Small bugs at home. How to get rid of small bugs in the kitchen

Below we will look at all types of small insects in the apartment, presenting their photos with names.

Causes of pests

As a rule, pests appear in the home if you do not keep the air in the bathroom clean and humid, do not thoroughly clean the kitchen, have not taken inventory of food for a long time, or have poorly ventilated areas such as closets.

Before you find out what insects can appear in your apartment, you need to take a closer look at the signs of their appearance.

Below we will attach a photo of domestic insects in the apartment.

So, let's look at several reasons for the appearance of domestic insects:

1. Cockroaches.

This is the most common type of pest. Cockroaches usually appear if you do not keep the kitchen clean. If you have pieces of food lying around somewhere or moldy grains or vegetables, expect cockroaches. They love places where garbage accumulates and dark corners. Cockroaches run fast, so to catch and kill a cockroach you need to be very dexterous. They are shy and don’t like light, so as soon as you enter the kitchen, they will try to hide behind kitchen cabinets, cabinets or baseboards.

2. Ants.

Pharaoh ants are considered one of the most difficult species of insects that live in apartments. There are many other varieties of these insects; their names and photos can be seen below. Ants usually settle in places that are difficult for humans to reach: between walls, in niches under the floor, in ventilation shafts.

3. Woodlice.

Although they are crustacean centipedes, they are usually classified as insect pests. They most often appear from dampness. They lead a lifestyle similar to cockroaches. Although woodlice insects in apartments appear in bathrooms, toilets or basements, they also do not hesitate to feed on the remains of human food.

It is easier to remove woodlice than cockroaches or ants: it is enough to keep it clean and also monitor the humidity of the bathroom. Below you can see a photo of how to get rid of woodlice insects in an apartment. Woodlice do not like dry air and do not grow in places where they cannot provide themselves with sufficient humidity, so to combat them, simply purchase a dehumidifier for the bathroom to remove moisture. We will tell you below how to get rid of woodlice insects and provide a photo of woodlice insects in the apartment.





4. Mol.

Another common pest in an apartment is cockroaches. Moths can appear both in the kitchen and in closets with clothes or even furniture. To prevent the appearance of moths, you must follow the rules of hygiene. But it’s quite easy to fight moths - they are afraid of high and low temperatures, so you can simply get rid of clothes and clothing moths by exposing the item to the sun all day or washing it in a machine at a temperature above 40 degrees.

5. Brown carpet beetles.

They are akin to moths; they feed on any thing of organic origin, often even eating glue. Typically, the habitats of leather beetles are closets with things - they adore natural leather and wool. They are not as easy to fight as moths, but they are quite amenable to chemical insecticides.

6. Mosquitoes.

They are seasonal guests of a human home, do not appear in winter, but also cause a lot of harm. They don't let you sleep, they constantly buzz and bite. When female mosquitoes bite, they release saliva into the wound, which causes itching, burning, and can lead to an allergic reaction.

Mosquitoes are also carriers of some infectious diseases. They are not the only biting apartment dwellers. Below we present all types of insects with photos and names, as well as photos of insect bites, by which you can understand who bit you in the apartment.

7. Flies.

Some people call flies the most annoying creatures on the planet. Flies themselves do not cause any harm to humans, but they carry pathogenic bacteria and roundworm larvae, since they almost always live in places where garbage accumulates.

Follow basic rules of cleanliness in the kitchen. To prevent flies from infesting your trash can, washing your hands, kitchen surfaces and food will protect you from fly-borne diseases.

8. Midges.

They can also appear in places where garbage has been lying around for quite a long time or food is rotting. The lifestyle of midges is practically no different from mosquitoes - they are also biters and carry many diseases.

9. Bed bugs.

They feed only on human blood and live directly next to their prey, hiding during the day and going out to hunt at night. Often people do not even notice that they have bedbugs, since they bite at night and a person may not notice the bite.

10. Silverfish.

They are crustaceans, like wood lice, but, unlike their close sisters, these silvery, shrimp-like babies with many legs are not capable of causing any harm to humans. They do not bite, do not carry any diseases, and feed on scraps of paper or dust of organic origin.

Silverfish appear in bathrooms where the optimal humidity air. If there are white insects in the apartment, as in the photo, and they run from the moisture, then these are silverfish. But if you see a silverfish, there is no need to worry: most likely, you have no more than two or three individuals - they will not be able to cause you any harm. We will tell you below how to get rid of silverfish insects in an apartment.

