Question by laser_kevin: Could someone suggest a good insecticide for eradicating bedbugs?
I read some of the postings in yahoo answers that steam vaccuming and washing clothes etc with hot water would solve the problem to some extent. Apart from this, is there an insecticide that is effective in killing bedbugs and their eggs? Any help is greatly appreciated!
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Answer by Jim B
The chemical sprays used by professional exterminators may not be available to consumers or they may be restricted in certain areas. You can call around to exterminator supply places in your area and see if they carry a contact-kill spray composed of a mixture of cyfluthrin, pyrethrins, and piperonyl butoxide. After spraying with the contact-kill spray often exterminators then spray lambda-cyhalothrin on baseboards and other places where bedbugs may reside. Note that you must be extremely careful not to spray this stuff on areas where humans contact. If you find a place that will sell it to you then ask them about application directions.
A safer route is to call some exterminators and find out how they treat for bed bugs and what it costs. Then you can do a lot of the preparation, like unscrewing light switch and wall outlet covers, sealing cracks along the baseboards and floor, folding your bedding and then washing in hot water, etc. Then let the trained exterminator apply the chemicals. Oh and vacuum, vacuum, vacuum frequently using new bags and sealing them with tape afterwards.
Most likely you will need to have more than one application of the chemicals.
If you are in an apartment then you will probably have a tough time eliminating the bed bugs completely. To help keep the population in control (a little bit) vacuum, vacuum, vacuum.
One consolation, bed bugs aren’t thought to carry diseases so even if you can’t get them all then you are not exposing yourself to an unsafe situation.
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