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Every person wants to feel comfortable in their apartment. But what to do if there is a bloodsucker at home who sneaks up at night and sucks blood from unsuspecting residents? And we are not talking about vampires from horror films, but about ordinary apartment bugs. Their favorite delicacy is blood. Parasites, as a rule, choose places closer to their food source, that is, to humans. They are active at night, so they most often settle in beds and sofas on which people sleep.

Such bugs are called bed bugs. Individuals that live in sofas are popularly called sofa bugs. They reproduce very quickly; it is enough to bring one female into a house or apartment, which will immediately choose a secluded place and begin to actively lay larvae. Even if you bought new furniture, this does not mean that it is not infected. The question arises: how did bedbugs appear on the sofa?

Causes and danger of pests

Often bloodsuckers go unnoticed for a long time - they go out hunting exclusively at night, and owners of infested homes mistake bite marks for allergies. The colony grows to frightening proportions in a matter of weeks. Residents, having discovered only a dozen individuals by this point, begin to think about the need to take action.

Disinsection for individuals

Pest control for legal entities

Where do they come from

Specialists at the apartment sanitization service for bedbugs have compiled a list of the most likely routes of infection:

• From socially disadvantaged neighbors or from nearby pet stores, clinics, hospitals, hotels and second-hand stores.
• In a postal parcel, parcels.
• With things when moving after a business trip.
• In bags and boxes with goods from any stores.
• From a guest's bag or clothes.
• On the body of pets.

Invaders prefer cluttered rooms and closets, but even maintaining perfect order and cleanliness in all rooms will not scare them away.

What they look like and where they hide

Before killing bedbugs in a Moscow apartment, you need to find out about the lifestyle of unpleasant guests - only then will it become clear what actions and means will lead to the success of this event:

• Adult brown insects reach a length of 5-8 mm. Hungry individuals look like ticks. When drinking blood, they elongate due to their segmented structure and appear reddish.
• They run quickly on any surface. Sometimes they fall from the ceiling and fall to the floor, for which they are credited with the ability to fly.
• In the abdomen area there is a proboscis and bristly jaws.
• First, the puncture point on the victim’s body is anesthetized, and then they are calmly saturated for 2-5 minutes.
• If there is a lack of nutrition, they can fall into a state of suspended animation and remain in it for up to 1 year.
• They live 12-14 months, managing to lay thousands of eggs.

To poison bedbugs in a Moscow apartment means to treat absolutely all hard-to-reach cracks with insecticides, starting with the nest. Etching objects are settled:

• In bed linen, furniture.
• Behind baseboards and wallpaper.
• Behind the radiators, under the window sills.
• On the walls - under the cover of paintings and clocks.
• In bags of old clothes.

Timely redecoration and disposal of old trash significantly reduce the risk of colony formation.

Negative consequences

The characteristic heavy smell of fermented raspberries: this is what the secretion secreted by insects smells like. But the stench is the most harmless result of proximity to bedbugs, which is fraught with a number of other dangers:

• Painful, itchy bites - they look like a trail of red spots over a blood vessel.
• Restless sleep and related nervous disorders.
• Infection with serious illnesses after scratching punctures. The list of diseases carried by parasites includes: dysentery, helminthiasis, salmonellosis, polio, tuberculosis.
• The development of anemia due to regular blood loss.
• Exacerbation of bronchial asthma.
• Rarely - anaphylactic shock, leading to death.

Disinfection - the destruction of bedbugs in an apartment by specialized services in Moscow - is the only guarantor of the prompt and absolute elimination of vectors of infection.

How to detect

It is difficult to see pests during the day, but they leave behind characteristic traces:

• Chitin skins. Before maturation, the nymph (larvae) molts five times, shedding translucent films.
• Excrement. Dark balls with a diameter of up to 0.8 mm resemble poppy seeds and are clearly visible on white sheets.
• Blood stains on bed linen. They remain if they have crushed a well-fed individual.