Also below are photos of what insects can live in the apartment.

Are they dangerous for humans?

Almost all insects living in apartments, with the exception of silverfish, are quite dangerous for humans and their pets. Most of them love to climb through garbage, so they carry it on themselves a large number of infections, pathogenic bacteria, fungi, roundworm eggs and tapeworms.

If a cockroach, fly, ant or moth runs over your food or you, immediately treat the area with at least soap and water. This can protect you from contracting various diseases.

Some types of indoor pests are also carriers of dangerous diseases directly inside their bodies. Thus, mosquitoes are capable of transmitting malaria, bubonic plague and anthrax, and lice are the “hosts” of typhoid fever.

Ways to fight

Ready-made drugs

Below we present three of the most popular chemicals, with which you can quickly remove insects:

Folk remedies

Before you poison your home chemical insecticides, try to use some folk household recipes on how to get rid of insects in an apartment.

1. The most effective remedy against almost all pests since ancient times has been boric acid. For humans it is an effective antiseptic, but for insects it causes almost instant death. Boric acid should be of particular interest to you if you are looking for a way to remove woodlice from your apartment.

You will need:

• tea spoon boric acid;
• a teaspoon of sugar or honey;
• a glass of warm water.

To get rid of insects using boric acid, do the following:

1. Dilute boric acid and sugar with water.
2. Treat the areas where insects are supposed to live with the resulting mixture.

2. One more effective method against insect pests is a solution of vinegar.

You will need:

• a teaspoon of vinegar;
• 1 liter of water.

You will need to do the following:

1. Mix water with vinegar.
2. Wear rubber gloves to avoid burns.
3. Treat all necessary surfaces with this solution.

3. One more good remedy is a solution baking soda, which is a strong poison for most insects.

You will need:

• packaging of baking soda;
• a bucket of water.

The recipe is quite simple:

1. Mix baking soda with water.
2. Wear special protective gloves.
3. Treat all accessible surfaces with the solution.

Where to buy funds

We will tell you where you can buy ready-made insect control products. You can do this at the following addresses in your city:

Name of shop	Address	Product name	Price, rub
Moskhoztorg	Moscow, New Arbat, 6	Aerosol Raptor	110
Burgher	St. Petersburg, st. Shipbuilders, 34	Gel Fas	79
Big Wash	Perm, st. Kosmodemyanskaya Zoya, 35	Fumigator Mosquitall	130
Southern yard	Krasnodar, Vesenniy pr-d, no. 8	Gel Fas	85
Cosmo-M	Belarus, Minsk, Nezavisimosti Ave., 11	Aerosol Raptor	9.5 bel. Rub.
Domestic	Ukraine, Kyiv, st. Molodogvardeyskaya, 20	Fumigator Mosquitall	75 UAH

Proven pest control services

The best method of controlling insects in your home is to contact specialized services for exterminating insects in your apartment. There are professionals working there who are able to carry out competent insect control of any room.

There are several licensed pest control services operating across Russia:

• Unified city pest control service;
• The first disinfection department in Nizhny Novgorod;
• San-Service.RF;
• Mos-EcoService.

What do insects portend in a dream?

Many of us look for sacred, deep meaning in our dreams. Now we’ll find out why we dream of insects in large numbers in an apartment.

We will give several interpretations according to different dream books Why do you dream of insects in the apartment:

1. Family dream book: insects in the apartment mean an imminent illness.
2. Gypsy dream book: if you saw insects in a dream, then it’s time for you to change your place of work.
3. Miller's Dream Book: seeing insects at home in a dream means illness and grief.

Unfortunately, very often we sleep next to each other in apartments, country houses Various pests settle in, which then have to be fought for a very long time. One such pest is the little brown bug.

Its dimensions do not exceed three millimeters. Color varies from light brown to dark. The body has an elliptical shape, on the surface of which villi can be found.

Small brown bug in the apartment - what kind of insect?

This small brown bug in the apartment is called the skin beetle. Its wide habitat is due to its omnivorous nature and rapid reproduction and movement. Under natural conditions, the adult along with the larvae are able to consume almost any organic food.

