Bedbugs: How to get rid of it?

In most cities in France, invasions of bedbugs are a phenomenon that makes people's lives in Calvary fire.Disappeared in the 1950s, these microscopic insects that can cause itching and bites would have reappeared in the 90s in all metropolises.Resistance to insecticides, social housing and international travel are among so many others, the underlying causes listed.What concretely consist of bedbugs?What are the causes, how to detect them?How to treat a bug bite?Discover here the essentials to know about these insects.

What are bedbugs?

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About sixty million years ago, bedbugs were known as insects, which mainly attacked bats.But studies conducted on the DNA of a dozen species of current bedbugs in 2019 have proven that their ancestors lived on earth and have frequented dinosaurs for at least fifty million years before the appearance of the first bats(which appeared about a hundred million years ago)).

In Antiquity, they already lived there with humans (3,550 years ago, they were spotted in closed Egyptian tombs)).Which shows that the species that attack humans lived on earth long before the appearance of the human species.According to multiple literary testimonies, bedbugs were a destiny with which men should live.Charitable accommodation, hotels and hostels are notably affected.There are many solutions to limit propagation, but they have not had a substantial effect.

The widespread use of heating towards the end of the 19th century has only worsened the phenomenon.These insects are behind the ravages in the trenches and in multiple dwellings.This persisted until the Second World War where the dichlorodiphenyloroethane (DDT)) was used to eliminate them almost all, in the 1950s, in developed countries.At the end of the 19th century, their species again developed, particularly in urban environments, due to the increase in trade and international trips with developing countries, where bedbugs have never been the subject of eradication.

The 2019 genome study concluded that around the age of five hundred thousand years, a new population of bedbugs adapts to humans without necessarily making it a specific prey.Some of these species specialize and others are generalist.In 2020, a national plan was put in place by the French state with regard to this scourge.And therefore, several articles were written on this subject by the press.

Definition

Bedbugs (CIMEX LECTULARIUS)) are heteropter insects from the Cimicidae family.Especially hematophages, they use humans thanks to heat and carbon dioxide that the body gives off.They take advantage of sleep to sting (they can sting up to 90 times)) men and sometimes animals, and feed on their blood.When they bite, bedbugs inject a little of their saliva under the skin of their host.The saliva in question is made up of an anticoagulant and an anesthetic, which makes blood fluid to facilitate its suction.Living in the articles they ravage, they can easily migrate from one room to another.They have no wings and cannot jump or fly, especially since they move by walking on the floor or the walls, through ventilation or the electrical network.During travel or trips, a bedbug can be transported from one place to another via luggage and others.

What are the size, color, shape of a milk bug

The bed bug is visible to the naked eye and its size varies between 4 and 7 mm.His body is flattened and oval, which allows it to enter the smallest slots and corners.During the day, she tends to hide and leaves the hiding place in the night in order to go feed.If you want to spot them, you have to bring a torch lamp.To this end, there are three types of bedbugs.

Adult bedbug

The adult bed bug is generally brown, size 5 to 7 mm and looks like a cooked green lens, flattened and oval.It goes red or dark brown, with a size of 6 to 8 mm, when it is full of blood.

Larva

It looks like a small glitch and a light brown translucent color, oval and flattened.Its size is 1 to 2 mm long.

Egg

It looks like a very small grain of rice, ecru, oval, whitish or yellowish, size 0.5 mm wide and 1 mm long.

How do bedbugs reproduce and what is their life cycle?

Adult bedbugs live between six and twenty-four months.During coupling, the male proceeds to "traumatic insemination" by perceiving through the cuticle of the abdomen of the female, more precisely in the ectospermalege in order to inject his sperm.It may happen that the male misses his target, but insemination can succeed, because an organ of the female called mesospermalege can conquer and drain the sperm to the level of the spermathèque.

However, the trauma linked to reproduction kills several females (phenomenon that we see in a natural environment and in breeding)).This is due to the introduction of pathogenic germs in the body of females, that males fertilize.In the latter, homosexual behaviors are also observed, until the sperm of the assailant merge with those of the assailed (in case he does not die)), who during the insemination of a femalewill give him two strains of sperm rather than.

The eggs are issued in packages from five to fifteen, this 3 to 10 days at the latest after fertilization, if the temperature varies between 14 ° C and 27 ° C.For their maturation, a blood diet is necessary.A given female can be fertilized several times and can lay up to five hundred eggs in her life.The larva goes through five growth stages before becoming an adult.Each of these stages requires a blood meal and lasts between three and fifteen days.

What are the causes of bedbugs?

