There are times that fleas appear in old houses or apartments, which cause great trouble for the owners. They are brought in from porches, cellars and from neighbors. Earth fleas are small bugs from 2 mm in size, so single insects are very difficult to detect. When they get into the apartment, they settle in baseboards, upholstered furniture, carpet paths and other places, lay eggs and multiply. We notice their existence in our home and sound the alarm only after numerous bites, which are rather painful, and heal much longer than mosquitoes. In addition, earth fleas can be carriers of diseases such as typhoid, plague, hepatitis B and C and many others.
Therefore, for those who have not yet encountered this problem, it is proposed to check and determine whether there are earthen fleas in your apartment. How to find them? This can be done using ordinary white paper, which must be laid out in places most favorable for the existence of fleas. After 15 minutes, carefully inspect the sheets. If small dark dots are found on them that disappear after moving the paper, these are fleas.
Along with earthen, grassy fleas can also appear in the apartment. This species has nothing to do with those insects that have the status of "warm-blooded". Like all representatives of this species, they are tiny in size and differ only in color. They do not bite a person and are completely harmless to him. The main food of these fleas is plants. Therefore, one can easily guess that when they get into an apartment, their plants become a secluded place of habitation, which soon die.
How to destroy fleas in your home? First of all, it is necessary to wet the apartment with any detergent, to grind all things, and it is advisable to boil bed linen. Carpets, rugs and upholstered furniture are recommended to be vacuumed, and if there is a steam generator, they should also be treated.
The next stage of the fight is to process the apartment using any means of fleas. It can be either ordinary Dichlorvos, or more professional drugs, such as Biorin, Effektiv ultra, Chlorpyrimark and others. On the packaging should be the inscription "to combat crawling insects." Here you can read the detailed instructions for the use of this drug. The resulting solution is carefully processed baseboards, floor and walls of the room (1.5 meters from the floor). Any untreated surface gives these little insects the opportunity to survive.
After processing, it is necessary to close the room for two hours. Then it must be thoroughly ventilated. During the week, cleaning in a treated apartment is not recommended. This is necessary so that not only earthen fleas are killed, but also their larvae. If after a three-week period the insects have not disappeared, the procedure must be repeated.
When using any remedy for fleas, the following maximum precautions must be observed: rubber gloves, gauze bandage. When choosing a remedy, one must remember that organochlorine compounds can accumulate on the body of people, and this can lead to intoxication of the body. Organophosphorus compounds and carbonates are best not to be used in residential premises, since they have a strong toxic effect. Less toxic drugs include feverfew and feverfew.
For the expulsion of fleas from the apartment, you can use folk remedies that are safe for residents. So, for example, fleas do not tolerate the smell of herbs such as tansy and wormwood. They can be laid out in bunches around the apartment, or you can use the infusion of these herbs with wet cleaning. After some time, all the fleas themselves will leave your apartment.