According to coleopterologists, the most favorable living conditions are tree hollows, bird nests, forests and swamps: almost throughout the entire territory middle zone. The reason for the appearance of bugs in apartments is the lack of food in natural conditions.

Little brown bug on the windowsill

One of the first places where it can be found is the windowsill. The main reasons for their appearance in this place are:

• the ability to fly freely from place to place;
• lay larvae with reverse side window sill;
• Availability favorable conditions for reproduction (especially if there are heating radiators in these places).

Flying little brown bug

They successfully migrate into human homes. A flying little brown bug is able to move into a residential area using clothing and personal belongings. Thanks to their mobility, they can independently penetrate windows and doors.

Thanks to its good ability to reproduce and excellent camouflage characteristics (small size and color), it quickly spreads throughout the apartment.

Let's celebrate! After entering the apartment, they begin active reproduction and within three weeks after laying eggs, red-colored caterpillars hatch. Each female is capable of laying eggs for two to ten days. In total, up to one hundred eggs are obtained. After this, the adults die.

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The reasons for the appearance of bugs can be both external and internal factors.

TO external factors can be attributed:

• reduction of the nutrient medium in natural conditions;
• changes in climatic conditions (decrease in temperature and increase in humidity);
• ability to move long distances.

Internal factors can be:

• presence of a nutrient medium in the room;
• comfortable conditions for living and reproduction;
• placing stuffed animals or birds in the apartment;
• storage of a collection of insects (beetles, butterflies);
• home library (especially if you have old tomes);
• presence of pets (especially long-haired ones);
• neglect of preventive measures to combat the skin beetle.

Good to know! The summation of internal and external causes leads to the rapid spread of this pest in residential premises.

Who are skin beetles?

Specialist coleopterologists classify this small insect as a member of the order Coleoptera. It has a brown sometimes black color. The insect is small oval in shape. The entire body is covered with short, stiff hairs.

Brown beetles are divided into four large classes, each of which contains from two to eight species. According to this classification, there are more than 600 species.

Types of bugs, what do they eat?

The following types are most common in apartments:

• ham (the most common is almost black in color);
• carpet (uses organic compounds);
• fur coat (has a black color, on which there are several white dots. Prefers crumbs, leftovers food products, table waste. The adult lives using accumulated nutrients);
• kozheed Smirnova ( Brown. Settles in wooden structures: door and window frames, wooden floors and wall decoration, furniture elements);

Any household items serve as a breeding ground for them: from organic compounds (leather goods, fabrics, books, furniture, carpets, waste products) to synthetics.

The diet includes: cardboard, felt, rubber, cable braid, asbestos structures. Capable of eating houseplants, flowers. They can cope with almost all plant foods.

The grain beetle is capable of destroying nuts. Various types of grains and cereals, bran flour and products made from them. Ham specializes in meat and fish products.

Let's celebrate! Despite such omnivory, small brown bugs are able to survive without food. long time. It has been established that this period can last up to five years. In this case, their biological processes slow down, but they remain viable.

Pest danger to humans

The troubles associated with the proximity of a small brown bug for a person are associated with the manifestation of the following negative consequences:

• consequences of a painful bite especially for children and women;
• manifestation of an allergic reaction in people prone to this disease;
• transfer of pathogenic viruses, for example infection by helminths (due to larvae feeding on the remains of plant and animal food);
• deterioration of expensive and beloved things.

Despite its small size, the bite of a brown bug is quite painful. Each person has their own reaction to such bites. It can cause redness and subsequent inflammation at the bite site. During a bite, pathogenic bacteria can enter the wound and cause infection not only of the bite site, but of the entire body.

Let's celebrate! Untimely treatment can cause an inflammatory process, which only a professional physician can help cope with and self-medication will not help.

How to get rid of bugs in an apartment?

To get rid of these neighbors you need to have answers to the following questions:

1. How did they get into the living space?
2. Where might they be?
3. Features of their behavior?
4. By what means is it advisable to get rid of them?

The first question can be quite difficult to answer. Small brown bugs can enter your home by flying into an open window or door. They can be brought on clothes, plants or mushrooms from the forest, or received as a gift along with purchased furniture.

The second question may be easier to answer, because the favorite places of residence of this pest are known.

