny blood stains often remain on the bed;
- places where insects accumulate (often under wallpaper on the walls) are contaminated with their excrement in the form of microscopic black dots;
- Pests can also be detected by the remains of the quinine coating, which they shed during molting;
- bedbugs have a specific smell - some call it cognac, while others think it is the aroma of rotten raspberries.
Where can bedbugs live in an apartment?
Indoor bugs usually live in clusters, forming nests. These are peculiar colonies in which insects of several generations live. There are clutches, larvae, adults, remains of the chiton shed during molting, and excrement. Such clusters look terrible. They create a feeling of dirt.
Harm of bedbugs to humans
- psychological;
- biochemical.
The psychological damage caused by these insects is enormous. A person sleeps poorly, he is irritated, his performance decreases, and sometimes the living conditions seem unbearable.
Biochemical harm is as follows:
- When a bedbug bites, it injects poisonous toxins into the sleeping person's blood. The body develops a response to them. Histamines are activated, antibodies are produced, and an inflammatory process occurs. The area around the bite turns red, swells, and excited nerve receptors cause a burning sensation and itching.
- In some people, the reaction may be several times greater than normal. An allergy develops that requires medication.
- When scratching bites, infection can easily occur and secondary inflammation occurs.
- A small child who is constantly bitten by bedbugs risks a decrease in blood quality, including the development of anemia.
How to recognize a bedbug bite and what to do?
Bedbug bites are easy to recognize and distinguish from mosquito or flea bites. The bug, unlike other insects, makes several punctures in the skin, leaving a characteristic trail of tiny wounds (see photo). The bite points are located 2–3 cm apart, as in the photo. After some time, a small blister with a bulge in the center forms around the puncture. The photo shows what the bites look like enlarged.
As soon as bite marks are discovered blood-sucking insects, you need to take the same measures as if you were bitten by a mosquito or bee:
Control methods and prevention
People have been fighting bedbugs for centuries. There are a few folk recipes getting rid of such a scourge, which can also be used as an excellent prevention:
Most effective method– chemical treatment of the apartment. Before carrying out it, it is necessary to prepare the room:
- hide dishes and food;
- remove all textiles from windows and furniture;
- remove pets and aquarium fish from the home during treatment;
- do wet cleaning.
Chemicals are best purchased in the form of sprays. “Dichlorvos”, “Chlorofos”, “Karbofos”, which have proven themselves in past years, have now been replenished with new effective insecticides: “Executioner”, “Kombat”, “Mikrofos”.
All chemicals are quite toxic to humans. Most of them have hazard class 3. Before using them, you should carefully study the description (instructions) and strictly follow its instructions. When processing, you need to spray the spray on the following surfaces:
- sofa and mattress – Special attention pay attention to seams, bends, cracks;
- seams and peeling fragments of wallpaper on the walls;
- windows and window sills;
- baseboards;
- ventilation grilles - it is very important to treat them with an insecticide so that insects cannot escape to the neighbors and then return again.
To ensure safety during chemical treatment of an apartment, you should wear a respirator, rubber gloves and safety glasses. After spraying, the room should be well ventilated for several hours (preferably with a draft) and left for 3 days, after which proceed with spring cleaning. All dishes should be washed, the sofa and bed should be vacuumed and washed detergent, damp cloth wipe all surfaces, wash windows and floors.
Bedbugs (Heteroptera) are a suborder of arthropod insects, which belongs to the winged subclass, the infraclass New Ptera, and the order Hemiptera. The bug is found in all countries of the world.
Bedbugs - description, characteristics, structure. What do bedbugs look like?
Due to the diversity of species, the body shape and size of bedbugs are very variable: some varieties of bedbugs are very small and have a length of less than 1 mm, representatives of the largest species grow up to 10-15 cm. Females are usually larger than males.
The largest bugs in the world are giant water bugs (Belostomatidae), which live in the tropics and grow up to 15 cm in length. Giants are able to eat even small ones, but do not pose any danger to humans .
