Uninvited guests in the apartment: how to get rid of wood lice? Photos and causes

Lacks are small representatives of the crustacean family, sometimes appearing in apartments. For comfortable living and breeding, they prefer rooms where humidity is elevated. Although these arthropods do not pose a danger to humans, it is necessary to get rid of them as soon as possible. How to get rid of arthropods in your home, which are sometimes mistakenly considered insects, and will be discussed in this article, here you can see their photos.

Where most often get?

To successfully fight woodlice, you need to know where they live most often. and where in the first place to carry out processing.

The most likely places of their accumulation in the apartment:

• under the bathroom;
• behind the toilet;
• for sewer pipes;
• ventilation passages;
• under the window sill;
• sewer pipes;
• near the bin;
• for plinths;
• under carpets, carpets;
• where it is damp, dark and has not been cleaned for a long time;
• under the tile;
• in the cellar or pantry.

A photo

Here you can see how the wood louse looks in the photo.

Causes of

There is only one reason for lice appearing in the apartment - humidity.. A room with high humidity is most comfortable for the life of wood lice, the presence of favorable conditions contributes to their rapid reproduction.

Mokritsy live in hard to reach or completely inaccessible places and are nocturnal, getting out of hiding places in search of food only in the dark.

Pests can appear in the house as a result of flooding by neighbors, because of the storage of wet towels or things, leaking pipes and other factors that increase the level of humidity in the room.

The first steps in detecting

If lice are found in the apartment, you should immediately get rid of them. First of all, even before using any means for treating the room, it is necessary to lower the humidity in the room and block all the places through which new individuals can enter the apartment. Approach to the fight against woodlice should be comprehensive:

1. it is necessary to carry out a general cleaning, after which the moisture is minimized using a moisture-absorbing device, an air conditioner or a fan;
2. repair all plumbing, from which water leaks;
3. inspect flowerpots, as woodlice could hit the soil inside them, which means you need to transplant plants and replace the soil;
4. equip the ventilation holes with a fine mesh mesh;
5. repair all cracks, if any, on the ceiling, walls, plinths;
6. eliminate clearances around water risers and sewer pipes;
7. lift the baseboards and dry them with an air stream.

What to choose: self-treatment or call disinfectors?

The processing of the premise from the woodlice can be carried out independently or resort to the help of professional disinfectors.

The main advantage of self-processing is its low cost, especially if you use traditional methods. However, this positive moment is overshadowed by the complexity and, most importantly, the almost complete absence of the required effect, and sometimes even danger.

The call of specialists has a number of indisputable advantages, such as:

• reliability - the most productive drugs of the latest developments are used;
• safety - in this case, the treatment of the apartment is absolutely safe for its inhabitants, it is possible to begin its operation after 2-3 hours;
• effectiveness - the drugs used have a high penetrating ability and act almost instantly not only on adults, but also on their larvae and eggs;
• all work is done by specialists, not the owners of the premises;
• the ability to handle all the places that you can get to yourself is problematic or impossible;
• guarantee of free repetition of the procedure in case of return of pests.

The cost of disinfection depends on the organization chosen, the area of ​​the room, the means used by disinfectants. Average cost is:

• 1 room apartment - from 1500 to 5000 rubles;
• 2 bedroom apartment - from 2000 to 6500 rubles;
• 3 room apartment - from 2400 to 6800 rubles;
• 4 room apartment - from 2800 to 7500 rubles;
• 5 room apartment - from 3000 to 8500 rubles.

Step-by-step instructions on how to get rid at home

Let's take a closer look at how and with the help of what you can kill these arthropods in order to take them out of your home forever.

Chemicals

The following types of chemical agents can be used against wood lice:

1. Aerosols. It is advisable to use them in the case of a weak spread of wood lice and their habitat in a small area, otherwise one spray will not be enough, and the treatment of the room will result in a rather large amount of money. The most popular tools are:
   • Dichlorvos (cost from 70 to 150 rubles);
   • Raptor (about 200 rubles);
   • "Varan" (45-100 rubles).