These include:

• in the wool of carpets and carpet runners;
• on clothes (especially fur, wool, cotton);
• in niches behind radiators;
• on the bottom of the window sill (especially if it is wooden);
• under door frames and floor skirting boards;
• in upholstery of upholstered furniture;
• in food products (cereals, flour, meat and fish).

Therefore, in order to find the habitat, it is necessary to conduct a thorough check of such places.

To solve this problem faster, it is necessary to know the peculiarities of their behavior.

These include:

• beetle larvae are always found in dark places and cannot tolerate any light;
• adult bugs fly in daylight (sometimes it is possible to lure them into the light of apartment lighting);
• all leather beetles do not tolerate high humidity;
• they are not able to tolerate low temperatures.

The peculiarities of their behavior allow them to be detected faster and the most suitable to be selected. effective methods struggle.

When choosing products to combat skin beetles, you can use the following methods:

• mechanical;
• physical;
• chemical.

Cleaning

The first method involves mechanical destruction of adults and their larvae. After finding the habitat, all insects found are mechanically destroyed. To increase the destruction area, you can use a vacuum cleaner, mop or other utility tool.

Freezing the premises

Physical methods involve changing the state of the physical environment. Knowing that bugs do not tolerate low temperatures, you can winter time carry out the procedure of freezing the room. This will lead to the death of the entire population. Household steam generators have proven themselves well.

Disinsection of premises

The chemical method involves the use of products developed by the chemical industry to kill pests.

Usually they try to produce universal means for exterminating an entire class of pests. However, such drugs lose their versatility. The most appropriate is the use of narrowly targeted means.

Such preparations are created on the basis of hydrogen phosphorous or phosphine. They are used under synthetic film or indoors. This fumigation is quite effective. It involves subsequent ventilation, collection of dead pests and their removal.

Contact insecticides have shown good effectiveness. They are applied to the detected accumulation of brown bugs. Modern industry offers a wide range of such pesticides. Before using them, it is necessary to obtain specialist advice.

The most widely used drugs are:

1. Group of insecticides.
2. Boric acid.
3. Traps containing a sticky chemical.
4. Various tablets (for example, from the Antimol category).

Destruction of furniture

The most in a radical way the fight against proliferating pests is the destruction old furniture. This is due to the difficulties associated with eradicating an entire population. Their ability to remain without food for a long time allows them to survive the most active chemical attack.

Preventative measures for brown bugs

To eliminate brown bugs, it is necessary to carry out extermination and preventive measures.

Such activities are expected to include:

• Carrying out periodic checks for the presence of brown bugs;
• Constant ventilation, especially in winter, with the temperature in the room dropping to 12 degrees;
• Sealing of residential premises, eliminating cracks and possible entry points for pests;
• periodic wet cleaning of premises using special products.

Good to know! Controlling such pests is quite difficult. This is due to their small in size, high vitality and omnivorousness. However, the use of preventive measures, periodic inspection of possible places where pests accumulate and carrying out all methods of destruction will prevent the settlement and spread of small brown bugs.

At any time of the year, uninvited guests in the form of annoying insects. They appear due to dampness, lack of sanitary conditions, and can also enter the room through open windows and doors or through holes in walls or risers.

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How to deal with white insects in an apartment?

Preventing the appearance of small midges and bugs in the apartment

• Firstly, avoid the accumulation of dust and dirt in the room, since small bugs most often appear in dusty places. To protect furniture from pests when wiping dust, you can use a polish; this product has a double effect - it removes dirt and repels insects with a specific smell;
• Secondly, monitor the condition of pipes and risers in the apartment, eliminate condensation on windows and glass-ceramic surfaces, it is moisture that attracts woodlice and other types of silverfish;
• Thirdly, periodically thoroughly ventilate the room, this way you will saturate your living area with oxygen and help eliminate all egg clutches of insects laid by this time, since pests cannot tolerate cold;
• fourthly, to protect your apartment from the invasion of small pests, you should use such harmless products as soda when cleaning the premises, laundry soap, lemon, – these components do not have negative influence per person, but they cope well with insects;
• fifthly, an excellent means of preventing the appearance of insects in kitchen and wardrobes, as well as among books, is the use of herbs. Rosemary, lavender, walnut, eucalyptus have a pleasant smell for humans, but many insects cannot tolerate this aroma. You can use dry bunches of herbal mixtures, laying them out on shelves and under tables, for the same purpose in kitchen drawers It is permissible to place unpeeled garlic cloves.

