There are a lot of tools for baiting bedbugs on sale. At the same time, one of the most popular is Cucaracha. With the destruction of insects, this drug, according to many owners of apartments and houses, copes just fine. You can use the insecticide "Kukaracha" to destroy not only bedbugs, but also flies, ants, cockroaches and other uninvited guests.
General Description
It is a means of "Cucaracha" from bedbugs, reviews of which are just excellent, a clear bluish liquid. This insecticide is sold in bottles of 50 ml and 1 liter. Its main active ingredients are:
- Cypermethrin (20%). This substance retains its properties for a month. In addition, it has the advantage that insects do not develop resistance to it.
- Malathion (10%). This substance is a weak insecticide. It is added to the drug mainly only in order to enhance the effect of the firstcomponent.
When it enters the body of an insect, cypermethrin blocks its nerve impulses. As a result, the bug, flea or cockroach die. The advantages of this substance, among other things, include the ability not to lose its effectiveness with prolonged exposure to ultraviolet radiation and high temperatures. Approximately the same paralyzing effect on the body of insects is exerted by malathion. Its difference from cypermethrin lies primarily in volatility.
Where the drug can be used
Thus, long-term action and the ability to quickly clean the apartment - this is what deserved the wonderful drug "Kukaracha" from bedbugs reviews. Both the description of the tool and the instructions for use (to be given below) of this tool - everything allows us to judge it as one of the most effective and convenient to use today. A good opinion among consumers about this insecticide has also developed because it has a wide scope. Use of the drug "Cucaracha" is allowed:
- in everyday life (in private apartments and houses);
- in child care facilities (excluding bedrooms and playrooms);
- in medical treatment centers (except patient rooms);
- at catering establishments.
Using this drug, according to consumers, is extremely simple. At home, they can be processed by the property owners themselves. There is no need to call specialists for this. In public institutions, the destruction of insects using a means"Kukaracha" can only be practiced by people who have undergone appropriate training.
Consumption and cost of the drug
The low price is also what, in addition to the effectiveness of the action, deserved good preparation "Kukaracha" from bedbugs reviews of the owners of houses and apartments. A bottle of this product with a volume of 50 ml, depending on the supplier, costs 200-300 rubles. For the treatment of large areas, the Kukaracha insecticide is usually purchased in 1 liter cans. This amount of funds costs about 1700-2000 rubles.
The premises are treated with this drug not in its pure form, but diluted. The possibility of using one bottle for spraying rooms of a large area is what deserved especially good preparation "Kukaracha" from bedbugs reviews. How to breed this remedy correctly (in what specific proportions for a particular type of insect), you can find out from the table below.
| Insect species |
Concentration (gram of drug per 1 liter of water) |
| Bug | 2, 5 |
| Fleas | |
| Flies | |
| Mosquitoes | |
| Rat ticks | |
| Cockroaches | 5 |
| Fly maggots | |
| Mosquito larvae | 0, 3 |
Consumption of the working solution, according to the instructions for usefunds should be 50 ml/m2. The exceptions are those cases when the treatment is carried out on highly absorbent surfaces (wood, untreated plywood, etc.). For such materials, the drug is consumed in the amount of 100 ml/m2.
"Cucaracha" from bedbugs: customer reviews
Thus, this tool is very inexpensive. According to the owners of apartments and houses, its consumption is also small. Having bought a bottle of 50 ml, you can completely process even an apartment of a large area. To get rid of bedbugs or cockroaches, for example, in a cottage, you need to purchase no more than 2-3 of these bottles.
Also, the advantages of this drug, consumers include, of course, the high efficiency of its action. In order to completely rid residential or public premises of parasites, it is quite enough to carry out one or two treatments with this tool.
Cons of insecticide
A sharp and unpleasant smell is perhaps the only drawback, due to which the Cucaracha drug often gets not very good reviews from bedbugs. St. Petersburg, Moscow, Yekaterinburg and other cities of the Russian Federation, both large and small, cannot even boast of at least a tolerable environmental situation. In the apartments of high-rise buildings in megacities there is always a lot of dust, in addition, the air contains a huge amount of harmful substances. Of course, the use of the Kukaracha insecticide does not improve the situation. Yes, and in a private house, outside the city, its pungent smell, of course, can cause a negative reaction. Sothe premises should be treated with this agent only with open windows and doors. For reliability, you must also wear a respirator. You should not return to the house or apartment after spraying until all the smell has disappeared from it.
Signs of the presence of bedbugs in the house
The appearance of cockroaches in an apartment for its owners is unlikely to go unnoticed. With bedbugs, things are a little more complicated. These insects are very good at hiding. As a quick and effective remedy, the drug "Cucaracha" from bedbugs deserved simply wonderful reviews. Instructions for using it are simple, however, this remedy, since it is poisonous and belongs to the second hazard class, should be used only if it is really necessary.
How do you know for sure if there are bedbugs in the house, or if the bites that appear on the skin of the residents are just a consequence of a mosquito attack? It is, in principle, not difficult to guess that these insects have started up in the apartment and it is time to use the Kukaracha remedy. Any uninvited guests are sure to leave traces of their life activity in the house. You can determine the presence of bedbugs in the apartment by the following signs:
- for the regular appearance on the body of residents of itchy bites like mosquitoes;
- by the appearance of a characteristic unpleasant odor in the apartment.
