Different types of insects often appear in apartments - ants, bugs, cockroaches and many others. They cause great inconvenience, spoil furniture, plants and products. Man has learned to successfully deal with these pests. The most effective ways to deal with bugs will be discussed in the article.
Brown bugs
Brown bugs in the apartment live in wardrobes, under the baseboard, in the products, they climb into the carpet and upholstered furniture, live on indoor plants. Most often, skin-eaters and anthrenuses are brought into the dwelling. Caterpillar caterpillars are very tenacious, unlike adult bugs, they can do without food for several weeks. The larvae hide behind the rear walls of the cabinets and baseboards, developing first in the caterpillars and then in adults.
Insects enter the room through open windows that do not have nets, through ventilation openings, and also with old furniture, cereals, books and spices purchased by weight.
Small bugs in the apartment prefer dry places, because they do not like moisture, so the bathroom is not included in their habitat. Skin tanners eat any organic matter, eating skin, fur, fluff, flowers, feathers and food. They are very fond of destroying books whose bindings are glued together with a composition containing starch. Insects reach two to four millimeters in length and are brown, dark brown and black in color.
Varieties of Brown Bugs
One of the frequent uninvited guests in the apartment is a grain leather-eater who loves nuts, cereals, bran, grain and flour. And also - a ham skin-eater, eating any meat and fish products. This bug also destroys stuffed animals, leather goods and furs. Kozheedy calmly tolerate sudden changes in temperature.
They travel from larva to adult in a period of 6 to 12 months. Females of all varieties of these beetles lay more than a hundred eggs, which develop in inconspicuous places. For example, larvae of brown bugs in an apartment are most often found in dark corners, as they tolerate sunlight very poorly.
Anthranuses belong to small pests and reach a size of one to four millimeters, have a brown or black color. They live in carpets and upholstered furniture, prefer to eat particles of the epidermis and any organics. Often cause skin irritation and allergic reactions in humans.
Little black bugs in the apartment
Black bugs get into the apartment in the same ways as brown ones. The main problems with the appearance of these insects in the house are damage to food, furniture, human bites, as well as the rapid reproduction of pests. Some types of black bugs are resistant to various types of infectious diseases. There are quite a few varieties of black bugs.
Let's consider some of them:
- Black cockroaches that reach a length of two to three centimeters. They have a dense cover of black color. The main danger of these insects is that they are carriers of pathogenic bacteria and viruses, to which they themselves are not susceptible.
- Floury Khrushchak. These insects reach a size of two to four millimeters and are black in color. Such small bugs in the apartment prefer to settle in the kitchen, as their main food is flour, cereals, grains and legumes. They do not pose a danger to humans, but they spoil the products.
- Carpet bugs. This species prefers to settle in carpet, bedding and clothing. Usually it is also not dangerous for humans, the exception is individual cases when an allergic reaction is possible.
White bugs
White bugs in an apartment most often live in a bathroom or toilet, as they like wet rooms. The most common white bugs that live in our homes are silverfish or wood lice.
The silverfish, growing, reaches a length of about one centimeter, has an elongated body and a light gray, white or translucent color. Active at night and very quickly moves with the help of numerous paws. It feeds on organic food, wet paper, mold, synthetic fibers and dead relatives.
Woodlifters also prefer to settle in bathrooms and toilets because of their love of moisture. They have gray, white or brown color, and the body is divided into segments, on each of which there is a pair of paws. These animals can not do without water, as they are related to the species of land crustaceans, and their breathing is carried out using gills. Any organic substances are used in food and are distinguished by good fecundity. Females of these babies in the apartment lay about a hundred eggs, and after 25 days a fully formed individual appears.
Flying bugs
Very often flying bugs start up in houses. In most cases, it is midges. They are small in size and, growing, reach a length of about three millimeters. A midge does not bring much harm, but it gets into food and drinks, gets into a person’s ears and crawls into his eyes.
Some types of flying bugs in the apartment can bite, as well as cause the death of plants and flowers in the house. Most often, midges appear in expired products, in stagnant water and in oversaturated water in the soil of domestic plants.
Some types of leather-eaters and black bugs can also fly around the apartment. From time to time, aphids can also appear, which feeds on the juice of representatives of indoor flora. In addition to discomfort, aphids cause dangerous diseases in plants. In length, it reaches about three millimeters, and only some species are from five to seven millimeters in length. These insects have various colors: green, gray, dark brown and black.
Weevil Bugs
In the kitchen you can often find another pest - a weevil beetle or, as it is also called, an elephant beetle. These small brown bugs in the apartment start directly in the products themselves. They got their name because of the particular structure of the body. In front of the head they have a long tube with which weevils feed.
