The secret to destroy bed bugs without chemicals

Bed bugs are considered as plague of Western countries. However, they can be eliminated at the root if we use the right method.

Bed bugs are creepy insects that can spread everywhere, extremely difficult to destroy and almost impossible to control. They are ranked among the top 10 most harmful insects everywhere.

Picture of a bed bug bed when sucking blood.

Why is bed bug scary?

1. Even if the house is clean and fragrant, it will not help you avoid being infested. They appear even in high-end 5-star hotel rooms, cruise ships, airplanes or trains then cling to passengers' clothes or luggage and follow them home.
2. Bed bugs usually attack during your weakest time. They will bite anytime, anywhere when you are not active for a period of time such as sitting motionless in a TV viewing chair, or when you are in a coma.

It only takes more than 10 minutes to suck blood and bed bugs can "hibernate" within 1 year.

1. With only one male and one female they can reproduce up to a thousand in a few weeks. Previously, many pesticides like DDT were used to kill bed bugs. Unfortunately, they have been mutated due to the use of chemicals, and are more powerful than ever. Not only that, they are also resistant to multiple pesticides.

Bed bugs multiply extremely rapidly.

1. When burning, bed bugs create an anesthetic that makes you not notice their presence. Bed bugs also release their excrement immediately after eating, causing the bite to become inflamed and infected. Too much weight can lead to symptoms such as anemia, anaphylaxis, asthma and blistering. In addition, when burning aphids, it also transmits MRSA bacteria - the cause of skin infections, boils, blood infections .

External bites that can cause unpleasant itching can also lead to infection.

1. Bed bugs can live for a long time without eating or drinking. Adults can "hibernate" for more than a year. And they will wake up when they smell warmth from the body, CO2 when you breathe out, especially when you sleep.

How to identify bugs in the house?

Adult bugs are small in size from 5-9mm, they are flat, light yellow, oval body. Larvae, aphids are smaller in size (about 1.5mm), lighter colors. After sucking blood, they turn into a deep red color and the long body makes it peel off into another insect. Sometimes bed bugs are confused with wood termites or small cockroaches.

It's easy to confuse bed bugs with small cockroaches.

Their injections are easily mistaken for insects such as mosquitoes or fleas. Sometimes these marks look like rashes. Even many people do not know that they were bitten by bed bugs.

The best way to find this type of insect is to rely on external traces that they leave on the mattress, bed frames and the areas around the bed including:

1. Eggs and eggshell: very small diameter (about 1mm) white
2. Larvae left behind after they mature
3. The bugs are still alive
4. Holes in the mattress or sheets are crushed by bed bugs

How to destroy bed bugs?

1. Throw all sheets, blankets, and clothes into the dryer at the highest temperature. If you only wash in the usual way, you will not be able to kill bed bugs.
2. Disinfect items and areas with bed bugs at 45 ^o C for 1 hour.
3. If cooling blankets, bed sheets, under -19 ^o C, it should take at least 4 days. Conventional air conditioners are not cold enough to kill this insect.
4. With items that cannot be washed, carefully wrap them all and throw them away from your area.

To completely kill bed bugs takes a lot of time. Therefore, when finding bed bugs hiding in the house, set up a laundry schedule and clean up regularly every week.

Look for early signs of bed bugs left behind.

How to prevent bed bugs

There are many measures to prevent and prevent blood bed bugs. The easiest way to prevent aphids is to regularly clean monthly blankets, curtains, beds, mats, interiors, tables, chairs; drying, cleaning, cleaning houses .

In addition, it is possible to use aphid kill measures such as using boiling water, each 200 liters of boiling water to add 200 grams of powder soap or a laundry detergent cake, stirring to dissolve evenly, watering on aphids. This work should be done once a week and continuously for 5-6 weeks in a row.

You can use sharp sticks, dig into the gaps with bed bugs or use vacuum cleaners to absorb bed bugs, kill bed bugs; sun drying bed sheets, mats, mat . or using attractants to eat bed bugs.

A common experience used to prevent bed bugs is to use fresh lotus leaves to cover the beds where the bed bugs are located, each bed is spread from 4-5 fresh lotus leaves; After a while the bug will disappear.