Bedbugs are small, wingless parasitic insects that are active mainly at night. During the day, they hide in the cracks of furniture or mattresses, in sockets, under floor strips or under .
They come out to feed at night and their presence can be recognized by bite marks on their bodies and dark brown droppings in various places. Unfortunately, getting rid of bedbugs from your home is not easy. Fortunately, there are home methods to combat them. What should you use to eliminate the problem?
Unfortunately, we can bring bedbugs home ourselves, for example from travel or on used furniture and clothes. They can also get in from neighbors, through ventilation and pipes. Bedbugs can enter your home from public places such as cinemas or public transport.
People who have this problem at home but are unaware of it may also accidentally help spread the insects to other places. Bedbugs do not come from dirt, but they like to feed wherever there are people.
We don’t need store-bought chemicals to get rid of them from the apartment. Our grandmothers’ method, i.e. diatomaceous earth, will work equally well. The product has a very wide range of applications, including in cosmetics and gardening.
It is a natural powder containing silicon dioxide, which helps fight many pests, including aphids, spider mites and bedbugs. This is a physical method, not a chemical one, so the product is safe for people and pets.
Just sprinkle a thin layer of diatomaceous earth in places where bedbugs live. It is therefore worth identifying these places in advance by checking all potential gaps in the house. The powder should be left in the given places for 3-5 days. Parasites must come into contact with particles that attach to them.
After this time, the apartment should be thoroughly vacuumed. Sometimes one treatment is not enough – so to achieve maximum effectiveness, it is better to repeat it several times. It is worth remembering to wear a protective mask when spreading the powder – it is better to avoid inhaling it.
Diatomaceous earth should help – especially if the treatment is repeated several times. However, it sometimes happens that there are so many bedbugs that professional spraying is not necessary.
