As practice shows, the choice of an effective insect repellent in a house or apartment is a rather difficult task for an unprepared person. At the same time, the fighter against insects himself may not think so, often believing that it is enough to buy “some spray” or crayon - and the insects will die out en masse, and the survivors will flee to their neighbors.
Often when choosing a product, it is not taken into account that different insects may react differently (or not at all) to certain insecticidal preparations. Sometimes, in the pursuit of “killer poison”, the simple truth can be forgotten that certain substances are quite complex in independent non-professional use, and instead of a poisonous effect on insects, they can easily lead to poisoning of the person himself (and such cases, unfortunately,not so rare and not always end safely).
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Many insect repellents are divided into household and professional. The first, in strict compliance with the instructions, can be used by an unprepared person at home, while the latter are officially allowed to be used only by trained workers of special disinsection services.
Today, some people sometimes want to purchase powerful insecticidal products for professional use through the Internet, in the disinsection services and even in the SES (by the box), being not always sufficiently aware of not only their potential health hazards, but even generally treat them correctly.
To date, the most effective and best of all recommended chemicals from insects, called insecticides. They are widely used as for destruction domestic insectsand harmful insects in agricultural land and industrial warehouses.
In general, the means for the destruction of insects can be divided into the following groups:
- Aerosol products — for example, Raptor, Raid, Combat, Dichlorvos (various brands), Clean House, Armol, etc. adapted for domestic use.Often, in addition to insecticides, flavors are also included. It should be borne in mind that although the spray can be written "Against bedbugs", "Against cockroaches", "From moth", etc., however, in fact many of these tools are based on the same insecticides. Thus, manufacturers simply expand the product line, orienting it to narrower segments, which contributes to an increase in sales. And some manufacturers rightly point out that the drug is universal, destroying a variety of insects.
- Insecticide concentrates for dilution and subsequent spraying from spray guns: for example, Lambda Zone, Delta Zone, Get, Xulat Micro and others. These drugs can be attributed to one of the most effective insect repellents, since they contain modern powerful insecticides and use the technology of so-called microcapsulation (microscopic capsules with poison that can actively stick to insect chills to rapid poisoning). Some of these drugs are used not only in everyday life, but also by professional disinsection services for the destruction of any domestic insects.
- Insecticidal gels - they are used primarily as a means of crawling insects (mainly from cockroaches and domestic ants). But against human blood-sucking parasites, for example, against bedbugs and fleas, such gels will not give a result. In general, gel-like agents do not act quickly, that is, with their help it will not be possible to destroy insects in the house in 1 day. However, the use of such drugs allows slowly but surely to reduce the number of pests to zero without the use of aerosols and sprays, which is especially important for people prone to allergic reactions.
- Powders (so-called dusts) are also quite effective insect repellents, especially applicable in summer cottages or in non-residential premises. However, their use in apartments is not very convenient: powders are dusting, dusting, spreading around the house. In addition, insect dusts give a less rapid result than the use of aerosols and sprays.
- Fumigators are mostly insecticides for flying insects. For example, from mosquitoes. Moreover, not everyone knows that fumigators are very effective from moths, as well as from its larvae, if you turn on such a device in a closed cabinet (using an electrical extension cord).In addition, the fumigation of a closed room with a pre-glued ventilation grill sometimes per day allows you to destroy all the domestic ants in the room. When used correctly, fumigators are about as effective as aerosols, but less labor-intensive. But not everyone is ready to breathe the “chemistry” evaporating by such devices.
- Insect traps (otherwise known as insect killers), allowing, depending on the design, to destroy almost any insects, but usually do not give a quick result. Among them there are also means from crawling insects - for example, glue and electroshock traps for cockroaches, and from flying ones - for example, tube-like exterminators.
- And, finally, folk insect repellents. It should be borne in mind that many folk remedies are not used for the direct destruction of insects, but only for scaring, which is why they are often ineffective.
So, before you buy insect repellent, you must first choose it correctly. Otherwise, even a very powerful drug may be useless and even dangerous in a particular situation.