The surest sign is bites that swell and itch. To relieve unpleasant symptoms, it is recommended to wash the affected area of ​​skin first with water, then with a solution of apple cider vinegar. The onset of inflammation is a reason to immediately consult a doctor to prescribe a course of antibiotics.

How to recognize the presence of parasites in the sofa

Many signs indicate the presence of bed bugs:

• after waking up, strange bites are noticeable on the person’s body. Many people think that these are mosquitoes, but a bedbug attack is easy to recognize by its characteristic pattern: bedbug bites form a “path.” Between adjacent red dots the distance reaches several centimeters. So the bloodsuckers move throughout the night, gradually becoming saturated in different places;
• bites do not appear every day: a well-fed parasite goes hunting about once a week. A red dot is noticeable in the center of the swollen area: here the bug pierced the skin and drank blood;
• after sleep, strange red-brown spots are visible on the sheet, duvet cover, and pillow. This sign also indicates the appearance of blood-sucking parasites;
• the stale, musty smell of the bed indicates a large concentration of dangerous bloodsuckers. The cause of the unpleasant phenomenon is the waste of parasites, secretions when an insect is accidentally crushed;
• There are black spots visible on the back of the sofa, wooden elements, walls, floor, and in the baseboard area. Excrement spoils the appearance of products and premises and directly indicates the presence of dangerous “neighbors”;
• early in the morning, after a “meal”, well-fed, slow-moving bedbugs can be found in the bed, under the upholstery of the sofa, in the corners. Hungry insects are small - only 3 mm in length; a well-fed parasite swells to 8 mm and barely moves. Destroying him at this moment is quite simple.

How to get rid

Having noticed the presence of bloodsuckers, you should immediately take measures to prevent their comfortable reproduction. General cleaning, the use of special gels and aerosols - this is where the independent fight against bedbugs in the apartment begins - the price of the drugs can vary greatly, but the result is usually the same - a temporary decrease in the activity of parasites.

Available tools:

• Sprays, aerosols - they are convenient for spraying hard-to-reach areas.
• Toxic solutions are applied with a sponge.
• Powders are scattered in small quantities into substrates that are installed near beds and cabinets.

Liquid forms require regular reapplication, while powder forms pose a threat to pets and their owners as they spread through the air.

Popular folk tricks - boiling water and freezing also have a number of disadvantages. You cannot wash household appliances with water, and after “freezing” the room to the required -15 degrees, you will probably need to re-glue the wallpaper.

Frequent mistakes made by non-professionals when removing bedbugs in a Moscow apartment:

• Failure to comply with safety precautions when working with pesticides.
• The choice of formulations with a low or, conversely, too high proportion of a toxic substance.
• Skipping secret nooks and crannies.

Most commercially available products do not harm bedbug eggs; new larvae will soon hatch. A month later they will give birth.

Often all the efforts spent are in vain. Complete extermination can only be guaranteed by a specialized service for exterminating bedbugs in an apartment: prices in Moscow depend on the chosen method and the size of the object.

How to withdraw: effective methods

It is easy to disassemble the bed to its foundation, steam or thoroughly wash all areas, and reassemble the piece of furniture. A sofa is a hassle and a lot of problems if there are blood-sucking parasites inside.

The structure is difficult to disassemble into small parts, only a sofa that has served for many years can be poured with boiling water, and dozens of decorative seams serve as a safe haven for tiny insects. What to do? Experienced exterminators give useful advice.

Note to owners:

