The “Agran” remedy for bedbugs, reviews of which prove its effectiveness, is a combined insecticidal preparation made by Russian manufacturers. This tool is designed to combat various insects and other arthropods: cockroaches, ants, ticks, moths and so on. In practice, owners of apartments and houses in most cases use Agran from bedbugs.
Reviews about the drug suggest that this tool is very effective in combating these pests. This can be partially explained by the fact that the composition contains two insecticidal components of various classes. At the same time, for simpler insects, such as cockroaches, people most often use simpler drugs: sticky traps, gels, or dichlorvos. In this article it will be possible to get acquainted with the features of the use of "Agran" from bugs, reviews on its use, as well as its composition.
Features of the tool
This drug has very specific properties that must be taken into account before using it for its intended purpose. For example, the “Agran” bug remedy, reviews of which can be found below, has a strong unpleasant odor that persists for a long time in a treated room. This aroma is absorbed for a long time by sofas, mattresses, armchairs, as well as other objects located in the apartment or in the house. When working with the drug "Agran" from bedbugs, it is necessary to use personal protective equipment, as well as follow the instructions for use, since the components of this drug after getting into the respiratory system, as well as into the stomach, can provoke poisoning in humans.
Packaging and cost
At the same time, this drug is relatively inexpensive. The price of one bottle of Agran remedy for bugs is about 300 r. The volume of such a drug is 50 ml. It should be noted that the instructions and reviews about “Agran” from bugs suggest that this amount is enough to process up to 200 square meters of indoor surface.
The drug is also sold in a larger bottle, for example, 1 liter and 5 liters.
What the remedy includes
In the instructions of "Agrana" from bedbugs, you can get acquainted with the composition of this drug, which includes the following active substances:
- Chlorpyrifos. This component is the main one, and its share in the product is 50%. This element has a pronounced intestinal and contact effect on bedbugs, due to which insects die after this agent even accidentally enters their bodies.
- Cypermethrin. The amount of this element in the product is 5%. It is necessary in order to enhance the effects of chlorpyrifos, as well as to provide an effect in situations where the destroyed bugs are resistant to the first component. This substance also has a pronounced intestinal and contact poisoning effect.
Operating principle
During the treatment of an apartment or a house with the Agran anti-bedbugs, those insects on which the sprayed preparation directly fell in the form of an aerosol will most likely die. In this case, this agent enters the hemolymph through the chitinous covers of the bug, as well as its spiracles. Cypermethrin and chlorpyrifos in the ganglia of insects violate the mechanism of excitation of nerve cells, and the poisoned bug quickly develops paralysis, leading to death in the near future.
When the poison from Agran bugs dries on the treated surfaces, an invisible layer forms, which still retains its poisonous activity. When insects run through this layer, particles of the drug stick to the abdomen and legs of the bug. After this, insecticides begin to penetrate through the chitinous cover into the soft tissues, from there they enter the hemolymph, and from it penetrate into the nerve ganglia. Further, the poisoning will be the same as after direct treatment of the bug, but here the effect will be a little stretched in time. Insects from this contact with a dry insecticide, as a rule, die within one day.
The instructions for the use of "Agran" from bedbugs also indicate that the likelihood of resistance of these insects to the effects of the drug is practically excluded. Currently, scientists are not aware of bedbug populations that are resistant to both chlorpyrifos and cypermethrin at the same time. Thus, if the tool is used correctly, then all the insects on which it falls will die.
Eventual failure
What do people say about the correct use of the tool and the likely mistakes? Reviews about this drug suggest that it will be possible to fail in some cases. This is due to the fact that people do not always take into account all the nuances during the fight against insects. To avoid such incidents, it is necessary to observe some rules, which are as follows:
- If the room is not sufficiently processed, then many bugs will remain alive, so they can continue to multiply.
- If during processing almost all insects are destroyed, then the remaining eggs in a few weeks will give a new generation. If a person does not re-process the premises before the puberty of the surviving young individuals, then the insect population will again recover after some time.