Regarding the origin of bedbugs, various hypotheses have been issued.Thus, their appearances can be due:

In view of these factors, bedbugs can be found in hotels, residences, youth hostels, prisons, health centers, public transport and hospitals.This will mean that if bedbugs appear in your home, you have conveyed them."Either you took them to your suitcase during a trip, or you conveyed them on an infected article (book, furniture purchased ....)).If your neighbor is infected with these insects, it is likely that they spread to you ".

Do the bedbugs give a smell and have a season of appearance?

As part of a strong invasion of bedbugs, you may feel a spicy and irritating odor.However, it is a very rare phenomenon.According to Stephane Andru, who only felt him once, he says that it is not enough to smell to invalidate or assert the presence of bedbugs.However, it should be noted that these insects do not transmit diseases to humans.

In addition, there is no special season likely to the appearance of bedbugs.It is a domestic insect, which constitutes a parasite and lives with man.

How do you know if you have bedbugs at home?

The moment conducive to the activity of bedbugs is at night and they are found for most of the time in the bedroom.These insects flee the light and take refuge in the dark corners, not very accessible and narrow.There are nevertheless some indices to detect their presence.

Indices on the skin

In case of infestation, you can find on your skin:

The very first bites can line up or regroup on the skin of the individual who slept in a strongly infested corner.If the interested party continues to live in the infested place, he can see the bites all over his skin.

Clues in bed

On the bed, the small black spots can appear on the mattress, the box spring or the sheet.These spots come from bedbug excrement.On this piece of furniture, you can perceive the presence of dead or lively bedbugs, skins of these insects which have eggs or have turned not far from the sleeper.We find these traces either in the bed or near the bed.

What are the different hiding places in these insects?

At the start of proliferation, you will find that bedbugs hide near the place where they feed.Thus, they hide on the box spring and on the mattress, not far from the one they will sting during his sleep.When the infestation becomes considerable, insects disperse and hide in other places in the bedroom.Thereafter, they can migrate into the other parts.The different possible hiding places are:

What are the possible symptoms of bedbug bodies?

The symptoms governing the bite of bedbugs vary from person to another.Some individuals may not react to bites while in others, more severe reactions, such as a very intense allergic reaction or hives can be observed.

The main signs are: Red Browings resembling those caused by mosquito bites, sometimes strong and very unpleasant itching.The degree of itching is stronger very early in the mornings, but during the day it decreases.

What are the possible treatments ?

Vacuum

The first reflex to get rid and to prevent bedbugs in your home remains the vacuum cleaner.Before doing it, you have to check all the hidden hidden, and those in your house in general, while making sure not to forget anything: curtains, carpets, mattress seam, carpets, books, clothes, drawers, wallpaper, wallpaper, wallpaper, wallpaper, wallpaper, wallpapercracks, plinths, stuffed animals, cushions, furniture and electrical sockets.Once the room is confined and the tapes placed on the entry and exit points.You have to suck all the corners carefully.Then you have to close and throw the hermetically bag.

Anti-Bed House House

You have the possibility of referring to an anti-bedroom cover cover to protect your mattress.These are covers, which protect the mattress in all its entire 360 ° C and they close by zip.This type of cover imprisoned the bedbugs and eggs hidden in the seams and in the absence of food, they no longer live after a few days.In terms of prevention, the anti -bug cover prevents insects from hiding there and allows you to limit the possible nesting places at the same time.

Insecticides

Insecticide products can be used to eradicate bedbugs.Specialists recommend mixing chemicals and natural solutions.Regarding small articles, the process consists in placing them in hermetic bags, then spraying them with insecticide before closing these hermetically bags.Before any use of chemicals, you must take advice from a specialist.

We must also think about the consequences that this would generate for your pets, for your children and for your plants.If you do not have enough time, you have children or you are afraid of not being able to control the invasion of these insecticides, the best is to contact a professional, for an adapted intervention.

Cold

If the invasion of your home took place during the winter and you are in a super cold area, you must place all the infected items outside, making sure not to scatter them and not to shake themfront bedbugs.So that the eradicted cold beds, it is absolutely necessary that the textiles out of the way, for several days.

Hot steam

If you spot traces of bites, you must quickly take your arrangements.The iron must be plugged into an extension and heat it.Let the steam reach at least 48.8 ° C so that this tip is effective.The steam applies to all textiles such as sheets, curtains, duvets, mattresses ……

Big household

Long before, it must be remembered that the presence of bedbugs in your bedroom does not necessarily mean that the room lacks hygiene.However, to get rid of these insects, the large cleaning of the floor to the ceiling is a simple alternative.Bed linen must be washed at 90 ° C and be dried in the sun.

