How To Use Bed Bug Repellent
Before Buying Bed Bug Repellent
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You discovered a bug crawling on your bed, you are horrified and the thought of the possibility of having bed bugs has crossed your mind, but you are not sure whether or not to buy bed bug repellent!
What do you do now? First of all we need to determine whether or not what you actually saw is in fact a bed bug before you rush out and buy the first bed bug repellent on the shelves.
Physically a bed bug looks like biting ants—burnt orange, others have light tan complexion to almost white. Bed bugs’ colors usually are deep brown.
You can usually detect a hungry bed bug, because they exhibit a different color than that when they are fully fed. Bedbugs with blood in it look like balloons, but what is inside them is not air but blood. Bed bugs also do excrete. When they do, they produce small amounts of liquid that almost look like blood. Thus, beds or surfaces where bed bugs may have inhabited may be stained with tiny red spots. These spots most of the time have stinky smell.
If the above description fits the bug you found, then you do in fact have bed bugs. But first you need to inform yourself of the various sprays out there and how to use bed bug repellents, is your next step.
Bed Bug Repellent Options
Bed bug sprays are much more convenient than say powders or other products for bed bug infestation. Because of their ease and convenience, they also pose the most danger. What is inside a bed bug repellent? Bed Bug repellents are made up of insecticidal dusts, which is the most potent compared to other pesticides. This substance destroy the bed bugs’ outer coats, which drys them out easily . What makes up these pesticides are fine granules of silica powder or ground glass to ensure efficiency. This fact makes it very harmful to humans, too. Insecticidal dusts are often applied to crevices or cracks in the floor or wall that are suspiciously infested with bed bugs.
Here are some common pesticides available in the market today:
Malathion
Pyrethrins
Delta Dust Flee/ Dragnet
Allethrin
Drione Dust and Suspend SC
Tempo
These are the most common and can easily be purchased.
These bed bug repellents are aimed at knocking out bed bugs directly by attacking their physical vulnerabilities. Professional help from seasoned pest control experts, however, is needed in applying or using the pesticides. Their knowledge of how to use chemicals safely is their main priority for the safety of your family and nearby neighbors.
Bed Bug Repellent – A DIY Job
If you do decide to use bed bug repellent yourself, you will want to keep in mind that insecticides may cause a long list of harmful effects to humans that may inhale the spray or may have skin contacts with the pesticide residues. As already mentioned, ground glass is what makes these sprays so effective. Can you imagine if you or someone nearby were to inhale this substance into their system? It would cause all sorts of internal problems and not to mention possibly even death.
When using bed bug repellent, please take the time to read all instructions, do not take lightly when asked to wear a mask or eye protection! Make sure the room you will be spraying is well ventilated otherwise you run the risk of suffocation. In case, any allergic reaction or physical counter-reaction is experienced due to the pesticides, consult or immediately seek advise of your physician or family doctor. Inform other members of the family what you are planning on doing and also include nearby neighbors.
Once you have sprayed all surfaces, holes, crevices and possible hiding places for bed bugs, be sure to inspect all furniture and bedding. You may even have to take the furniture apart in order to locate possible hiding places for these critters. If you find that the mattress has holes and/or tears, your only choice will be to discard them properly. Burning is the best option but it may pose environmental issues, so please consult with your local environmental experts.
The next option left is to properly dispose of infected items. You will not want to just go and dump these items for the local sanitation dept to pick up as they can pose a serious problem for you and nearby homes, not to mention employees that work for the sanitation dept. But what you do want to do is encase them into plastic zipped bags so that the bed bugs are trapped inside and are not easily transferred somewhere else, or worse yet brought back home again.
Yes bed bug repellents are just as varied as the bed bug themselves. Haphazardly taking action can put you and members of your household in danger, so please do not take this lightly. For review here are the necessary steps for you to follow again:
- Plan your attack carefully.
- Think about whether or not you want to use bed bug repellents yourself or hire a professional.
- Keep in mind the proper way of disposing infected items from your room.
Learn how to use bed bug repellents safely. If you keep this steps in mind when planning your attack, then you can be sure you will win the battle against bed bugs successfully.
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Bed Bug Repellent
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I have malathion as I used to work in a garden center, but am reticent to use it indoors. I have found a bug on a pillow and kept it to show someone. I don’t know who yet. It was dead when I found it and I picked it up with a piece of tape which I folded over. I am not certain what it is, but I am exhibiting a series of raised bite marks on my right forearm. I have read some articles on this subject and am quite alarmed. I was just at the pharmacist and she believed them to be bites, as well. Can I wrap the mattress and pillows in question in black plastic and bake them outdoors? It’s only 100 + degrees outside during the day. My other question is: how long does it take for these bites to show up? I got up at 6 AM, but these bites did not appear until 6 or 7 hours later. I was not outdoors the last couple of days, so I ruled chiggers & mosquito doesn’t usually bite 15 times even if a stray were to get in to the house. That would only happen in a swarm and a person would notice that…
Hi Robin,
I am not aware of killing bed bugs by putting black plastic on pillows or mattress. High heat will kill bed bugs, and so will crushed silicone gel cat litter. Here is a video: http://www.bedbugrepellent.net/bed-bugs-on-the-rise-html that can give you more information. Bed Bugs are tiny brown specks and they do leave blood stains in the sheets. Hope that helps.
Admin
Bed bugs are annoying insects. I do have a bad experience with these insects. But, what is the best repellent to repel these annoying insects?
No need to panic. Pyrethrins and pyrethroids do not kill bed bugs. They have developed immunity to them. You do not need to use pesticides or to spray or cover everything in the whole house with powder to get rid of them. You do not have to throw all of your possessions away. Use these steps:
Vacuum your house thoroughly, including your mattress.
Put a dust mite cover on your mattress. Bed bugs are bigger than dust mites so they can’t get through a dust mite mattress cover. You might want to put a dust mite cover on your pillow as well.
Here is the most important part. Get Climb Ups for your four bed legs, or however many legs your bed has. Also install them under the legs of your sofa, and other upholstered furniture. You need to put a fine layer of talcum powder in the Climb Ups, but that is all.
By excluding the bed bugs from their food source (you and your blood) they will fail to reproduce and then the whole population in your house crashes and you are free of them.
Be careful that nothing from your bed hangs down to the floor, and move your bed away from the walls.
Wash your bed linen and your clothes in hot water.
No matter where the bed bugs live in your house, they only come out after midnight to feed on you in your bed. They are attracted by carbon dioxide and heat. By making sure they can’t climb onto your bed, you have solved the problem. Climb Ups are available online from Bed Bath and Beyond. Go to the Climb Up website (http://www.insect-interceptor.com/) and see the research done by Rutgers University on using them to control bed bugs. Good luck!
NO NO NO!!
Don’t use insecticides for your bed!
It will definitely kill the bed bugs but it may harm you, your baby or other persons in your home.
Just research on other ways to kill the bed bugs in your bed.
Try Bed Jumping. just joking!
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Heating water treatment is the one the best treatment in the group of natural treatment besides that it is one of the easiest & safest way to kill the bedbugs because it doesn’t contain any toxins.