• You need to start the fight by accurately identifying the places where parasites accumulate. The more nests and ovipositions there are in the apartment, the easier it is to remove all the individuals;
• It is important to remember that sofa bugs settle not only on the sleeping place, but also behind torn wallpaper, inside dried out baseboards, behind the frames of old paintings, in dusty lampshades;
• the first stage is the removal of all small parts from the sofa: pillows, bedspreads, drawers for bed linen, decorative covers. Clean textiles and wooden structures from excrement and dead insects, disinfect them, treat them with aerosols and toxic solutions against bedbugs. A good option is to wash it, freeze it at a temperature below -18 degrees, or steam it in a dryer, where the thermometer rises above +50 C. You can have the items dry-cleaned, making sure to notify the employees about the purpose of the treatment;
• The next stage is to move the sofa from its usual place and cover it with construction film. Tear off the old wallpaper from the walls if the pieces are hanging loosely, seal the cracks in the baseboards or replace the designs with new ones. It is necessary to clean not only the sofa from blood-sucking insects, but also the area around it;
• Often when removing wallpaper, bedbugs scatter across the walls and floor. The ideal option is to prepare a vacuum cleaner in advance, collect the pests, then wash the pests down the drain. It is even easier for owners who have a washing vacuum cleaner to get rid of water with drowned insects;
• Spray the insecticide on the floor, walls, and treat the area where the sofa will be after moving it (if the owners are going to move the sleeping place). For washing floors, a soap-soda solution with the addition of a small amount of chloramine or bleach is suitable;
• After washing floors or rinsing rags, pour water only into the toilet, rinse well so that all insects drown. For a vacuum cleaner while fighting bloodsuckers, it is advisable to buy a disposable dust bag so that you don’t mind throwing it away along with the collected parasites;
• Treat dried floors again with insecticides containing permethrin. This component is harmful to bedbugs;
• After disinsection of the walls and floor, it is advisable to make “paths” from a natural powder called diatomaceous earth. The drug dries out the outer shell of the bug after contact with the product. As soon as the parasite crawls along the path of powder, the substance begins to act, and within a day or two the individual will die;
• General cleaning is allowed to be done after a certain time: the validity period is different for each drug. After using some compounds, for example, Karbofos, it is advisable for residents to leave the premises for 5–7 days. With this processing method, the result will be as durable as possible.

How to properly treat a sofa

After disinsection of the walls and floor, you need to deal with the sofa. If the parasites manage to get onto surfaces on which a toxic drug has already been sprayed, the bedbugs will certainly die.

Effective methods:

• steam treatment. For the procedure you will need a powerful steam generator. If you have such a thing in the house, you need to go over the entire surface of the sofa with the device, carefully treating the seams, corners, and folds. High temperatures will kill the parasites. An iron with a steam function is suitable. The method is more labor-intensive than using a steam generator, but if all zones are thoroughly processed, the result will also be positive;
• chemical compositions. A reliable, proven method of exterminating blood-sucking insects. In the departments of construction supermarkets and stores for gardeners, there is a wide selection of compounds for combating harmful insects. After purchasing an insecticide, you need to properly dilute the product according to the instructions, put on protective clothing, plastic glasses, a respirator, and spray the product using a spray bottle. Exactly following the instructions guarantees excellent results.

Important! A couple of days after disinfestation, you need to select dead insects, eggs and larvae from the sofa. Some medications require reapplication.

Chemicals

Effective compositions for combating bed bugs:

• Executioner (concentrated emulsion).
• Insecticide (solution in a spray bottle).
• Karbofos (wettable powder, suspension concentrate).
• Combat (aerosol).
• Tsifoks (concentrated liquid).
• Tetrix (concentrate in cans).
• Fufanon Super (concentrated liquid in ampoules).
• Forsyth (suspension).

Folk remedies: is there any effect?

To remove bedbugs from a sofa, it is advisable to use synthetic preparations: plant components are suitable for repelling “uninvited guests”, but not for destroying adult bedbugs and eggs. After disinfestation, you can place bouquets of wormwood or tansy wrapped in gauze in boxes, in drawers for storing bed linen, and put bouquets of wormwood or tansy wrapped in gauze inside the upholstery or covers.

Not only bedbugs, but also fleas, ticks, and cockroaches do not tolerate pungent natural odors and are less likely to get inside upholstered furniture. A pungent aroma is a good protection against attacks by dangerous parasites and pests.

Insect repellers: benefits or myths

Some owners hope that modern devices will help remove parasites from the sofa. Sometimes there are complaints about poor performance of the device: the owners say that the repeller emits impulses, but the bedbugs in the sofa do not disappear. No wonder: the device is not suitable for combating parasites inside upholstered furniture.

