Bedbugs and Their Extermination - By: Tauqeer Hassan

Bedbugs are flat bloodsucking creature usually live in cracks or tiny holes in the floors or walls. Bedbugs remain inactive and hide in cracks and holes during the entire day time. They come out in the night time to feed themselves. These are not easy to control. It is not just enough to replace the bedding or clothing or even furniture to restraint the swarming. The effort is required to disinfect the entire room or house from this creature. Many insecticides are also available to treat bedbugs.

Required Items

- Hot, soapy water
- Washer and dryer
- Insecticide approved for use on mattresses
- Heavy-duty black garbage bags
- Stiff-bristled scrub brush
- Vacuum with hose attachments

Steps

1. First of all, take all the infected material like pillows, bed linens, stuffed animals, clothing, or any other such material away and put them in a trash bag. Pour hot water into a washing machine and soak the infected material into the washer. Wash the material in hot water. Hot water is enough to kill the bedbugs, but still if you want to add any washing detergent, you can add it to washer. After washing the infected material, dry them on high heat.

2. You might have some fabrics items, which you cannot wash in the washer. Put them in trash bag and place the trash bag in direct sunlight or hot sunny place. If that is not possible then set the freezer temperature under -5 degrees Celsius and place the material in the freezer for at least five days.

3. The nest step is to deal with your room. You need to vacuum the mattress, box springs, chairs, corners and other cracks and holes with hose attachment. Vacuum will help you to loosen the bedbugs’ eggs. It is better to vacuum all the furniture present in the room to get rid off bedbugs. Remove all the drawers and other bed frames and vacuum them all and scrub them with hose attachment properly.

4. Bedbugs usually reside in the cracks and corners on the wall or in floor. So you need to be particular about these cracks and crevices. Properly vacuum the entire room with special focus on the corners, baseboards, cracks, and other such crevices which can be a home for bedbugs.

5. Take hot soapy water and clean the entire room as well the furniture with scrub brush. Do not let any thing untreated.

6. In the end, use insecticides to secure all the floors, walls, furniture and mattresses. Before using any insecticides read the instructions carefully to get the maximum results from it. .Removing bedbugs can be sometimes a lengthy process. You might to repeat the procedure for long time to completely get rid of them.

Precautions

Read the manufacturer’s manual instructions for insecticides carefully. Always follow the warnings and instructions firmly to prevent any damage.

About the Author

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