By taking precautions, you will not encounter the problem of removing insects from your apartment, so you should not neglect them, especially since all the proposed remedies are very simple and accessible to everyone without exception.

Some people notice white insects appearing in the bathroom. There are many varieties of beetles that can thrive in the bathroom or toilet. You definitely need to know what they all look like.

Some people notice white insects appearing in the bathroom

Types of insects living in the bathroom

Small white insects are not uncommon in the apartment. There are several varieties that prefer to live in the bathroom.

For example, silverfish. These creatures have an elongated body and 3 long hairs at its end. The antennas are 1 cm long. They have no wings. They are not large in size. Color – light gray, almost whitish. If they are completely white, this means that they have recently moulted and the top layer has not yet hardened.

Their appearance is unpleasant, which is why people don’t like them (but more often they are simply afraid of them). But silverfish are harmless to humans. They often live in bathrooms and toilets, as in other rooms. They prefer a variety of organic matter as food. It could be leftover food, or even just wet paper. In the toilet and bathroom they feed on rags, garbage, bedding, toilet paper and even mold fungi. Silverfish do not spread bacteria and dirt and do not cause any harm to humans.

Scientists consider silverfish to be one of the most ancient insects that live on this planet. Their body is distinguished by its primitiveness, and these are precisely the features that were characteristic of their ancestors. As a rule, there are few of them in apartments, since they do not reproduce too often or actively. You can get rid of them using regular mechanically. In more severe cases, household insecticide sprays are also suitable.

Small white insects are not uncommon in the apartment

In addition, there are the following types:

1. Butterfly. These are small flies. They can be either light or dark, depending on the variety. They have long wings of 2 mm. From the outside they appear velvety. Butterflies appear in the bathroom and toilet due to dampness. Their larvae develop in sewer pipes, in places where there is a lot of dirt and moisture. Butterflies need any organic matter as food. Usually they are few in number: there can be a maximum of 2-3 individuals in a room. You can either use conventional insecticides or manually eliminate the pest.
2. Mosquitoes. Simple mosquitoes appear in the bathroom usually due to dampness and moisture. This is the environment that suits them best.
3. Cockroaches. The cockroach appears due to migration from neighboring apartments. They usually pass through ventilation ducts. This is how they get into the toilet and bathroom. Typically, cockroaches have darker shades - black, brown, red. But they are rarely whitish - only after molting, when the new coat has not yet fully formed. Usually they try to hide, but in rare cases they are discovered by people.
4. Woodlouse. It is not considered an insect, but the specimens that often appear in the bathroom are also often frightening. They are classified as crustaceans (terrestrials), but many people do not know about this classification. Woodlice prefer to live in places with high humidity. They require plant debris as food. What many people remember about woodlice is that they are able to quickly curl up into a ball if there is danger. As a rule, they prefer to hide in places where water constantly leaks. If wood lice appear in the house, this indicates a problem in the water supply and sewerage system. If water doesn’t flow anywhere, then they definitely won’t start in the room. They usually come from neighbors.

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Centipedes

Centipedes refer to flycatchers and nooses. Those bathroom bugs aren't actually insects either. Despite the fact that they belong to closely related species, they are appearance very different. Typically, centipedes have a dark shade - brown, black. However, sometimes you can find whitish individuals. This means that they have recently shed their previous covering.

As for the nooses, these invertebrates prefer to be found in places where there is dampness. They require quiet, secret and damp places. Nooks are harmless. If they sense danger, they quickly curl into a spiral and exude bad smell from the secreted liquid. This is their specialty.

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Prevention of insects

To reduce the number of unwanted guests in the bathroom, it is necessary to take preventive measures. They boil down to the following:

The main reason that pests appear in the bathroom and toilet is dampness. This is usually due to leaking pipes. Most The best way get rid of unexpected “guests” - eliminate all problems in the pipeline and plumbing. In addition, it is necessary to ensure the normal operation of the ventilation passages.

If the apartment is located on the ground floor, then usually woodlice, cockroaches and other creatures that prefer dampness crawl from basements. The same applies to individual houses. To prevent this, it is necessary to remove all cracks and grooves between the pipes. This is the only way to ensure that even the smallest “guests” will not be able to find a new shelter.