The body shape of most species of bedbugs is adapted to their habitat conditions and can be varied:
The bug is a hemiptera insect, which received its name due to the morphology of the fore wings, transformed into elytra, the main part of which is a hard chitinous shell with a membranous apical part. The presence of front wings (elytra) and hind wings depends on the type of bug:
- Some bedbugs there are elytra and developed wings, with the help of which they are able to travel long distances through the air (for example, long-winged females of the pine underbark bug);
- In other species elytra shortened, A wings are missing, because of which insects cannot fly (for example, these are the short-winged females of the pine subbark bug);
- Still others have developed elytra but no wings(for example, male pine bugs);
- The fourth elytra and wings are missing, like bed bugs, so they don't fly.
All bugs have 3 pairs of limbs, developed to varying degrees and used for movement, swimming and holding prey. In most bedbugs, on the metathorax, between the second and third pairs of limbs, there are open ducts of odorous glands that secrete a characteristic and unpleasant “bedbug” smell that scares off enemies and plays the role of pheromones during the mating season.
Bedbugs that live in water, as well as predatory individuals, often do not have scent glands, or these glands are poorly developed.
The organs of touch are well-developed sensory antennae; some species have excellent vision.
Contrastingly colored bugs with bright colors from combinations of red, black, blue, green and white flowers- These are, as a rule, herbivorous species with practically no natural enemies.
A common feature of bedbugs is the piercing-sucking type. oral apparatus. It is represented by an elongated lower lip, forming a long proboscis, inside of which there is a deep groove with modified jaws, transformed into spiny, thin and long bristles. The proboscis is divided into 2 channels: the upper and wider one is used to absorb food, the lower one is used to secrete saliva. The top of the proboscis is covered with the upper lip. The specific structure of the mouth allows the bug to easily pierce the skin of humans and animals, as well as green parts of plants, sucking blood and cell sap.
In herbivorous bugs, the proboscis is thin and long; in a calm state, it is tucked under the body and hidden in a groove located on the head and chest. Predatory bugs have a short, thick and strong proboscis, beak-shaped and curved in the form of an arc.
Colors added digitally; parts of the oral apparatus intended for piercing the skin are highlighted in purple and red. Photo credit: Janice Harney Carr
Herbivorous bugs feed on plant cell sap. Plant foods also vary depending on the type of bedbugs. For example, the harmful turtle bug (lat. Eurygaster integriceps) eats grain crops - barley, oats, etc. Cruciferous bugs feed on plants from the cruciferous family: cabbage, turnips, radishes, mustard greens, and rapeseed. Lined scale insect (lat. Graphosoma lineatum) feeds on umbrella plants, eating dill and parsley. The berry bug (lat. Dolycoris baccarum) is a true sweet tooth: it includes berries and gooseberries in its diet. Water bugs from the family Belostomatidae easily cope with fairly large fish fry, salamanders and happily eat small invertebrates, both living and dead.
Bed bugs have external digestion, so most predatory species kill the victim before consumption using a paralyzing and decomposing substance, and after a while they suck out the ready-to-eat contents.
How long do bedbugs live?
The lifespan of a bedbug depends on the species. Without food, bedbugs can go into suspended animation, which, combined with low air temperatures, prolongs the insects' life.
Where do bedbugs live?
Bedbugs are insects that are widespread throughout the world. Bedbugs live in Russia, Asian and European countries; their range also includes Africa, Australia and Oceania, South and North America. Some species even live in Greenland, Alaska and Chukotka (for example, the polar variety of bedbugs Nysius groenlandicus).
Bedbugs are absolutely unpretentious to their place of residence. They inhabit apartments and human houses with equal comfort, in nature they settle in bird nests, animal burrows and tree hollows, they take a liking to basements and wet cellars, they settle on the foliage of plants and even in the thickness of sand.
