Bedbugs are creepy creatures, they could destroy anything and everything if not handled with utmost importance. These bloodsucking animals have a long life span and can survive several months without any blood meal, that’s how dangerous they are......See Full Story>>.....See Full Story>>
Though pesticides and other insect destroyers can make them weak or reduce them, some of these pesticides can also cause damage to our properties.
Moreover, after a week or so, you could return to square one again. Now is the time to get serious with these insects. Here are five natural ways to get rid of bedbugs in your home.
Importantly, they don’t cost a thing, or these are ingredients that you can get easily, yet their effects are powerful.
Sunlight
Sunlight is a natural gift of nature. We can use this to wipe out bed bugs from our properties and keep our homes safe.
You can try sundrying your foams, chairs, and clothes under the sun, on weekends. This will automatically reduce all bugs, and you will see them coming out from hidden places. The essence of the sun is heat. It comes naturally and helps us preserve our house from these unneeded guests.
Hot water wash
Bed bugs can’t survive anything hot, so you can use boiled water to either wash your wears or use it to steam your furniture.
This method is less expensive but highly effective. Trying this method will not only reduce these bloodsucking animals, but it will also preserve the quality of your properties.
We use hot water to wash our clothes to remove stubborn dirt, we can also use it to take away stubborn insects that would not allow us to sleep peacefully at night.
Thorough cleaning
Consistent and thorough cleaning can help permanently eradicate this pest. They don’t die off easily, so if you leave your clothes for more than a week after being used, then you are inviting more bugs to your home.
Heat treatment
This is considered the most effective method for eliminating bedbugs.
Professional pest control companies use specialized heaters that raise the temperature throughout your home to a level lethal to bedbugs and their eggs (typically around 140°F or 60°C).
This method ensures complete eradication throughout the entire room or house.
Kerosene and camphor
These come last, not because it is less effective, but because they will cost a bit more than the previous ways to free yourself from bedbugs.
Kerosene alone is highly effective, and will instantly kill any bedbug, adding ground camphor will only increase its effect, and will also give your home a good smell.