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“We have nowhere on the farm to buy insect repellent. All prusakov and bedbugs in the old fashioned vinegar and tansy poison, and all to no avail. Only visibility is created. Therefore, when we once again went to the city, we bought Karbofos, and many, a whole canister. It works well, although it smells disgusting. We were told that this remedy can only be used in a country house or garden, but we poisoned them with the whole house, sheds, chicken coop, and summer kitchen. The husband even wiped the dog house from the inside. And now we no longer have cockroaches, there are no bugs in the hen house, and the fleas are avoiding the dog. ”
Tamara, Samara region
Rules for choosing insect repellent in the house
When choosing a means to combat insects, you must first select the drug, taking into account the features of the biology of pests or parasites, which are planned to be destroyed. In addition, it is also useful to consider the following parameters of the funds, which are often not paid any attention to when buying:
- Safety for human health;
- The presence of an unpleasant smell (there are cases when upholstered furniture retained the medical smell of an applied insecticide for months, and as a result, it simply had to be thrown out);
- Ease of use;
- Speed (if you are ready to wait a couple of weeks - some drugs may come up, and if you need to poison insects per day, then these will be completely different means and methods).
Here are some examples:
- For bedbugs, sprays and aerosols are usually used, very rarely - insecticide crayons, powders and glue traps. It is important that the insecticides used have a contact effect (that is, they would be poisoned by contact with the insect chitinous covers). But the gels from the bugs will not give the result, since the parasites feed only on human blood, and they simply will not eat the gel, as cockroaches and ants do. All sorts of ultrasonic repellers of bedbugs are absolutely useless, since these insects do not use ultrasound for communication (unlike, for example, from mosquitoes).
- From cockroaches and ants a variety of means can be used, including aerosols, sprays, gels, crayons, powders, electrical and glue traps. These insects eat almost everything, so that insecticides not only of contact action, but also of intestinal will be effective against them. As for ultrasonic and magnetic resonance cockroach repellers - these are completely useless toys, invented by intelligent sellers for those people who want to simply buy the device, plug it into the outlet - and so that cockroaches scatter from the apartment. In practice, cockroaches feel quite comfortable even crawling on such instruments.
- It is best to poison the mole mole with aerosol means (in the closet with things you can also turn on the usual electric fumigator from insects - in this case, the larvae and moths present here will also die). It is more difficult to fight food moths, because insecticides should not be sprayed on food. In this case, it is necessary to sort out stocks of groceries, dried fruits, etc.
- Fleas in an apartment are perhaps one of the most difficult to remove insects (along with bedbugs). And this is because, apart from actually jumping adults, in the corners of the apartment, behind plinths, under bedding of domestic animals and in other secluded places, worm-like flea larvae and eggs can infest (many people don’t even know ). In addition, fleas can lurk in pet hair.Sprays and aerosol preparations work well against adults, and powders can also work against larvae. It is important to understand that ordinary household insecticides used to kill domestic insects are not suitable for treating animals. For removing fleas in cats and dogs, specialized drugs are sold in pharmacies - these can be flea sprays, drops on withers, flea-flea collars, powders (flea powder), and even pills.
Today, you can buy insect repellent not only in household chemicals stores or household goods, but also via the Internet. When buying, be sure to take into account the area of the room and read the relevant instructions on the correct use of the drug - in order, for example, not to crayon Masha from cockroaches as shown in the photo below:
Below will be considered some fairly powerful insecticidal insect repellents, which, if used properly, will help to quickly get rid of parasites and pests in the house.
Insect getter in an apartment: how it works and how effective it is
Geth (Get) is a modern and today quite popular insect repellent produced by microencapsulation technology based on organophosphate insecticide chlorpyrifos.The drug has almost no odor, has a contact and intestinal effects and is quite effective against cockroaches, fleas, bedbugs, ants, as well as many other pests and parasites.
For use, the geth is diluted with water at the concentration indicated according to the instructions and is sprayed in the house at the places of possible accumulation and movement of insects. It has a prolonged action and a barrier effect: that is, you can handle, for example, ventilation ducts around the perimeter, and insects crawling from neighbors and crossing the treated area, almost inevitably after some time will die.
Today, you can buy Get insect repellent at a price of about 800 rubles. for a bottle of 100 ml - this amount is enough to handle about 100 square meters. square meters.