Types of bedbugs, photos and names
The modern classification includes over 50 families of bedbugs, consisting of 40 thousand species. More than 2 thousand bedbugs live in the CIS countries.
- Bed bugs(Cimicidae)
- Triatomine bugs(Triatominae)
- Soldier bug, aka wingless red bug or Cossack(Pyrrhocoris apterus)
A member of the red bug family, one of the most common pests found in Europe, Asia, North America and North Africa. These wingless insects grow up to 9-11 mm in length and are distinguished by their brightly colored shell. The red color of bedbugs scares away everyone who wants to feast on insects, and the black pattern miraculously imitates huge eyes, mouth and forehead, which is also a kind of defense mechanism. Wingless red bugs have virtually no enemies in nature, so rapidly growing colonies of insects can be very difficult to remove. Pests are the first to wake up in the spring, and the main targets of their attacks are young seedlings garden plants. Soldier bugs feed on sap, young shoots and buds of any cultivated plants, ripe vegetables, fruits and berries, as well as corpses of vertebrates and insects. Pests lay eggs in the leaves of the plants they eat, which inevitably leads to the death of the latter. Wintering and reproduction of bedbugs occurs in dry, warm places: residential buildings, wooden buildings, under the thick bark of trees. As a biological control measure, the cohosh plant (black cohosh) is planted in vegetable gardens, which repels bedbugs with the smell of its inflorescences.
- Harmful turtle(Eurygaster integriceps)
A species of bugs from the family of bugs (lat. Scutelleridae), one of the most dangerous agricultural pests. It lives in steppes and forest-steppes in Russia, Ukraine, Central Asia and North Africa. Externally, the insect really resembles a miniature one with a dense, flat carapace of greyish, yellow or brown color, strewn with light spots. The size of an adult bug is from 1 to 1.3 cm, the pronotum of the insect is 1.5 times longer than the head. All life cycle The bug passes through fields with grain crops, where wheat, oats, corn or barley grow. Here bedbugs are born, feed, and reproduce. Many overwinter under dry grass; most of the colony migrates to winter in warmer, mountainous areas with dense forests. Greatest harm plants are infested by bedbug larvae, for which active feeding is very important. An adult bug bug and its larvae pierce the plant stem and suck out the juice, as a result of which the plants become deformed and lag behind in development, and the wheat gluten is destroyed under the influence of the insect’s saliva, which negatively affects the quality of the dough. The harmful bug does not pose a danger to people and animals. When a person approaches, he does not even bother to fly away, but simply falls to the ground, pretending to be dead, and in extreme cases, releases a substance with a foul odor.
- Cruciferous bugs, eurydemy or variegated shield bugs(Eurydema)
A genus of bedbugs, including 18 species and distributed in Europe, Asia, North Africa and throughout Russia. These insects are also called cabbage bugs. The most famous are considered Eurydema northern(Eurydema dominulu s ) ,rapeseed bug(Eurydema oleracea) ,mustard bug ( Eurydema ornata) , and cabbage bug ( Eurydema ventralis) . Adult cruciferous bugs grow in length from 5.5 to 9-10 mm and are distinguished by a variety of body colors, forming a variable pattern of various combinations of spots of blue-black, black-green, red, yellow and white. The main food of bedbugs is wild, as well as cultivated cruciferous plants: cabbage, rutabaga, turnip, radish. The pests pierce leaves and flower stalks with their proboscis and suck out the juice, lay eggs on the underside of cabbage leaves, and overwinter in large colonies under plant debris.
