How to get rid of small insects. Insect repellents in the house - an overview of the best preparations
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We all want our house to have no uninvited guests - insects, but it’s just not worth it to treat an apartment with harmful chemicals. If this chemistry kills insects, then it is definitely not 100% safe for us and our pets. Therefore, we suggest that you get rid of insects with more natural means.
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1. Cockroaches
Cockroaches, in addition to being unpleasant, can be carriers of various diseases. Stores sell a lot of remedies against them, but the composition of most is very toxic. Our method of getting rid of cockroaches is cheap and simple, but at the same time, what is important, it is effective and safe for health.
Recipe: finely chop the onion and add 1 tbsp. l. soda. Sprinkle the resulting mixture in the corners of the apartment. Repeat this daily - and soon all cockroaches will disappear from your home.
2. Ticks
Ticks come in many colors and sizes, but all types are very dangerous. Therefore, it is so important to protect the family and animals from the appearance of these insects in the house. If you are not ready to apply chemicals to your skin, then here are some natural and safe recipes.
- Repellant for people
Mix 20 drops of geranium essential oil, 10 drops of fragrant bison oil, 5 drops of lavender oil, 5 drops of lemon oil and 1 tbsp. l. medical alcohol. Dilute this mixture with 100 ml of water or vinegar and pour into a spray bottle. Shake well before use and apply to clothing before going outside.
- Repellent for dogs
Dogs can pick up a tick at any time, so check your pet after every walk, especially after time spent in the park.
To make a repellant, mix 20 drops each of geranium oil and peppermint oil with 2 tbsp. l. almond oil. Apply the mixture to the animals at the withers before the walk.
Do not use on a pregnant animal.
3. Garden pests
Aphids, spider mites and other pests can destroy your garden in no time. Of course, you can use pesticides, but they often affect both the taste and health benefits of the fruits and vegetables you grow.
Recipe: mix half a cup of hot pepper with the same amount of garlic or onion, beat everything to a smooth paste. Then add half a liter of warm water. Leave the mixture for 24 hours, strain. Spray the plants with the resulting solution.
4. Spiders
Even if poisonous spiders do not live in your area, you are unlikely to like the fact that you have them in your house at all. Because even small spiders are sometimes very scary.
A natural repellent will not kill spiders, but it will repel them with its scent.
Recipe: mix 5-10 drops of peppermint oil, 200 ml of water and 1 tsp. liquid detergent. Shake the mixture well and spray on the corners where there are spiders once a week. This will force the spiders to leave their homes. By the way, you can replace mint oil in the recipe with eucalyptus, cinnamon, lavender or tea tree oil.
5. Ants
Ants are very annoying and can appear out of nowhere. If they have infiltrated your kitchen, there is an easy way to make it less attractive to insects and get the whole colony to leave.
Recipe: Ants absolutely hate the smell of cinnamon. Sprinkle cinnamon powder wherever you think these insects are entering your home. It will be even more effective if you add cinnamon essential oil to the cinnamon powder. In addition, this tool will spread a pleasant smell of spices around your home.
6. Dust mites
The mites are so small that we can't even see them with the naked eye. But, unfortunately, they love to live in warm and dusty places and dine on skin epithelium. Therefore, most likely, they can freely settle right in your bed!
Although ticks do not bite, doctors believe they can cause allergic reactions and skin irritation. Therefore, it is still not worth sharing a bed with them, but it is better to get rid of dust mites.
Recipe: mix 6 tbsp. l. eucalyptus oils with liquid laundry detergent in a bucket of water. Wash the floor and all objects in the house that can be washed with water with this solution, and then wipe dry.
If something cannot be washed, simply spray the solution on the object and walk over the surface with a clean cloth. By the way, instead of eucalyptus oil, you can take tea tree oil if you like its smell more.
Which of these methods do you think is really effective? Do you have your own natural pest control products? Tell us in the comments!
Summer is a favorite time not only for people, but also for insects. It is at this time of the year that pests most often storm apartments - mosquitoes, flies, cockroaches, and sometimes even bedbugs and fleas appear in the house. The RIAMO in Podolsk columnist found out how to get rid of an unpleasant neighborhood and what means will help in the fight against annoying insects.
Insects in the apartment
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Everyone has come across insects that feel great living side by side with a person. They can quickly take a fancy to the apartment, and getting rid of them can be very difficult.