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“... They poisoned my grandmother's apartment from bedbugs and cockroaches three times. The first time they wanted to do with a little blood and smeared everything with pencils. Cockroaches have become smaller, but the bugs do not react to these pencils at all, even though we smeared the bed everywhere. Then they bought Dichlorvos Eco, such a modern version of Dichlorvos. Cockroaches brought out almost everyone, but the bugs survived.Even after reprocessing the apartment, they continued to crawl and nibble us. Then they ordered two bottles of geta from Yekaterinburg. One bottle was enough to remove everything that was moving in the house. The second bottle was left in reserve. ”
Irina, Tula
Tetrix and its features
Having learned about the high efficiency of Tetrix, today many people are trying to buy it by any means, forgetting that this drug is not intended for domestic use, but is used only by pest control services.
The product is manufactured in Holland, supplied in canisters of two liters (specialized companies that sell insect repellents in bulk sell). Although today plastic, aluminum and glass jars with a capacity of 1 liter also began to appear on the market. The preparation is quite expensive, one liter is enough for processing several apartments, and therefore, if we use it ourselves, then we can work together with our neighbors along the landing.
Insect liquid Tetrix has a very strong unpleasant odor. Processing should be carried out with the windows open, always in a respirator and goggles.The tool is very effective, and destroys all insects in the house, regardless of their species.
However, it is still difficult for an ordinary person to buy a Tetrix, it is expensive and quite problematic to use - poisoning with this insect repellent when used improperly is very likely.
Clean house from insects
Insect repellent A clean home is a typical home use aerosol. Effective enough against cockroaches, ants, wood lice, moths, can help bring out bugs if there are not too many of them in the room. The product has an unpleasant strong smell; Comes with a special tube with which you can handle narrow slits and holes.
Spray aerosol clean House 150 ml costs about 100 rubles. To handle a one-room apartment of average size will require at least three cylinders.
In addition to aerosol, Pure House brand products are also available in the form of powder and gel from cockroaches and ants. In the kitchen, these insect repellents will be effective, but as a remedy for blood-sucking insects, it is better not to use them.
Combat: price, efficiency and application features
Combat - Korean-made aerosol insect repellent, produced with a pleasant smell of lemon or mint. Effective against cockroaches, ants and moths, it can help remove bedbugs and fleas, is quite simple to use and inexpensive.
In the line of products there is also the drug Kombat Multispray - aerosol from any insects (about 200 rubles per 400 ml can), Kombat Superspray against crawling insects (250 rubles for 500 ml), cockroach traps, painted under the laminate (about 100 rubles for 6 traps) and gel (50 rubles for 30 grams). The traps are positioned only against cockroaches, and the gel - against cockroaches and ants.
In general, Insect repellent Combat is a happy medium for price and effectiveness. In simple cases with a small contamination of the premises by insects, these drugs can reliably destroy all the parasites and pests in the house.
Executioner and his effectiveness
Executioner - insect repellent with a wide spectrum of action. With proper processing of the premises allows you to destroy any arthropods. It is produced according to the German technology (it was developed for the control of bedbugs), it is sold in small bottles, the contents of each of which are diluted in 0.5 liters of water for use.
To remove insects from a one-room apartment requires 20-25 bottles, which makes the Executioner one of the most expensive products on the market (the price of a bottle is 70 rubles). The drug is easy to buy on the official website.
Insect Raptor
Insect repellents Raptor, like Combat, is a fairly large collection of drugs in various forms of release and from various insects. Perhaps the most well known means Raptor from crawling insects, through which the mistress successfully remove cockroaches and ants.
There are several means of moth Raptor - section and aerosol - which in this niche are considered among the most effective and affordable. Traps and gel Raptor - additional funds to enhance the effect of aerosols, but they can also be used for self-control against insects with a small number of them in the house.
Any household insecticide store sells several Raptor drugs, making them one of the most popular household products.
Mosquitall collection: sections, fumigators and sprays
Among the Mosquitall preparations it is easy to find a reliable remedy for flying insects: in the manufacturer’s collection there are sections for moths with the smell of lavender, mosquito fumigators,skin bite protection and cream to combat the effects of insect bites.
In the house, insect repellents are most commonly used: sections and fumigators. The first ones are hung in cabinets with things to prevent infection of the clothes moth, the second ones are plugged into the outlet before going to bed.