An ultrasonic and magnetic resonance repeller works in an open space; a sofa, an armchair, thick curtains, a velor lampshade are obstacles in the path of sound and electromagnetic waves. The device is ineffective if the room is filled with upholstered furniture and there is little free space. For this reason, buying a bedbug repeller to remove bedbugs from your sofa is a waste of money.

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How professionals act

After receiving an application from a client, company representatives visit him to determine:

• Type of pests, number and location of the colony.
• Degree of infection.
• Distribution source.
• Concentration of toxic substances used.

At the customer's request, the entire living area or MOP (parasite habitat) is treated. The method used - fumigation with steam (fog) - has maximum penetrating and damaging effects and comes in two types:

• Cold. The chemical is sprayed through special equipment and settles out of the air onto all horizontal and vertical surfaces, into cracks in walls, and folds of furniture.
• Hot. The heated substance forms even smaller particles and penetrates into nooks and crannies.

The price of poisoning bedbugs in a Moscow apartment for employees of the Unified City Disinfection Service will not be much higher than the retail cost of insecticides. At the same time, the organization provides guarantees of its work.

Will bedbugs disappear if you throw out the sofa?

When the first parasites appear inside the sofa, owners often eliminate the problem by removing the infected piece of furniture from the apartment. However, it is not advisable to do this, since other individuals will remain at home. This means that you need to fight insects in your apartment in other ways.

It is recommended to take the sofa to a landfill only when the room is heavily infested with pests. Under the upholstery, many nests are discovered.

When infected, the sofa deteriorates if parasites live in its body, on the upholstery and under it: the materials change color, dark spots remain on the surface (traces of waste products of pests). The product can only be restored by changing the upholstery and filling, which leads to increased costs.

The main places for bedbugs to be found.

Prevention and barrier protection

Comprehensive methods of disinfection services include the installation of barriers to prevent secondary infection. They come in two types:

• Mechanical. Fine-mesh mesh to block exit through ventilation and plugs for electrical outlets.
• Chemical. Application of repellent gels and sprays.
• Electromagnetic. The devices emit microwaves that repel insects.
• Fumigators. Powered by electricity or batteries, they evaporate toxic compounds.

To ensure that the extermination of bedbugs in a Moscow apartment is not required again, it is important to follow preventive measures: carry out general cleaning, avoid clutter, and make cosmetic repairs.

As practice shows, collective efforts are most effective - by teaming up with your neighbors to simultaneous etching, you greatly increase your chances of getting rid of the problem once and for all.

When and why do bedbugs bite?

These insects are active only at night, which is why they bite when a person is sleeping. To drink blood, bedbugs have an elongated proboscis, with which they pierce the skin and feed through it. On average, complete filling takes 5-7 minutes. After “lunch” they crawl away unnoticed. Their bite is also painless, but after a while itching appears, which gradually turns into scars.

Most insects bite on the legs, but bedbugs can bite on any part of the body. Moreover, bedbug bites do not leave red spots in the center, for example, as usually happens after a flea bite.

Most often, itching and scarring from bedbug bites is confused with mosquito bites or allergies. To make sure that bedbugs are the culprits of the skin wounds, you will have to look for any signs of them appearing in the apartment.

Disinfection against bedbugs in a Moscow apartment - prices

The lower price threshold for professional cleaning of a home from parasites is 1,800 rubles. Doing it yourself will cost less. But this is a short-term saving, because soon you will need to repeat the manipulations.

The exact cost of the service is calculated individually for each order and depends on:

• Features of the layout and total area of ​​the room.
• The methodology used.
• Need for additional services.
• Degree of infection.

With us you can not only order bedbug treatment for your apartment in Moscow at an affordable price, but also get a discount:

• 10% when applying online.
• 15% upon presentation of a social card or pension certificate.
• 20% for legal entities. (Special conditions when drawing up a contract for 4 or 12 procedures at once).

We also recommend using a comprehensive program that includes cold and hot fog fumigation and the installation of barriers. In this case, antibacterial cleaning will be performed as a gift!