A common problem in apartment buildings is cockroaches. As soon as they appear at least one of the residents, they begin to spread to neighboring apartments and floors. Cockroaches prefer kitchens because food waste is the basis of their diet. They are very tenacious and unpretentious, multiply rapidly, so it is very difficult to breed them.
Ants also get along well with humans, which can create a whole network of anthills for several apartments. Getting rid of them is also not easy, sometimes you have to use several types of drugs and resort to the services of professionals.
Woodlice can settle in places with high humidity - they can sometimes be seen in bathrooms and toilets, in basements. If there is no great dampness, then silverfish settle in these places. The usual inhabitant of wardrobes and a thunderstorm of woolen things and fur coats is a moth.
Particularly dangerous are blood-sucking insects - bedbugs and fleas. They can cause a lot of trouble, including allergies and scabies. Mosquitoes and flies are less dangerous, but just as annoying - they can literally poison life in the summer.
Some insects we can simply not notice. For example, leather beetles are very small. At the same time, they are unpretentious in the choice of food, and it is beneficial for them to live with a person.
It is worth remembering that insects can not only spoil things, but also be carriers of various diseases, including dangerous ones. Therefore, if any pests appear in the house, you should not hesitate to get rid of them.
Insect repellents
If you find uninvited guests in your apartment, then you should not panic and immediately resort to professional pest control. After all, until the insects had time to acquire offspring and settled in the house, you can get rid of them on your own.
Today, any hypermarket sells a wide variety of drugs for insect control. There are various means in the form of gels, aerosols, traps. They have a fairly high efficiency, as they contain components that attract pests and insecticides that have a toxic effect on them. Usually such products are safe for children and pets, but before use, you need to carefully read the instructions.
To combat cockroaches and ants, aerosol cans are very popular, which are harmless to humans and convenient for use at home. Various insect traps are also common, especially fly tapes and cockroach "houses". You can also purchase appropriate solutions for treating premises from pests in stores.
How to choose a pest control
If children and animals live in the house, then you should purchase only those products that indicate that chemicals are safe for them.
By the way, it should be remembered that not all drugs act instantly. Sometimes it takes a few days for them to start working. Therefore, carefully read the terms of use and the validity period.
Cockroaches and ants
Getting rid of cockroaches and ants is not easy. The fact is that they do not settle in one apartment, but in several at once, and on different floors. It seems to be getting rid of pests - and after a week they reappear. Therefore, the first thing to do is to interview the neighbors and find out who has “roommates”. They should be fought together, by joining forces.
A great option is to use several popular products at once: aerosol cans, traps, gels, as well as disinfect the premises using special solutions. But be careful: the stronger the insecticide, the more harmful it is for residents, including pets. Therefore, at the time of pest control, it is worth sending children and pets to the dacha to their grandmother or to visit relatives.
It is also very important to keep the kitchen clean: do not leave food waste, garbage and even crumbs on the tables. Dishes should be washed immediately, and all food should be kept in airtight containers and bags.
bedbugs
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Most often, sprays and aerosols are used from bedbugs. They are quite effective and poison insects upon contact with them. But traps, gels and powders are useless, since the bugs feed on human blood, and the poisoned bait will not attract them. Ultrasonic repellers are also useless, as these pests do not use ultrasound for communication, unlike mosquitoes.
Also, when fighting bedbugs, the right decision would be to get rid of old furniture - for example, from a grandmother's sofa from the times of the USSR. After all, it is in such places that they lay eggs and hatch larvae. Pay attention to old mattresses and peeling wallpaper.
Folk methods can also help in the fight against bedbugs. Places where traces of these pests are most common should be treated with a 9% solution of vinegar. You need to do this several times a day for 3-4 days. Keep in mind that vinegar will not kill bedbugs, but it can scare them away.
Fleas
Another attack is fleas. Pet owners, especially dogs, are well aware of this problem. Some types of fleas bite not only four-legged pets, but also people. Getting these jumping insects out is also not easy.
Flies and mosquitoes
Fumigators will help get rid of flying insects. They contain an agent that evaporates into the air as the device heats up and paralyzes the respiratory and nervous systems of mosquitoes. These preparations can work from a network, batteries or accumulators.
Also, in the fight against mosquitoes and flies, traps in the form of adhesive tape with a special poison are perfect. Getting on Velcro, the fly will no longer be able to fly away, and because of the poison it quickly dies.
Various aerosols will also help in pest control, however, it will be necessary to process the room several times. Read the instructions - these products should not be toxic to humans and animals.