2. Concentrates. Suitable for processing large rooms, with high efficiency and cost-effectiveness. The most common drugs are:
   • "Tetrix" (from 2000 rubles per 250 ml);
   • "Geth" (from 400 to 1000 rubles);
   • "Cucaracha" (from 400 to 1500 rubles).
3. Powders. "Fenaxin" (20-50 rubles), "Taraks" (80 rubles) - you need to sprinkle these plinths and a place under the bathroom with these preparations, it is better to use them as additional methods of struggle.
4. The pencils. Quick and easy way to deal with woodlice. Most popular tools:
   • "Masha" (16-50 rubles);
   • "Titanic" (20-50 rubles).
5. Gels. The main disadvantage of such funds - a long period of onset of action. Especially popular brands:
   • "Absolute" (from 20 to 100 rubles);
   • "Fas" (from 25 rubles for 35 ml).
6. Traps. Least effective than previous products, it is better to use as a prophylaxis. “Raptor” (150-250 rubles) is more often in demand.

Important! Many chemicals produce an instant effect, but are dangerous to human health.

Folk methods

These methods include:

1. bleach - dilute 40-50 grams of bleach per 1 liter of water, use the solution to treat the walls and floors in the room;
2. dry kvass - means mixed with water in a ratio of 1 to 5, the solution should handle all the places inhabited by pests;
3. vinegar - it must be mixed with water and with such a solution to process the habitats of wood lice;
4. dissolve in 1 liter of water for 1 tsp. red pepper, tobacco and soda, spray the pest habitat with this solution, wash off water with bleach after 8 hours;
5. salt - it is necessary to pour it in the corners of the room, in all the cracks and under the plinth;
6. alum - it is necessary to dissolve 100 g of the product in 1/2 liter of water, spray it in the places in the apartment where the woodlice are bred;
7. exposure to temperature - crustaceans die from exposure to steam, hot air, or extreme cold.

Some more national methods of struggle against woodlice:

Professional disinfection

It is only necessary to select an organization based on the feedback, the means used by them and the cost of services, and agree on the time of their arrival. This is the most financially costly method, while it is as efficient and safe as possible.

How not to fight: common mistakes

Before you start using folk or chemical products, it is necessary to normalize the level of humidity in the apartment, exclude leaking plumbing, cracks and crevices on the ceiling, walls and baseboards, and also close the vents with a grid to prevent penetration of new individuals into the apartment.

Besides, using chemicals, you must carefully read the instructions for use and use extreme caution when using them: some products are very dangerous for children and pets.

Important! When using chemicals, wear gloves and a mask.

Problems and difficulties in the destruction

The fight against woodlice as such does not cause problems. However, inconvenience, and even danger, is the use of chemistry. Children, pets and allergy sufferers should not be in the apartment when they are treated with chemicals, the windows should be open, and after the drug has acted it must be thoroughly swept or washed off.

Preventing recurrence

For To eliminate the possibility of woodlice in the apartment, you need to follow a few rules.:

1. to wash floors, especially in hard-to-reach places, using special means;
2. monitor the condition of plumbing in the bathroom and in the kitchen, excluding leaks;
3. clean the ventilation;
4. air the room;
5. prevent excessive increases in the level of humidity in the apartment;
6. eliminate cracks and crevices in the floor, behind the baseboard;
7. do not leave leftover food on the table and on the floor;
8. If possible, do not dry in the bathroom underwear.

What if you wound up at home again?

With the reappearance of wood lice, there is nothing left but to start fighting them again.

If the fight against woodlice was successful, but after a while they appeared again, this suggests that the owners of the apartment did not eliminate the root cause of their appearance. How to destroy them completely? As long as the humidity in the apartment is not settled, all the gaps and problems with the plumbing fixtures, etc. are eliminated, the pests are likely to return regularly.

The measures necessary for pest control are not complicated.The ways to get rid of unwanted guests are very diverse. The main thing in this is to start getting rid of wood lice as early as possible and to observe all necessary measures to prevent their return.

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