Let's consider dust as an effective means of combating bedbugs, lice, fleas, and describe its features and application rules.
Bed bugs are a serious problem and a cause for concern for property owners, despite the fact that no transfer of infectious diseases after a bug bite is out of the question. Everything is limited to slight skin irritation, occasionally allergic reactions appear.
The opinion that bedbugs can only breed in dirty rooms is wrong. They tend to move from one territory to another in search of new food. For example, after the visit of guests, bedbugs may end up in your apartment. Such quick methods of getting rid of uninvited guests, such as dry cleaning, as well as washing at high temperatures, do not always give a positive result. Any delay in the fight against bedbugs is absolutely unacceptable, as the parasites multiply rapidly, and they are also placed in inaccessible places, such as under wallpaper, in bird cages, in sleeping mattresses, in small crevices, in electronics and clothes.
If you have a similar problem, immediately seek qualified help from the staff of the sanitaryepidemiological service. In this case, you will receive a guarantee that the processing of the apartment will be carried out in a comprehensive manner, in addition, specialists will check neighboring residential premises for the presence of uninvited guests.
Bug control rules
Professionals are convinced that it is impossible to find the most effective (one hundred percent effective) means of dealing with insects such as bedbugs. In some cases, it is much easier to burn some things than to process mattresses and wardrobe items. Does bed bug dust help? Representatives of the sanitary and hygienic services are convinced that in many situations it is really effective, but sometimes such treatment of the premises is not enough to completely destroy the parasites. If there is no result from using standard means to combat such parasites, try strong insecticidal chemicals based on karbofos.
How to select drugs to combat bed bugs?
When purchasing a bed bug remover, pay attention to the following characteristics:
- toxicity;
- validity period;
- expiration date;
- the smell of dust;
- how to use.
Features of an effective remedy
Dust from bedbugs is an insecticide, has the form of a powder. This drug is a mixture with pyrethrum, boric acid, as well as other chemically active substances. The powder is often offered in pure form or with special fillers.
Dust - whatThis? This question is often asked by homeowners who are looking for an effective means of dealing with bed bugs. It is a fairly common and highly effective drug that can maintain its properties at different temperatures. Similar characteristics have been confirmed by numerous laboratory tests, in everyday life it has also proven its effectiveness. Among the adverse conditions of use, experts call high humidity in the room. Dust is sold (photo below) in packs of fifty grams, designed to process an area of ten square meters.
How to use this product for parasite control?
Now let's talk about how dust is used. Instructions for use:
- You can determine the places of movement and habitat of bedbugs by black dots, as well as by the skins of their larvae. In all identified areas of pest accumulation, we recommend applying a thin layer of dust, not forgetting the inside of furniture, rugs, skirting boards, facings, ventilation boxes, door jambs, heating, sewer and plumbing systems. In the process of “treatment” of furniture, do not forget to treat all internal parts with powder, in addition, it is necessary to impregnate furniture upholstery, folds of covers with it.
- To comply with safety rules, use protective gloves, overalls, hermetically pack and remove food, take animals and people out of the premises, open the windows so that the smell does not cause poisoning.
- When you have finished cleaning the rooms, wash your hands and face with soap and water.
- When cleaning the premises, also use protective clothing and gloves. Use a soap and soda solution.
- Those surfaces that have been treated with dust can be cleaned after three to six hours, for this you can use a vacuum cleaner. Powder placed in small holes and baseboards is removed after two to three months.
- When performing disinsection of upholstered furniture, it is better to use aerosols, which contain substances similar in properties.
How did you deal with parasites before?
From a long time ago, flea dust also helped to get rid of fleas effectively, because these pests have existed in homes for a long time, regardless of the material income of the family and its social status. Court servants during the Middle Ages had a special duty to remove these jumping parasites. The remedy for fleas in those days was a hare skin thrown on the floor. The fleas were collected in a skin, which was then burned, and a new “bait” was placed in its place.
Modern ways to kill fleas
Currently, insecticidal solutions are used to remove fleas from city apartments, allowing for a few hours to completely rid the room of adults, as well as destroy the larvae of this parasite.
More about flea control
Not all substances are capable of destroying domestic fleas, so it is necessary to carefully select the drug to remove them,use it in full compliance with the attached instructions. Many experts recommend using dust. What is this remedy? It provides an opportunity to quickly rid the apartment of parasites. However, some consider it a remedy that only has an unpleasant odor, not at all capable of destroying fleas, bedbugs, and lice. Opinions differ, because in some cases, after processing the premises with dust, the parasites disappear, while in others they still poison the lives of the owners of the premises. Many people still use dust, which has received generally positive feedback on its effectiveness.
Before you start using any means of combating domestic parasites, read the composition of the drug, study the algorithm for its use.
Universal rules
Do you know where to buy dust? In a specialized store, you will be offered a dry powder, a ready-made solution, as well as a mixture with other chemicals. Fleas have a narrow food specialization, and therefore it is much more difficult to deal with them than, for example, with cockroaches. They do not eat poisonous baits, they can only get rid of substances of two varieties:
- Aerosols or sprays that penetrate the body with air. Such funds help to free the premises from adults in twenty-four hours.
- Suspensions or powders that enter the body of the parasite through the covers.
How to destroy flea and lice larvae?
To eliminate the larvae, folk remedies are suitable, as well as chemicals,offered to customers ready-made. Dust - what is this remedy in terms of the effectiveness of flea control? Can they destroy the larvae? If you use a special version of the composition correctly, then it is possible to get rid of parasite larvae, as they eat various organic residues.
Dust from lice, or rather soap, is considered one of the most effective means. Its effectiveness is confirmed by time, moreover, it is certified by scientific studies conducted in specialized laboratories. Do not forget that the use of dust soap is associated with a serious risk, since its main component is dangerous for children.
In the last century everyone used dust. What it is, no one asked, since it was he who was considered the only way to deal with nits and lice. The cost of a piece of such soap was insignificant, while it was possible to get rid of parasites in 1-2 times.
How to process the room?
To prevent re-infection, the following is done:
- wet cleaning in the apartment;
- removing carpets, moving furniture;
- spray the product over all possible places where parasites accumulate;
- airing the room for 12-20 hours;
- cleaning up leftovers.
Dust soap is a relic of the past
Recently, this remedy is used only in the most exceptional cases, as it turned out that this drug has a lot of side effects. In many countries ituse is prohibited, especially for the destruction of lice in children. But in some cases it is the most effective remedy.
Features
A piece of dust soap is a simple analogue of household soap, to which a certain amount of insecticide is added. Some confuse tar and dust soap. The second has no cosmetic properties, it can only be used to destroy domestic parasites. The use of tar soap helps to improve the condition of the hair, scalp, but it will not help get rid of lice.
Earlier, dust was used to exterminate various insects: pests and parasites. Even if there was no urgent need for this remedy, it was poured into all the cracks, behind the sofas, under the baseboards. Now dust is rarely used, more often special aerosols are bought instead. Scientists have proven the negative impact of this insecticidal agent on the human nervous system, so it is practically not used to treat city apartments from parasites. For those people who are allergic to various chemicals, it is undesirable to use dust to kill bedbugs and fleas. Allergy sufferers may be advised to purchase special powder preparations that do not cause side effects.
However, it is far from a fact that modern analogues of the considered agent do not contain even more substances hazardous to human he alth. Be sure to study the composition of the aerosol, as well as how to use it and the basic precautions that must be strictly followed in order to combat parasites.