After getting rid of flies and mosquitoes, you should prevent their further appearance - install mosquito nets on the windows. They can be replaced with gauze.
mole
Moth is a real misfortune for lovers of woolen things and fur coats made of natural fur. A nondescript moth can pretty much ruin expensive clothes.
From moths, aerosols and electric mosquito fumigators are effective. You can turn on the device right in the cabinet using an extension cord, this will kill both adults and larvae. However, do not leave the fumigator unattended - it is dangerous. You can also hang moth remedies next to things, which will prevent their occurrence in the future.
But it is more difficult to fight food moths, because insecticides cannot be sprayed on food. We'll have to go through the stocks of cereals and pasta - probably a lot will have to be thrown away, and the rest placed in airtight containers.
professional processing
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Did you know that there are over 1 million species of insects in the world? We can say that we live on the planet of insects. And all this buzzing, flying, crawling and jumping army is a threat to our health. We're not even talking about bites. We are talking about the fact that insects are dangerous carriers of diseases, no worse than rats. Despite their small size, cockroaches, flies, mosquitoes and ants can carry dysentery, cholera, diarrhea and typhoid fever. Worst of all, they don't even have to touch you to infect you with something. It is enough to run over the dishes or touch the food.
How to get rid of insects in a house or apartment
1. You can use special poisons sold in stores. However, their effectiveness is short-lived. In addition, these chemicals put your health and the health of your loved ones at risk. You are simply poisoning yourself with the insects, not dying instantly just because you are much larger than them, and the dose you receive is not enough to kill you.
2. It is necessary to regularly do a thorough cleaning of the room, not forgetting pantries, shelves, cabinets, balconies and other places where many items are usually stored. Insects like these nooks and crannies because it is easy to hide in them and lay their eggs. The best option is to remove everything unnecessary from the apartment, without accumulating things that you will never use.
3. Store food in tightly closed jars and vessels that even the smallest insect could not climb into.
Ingredients:
- Vegetable oil: 1/2 cup
- Mild Shampoo: 1/2 cup
- Vinegar: 1/2 cup
Usage:
1. Mix all ingredients in a spray bottle.
2. Spray all the nooks and crannies where insects usually hide with this mixture.
Watch the video and find out more ways to get rid of annoying insects in the house.
It seems that in winter there are many times fewer flying and crawling uninvited guests of city apartments - the only exception is cockroaches, which will survive a nuclear strike. With the onset of heat, various pests are activated and interfere with a peaceful life. The Village tells you how to get rid of the most common household insects - on your own or with the help of professional exterminators.
How to get rid of insects yourself?
Pavel Nazarov
OOO "Manofyut" (disinfection center)
The main thing in the fight against domestic insects is to create conditions unsuitable for life: limit access to food, water, breeding places and shelters. This will help regular cleaning and minor cosmetic repairs. Here are a few things you need to do:
Elimination of access to water (current taps need to be repaired, and after washing dishes, for example, wipe the sink dry so that no drops remain);
Systematic cleaning of crumbs and hermetic storage of edible products;
Covering (sealant, mounting foam, cement) all cracks, joints, chips and holes;
Installation of gratings with a fine-mesh mesh on hoods;
Installation of mosquito nets on windows (in the warm season, insects freely migrate along the facades of the building, penetrating into the apartment through open windows and vents).
cockroaches
If, after creating such an unbearable habitat, cockroaches have reduced in number, but still survived, glue traps can be used (devices with a pheromone lure work well), insecticidal gel and boric acid mixed with any food attractant (mashed potatoes, egg yolk, boiled rice) and rolled into balls. This will destroy the remaining insects. Also in winter, you can use the freezing method: cockroaches are very heat-loving insects, and sub-zero temperatures are detrimental to them. Accordingly, if you open windows in an apartment for several hours at sub-zero temperatures, you can eliminate a very large part of the insect population, but not their eggs. By repeating this procedure after a couple of weeks, you can finish off a new litter.
The most effective and fastest way to get rid of cockroaches is still chemical: the exterminator will treat the apartment with professional insecticides, selected specifically for your situation, and give precise recommendations on what measures to take to protect yourself from the further appearance of insects in the apartment.
bedbugs
Of the folk methods of dealing with bedbugs, a variety of powders, fillings and spreads are often used, up to installing the legs of the bed in special jars. But it does not kill the insects. Yes, they may not like the smell of a particular substance (spices, plants, gasoline, kerosene), but that's all - this will not lead to getting rid of insects. Some of the insects, of course, will fall into traps and drown, but the bugs calmly move along the walls and ceiling, and not just along the floor.