Prices for baiting bedbugs in a Moscow apartment are published on the website of the United City Disinfection Service - read the price list, fill out the form, and we will contact you.

Where are they hiding?

Bedbugs can enter your home completely unnoticed: through clothes, bags, new beds or sofas. Thanks to their narrow body, they are able to hide in the deepest crevice, the size of a credit card. They do not have a permanent nest, but they live in small clusters.

Places where bedbugs accumulate:

• ceiling panels
• peeling wallpaper
• inside the partitions
• for furniture
• parts of furniture structures
• behind the paintings

• on mattresses
• in the folds of the mattress seams
• on the sheets
• bed design elements
• in the cracks of the parquet
• under the baseboards

They can easily move to neighboring rooms and even apartments. The appearance of bedbugs does not depend on the cleanliness of the room. They are exclusively bloodsuckers, so they will live both in a perfectly clean apartment and in a hotel room.

What means do we use?

Quality, efficiency, safety are the main principles of the Unified Revenue Company’s work. Therefore, we approach the choice of products used responsibly and do not purchase cheap insecticides for two reasons:

• They pose a threat to property owners and their four-legged pets.
• Bedbugs easily adapt to many chemicals. If at least a couple of individuals survive, immunity will pass to the next generation.

To carry out disinfestation and remove bedbugs in a Moscow apartment at a price that does not exceed the average price on the pest control market, our specialists use compounds that, in laboratory conditions, have confirmed compliance with legally approved standards and meet sanitary requirements.

These are drugs that have a delayed effect. Over several weeks they infect and gradually eliminate the entire population. Such substances are not put on public sale, since handling them requires certain skills and equipment: etching is carried out in closed suits, using protective masks, respirators, and gloves.

Chemicals for controlling bedbugs - rating

Which bedbug repellent is popular and has the best reviews? Let's look at the most popular and effective modern disinfectants:

• "Executioner" is a leader in the fight against parasites. A powerful, targeted drug that is guaranteed to destroy bedbugs and their larvae. Low toxic, can be used in rooms where there are children and pets. Carry out the treatment with the windows closed, as the drug quickly evaporates.

• Spray "Insecticide" - use only in rooms where there are no people and animals, use safety equipment, since the repellent is toxic. One bottle of spray is enough to effectively treat 50 square meters. Destroys both bedbugs and larvae.
• “Karbofos” is recommended for use in private homes due to its high toxicity and strong unpleasant odor. The efficiency is high, but the premises must be preserved for at least two days.
• “Fufanon” is a water-soluble concentrate that paralyzes the nervous system of the parasite. Bedbugs die from it instantly, but the product is very poisonous. Be sure to take precautions when disinfecting.

• “Mashenka” is a chalk that is safe for animals and humans and easy to use. But the reviews about the effectiveness are not the most enthusiastic. Multiple treatments are needed and there is no guarantee that parasites will not appear in a month.

It is very difficult to remove bedbugs. Sometimes up to five applications with different insecticides may be needed, depending on the severity of the infestation. It is very important to prevent parasites from entering the house through ventilation grilles, especially if it is known that neighbors in the stairwell have bedbugs.

The most effective remedy is professional disinfection by specialists. When infested with bedbugs, it is important to treat every centimeter of the apartment using highly effective products that cannot be found commercially due to their high toxicity.

See also: how to remove bedbugs from an apartment?

How to prepare for the visit of representatives of the Disaster Service

Destroying bedbugs in a Moscow apartment is a task that requires preliminary preparation. On the day on which the cleanup is scheduled, you must:

• Carry out wet cleaning.
• Pack tightly and, if possible, remove: dishes, personal hygiene items, children's toys.
• Place finished dishes in the refrigerator.
• Remove covers and bedspreads from sofas and armchairs, and bed linen from beds.
• Cover TV, computer and other equipment with film.
• Provide access to all rooms.

At the moment of fumigation with poison, you should leave, taking your pets. After completing all manipulations, do not open windows and doors for 3-4 hours, and then ventilate the house well.