As a preventive measure, you can sprinkle boric acid in the bathroom and toilet. Insects will not be able to live here, since the first individuals will quickly die after eating powder particles. It is also allowed to hang wormwood and set up sections.

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There are several ways to eliminate unwanted “guests”:

1. Physical measures. As a rule, insects that live in the bathroom prefer moisture, warmth and darkness. You can simply rid them of such conditions. This means what needs to be done general cleaning, eliminating all dirt, especially organic matter, mold, dust, debris, rags, wet paper. It is necessary to remove all plaque under the bathroom, behind the toilet and in other secluded places. Be sure to wash everything with bleach. Then dry the surfaces and apply the solution copper sulfate. To reduce moisture, the room should always be ventilated.
2. Traps. This option is also considered effective. Baits and traps should be placed in corners and dark places where insects usually live. The next morning they need to be cleaned or thrown away, but it is best to burn them. You can purchase ready-made ones or build them yourself.

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Insects in the bathroom are always an unpleasant surprise, because this room must be kept especially clean and hygienic. In addition, their appearance, as a rule, disgusts people, not to mention the fact that many arthropods are far from harmless. Therefore, in this article I will tell you how to get rid of these little “uninvited guests”.

We remove insects

First of all, let's look at what insects live in the bathroom, since different types of insects require different approaches. So, most often in this room you can find the following types of insects:

• silverfish;
• woodlice;
• butterfly flies;
• centipedes;
• spiders;
• cockroaches;
• mosquitoes

Below we will take a closer look at these insects, their habitat, and how to get rid of them.

Silverfish

Silverfish are extremely unpleasant-looking, but completely harmless insects. They are easily recognized by their elongated body with three antennae on the tail and two on the front. They reach one centimeter in length.

As a rule, silverfish are dark gray in color. However, recently molted individuals are almost white in color. Therefore, if you notice that small white insects live in the bathroom, then this is probably them.

Silverfish feed on all kinds of organic matter:

• mold fungi;
• rags;
• all kinds of garbage under the bedding;
• toilet paper, etc.

These insects do not spread germs and dirt, however, in any case, they have no place in the apartment. Fighting silverfish is very simple - in most cases, a rolled-up newspaper or slipper is enough, since they do not reproduce in large quantities.

If you notice that silver insects are crawling in the bathroom in large numbers, which is extremely rare, you can use any household insect repellent aerosol. After using such products, silverfish will probably not survive.

Woodlice

Woodlice, like silverfish, are also a frequent visitor to bathrooms. Strictly speaking, these are not even insects, but small land crustaceans, although when it comes to fighting them, this does not really matter.

Woodlice reach one centimeter in length. They are easily recognized by their characteristic chitinous armor-like coating, as well as their habit of curling up into a ball when they see danger. Like silverfish, they can be white in color, although they are more often gray.

Like all crustaceans, woodlice love moisture, so they appear in places where water constantly leaks. Thus, they serve as a kind of indicator, indicating that there is a build-up somewhere in your bathroom. If the room is dry, then wood lice will never appear there.

Therefore, before destroying insects, fix problems with the water supply or sewerage system, and also ensure the tightness of the joint between the wall and the bathtub to get rid of dampness. Our portal describes in detail how to do this.

I must say that woodlice also do not carry germs and do not bite, so in general they are quite harmless. To get rid of them, you should treat the areas inhabited by them with insecticides, such as Karbofos, Lambda Zone, etc.

Butterflies

Butterflies are another insect that likes dampness. They have gray wings, clearly outlined with fringe. Thanks to the many hairs, butterflies appear velvety.

Butterfly larvae develop on damp walls and other places where it is damp and dirt accumulates. All kinds of organic remains serve as food for them.

It should be noted that the toilet for butterflies also often becomes a favorite place. However, they are not numerous either in the bathroom or in the toilet. Therefore, you are unlikely to encounter more than one or two flies.

It makes no sense to specifically remove them. You just need to swat the butterfly when you meet it and ensure the room is clean and dry. After this, you will never encounter this insect in the bathroom.

If necessary, of course, you can treat the room with a household aerosol.

Centipedes

Centipedes exist various types, different in appearance. The only thing is that all these invertebrates have a long body and a large number of legs. Therefore, if you notice that strange long insects have settled in your bathroom, then most likely these are centipedes.