The most effective methods in this case are washing, boiling, steaming and knocking out things and pieces of furniture. You can use an insecticidal gel or insecticide and smear the bed frame and the corners of the mattresses, simultaneously knock out all the carpets, ottomans and rugs on the street and boil the bedding. This will be quite enough if there are few insects and they are localized only in the area of \u200b\u200bbeds. If the resettlement went further and the bugs ended up behind the baseboards, wallpaper and paintings, then in this case only a chemical effect will help.
At the same time, it is necessary to figure out where the bugs came from: was it an accidental drift or is it a systematic migration from neighbors. In the second case, precautions must be taken to prevent this migration: coat with silicone sealant all skirting boards, sockets, wire channels and entry and exit points of heating pipes.
mole
Moth larvae feed on particles of mold and fungus that appear on woolen and fabric surfaces. In addition to the destruction of the larvae, it is necessary to protect against their new laying. The most effective methods are reducing the humidity of the room to prevent the appearance of food base (just mold and fungus), storing things in vacuum bags, as well as laying out bags or hanging briquettes with the smell of lavender, which will scare adults away from places of potential breeding.
Standard measures are also used to prevent migration: mosquito nets on windows and gratings on hoods with a fine mesh, which, coupled with regular cleaning and avoiding dustiness of the apartment, will give a very good result and reduce the moth population. For the complete destruction of insects, insecticides may be required, in a gentle solution of which you can wash things that are already infested with moths.
food moth
As the name implies, the food base for this type of insect is various cereals, in which the larvae hatch and fatten. As with the common moth, the sole function of the adult is to lay larvae. To get rid of food moths, you will have to throw out all contaminated food and thoroughly clean your grocery storage cabinets. In this case, airtight containers can become the prevention of infection.
Ants
In apartments in the city, mainly only the domestic (pharaoh) ant lives, but if he settled in an apartment, then it is almost impossible to get rid of him. Those insects that a person directly sees are worker ants (foragers): they only collect food and building materials for the anthill. The uterus, which is responsible for carrying eggs and the population in anthills, is located in the back space: behind the tiles, at the joints of the exit and entrance of heating and water pipes. It is impossible to get to it by any means.
The only option in this case is a long-acting insecticidal gel. After applying it to the surfaces near which the communication routes of ants most often pass, be patient. Working individuals will drag the gel inside the anthill to feed the uterus and litter, which in a couple of weeks will lead to the complete desolation of the anthill. Subsequent work with sealant to seal the entrances and exits of the anthills will prevent further use of this place by the newly arrived queen.
Woodlice
These small crustaceans live in dark, damp places in an apartment: corners in bathrooms and closets, behind risers, or under sinks. Getting rid of them yourself is very simple: just use any chlorine disinfectant (for example, whiteness), or boric acid, or salt. If you dilute one of these substances in water and wash the places of settlement of wood lice, you can forget about them for a very long time. It is possible to prevent their further appearance by concreting the risers well and blocking their access from the ceilings.
Woodworms
There are approximately 130 species of insects that feed on wood: in apartments, they live in parquet, furniture or door jambs. These insects do not live long, but multiply rapidly, and phytophages (larvae), feeding on the tissues of the tree, constantly make moves and create voids inside the wooden product. In addition, the presence of woodworms in the house may indicate a fungal infection of untreated wood and furniture from it. Therefore, any wooden interior item must be treated with special protective chemicals, varnish or antiseptic and stain. All of these coatings, however, have an expiration date. Old pieces of furniture or floors without timely renewal of the protective coating are a threat to the inhabitants of the house.
On sale there are special antiseptic insecticides called "Stop Beetle", which are designed to protect wood of various species from insects. They destroy woodworms at all stages of development. Pyrethroid insecticides are also recommended for the destruction and prevention of wood infection. After use, these drugs quickly decompose. Most of them are medium and low toxic and safe for people and pets.
In what cases should you contact a specialist?
Alexander Zagrebin
professional exterminator, YouDo.com
If we are talking about food insects, then you can get rid of them by simply throwing away the affected products and cleaning out the storage area. In order to prevent their occurrence in the future, special traps should be placed in the cabinets where bulk products are stored - you can buy them in ordinary stores.