Eurydema northern (lat. Eurydema dominulus). Photo by: Siga
Cabbage bug (lat. Eurydema ventralis). Photo by: Hectonichus
- Green arboreal shieldweed(Palomena prasina)
A representative of the family of true shield insects. These bugs live throughout the temperate zone of the planet. Its popular name is “stink bug” tree stink bug acquired thanks to a particularly intense odor secreted by the secretion of the odorous glands. These bugs have a fairly large oval-angular body, growing up to 1.1-1.6 cm in length and equipped with disproportionately small wings. The insect's body is protected by a strong chitinous shield of bright green color, and even bedbug eggs have a light green tint. Only by autumn do brown dots appear on the shell, and by winter the bug becomes completely brown. The green bug leads a quiet, inconspicuous life on the foliage of trees, on herbaceous plants And berry bushes, the juices of which it feeds on, especially preferring raspberries. He does not disdain animal food, but does not know how to hunt, so he is content with dead insects. Stink bugs fly extremely rarely, spending too much energy on flight. This green bug is not dangerous to humans and does not cause significant harm agriculture, only occasionally and slightly damaging cereal crops.
- Lined scale insect, aka graphozoma striata ( Graphosoma lineatum )
A species of bugs from the family of true stink bugs, which are also called “Italian bugs” due to the similarity of the color of the insects with the uniform of the Vatican guards. The Italian bug grows up to 1.1 cm in length, and its dense chitinous cover is distinguished by war paint: 6 longitudinal stripes of black color clearly stand out against the main red background, and the lower part of the body is covered with many chaotically scattered black spots. Due to its bright, contrasting coloration, this bug is often called the tiger bug or striped bug. Italian bedbugs feed on the sap of wild and cultivated umbrella plants: honeydew, dill, parsley, carrots. Insects give particular preference to plant seeds. Damaged umbrellas fall off and the seeds become non-viable. Line bugs are quite thermophilic, so they live only in middle lane, in southern Europe and Central Asia. They do not cause significant damage, and if colonies grow, they are easily collected from plants by hand.
- Berry bug, aka berry stink bug(Dolycoris baccarum)
A large representative of the family of true shield bugs, growing up to 1-1.2 cm in length, the structure is very reminiscent of the Italian bug. Flat body adult colored gray, dirty yellow or red-brown, the body of the larvae is covered with thin hairs. Distinctive feature The colors of the berry shield are yellow transverse stripes on the sides and antennae, painted with yellow and black rings. The main habitat and food preference of the berry bug are raspberries, currants and gooseberries, and the presence of the pest is easily determined by brownish spots on the leaves and dried berries. However, berry bugs often settle on fruit, grain, umbrella, oilseed and ornamental crops, as well as on weeds, feeding on the juices of young shoots and flowers, which leads to discoloration and drying of the plant. Berry bugs are widespread throughout the temperate climate zone, but due to the small population size they do not cause serious harm.
- Large-headed(Phymatidae, Phymatinae)
A family of bedbugs that is sometimes considered a subfamily of predators, and its representatives are true predators, capable of attacking prey that is significantly larger than themselves. Large-headed bugs grow up to 8-12 mm and have thick and wide thighs of the forelimbs, 2 times the length of the saber-shaped legs. The habitat of bedbugs is the countries of Africa, East Asia, and the USA.
- Water striders (Gerridae)
A family of bugs, including about 700 species of insects that live on the surface of the water. Externally, water strider bugs resemble miniature boats, deftly gliding across the surface of the water, and the structure of the bugs is fully consistent with this way of life. The narrow, elongated body of the water strider grows from 1 to 3 cm in length and has a characteristic protective color from brown and brown to almost black, making the insects almost invisible to birds. The water strider bug has 3 pairs of legs covered with fine, waterproof hairs. Motor activity, acceleration and braking are provided by the shorter front pair of legs, the remaining 2 long pairs of legs serve only as support for the insect. During movement, the water strider bug spreads its middle and hind pair of legs wide apart, and also uses short motor limbs to hold prey. If an obstacle appears on the way, the water strider overcomes it with strong leaps. The bedbug's abdomen is also covered with fine, short hairs containing a waxy substance that prevents them from getting wet. Tiny air bubbles accumulate between the hairs, holding a light weight insect afloat. Among water striders there are winged and wingless species, but after wintering, which occurs on land, the flight muscles of winged individuals are absorbed, and energy is spent on hunting and reproduction. Water striders have good eyesight and developed tactile antennae, thanks to which the predator instantly notices prey that has fallen into the water. The water strider bug feeds on small invertebrates, which it grabs with its hooked forelimbs. The insect pierces the prey with a sharp proboscis and sucks out the contents. Possessing external digestion, the water strider bug pre-injects solid food paralyzing and decomposing composition. Due to their species diversity, water strider bugs are found in fresh and salt water bodies around the globe.
