Fighting Bed Bugs On Your Own

Interceptors are special platforms or cups that are purchased to prevent bed bugs from climbing on to your bed.

Fighting bed bugs on your own.

Foggers should not be your only method of bed bug control. Add a few drops of essential oil into your laundry the next time you wash your bedding. Hello lynn bed bugs typically don t feed on pets and prefer humans. Mix an insecticide labeled for use on bed bugs such as temprid fx with water in a pump sprayer using the ratio found on the product label to create a bed bug spray.

Be very thorough in all cracks and crevices where bed bugs eggs and other particles are hiding. Rub some essential oil onto your bed frame. Do not broadcast spray an entire carpet or floor. Spray onto baseboards in corners around door and window frames around bed frames and under furniture.

Better are one of the commercial pitfall traps made specifically for this purpose. An interceptor can be as simple as a sticky card placed under a bed post sticky and messy. Make a simple spray by adding a few drops essential oil into a spray bottle filled with cup 120 milliliters of water. 31 jan 9 50 pm.

Listed below are a few ways you can use essential oils to get rid of bed bugs. Improper use can harm your health or cause a fire or explosion. Spray exterminates bed bugs but also works on fleas and other pests. Use foggers bug bombs only with extreme care and only if bed bugs are listed on the label.

Look for epa registered pesticides that have bed bugs listed on the label.