Si les composants de fabrication de vos draps sont faits avec des matières délicates et très sensibles à des lavages de haute température, il faut les mettre au congélateur (-18°C)) deux à trois jours.Before installing the clean bed linen on the box spring and the mattress, you have to pass the vacuum cleaner first.Do not forget the ground, the bedbugs are there, especially when covered with carpets, parquet or carpet.

Essential oils

At this level, you must clean a vaporizer and pour four cups of water there.Then you add essential oil and peppermint oil.You can complete the mixture with lemongrass essential oil and cloves.Spray the whole in the room now, while ensuring the care of electronic devices.

Clove

With its distinctive smoke, the clove is an easily recognizable spice.This unwanted scent of bedbugs and other insects.You just have to have a few drops in your room and let them act.These insects will no longer attack you.

Diatomary land

Diatom's land is a 100% natural product, which sells powder.Its action is to repel insects, such as cockroaches, fleas, more particularly bedbugs.You only have to sprinkle the plinths and the ground with this powder.To make these insects flee, a thin layer is largely enough.

Sun

At a temperature of 32 ° C outside, it is necessary to extend the articles infected in the sun.Whether it's pajamas, bed linen or mattress, you can treat them in this way.

Isopropylic alcohol

Isopropyl alcohol or isopropanol is very acidic.Bedbugs cannot therefore bear the slightest contact with this product.A small amount of this solution must be poured into a vaporizer and sprinkle all areas suspected of infestation.Certainly, you must ventilate the room because the strong smell of alcohol can bother you during sleep.For this treatment to be effective, it must be done every seven days.

How to prevent the bedbug infestation?

There are several tips to avoid any infestation of bedbugs.

Avoid footprints and restore home

In your residence, you must absolutely avoid accumulating products or items and let them drag.It is necessary to reduce the corners of the bedbugs of bedbugs to the maximum.In addition, the paint frightening, the cracks in the walls, the damaged wallpaper, the carpets and the peeled plinths are probable nest nests.It is therefore necessary to carry out work in this area to prevent infestation.

Inspect the clothes you buy on the occasion

You have to be vigilant when you pay used clothes.You have to take the time to inspect them. Ensuite, optez pour des sacs fermés hermétiquement (de manière à ce que rien ne puisse entrer ni sortir)) pour le transport.Once at home, you should process these clothes according to the ideal recommendations for the treatments of objects and textiles.

Inspect used

Avoid bringing into your residence, used items, which are not in good condition or which are neglected on the sidewalks, for example, mattresses, wooden furniture, box springs, padded.Bedbugs can already infest these products.In case you like to bring them to your home at all costs, you must inspect them carefully.You can treat them with hot steam, following the steps of a treatment without washer or dryer.If it is a box spring or a mattress, once treated, it must be placed in an anti-public cover.

Take the time to prepare the move

Before any choice of moving business, you must learn about provisions proposed with regard to bedbugs.Your clothes, bedding, mattresses, curtains, furniture and other effects should be placed in hermetically closed plastic bags.Cardboard boxes must be well closed and cracks, then the holes should also, must be blocked with a large adhesive tape.

The truck to use to convey the effects will also be inspection on the day of the moving.You have to make sure that it was well cleaned and above all, that it does not contain bedbugs.All these measures will allow you not to integrate the new home with bedbugs, if they were present in your old residence.

Inspect your new accommodation

Using a torch lamp, you can inspect room by room, mainly the rooms for your new accommodation to check if there are eggs or bedbugs.If they are present, the owner must immediately be informed, who will be responsible for contacting a certified exterminator.However, insecticides should not be applied to hope to eliminate bedbugs, because it can make insects more resistant and even harm your health.

Be vigilant during your trips

Whether you sleep in a rental or in a hotel during your trip, you have to take precautions to react at the slightest sting of bedbugs.To do this, do not store your bags or suitcases and personal effects under the bed or in the drawers.Rather, they must be removed from rest spaces or put them in a distant corner of the bed.

Inspect your luggage on the return from the trip

Once back home after the trip, you must put the suitcases on a hard space, for example in the garage, at the entrance or on the bathroom floor and inspect them carefully.In case of suspicion of bedbugs, you can treat your suitcases as well as their content according to the recommendations for the processing of objects and textiles.

What are the possible complications of a bug bite?

Gutting the skin all the time because of itching can cause skin infections.For this, an infestation linked to bedbugs must be the subject of treatment, this as quickly as possible.If you delay in doing it, this can have considerable consequences on the quality of your life.People affected by an infestation can:

Living in isolation and insecurity constitutes, among other things, possible complications, following a bite of bedbugs.

When to be consulted?

In the event that itching makes you very uncomfortable or if your skin is very sensitive, you can consult the doctor, especially if:

In the event of an allergic reaction and the appearance of blisters on your skin, it is important to use the doctor.