How to Kill Bed Bugs Instantly
How to Kill Bed Bugs Instantly
Bed bugs are small, wingless pests that can quickly infiltrate your home, leaving bites and welts all over your body and small red droppings scattered about. You might notice bites and welts on yourself or find tiny red droppings around mattresses and furniture in your home.
Steam can be an effective means of eliminating bed bugs and their eggs directly, with steamer wands carefully applied to www.thesleeploft.com folds and crevices or furniture surfaces to kill bedbugs or eggs directly.
1. Heat Treatment
Bed bugs can be difficult to eliminate from a home, but there are natural and home remedies available that may help. These include rubbing alcohol, tea tree oil and lavender; when mixed together in a spray bottle they can be sprayed onto any suspected areas where bed bugs have infiltrated, dehydrating insects while killing them off quickly. Baking soda is another home remedy which works similarly by dehydrating them before killing off their eggs altogether — repeat this method until there are no more bed bugs present.
Before beginning any treatment, be sure to do your research and survey the area thoroughly. Keep an eye out for dark spots on mattresses and furniture, egg shells, fecal matter, reddish fabric stains and tiny itchy bites left behind by bed bugs. Be sure to vacuum any infested areas, remove light switch plates from wall hangings, caulk cracks in baseboards and caulk any cracks; additionally bag any infected items and keep them separate from uninfected rooms.
2. Chemical Spray
There are various commercial pesticide sprays recommended for controlling bed bugs. Unfortunately, most are only moderately effective and require special precautions when applying. Pyrethroid sprays tend to be stronger and longer-acting compared with most others; however, direct spraying onto children or animals could potentially be toxic; additionally many of these products don’t even work against bed bug eggs!
Signs of bed bug infestation often include small, rusty red or brown spots on bedding and furniture that are caused by excrement from live bed bugs, as well as itchy bites from these pesky insects. If you do spot these signs, double bag any items which could possibly house bed bugs and treat accordingly — otherwise the infestation might persist! Luckily there are home remedies which may help get rid of these pesky parasites more effectively; you can combine several methods or try one at a time depending on your needs and budget.
3. Tea Tree Oil
Bed bugs can be difficult to eradicate. They may enter your home from outside or even be picked up in hotels and secondhand furniture; for serious infestations it may be wise to hire an exterminator.
If your bed bug problem is less serious, there are natural methods of eliminating them. Rubbing alcohol may work to kill bed bugs on contact; however, be careful as it is highly flammable. An alternative option would be using an essential oil such as tea tree oil in a repellent spray for extra protection.
Tea tree oil can effectively penetrate a bed bug’s outer shell and suffocate them, as well as possess antiseptic properties to kill any bacteria present on them. You can create your own homemade bed bug repellent spray by mixing a few drops of tea tree oil with distilled water in a spray bottle; lavender or peppermint oils may be added for an appealing scent.
4. Lavender Oil Spray
Bed bugs are pesky creatures that leave bloodstains and excrement behind in the crevices of mattresses, leaving bloodstains behind and itchy bites all over your skin. Once established in your home, bed bugs are hard to get rid of!
There are various natural ways of repelling and killing bed bugs, including lavender oil spray. Lavender has proven itself an effective treatment option; however, to be used effectively it must be distilled prior to application to avoid allergic reactions or side effects that might otherwise occur.
Lavender can be mixed with water and then sprayed onto mattresses and other areas in your room, including corners and behind furniture that might harbor bed bugs. Spray all areas where bed bug activity has been seen such as concentration spots or creases on mattresses; corners of rooms; even small crevices may contain bedbugs hiding inside! Ultimately this will prevent bedbugs from being able to reach other parts of your home and escape!
5. Alcohol
Rubbing alcohol can be used as an easy and fast solution to eradicate bed bugs quickly. Unfortunately, its flammability makes it dangerous if sprayed onto furniture or mattresses; cayenne pepper powder acts as an excellent natural insect repellent — sprinkle some around your home including places that bed bugs tend to hide out in order to effectively eliminate bedbug infestation.
Baking soda can also help eradicate these pests by dehydrating them and can be used as an at-home treatment against bugs and their eggs. Simply sprinkle a light layer on areas where bed bugs tend to congregate, then vacuum up any residual dust a few days later — repeat until no critters remain! For best results use baking soda only on visible spots of bed bug infestation rather than throughout an entire room. Tea tree oil is another natural method that is great at repelling bed bugs, and an effective spray bottle solution containing 20 drops of this oil-water mix can also be sprayed directly on joints, cracks and headboards of furniture as well as corner corners and corners in rooms — as an efficient repellent against bed bug invasion. Tea tree oil spray applied directly can help repel bed bug populations from within.
Originally published in The Sleep Loft — Online Mattress Showroom NYC