In the case of bedbugs and cockroaches, the problem is not so easy to solve. Throwing away a set of pillows and blankets will not get rid of bed bugs, as their habitats are much wider. It is the same with cockroaches: even if you keep clean, remove all products, thoroughly wash the surfaces after cooking, this may not save you from the appearance of cockroaches in the apartment. And their independent removal with the help of all kinds of crayons, traps and chemicals will not give the desired effect and will help only for a short time.
What means of destruction are considered safe for humans and domestic animals? How to check it?
All products used by exterminators are safe for people and animals. It is very simple to check this: a specialist, along with chemicals, must have certificates for each product. You can ask to see them and independently study the composition, methods of application and precautions. If there is no such certificate, you should contact the company through which you placed an order for services and ask them to promptly send photos of certificates for the products with which the specialist came. If neither the exterminator nor the service provider can provide certificates, it is better to refuse to carry out the work.
How to prepare an apartment for chemical treatment?
If you are faced with the problem of domestic insects and decide to contact a pest control specialist, then before he arrives, you need to prepare an apartment.
Try to cover all pieces of furniture, remove open containers with food and personal hygiene products that can get into chemicals. In the process of cleaning the house, for example, from bedbugs, it is necessary to provide the master with free access to such pieces of furniture in which they can potentially start (sofas, armchairs, mattresses, and so on), clear access to baseboards and doorways.
Before the start of work of a specialist, all residents and animals must leave the premises. On average, if the apartment is treated with a cold chemical, it is better to leave the house for about three hours - this is the minimum time for the chemical to settle, it is impossible to stay indoors because of the risk of getting poisoned.
After three to four hours, you can return to the apartment and carry out airing (it is better to open the windows for 1.5–2 hours).
Over the next 24 hours, it is not recommended to wash the floors: insects do not die from the fact that they inhale sprayed products, but directly at the moment of direct contact with them. Therefore, after disinfestation, I advise you to completely abandon thorough mopping for about five weeks - you can wash only those areas that residents walk on daily.
Immediately after disinfection, wipe surfaces that you regularly come into contact with: doorknobs, tables, bedside tables, kitchen worktops. Launder bedding, underwear, and other clothing that may have been exposed to chemicals. Washing is recommended at a temperature not lower than 60 degrees - in such water, dangerous insects, if they remain on things, die, and chemicals are broken down.
As practice shows, choosing an effective insect repellent in a house or apartment is a rather difficult task for an unprepared person. At the same time, the insect fighter himself may not think so, often believing that it is enough to buy “some kind of spray can” or chalk - and the insects will die out en masse, and the survivors will run away to their neighbors.
Often, when choosing a remedy, it is not taken into account that different insects may react differently (or not at all) to certain insecticidal preparations. Sometimes, in the pursuit of "killer poisons", the simple truth can be forgotten that individual substances are quite difficult to use on their own, and instead of having a poisonous effect on insects, they can easily lead to poisoning of the person himself (and such cases, unfortunately, are not so rare and far from always end happily).
On a note
Many insect repellents are divided into household and professional. The former, with strict observance of the instructions, can be used by an untrained person at home, while the latter are officially allowed to be used only by trained workers of special pest control services.
Today, sometimes some people seek to purchase powerful insecticidal products for professional use via the Internet, in pest control services and even in SES (by pull), being not always sufficiently aware not only of their potential health hazard, but even of how in general, treat them correctly.
To date, the most effective and best proven are chemical insecticides called insecticides. They are widely used both for the destruction and harmful insects in agricultural land and industrial warehouses.
In general, insecticides can be divided into the following groups:
So, before you buy an insect repellent, you must first choose the right one. Otherwise, even a very powerful drug may be useless and even dangerous in a particular situation.
“There is nowhere to buy insect repellant on our farm. All the Prussians and bedbugs are poisoned in the old fashioned way with vinegar and tansy, and all to no avail. Only visibility is created. Therefore, when we once again went to the city, we bought Karbofos, and a lot, a whole canister. Works well, although it smells disgusting. We were told that this tool can only be used in the country or in the garden, but we poisoned the whole house with it, and the sheds, and the chicken coop, and the summer kitchen. My husband even rubbed the inside of the doghouse with it. And now we don’t have cockroaches anymore, there are no bedbugs in the chicken coop, and fleas bypass the dog.”