Unlike mosquitoes, bed bugs don't inject an enzyme into the bloodstream when they bite. Therefore, a few drops of blood always protrude from the wound, which, of course,stays on the bed. In addition, bug bites from mosquito bites can be distinguished by location. Red, itchy spots left by these insects are always arranged in a line (along the path of the parasite through the body).
In order to accurately determine the presence of bedbugs in the apartment, you can also spread a clean white sheet on the bed and turn off the light. Next, you need to wait 2-3 hours at night. If there are parasites in the house, after turning on the light at this time of day, several individuals will definitely be on the sheet.
How to properly prepare the room
To make sure that the product does not cause any harm to the people living in the apartment or house is what you need to take care of before you start using the Kukaracha remedy for bedbugs. Reviews (instructions for the use of this drug prescribes, among other things, a number of preparatory measures) are good about it, but they should be sprayed with caution. Before proceeding with processing, it is necessary to take the following measures:
- Take out dishes and food from the apartment. If this is not possible, cutlery and food should be wrapped in plastic wrap.
- Move people and pets temporarily to another home.
- Prepare overalls. Processing should be carried out exclusively with rubber gloves. You will also need a closed robe made of thick fabric.
In order to ensure the most effective effect of the drug, before processing, among other things,access to the backs of sofas, armchairs, cabinets and beds should be provided.
How to spray
Ease of use is also something for which, as already mentioned, the excellent Cucaracha remedy for bedbugs has earned reviews. Depending on the type of insects to be destroyed, the drug is diluted with water at room temperature in various proportions. The solution obtained in this way is poured into a spray bottle.
When carrying out the treatment itself, most of the product should be sprayed onto the nesting and habitat of insects. Particular attention should be paid to:
- beds and sofas;
- crevices behind baseboards;
- back of cabinets;
- niches under window sills;
- Ventilation duct outlets.
Very often, insects prefer to congregate and nest behind loose wall and ceiling finishes.
What to do after processing
After all the rooms are sprayed with the Cucaracha preparation from bedbugs, the reviews on the effectiveness of which are good, you should close all the windows and doors and leave the apartment. The remains of the drug must be drained into some old container and taken to the trash. It is impossible to drain the Cucaracha agent into the sewer. The fact is that it is very toxic, including for fish, as well as for other aquatic life.
Cleaning the room
You should only finally return to the apartment after processing the rooms with the Kukaracha toolin a day. Previously, 2-3 hours before that, all the windows in the house must be opened.
After returning home, the first thing to do is to sweep away the dead insects. Next, the floors must be thoroughly vacuumed. All fabric items should be washed, and the furniture should be wiped with a damp cloth. Cleaning the apartment after using the "Cucaracha" is necessary only with gloves and closed clothes.
What you need to know
With adult insects and their larvae, the preparation "Kukaracha" from bedbugs very easily copes. Reviews of the product containing cypermethrin and malathion are therefore excellent. However, this insecticide, like any other, unfortunately, does not have any pronounced effect on the eggs of bedbugs and cockroaches. Therefore, in order to achieve a sustainable result, a week after the first treatment of the premises, spraying must be repeated. By this time, new small cockroaches and bedbugs will hatch from the eggs. After treatment with the Kukaracha agent, all of them will die, due to their age, leaving no offspring. As a result, the premises will be completely free of insects.
Advice from owners of apartments and houses on the use of funds
Thus, a really very effective drug "Cucaracha" from bedbugs. He deserved good reviews, but many owners of apartments and houses note the fact that it is quite difficult to get it. In specialized insecticide stores, it is rarely sold. Therefore, the easiest way is to order the Cucaracha tool via the Internet. True, in this case,most likely, you will also have to pay for its delivery.
Some of the disadvantages of this insecticide, the owners of apartments and houses include the fact that it has an extremely negative effect on people prone to allergies. If any family member has a similar problem, he should not appear in the treated apartment for at least a few days.
Signs of poisoning with "Kukaracha" from bedbugs (reviews about its safety, by the way, are ambiguous) are nausea, vomiting, lethargy, impaired coordination of movements, and sometimes even convulsions. If these symptoms appear, you should immediately consult a doctor. The malathion contained in this insecticide, accumulating in the body, can even cause cancer. But this is possible only if a person stays in a treated room for a long time at a concentration of malathion that significantly exceeds the permissible limits. In any case, using the Cucaracha preparation, safety precautions must be observed. And then there will be no he alth problems for the person doing the processing, or for people living in the house.
Instead of a conclusion
So, in our article, we examined in detail what the insecticide "Kukaracha" from bedbugs is (reviews and review, methods of application and composition, see above). As you can see, the drug is really effective, and it can be used to rid the premises of parasites very quickly. If you use the tool "Cucaracha" in compliance with the techniquesafety, despite its high toxicity, all sorts of unnecessary problems associated with allergic reactions or poisoning can be easily avoided.