Mosquitall anti-moth products are marketed with the following drugs:
- Sections with the smell of lavender and odorless. Serve to scare butterflies moths.
- Dry perfume with the smell of lavender. Also are repellents.
- Sprays and sprays for treating clothes and destroying moth larvae.
In general, Mosquitall insect repellents are inexpensive enough, but they are designed specifically to combat mosquitoes and moths. To bring out the bugs or ants with their help in most cases will not work.
Globol gel from domestic pests
Globol Gel - German remedy for the extermination of cockroaches and ants. It attracts pests with its smell: insects feed on them, after which they die for several hours.
Ants willingly carry the gel drops to the anthill, where this insect poison destroys the larvae and the uterus. One drop of Globol gel contains enough insecticide to kill 500 cockroaches.However, against bedbugs and fleas the gel, of course, does not work at all - it simply does not attract them as a source of food.
Unfortunately, in 2014-2015 the supply of gel to Russia has stopped, and now it is very problematic to find the original drug on the market.
Clopoveron and its effectiveness against bedbugs
Clopoveron is a unique Soviet military development, which is still considered one of the most powerful anti-bedbugs. The secret of its effectiveness lies in the fact that instead of insect-fighting chemicals, Klopoveron contains “protein species-specific toxins and animal cells” to which bugs cannot develop resistance.
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In general, this information describing the tool seems rather doubtful. Most likely, the composition is still based on some kind of chemical insecticide, and not necessarily unique.
In addition, the tool is sold in very small quantities, which also excludes the possibility of its mass use and addiction of parasites.
It is impossible to buy Klopoveron in the open sale, but, as a rule, having learned the price of the drug, many buyers prefer to use more affordable and less expensive means.Today, Klopoveron is sold in the United States as Bed Bugs Killer Pro and costs about 3,000 rubles for 250 grams of powder. The drug requires dilution in water and surface treatment, which move insects.
Only among foreign sites can one find an insect poison shop that works with the manufacturer and order delivery of the drug to Russia. In practice, it turns out that it is cheaper and easier to destroy bedbugs, causing a brigade of exterminators.
Malathion: severe and inexpensive
Karbofos is a typical outdated “chemistry” for insects (organophosphate). It has a persistent unpleasant odor, it is used both indoors and in vegetable gardens and gardens, it is sold in the form of powder and liquid concentrate for breeding. Safe enough for humans and versatile in the fight against various insects.
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Recently found resistant to karbofos populations of cockroaches and bedbugs. But in general, in most cases, the tool still allows you to more or less successfully destroy insects, especially if the apartment owners are willing to endure a persistent unpleasant smell for weeks.
However, even if none of the above tools can be bought,You can try to poison insects with those drugs that are sold specifically in your city - the good, such drugs are often created on the basis of the same insecticides. You can choose the most effective option if:
- Use the recommendations of acquaintances who have recently been helped by insect repellent (while forgetting about the grandmas' stories about dust, wormwood, tar, vinegar and kerosene - times change).
- Focus on products containing Permethrin, Cypermethrin, Fenthion, Piperonyl Butoxide, Chlorpyrifos, Malathion and their derivatives. If the composition is not specified at all, then it is better to refrain from buying the drug. If you want to destroy a small amount of cockroaches, wood lice or ants, you can try to apply boric acid or borax (mixed with egg yolk). These are relatively safe, effective and inexpensive insecticides, requiring, perhaps, additional efforts when working with them.
And the main thing is not to forget: the effectiveness of the remedy is much more than half, it depends on the correctness of its use. Therefore, strictly follow the instructions and poison the insects successfully. Good luck!
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Impressive amount of insect repellent! But there are after all not chemical means. I was not lucky, because my apartment and country house were not far from the reservoirs. Therefore, the struggle with mosquitoes has always strained me. He consulted with experts and acquaintances for a long time, and finally decided. In the country house and on the site, I first and foremost destroy the mosquito larvae with bacterial biolarvicide. But to destroy adult individuals have to fight chemical methods. But the amount of chemistry used is already minimal.
About grandmother's means - I do not agree. She herself personally brought out fleas with vinegar and fixed the effect of wormwood. Means, time-tested, effective, and sometimes even safer for humans.
Tell me, please, how did you get a flea vinegar? I was already exhausted with them, nothing helps!