Tamara Grigorievna, Samara region
Rules for choosing insect repellent in the house
- Safety for human health;
- The presence of an unpleasant odor (there are cases when upholstered furniture retained the medical smell of the applied insecticide for months, and as a result it simply had to be thrown away);
- Ease of use;
- Speed (if you are ready to wait a couple of weeks, some drugs may be suitable, and if you need to poison insects in a day, then these will be completely different means and methods).
Today, you can buy insect repellant not only in household chemical stores or household goods, but also via the Internet. When buying, be sure to take into account the area of \u200b\u200bthe room and read the relevant instructions for the correct use of the drug - so that, for example, do not use it against cockroaches as shown in the photo below:
For use, Get is diluted with water in the concentration indicated according to the instructions and sprayed in the house in places where insects can accumulate and move. It has a prolonged action and a barrier effect: that is, it is possible to treat, for example, ventilation ducts around the perimeter, and insects crawling from neighbors and crossing the treated area will almost inevitably die after a while.
Today you can buy Get insect repellent at a price of about 800 rubles. for a bottle of 100 ml - this amount is enough to process about 100 square meters. meters of area.
“... They poisoned my grandmother's apartment from bedbugs and cockroaches three times. For the first time, they wanted to get by with little blood and smeared everything with pencils. There are fewer cockroaches, but the bugs do not react at all to these pencils, even though we smeared the bed with them everywhere. Then they bought Dichlorvos Eco, such a modern version of Dichlorvos. Almost all cockroaches were taken out, but the bugs survived. Even after re-treatment of the apartment, they continued to crawl and gnaw on us. Then they ordered two bottles of Geta from Yekaterinburg. One bottle was enough to remove everything that moved in the house. The second bottle was left in reserve.
Irina, Tula
Tetrix and its features
Having learned about the high efficiency of Tetrix, today many people are trying to buy it in any way, forgetting that this drug is not focused on domestic use, but is used only by pest control services.
The product is produced in Holland, supplied in canisters from two liters (sold by specialized companies that supply insect repellents in bulk). Although today plastic, aluminum and glass jars with a capacity of 1 liter have also begun to appear on the market. The drug is quite expensive, one liter is enough to process several apartments, and therefore, if you already use it on your own, then perhaps together with your neighbors on the landing.
Tetrix insect repellent has a very strong unpleasant odor. Processing should be carried out with open windows, without fail in a respirator and goggles. The tool is very effective, and destroys all insects in the house, regardless of their species.
However, it is still difficult for an ordinary person to buy Tetrix, it is expensive and rather problematic to use - poisoning with this insect repellent if used improperly is very likely.
Insect clean house
Insect repellent Clean House is a typical household spray. It is quite effective against cockroaches, ants, wood lice, moths, it can help remove bedbugs if there are not too many of them in the room. The product has an unpleasant strong odor; comes with a special tube that can be used to process narrow gaps and holes.
A 150 ml clean House aerosol can costs about 100 rubles. To process a medium-sized one-room apartment, a minimum of three cylinders will be required.
In addition to the aerosol, Clean House brand products are also available in the form of powder and gel from cockroaches and ants. In the kitchen, these insect repellants will be effective, but as a remedy for blood-sucking insects, it is better not to use them.
Kombat: price, efficiency and application features
Kombat is a Korean-made aerosol insect repellent produced with a pleasant smell of lemon or mint. Effective against cockroaches, ants and moths, able to help remove bedbugs and fleas, quite easy to use and inexpensive.
The product line also includes Combat Multispray - an aerosol against any insects (about 200 rubles for a 400 ml canister), Kombat Superspray against crawling insects (250 rubles for 500 ml), traps for cockroaches painted under a laminate (about 100 rubles for 6 traps) and gel (50 rubles per 30 grams). Traps are positioned only against cockroaches, and the gel is against cockroaches and ants.
The executioner and its effectiveness
The executioner is an insect repellent with a wide spectrum of action. With proper processing of the premises, it allows you to destroy any arthropods. Produced according to German technology (it was developed to fight bedbugs), it is sold in small bottles, the contents of each of which are diluted for use in 0.5 liters of water.
To remove insects from a one-room apartment, 20-25 bottles are required, which makes the Executioner one of the most expensive products on the market (the price of a bottle is 70 rubles). The drug is easy to buy on the official website.
Insect raptor
Insect repellents Raptor, like Combat, are a fairly large collection of drugs in different forms of release and from different insects. Perhaps the most famous is the Raptor remedy for crawling insects, with the help of which the housewives successfully remove cockroaches and ants.