- Water scorpions (Nepidae)
A family of bugs that live in water. Thanks to the developed and forward-directed forelimbs, capable of folding like a false claw, these insects really resemble something. The other 2 pairs of legs of water bugs are covered with poorly developed bristles and help the insects move and swim. Adults grow from 2 to 3.5 cm in length and have an oval or leaf-shaped flattened body with a faded brown or gray, so they look like a fallen leaf in the water. Water scorpion bugs lead an extremely sedentary lifestyle, clinging to aquatic vegetation near the surface of the water in anticipation of prey. They are omnivores and eat any food they can handle. The diet of water scorpions includes swimming beetles, larvae, juveniles of small fish species, tadpoles, and crustaceans. The family of water scorpions includes about 230 species, which are distributed in water bodies of the tropical and temperate climatic zones of the Northern Hemisphere.
- water bugs from the Belostomatidae family (Belostomatidae)
The largest bedbugs in the world. These giants chose freshwater bodies of water in the countries of South and North America, as well as East and Southeast Asia. Water bugs often reach 15 cm in length. The front pair of limbs is slightly shorter and has small hooks at the ends, which allows the insects to firmly hold the caught prey. The back legs of bedbugs are ideally suited for swimming. The respiratory organs of a water bug are a pair of tubes located on the abdomen. Bedbugs are not able to breathe underwater, so they often float to the water surface to take another breath of air. The world's largest water bugs are natural predators. They hunt for young fish and tadpoles, and eat salamanders, snails, frogs and small fish with appetite. Having waited for its prey and clasped its limbs, the water bug neutralizes it with an injection of its proboscis, injecting saliva into the caught prey with a paralyzing and liquefying effect. Then the predator bug simply sucks out the nutrient cocktail. The process of bearing offspring in a water bug looks quite unusual. After fertilization, during which the female lays eggs on the elytra of her partner, the incubation of the eggs is monitored not by the female, but exclusively by the male. On its back you can often find up to a hundred eggs of a light gray or brownish color. The male bug takes care of such a valuable burden for 10 to 12 days, periodically “walking” the future offspring, raising its back above the surface of the water to enrich the clutch with oxygen.
Eggs, larvae
The size of the young animals is small, as are the offspring of ticks and cockroaches. If we consider the laying of eggs, they look like oval-shaped neoplasms no more than 1 mm long, and more often 0.8 mm. Domestic insects at the first stage of formation are characterized by a light shade. On one side, the egg has a kind of cap, from which a larva (aka nymph) subsequently appears.
Pest eggs and larvae, light color– nymph
What do bedbugs look like? early stage development? After the larva emerges from the egg, its size is small - 1 mm. However, according to external signs the domestic insect already resembles an adult. There are few differences: inability to mate; a light shade of the body, which still has an elongated shape. Immediately after the first meal, the larva will change its color to a light brown hue. Transparency is maintained and food can be seen through the walls of the abdominal cavity.
Pest larva fed on blood
As the nymph sucks blood from the victim, its body size gradually increases, as happens in adults.
Domestic larvae develop over the course of 4-6 weeks, during which time several molting processes occur (every 6-7 days).
Adult
How the shape and size of an insect’s body changes during feeding.
Small triangular head. On its underside there is a long proboscis formed by fused jaws.