Weevils are one of the largest families of beetles, in apartments, in most cases, eight species are found. The most harmful of these are considered cereals. These insects cause damage in agriculture, reducing yield by 40%. The larvae of weevils are omnivorous; they absorb the stems and leaves of domestic plants, buds and shoots, as well as cereals, grains and legumes.
After the weevil bugs related to cereals are wound up in the apartment, they begin to lay eggs inside plants or fruits, in which the larva develops in the future. Eating and destroying its "home", it turns into a chrysalis, and then into an adult bug.
Another weevil species
Another common type of weevil beetle is rice, which is just as dangerous for food as grain (barn). It is a brown bug, three to four millimeters long. It has small wings and a lighter color than the barn weevil.
Almost all types of cereals, cereals and beans are also eaten, even tobacco found in cigarettes eats. In the apartment, bugs, rice weevils settle in cracks in the floor, walls and take refuge among old books. The female lays from 150 to 300 eggs. At home, eight to ten generations of these pests can appear per year.
In addition to spoiling foods, weevils cause allergic alveolitis in humans. They also pose a great danger to grain storages and flour mills. Grain with weevils, ingested after the preparation of bakery products from it, can cause serious diseases of the gastrointestinal tract in people.
Weevil Control Methods
When small bugs appeared in the apartment, it is urgent to take measures to destroy them. If you find in the products of the weevil beetle or its pupae, you need to immediately discard these products, having previously carefully packed them in plastic bags. If this pest did not manage to spoil the food, you can get rid of it in the following way.
Cereals, legumes and grains in which bugs were found should be placed in a refrigerator in which at zero temperature adults will die in two months, larvae in one month, and egg laying in three weeks. Weevil can be frozen at a temperature of -15 ° C, and it will die after 24 hours.
And there is also an option - to calcine the products in the oven at a temperature of 60 degrees for 48 hours. You can still take advantage of numerous insecticides, which are widely represented in retail. You should choose exactly the drug that is suitable specifically for your case, in a good price-quality ratio.
Ways to deal with brown bugs
How to get rid of bugs in the apartment that have a brown color? First of all, it is required to identify all the places where brown bugs live. It is imperative to find egg-laying sites and destroy them mechanically in order to avoid the propagation of pests. The next step will be the selection of the necessary funds for the removal of parasites. It is necessary to select a drug taking into account that there is no allergy to it, since most of these drugs are highly toxic.
Still brown bugs in the apartment are removed with the help of folk remedies and chemicals. The difficulty in combating this type of insect lies in the fact that you have to process a fairly large amount of territory in your apartment. If it turns out that there are a great many brown bugs in the house, then in this case it is recommended to call the pest control service. Its representatives in a short time and at a relatively low price for their services will effectively cope with insects.
Fighting Black Bugs
The bugs in the apartment, living in carpets, can be destroyed very simply. It is enough to give the carpet to dry cleaning, and after processing it with special compounds, all the bugs and their egg laying will die. Wood bugs and leather-eaters, who often live in bedding and clothing, can be destroyed by heat treatment of these things.
But fighting black bugs and cockroaches is not easy, since these insects tolerate various types of poisons and insecticides. Moreover, over time, this type of bugs adapts to poison, and it becomes immune.
And it is also likely that after you treat your apartment with special tools, some of the bugs will move to the neighboring living space, and after a while will come back. It is for this reason that it is recommended to contact the insecticidal service in order to quickly, competently and efficiently deal with uninvited guests.
Withdrawing flying bugs and prevention
Flying bugs in the apartment will bring much less trouble compared to black bugs. Moshkara or aphids can be easily removed with insecticidal aerosols and powders. They are very sensitive to chemicals and unable to withstand them. It will be simple enough to choose a means for their destruction from the range available in specialized stores.
It is also important to search your apartment for egg laying of midges or aphids, and if detected, destroy it mechanically, and treat the place of dislocation of insects with a pest control. After bullying small bugs in the apartment, it is necessary to do a wet general cleaning and ventilate the room well.
An important aspect in the fight against insects that have settled in your apartment is prevention. It is necessary to periodically sort out products in the kitchen, especially cereals, legumes and crops. View carpets, bedding and clothes. Pay attention to secluded places in the bathroom and toilet. If the bugs reappeared in the apartment, then you must immediately take measures to combat them.
In order to prevent the appearance of insects in the apartment, it is also necessary to conduct a room cooling in the winter. When the temperature outside is minus 10 degrees, open the windows wide open for at least four hours, leaving the premises for this time. The procedure is recommended once a month. This will help prevent various pests in your apartment.
It is necessary to observe cleanliness and order in the home, once a month to do wet cleaning with disinfectants. Clothing and bedding in the summer - to withstand in the sun, and in winter - to freeze on the street. This will help prevent the appearance of bugs and destroy them if they are present on things. Following these recommendations, you can effectively deal with insects that appeared in your apartment, as well as prevent their re-emergence along with the problems that they cause.