- Even if everything is done correctly, and in the process of processing all bugs are destroyed, new parasites can enter the apartment from neighbors. Practice shows that few people think about blocking the migration paths of these parasites, as well as preventive measures.
Is it possible to destroy eggs?
To date, the ability of the drug to kill the eggs of the embryos of these insects remains in question. On the one hand, the majority of organophosphorus compounds in experiments on other insects show the ability of this drug to infect them, as well as prevent hatching of larvae. But on the other hand, the effectiveness of chlorpyrifos specifically in controlling eggs from bed bugs has not been confirmed, so we cannot say with certainty that eggs can die after direct processing of all nests. Cypermethrin does not have such an effect at all.
In any case, before using Agran for the first time, you need to know that even if a small number of insect eggs are destroyed by this drug and the nymphs do not hatch from them, unharmed eggs are stored in the room, which are most likely not affected by this product. Of these, after the death of all bugs, as well as larvae, a young shoot will appear. That is why in most cases it is necessary to re-treat the premises with the product, as evidenced by the reviews about "Agran" from bugs.
Solution preparation
With a small amount of these insects in the room per 1 liter of water, you need to take 5.5 g of the drug. But if we talk about the great contamination of the room, then the concentration increases to about 8 g per 1 liter of plain water. When the emulsion is added to water, the solution should be thoroughly mixed, after which it is poured into a special spray.
It is necessary to pay attention to the fact that all actions with this drug in the fight against bedbugs should be carried out in personal protective equipment.
Instructions for use
Before proceeding with the processing of the premises, it is necessary to free it from pets and people. It is important to note that Agran is toxic not only to insects, but also to people. Processing for this reason should be carried out in a respirator or gas mask, in rubber gloves, goggles, thus eliminating any contact with poison. When the solution is ready, how to poison insects? Further actions will look as follows:
- First of all, the windows open in the room.
- All furniture in the room must be moved away from the walls by about 20 cm. Skirting boards are mandatory to be released around the entire perimeter of the room. All paintings, posters, and bookshelves should be removed from the walls.
- The sofa should be disassembled as much as possible, its parts should be put in an open place in the room.
- The finished solution is sprayed at a distance of about 30 cm from the surfaces in a uniform layer. And you should also process all parts of the furniture, floor, baseboards, bed legs, carpets, cracks, wallpaper joints and other places where bloodsuckers are most often hidden.
- After these events, the room should be ventilated for four hours.
- When the processing of the premises is completed, hands should be thoroughly washed with soap.
After this, the surfaces that people touch with their hands should be washed with water and soda and detergent added.
Benefits of the drug
The Agran remedy for controlling bugs has both positive and negative sides. Its advantages are as follows:
- Low cost of the drug.
- High efficiency in the fight against bedbugs.
- Easy to use.
- High exposure duration. The drug is able to destroy not only adult bugs, but also larvae hatching from eggs.
Talk about the flaws
The negative qualities of the drug "Agran" should include:
- Toxicity to humans and pets.
- Bad smell.
- The cost of acquiring personal protective equipment, if not at home.
Possible health problems
If during treatment on the skin there was irritation or itching, and also symptoms of intoxication are felt, for example, nausea, headache, dizziness, then the treatment must be stopped, going out into the fresh air. During the aggravation of symptoms, it is mandatory to induce vomiting, as well as drink activated charcoal, and then seek help from a medical institution. If a person has lost consciousness, then in no case should you induce vomiting in him.
Room treatment should also be discontinued if a person has signs of an allergy, for example, sneezing, itching in the nose, tearing.
Conclusion
The drug "Agran" is a very effective tool in the fight against bed bugs. If you properly process the living room, then you can literally get rid of the entire colony of bloodsuckers in one procedure, since this substance has a very long-lasting effect. The main thing is to have patience and do the procedure to the end, strictly adhering to the above instructions. And then you can fix the problem.