Features of the reproduction process
These pests are capable of increasing the population in a short period of time. This is due to the fact that the female stores the seed in a special Berlese organ throughout her life. This means that reproduction can occur under any conditions and even in the absence of a male after a single insemination. The number of eggs in a clutch varies from 3 to 10, more often – 5 pieces.
Insemination occurs through traumatic penetration of the male's sexual organ into abdominal cavity females. The consequences of this action (a hole in the body) are eliminated over time, which occurs thanks to the Berlese organ.
Furniture bugs reproduce enough in a complicated way, since this allows them to increase the population even when in unsuitable habitat conditions. If we consider that a female is capable of laying an average of 5 eggs per day, she produces about 500 eggs throughout her life. eggs
How to recognize bedbug nests?
Considering small sizes These insects are sometimes not so easy to find in an apartment. They feed on human blood, so they will nest closer to the food source. Furniture bugs leave waste products (feces look like a small ball) and drops of blood in the bed. However, their nests can only be found in places hidden from human eyes, which usually do not change.
Bedbugs nest together to keep warm. You can identify a nest in an apartment by the appearance of a moving mass, which, for example, is not typical for a cockroach and a tick. Furniture bugs live in certain areas, so you need to look for them there first. You can also pay attention to how pests smell. The more bedbugs there are in a home, the more intense the smell.
Chitinous cover in pest nesting areas
Behavioral characteristics and life expectancy
Differences from other insects
How to find out, house pest what species was found in the apartment?
Main features:
- Number of paws. For example, a tick has 4 pairs of them, while a bedbug has 3.
- Insects feed in different ways. Cockroaches do not suck blood. The tick has a different feature - it remains on the body after the bite. Bedbugs, in turn, feed regularly, out of sight.
- The body shape is flattened and rounded. In comparison, cockroaches look different and have a longer body.
- Paw sizes. In a tick they are longer than in a bedbug.
Habitats
When daylight comes, the pests hide in their nests and do not move beyond their nests. You need to look for such areas closer to the places where they feed - beds. If the wallpaper nearby has come off the wall or there are cracks flooring, between the baseboard and the wall, there is also a possibility of a nest forming here. Most commonly used areas: mattress folds, interior structure of the sofa.
What harm do bedbugs cause?
Unlike ticks, these insects cause less problems, with the exception of itchy bites that look like a trail of red inflammation.
More than 70% of people do not notice the bites of bed bugs, as a result of which the population of the latter in the apartment increases significantly.
The first discomfort appears when there are too many bites, the immune system weakens and allergies begin to appear. Then the question of exterminating bedbugs is stark: this task must be carried out in as soon as possible using the safest possible methods. But this is where the problem arises: there are many ways, but whether they are effective is a completely different question.
Photo of what house bugs (bed bugs) look like
Where do bedbugs come from in the house?
Having found out what pests look like and finding them in his bed, a person wonders where they came from. Many are perplexed: the apartment is clean, and the neighbors do not suffer from this problem. But in fact, dirt and sloppiness of the owners are not a condition for the presence of insects in the apartment. Insects need warmth, a source of food and secluded hiding places, which are easy to find in every home. So where do bedbugs come from? They creep in from neighbors, come with new antique furniture, are carried through clothes from friends, or appear as a result of long-distance migration.
Chemistry and SES against bedbugs
- non-toxic for people and animals;
- have no odor;
- destroy bedbugs for up to 3-6 months (good prevention);
- destruction is possible when people and animals are in the premises;
- easy to use;
- the effect appears instantly.
Folk remedies are the best prevention
Various photos of solutions and how to destroy bedbugs with them can be found on the Internet. Destruction of bedbugs using traditional methods is useful and effective only when there are not many of them. However, it is better to use them than to do nothing, because bedbug nests are truly terrifying. Many people know how to get rid of bedbugs and eliminate them forever, but they resort to ineffective methods.