There are several Raptor moth remedies - sections and an aerosol - that are considered among the most effective and affordable in this niche. Traps and Raptor gel are additional means to enhance the effect of aerosols, but they can also be used to independently control insects with a small number of them in the house.
Any insect repellent hardware store sells several Raptor preparations, making them one of the most popular in households.
Mosquitall collection: sections, fumigators and sprays
Among Mosquitall preparations, it is easy to find a reliable remedy for flying insects: the manufacturer's collection includes lavender-scented moth sections, mosquito fumigators, skin protection products from bites and creams to combat the effects of insect bites.
In the house, household insect repellents are most often used: sections and fumigators. The former are hung in closets with things to prevent infection with clothes moths, the latter are plugged into the outlet before bedtime.
Mosquitall anti-moth products are on the market with the following drugs:
- Sections with the smell of lavender and without smell. They serve to repel moths.
- Dry perfume with lavender scent. They are also repellents.
- Sprays and aerosols for the treatment of clothing and the destruction of moth larvae.
In general, Mosquitall household insect repellents are quite inexpensive, but are designed specifically to fight mosquitoes and moths. In most cases, it will not work to bring out bedbugs or ants with their help.
Gel Globol from household pests
Gel Globol - a German remedy for the destruction of cockroaches and ants. It attracts pests with its smell: insects feed on it, after which they die within a few hours.
Ants willingly take drops of the gel to the anthill, where this poison from insects destroys the larvae and the uterus. One drop of Globol gel contains enough insecticide to kill 500 cockroaches. However, the gel, of course, absolutely does not work against bedbugs and fleas - it simply does not attract them as a food source.
Unfortunately, in 2014-2015 deliveries of the gel to Russia have stopped, and now it is very, very problematic to find the original drug on the market.
Klopoveron and its effectiveness against bedbugs
Klopoveron is a unique Soviet military development, which is still considered one of the most powerful means against bedbugs. The secret to its effectiveness lies in the fact that instead of insect control chemicals, Clopoveron contains "species-specific protein toxins and animal cells" to which bed bugs cannot develop resistance.
On a note
In general, this information describing the remedy seems to be rather dubious. Most likely, the composition is still based on some kind of chemical insecticide, and not necessarily unique.
It is impossible to buy Klopoveron on open sale, but, as a rule, having learned the price of the drug, many buyers prefer to use more affordable and less expensive products. Today Klopoveron is sold in the USA as Bed Bugs Killer Pro and costs about 3,000 rubles per 250 grams of powder. The drug requires dilution in water and treatment of surfaces along which insects move.
Only among foreign sites you can find an insect poison shop that works with the manufacturer and order the delivery of the drug to Russia. In practice, it turns out that it is cheaper and easier to destroy bedbugs by calling a team of exterminators.
Karbofos: harsh and inexpensive
Karbofos is a typical outdated "chemistry" from insects (organophosphorus). It has a persistent unpleasant odor, it is used both indoors and in vegetable gardens and gardens, it is sold in the form of powder and liquid concentrate for dilution. Safe enough for humans and versatile in the fight against various insects.
On a note
Recently, populations of cockroaches and bedbugs resistant to Karbofos have been found. But in general, in most cases, the remedy so far allows you to more or less successfully destroy insects, especially if the owners of the apartment are ready to endure a persistent unpleasant smell for weeks.
However, even if none of the above funds can be bought, you can try to poison insects with those drugs that are commercially available specifically in your city - fortunately, such drugs are often usually created on the basis of the same insecticides. You can choose the most effective option if:
- Use the recommendations of friends who have recently been helped by an insect repellent (at the same time, forget about the stories of grandmothers about dust, wormwood, tar, vinegar and kerosene - times are changing).
- Focus on products containing Permethrin, Cypermethrin, Fenthion, Piperonyl Butoxide, Chlorpyrifos, Malathion and their derivatives. If the composition is not indicated at all, then it is better to refrain from buying the drug. If you need to destroy a small number of cockroaches, wood lice or ants, then you can try using boric acid or borax (mixed with egg yolk). These are relatively safe, effective and inexpensive insecticides, requiring, perhaps, additional efforts when working with them.
And most importantly, do not forget: the effectiveness of the product is much more than half dependent on the correctness of its application. Therefore, strictly follow the instructions and poison the insects successfully. Good luck!
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