How to get rid of insects in your home

2024 Author: James Gerald | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-17 14:00

With the onset of heat, various insects become active and penetrate into houses and apartments, giving us a lot of trouble: they bite, annoy, spread infections, and spoil things. How to cope with this invasion, and even not harm your family? Fortunately, in nature there are substances and plants that are able to scare away unwanted insects, the main thing is to know when and what to use!

Precautionary measures

Uninvited guests often enter the house in search of food, so keep your kitchen clean, do not throw food leftovers on the table, do not accumulate dirty dishes, wash work surfaces thoroughly, take out the trash more often, do not leave stagnant water in a vase of flowers. Wash tables and floors with water mixed with alcoholic vinegar, ammonia or lemon balm oil.

Hang mosquito nets to keep insects out of open windows.

Hang up mosquito nets to keep insects out of open windows. The doors to the balcony can be closed with a tight-fitting curtain. Make sure that the gaps in the floor, walls and behind the skirting boards are carefully sealed and the ventilation grilles are covered with a dense mesh. Some insects are attracted to damp areas, so try to get rid of dampness in your home and provide effective ventilation, especially in the bathroom and kitchen.

Ants

In the fight against ants, the main thing is to find their nest or a place from where they penetrate into the house. Try sprinkling ant approaches with a mixture of alcoholic vinegar and a few drops of essential oils, or sprinkling salt into it. These insects also cannot stand the smell of parsley, mint, garlic and onions. A special crayon, which can be bought in a store or in the market, also helps from uninvited guests.

Cockroaches

Fighting cockroaches alone in an apartment building is useless - they will only wander from apartment to apartment. Therefore, they need to declare war on all entrances. Throw all means to fight the red barbel - traps, sprays, powders, pencils.

A special crayon, which can be bought in a store or in the market, also helps from uninvited guests.

Cockroaches cannot stand boric acid and borax, which can be bought at any pharmacy. Mix boric acid with hard-boiled egg yolk and sugar, make small balls from this mixture and spread them in the kitchen in secluded corners. Mix equal parts borax powder with powdered sugar or flour and sprinkle in places where cockroaches congregate.

Mosquitoes and flies

Various fumigators and repellents are the most popular mosquito control method. But there are also natural remedies. Mosquitoes are scared away by the smells of vinegar, rosin, tar, basil, a decoction of wheatgrass roots, camphor smoke. Flies cannot stand the smell of tansy, vinegar and bay leaf decoction.

Both species are intolerant of essential oils, so you can treat window and door openings with them to repel insects. Use oils such as clove, cedar, valerian, eucalyptus, and anise.

Vacuum cleaner and fly swatter are well-known and environmentally friendly methods. But you can not put so much physical effort and make a trap for flying insects in the way invented in Dubai. Its validity period is up to two weeks.

Moth

This pest is not dangerous to humans, but it poses a threat to woolen and fur items stored all summer in closets. Moreover, it is not the butterflies that we see at home that are scary, but their larvae caterpillars. As a preventive measure, things must be ventilated and warmed up in the sun before being sent for storage, and then packed in bags.

The moth does not tolerate the smell of citrus, geranium leaves, lavender, St. John's wort, camphor and natural cedar. Place orange peels in clothing pockets, or arrange herbal and flower sachets on shelves and drawers. Special moth balls or plates are also effective.

To prevent weevils from growing in cereals or flour, put a few cloves of garlic in bags.

Weevils

To prevent weevils from growing in cereals or flour, put a few cloves of garlic in bags. The upper covers of the lobules should not be disturbed so that they do not rot. Unfortunately, if the bugs do get started, the bag will have to be thrown away, as their excrement is poisonous. Uncontaminated packages should be quarantined - placed in the freezer for a couple of days, and then stored in sealed jars.

Bedbugs

It is not so easy to get rid of bed bugs - it is difficult to see them, moreover, they are active only at night. If these insects are in your bed or sofa, then you will have to treat all bed linen, pillows, blankets and mattresses with kerosene, alcohol or acetone and warm them well in the sun. The same must be done with furniture, floors, baseboards, and the room should be properly ventilated. All cracks where bugs can penetrate should be treated with a special pencil.

In addition, you can resort to using chemicals - liquid preparations or aerosols, for example, "Diclofos" or "Foresight". It is important to remember that these funds can be toxic to humans, and take precautions.

Help from specialists

If no home remedies help in the fight against insects, then you will have to call pest control specialists who will fix the problem in just one day. Their preparations are quite effective and retain their effect for six months, since they not only destroy insects, but also carry out a whole range of preventive actions.