Often, when they see danger, they curl into a spiral and secrete a foul-smelling liquid. To get rid of them, it is enough to ensure that the bathroom is clean and dry, and also to crush the individual that catches your eye.

This type of centipede, such as the scolopendra, is poisonous. Its bite causes irritation and even burns. True, it does not cause serious harm to health.

flycatcher

Flycatchers are also part of the centipede family. However, they are not tied to humidity, so they can be equally found in the bathroom and toilet, as well as in other rooms.

They are easily recognized by their long body and the presence of many long legs. It should be noted that these insects are quite fast, so swatting them with a slipper is often difficult.

Flycatchers settle where there are small insects, such as:

• butterflies;
• mosquitoes;
• silverfish, etc.

It should be noted that flycatchers, due to large sizes and high speed of movement often instill terror in residents. However, in reality they are quite peaceful insects.

However, for the purpose of self-defense, a flycatcher can still sting, just like a centipede. Its sting is comparable in pain to that of a bee.

You can remove flycatchers using any insecticidal means. However, like other centipedes, they are found sporadically. Therefore, a slipper is quite enough to forget about their existence.

Mosquitoes

Mosquitoes rarely live in the bathroom permanently. Their larvae can reproduce here only if the room is dirty and damp, and also if there are jars or other containers with water under the bathroom.

Most often they appear in the bathroom to bite people. Therefore, use on windows Mosquito nets, and also ensure the cleanliness of the room.

To eliminate mosquitoes already living in your apartment, you can use special products like Raid.

Cockroaches

Everyone knows cockroaches. These are extremely unpleasant bugs that reproduce at a tremendous speed.

Moreover, they live not only in the bathroom, but also in other rooms, especially where there are food remains, i.e. in the kitchen. Unlike woodlice and centipedes, cockroaches are carriers of various diseases and intestinal infections.

It must be said that it is quite difficult to remove cockroaches, however, it is quite possible. The instructions look like this:

1. first of all, destroy the individuals you can in the usual way, for example, with a slipper;
2. then cracks and other places where cockroaches accumulate should be treated by special means from cockroaches. Most often they are sold in special syringes, making them convenient to work with;

1. 3333after a few days, wash the places where insects accumulate with 72% laundry soap;
2. treat those areas where cockroaches sat or were crushed with your own hands with a bleach solution;
3. Be sure to remove all debris, dust, mold and other contaminants from the room. At the same time, wash all surfaces with laundry soap;
4. eliminate leaks in taps and pipes.

To get rid of cockroaches, you need to perform all the above procedures not only in the bathroom, but also in all other rooms of the apartment.

Spiders

Spiders tend to live in dry places where there is good ventilation. These arthropods themselves are harmless, however, they create cobwebs in the corners, which spoil the appearance of the room.

Fortunately, spiders are not numerous - there may be 3-5 of them in a bathroom. Therefore, to get rid of them, it is enough to use a slipper; in addition, it is necessary to promptly remove the cobwebs that appear with a broom.

Boric acid is a good insect repellent

How to prevent insects from appearing

Finally, I will tell you about some preventive measures that will ensure that insects never appear in the bathroom.

So, for this you must follow the following rules:

• Never allow dampness and dirt to form in the bathroom. If a leak occurs, it must be repaired promptly. In addition, ensure normal ventilation of the bathroom;
• insects often crawl from basements into houses and onto the first floors apartment buildings. To prevent this, it is necessary to eliminate any gaps in the floors;
• As a preventive measure, you can pour a small amount of boric acid under the bath. Insects such as cockroaches, silverfish, woodlice, etc. will die after the first consumption of acid in food.

Wormwood is good at repelling insects

• insects often crawl from neighbors across ventilation ducts. To prevent this, cover the ventilation windows with mesh, and place repellent sections in the channels themselves.

If you follow all these rules, insects will avoid your bathroom and your apartment in general.


Conclusion

Insects in the bathroom in most cases appear for a reason increased dampness and dirt. Therefore, in order not to encounter such a problem, maintain the necessary sanitary and hygienic conditions in this room. If arthropods are already infested, the tips outlined above will help get rid of them.

The video in this article provides additional information. If you were unable to “overcome” the insects or have other questions, ask them in the comments, and I will be happy to answer you.

August 7, 2016

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