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Bed bug
What does a bed bug look like?
On the head of the insect there is a proboscis of a unique structure: through one of its channels, saliva with anesthesia is injected into the victim’s body, and through the other, blood is drawn. The body structure is peculiar:
- Wings are missing.
- There are visible stripes on the body, the abdomen is divided into segments.
- The body is so flat that the insect is difficult to grasp.
- The appearance of the bug's body is changeable. A hungry person has a rounded body, while a well-fed one the body doubles in length.
- The color of the body changes as it becomes saturated: from light red to black.
- The adult is about 4 mm long.
Kinds
Development cycle
The larvae appear on the 3-4th day, they are similar to the adult, differ in size, color and inability to produce an anesthetic secretion when bitten. As the larva grows, it changes its now small shell five times every week. After the fifth “change of clothes” the size of an adult is reached, the insect is able to reproduce.
- of their own free will, they are able to migrate from neighbors when the population grows or during disinfestation;
- accidentally, when a person or pet carries an insect into the home on themselves or in things.
- resting places in the house (there may be bedbugs in beds, mattresses, sofas);
- furniture (closets full of clothes, bedside tables, tables, chairs, soft chairs) as the colony grows;
- walls, floor, ceiling (plinths, peeling wallpaper, curtains, carpets, paintings, sockets, etc.). Settles into any crevices, cracks, hard-to-reach places.
How do bedbugs bite?
They rarely attack domestic animals; they prefer to bite the thin skin of humans and feed on human blood. Bed bugs bite the victim in the bed at night carefully and consistently. More than 70% of victims of bed bug bites do not feel the bites, thanks to the introduction of an analgesic into the insects' blood. Bloodsuckers make a series of punctures, the bites look like a red carpet in the morning. The body's reaction to bedbugs can be as follows:
- normal – itching, redness and swelling;
- complicated – inflammation at the site of the bite when scratching, deterioration in health, allergic reactions, psychological discomfort (fear of going to bed, sleep disturbances, nervousness).
What do bedbugs carry?
How to get rid of bed bugs
- The chemical method has proven itself to be effective and quick fix struggle. You can treat with insecticides yourself.
- Temperature methods are effective, but technically complex. Bloodsuckers are sensitive to external temperatures, hibernate at 15 degrees, and die at temperatures above 49 °C. For this reason, industrial hair dryers or heat generators are used, the room is subjected to freezing during low temperatures air outside.
- Traditional methods repel insects without destroying them. Suitable for preventing infection of an apartment, as an ambulance, while awaiting serious sanitization of the premises.
Synthetic products
- Gels - they are safe and effective. These are the drugs “Absolut”, “Globol (Globol)”, “Forssythe”, “Eslanadez gel”.
- Liquid products, which are very effective, are produced in microencapsulated form (“Minap-22”, “Xulat S25”, “Mikrofos+”, etc.) and as emulsion concentrates (“Forsyth”, “Get”, “Lakterin”, "Foxit", "Primadid", "Aktellik").
- Aerosols are easy to use and give quick results (“Dichlorvos”, “Raptor”, “Combat”, “Prima-U”, “Reid”, “Carbozol”, “Perfos-P”, etc.).
- Powders are less toxic to people and animals, have a prolonged effect (Riapan, Neopin).?
GEKTOR against bed bugs
New generation drug main feature which has a unique operating principle: powder particles, sticking to the insect, suck out all the liquid from it within an hour. In this case, the insect cannot resist the drug, since its action is based on “mechanical action”. The composition does not contain toxic chemicals that can harm people and animals, which makes it possible to use it without fear for the health of apartment residents. In addition to its effectiveness and safety, GEKTOR is odorless, and to use it, you just need to cut off the spout of the bottle and spray the contents in places where parasites move and live. In the case of bed bugs, these are the joints of the bed structures, the mattress, the space under the baseboards and other cracks and cracks where bed bugs can be found.
