How to Get Rid of Bed Bugs Without Getting Poisoned

Equipment to get rid of bedbugs

You already have it:

A vacuum cleaner + a stocking, a washing machine , a tumble dryer (desired), a freezer (desired), 4 plastic flower pot cups, a flashlight LEDs, plastic bags, plastic tarps and moving tape, a steam cleaner (wish)

My selection of the best products

I'll explain how to use them in the rest of the article.

5 principles to kill bedbugs and no longer be bitten in your bed.

• Never give up. If you act methodically, you will get there.
• Avoid scattering of these pests to prevent a spread and infestation throughout the apartment. You have a doubt, you check the bedding and you are horrified to discover that the mattress is infested of dozens of bedbugs. Do not shake the sheets out of the window , the bedbugs would attach themselves to the facade of the building and come back stronger. Do not evacuate the mattress by carrying it through the house and up the stairs, otherwise you risk contaminating the entire accommodation and the stairwell. Do not place it at the foot of the building.
• For effective treatment of these insects, it will be necessary combine the natural methods and insecticides chemicals
• It is necessary to treat methodically all contaminated parts so as to destroy all bedbugs at all stages of their development . Those that have not been killed will have had a first light contact with the poison, which may strengthen their resistance.
• Three treatments successive ones will be necessary. To make it easier for you, I have made a shock treatment kit against bedbugs for a 20 m² room.

Chemical treatment against bedbugs

The technique of encirclement to avoid infestation of the entire apartment

Start with the outline of the room

Keep children and pets away during treatment, they can re-enter the premises after drying and airing the rooms. Start this pest control by spraying at 20 or 30 cm with BSI STOP Insectes or K.PRO Choc insecticide around the edges of the room: skirting boards, door and window edges, door thresholds, around electrical outlets and switches.

Now any pest that wants to escape will be poisoned by crossing this perimeter.

Continue treating all surfaces of the room

Using the same products, spray all areas of the room: parquet, carpet, rugs (top, bottom), curtains, curtain rods (hollow parts), stuffed animals, books, light fixtures, walls, furniture (inside, outside, bottom), the contents of cupboards and drawers.

To treat spawning grounds

Use the aerosol Kapo Choc Lightning Destroyer for bedbugs in 400 ml. This aerosol kills bedbugs and their larvae in 15 seconds, its effect remains active for 10 to 12 weeks.

Use it for the box spring, the mattress, around the bed, nightstands, and general laying areas, anywhere you see traces of bedbugs (droppings, molts, traces of blood ).

How to find bed bug nests?

Your action will be more effective if you can find bedbug nests. They are often in dark corners, away from light . To track them, use the PROTECTA instant detector.

It is a principle: Nothing should leave the contaminated room without having been treated, and possibly isolated in a closed plastic bag.

The treatment of the bed.

Place the sheets and pillows, without shaking them, in a large trash bag in which you will spray Kapo Bed Bug Killer, then close it carefully. You will then be able to transport the laundry to the washing machine without risking contaminating the rest of the accommodation.

Treat the mattress and box spring meticulously on both sides with Kapo Bed Bug Killer 400 ml. Everything must be checked and treated: the seams and buttons of the mattress, the labels, the interlocking of the box spring slats, the assemblies of the feet. This involves flushing out all the bed bugs at all stages of their development: adults, larvae and eggs, which are the most difficult to spot. Leave to act for a few hours, and then vacuum it into every nook and cranny. It's time for eradication, take revenge.

To prevent bedbugs from returning to the bed, you must protect the mattress and pillows with anti-bedbug covers. To further improve the disinfestation of your bed for 8 weeks, Bedbug tablets to slide between the box spring and the mattress. I explain this in more detail in the chapter " natural treatment ".

Handling bulky objects

To treat a mattress, sofa or armchair, a surface procedure will not be sufficient.

The best solution for 100% success , the thermal treatment .

If your budget allows, equip yourself with an XXL model heated tent. You can go there place at the same time, a mattress + a box spring + a sofa for an expert result worthy of a professional. Without any danger for fragile textiles and without any chemical product, ultra fast, the treatment duration is only 4 hours for a total extermination and eradication of all types of insects at all stages of their development. No disadvantages, only advantages to treat all the furniture in the house. Free delivery, and payable in 4x without charge.

The other solution for the treatment of large furniture

• Spray this large piece of furniture from every angle, top to bottom with KAPO Choc in 400 ml.
• Vacuum every nook and cranny methodically.
• If you have a steam cleaner , run it along the seams, in the nooks and crannies, but this is only a surface treatment.
• For kill hiding bedbugs in padding and inaccessible places, wrap the furniture in a plastic sheeting , the kind you use to protect furniture and floors when painting. Close it with heavy duty tape to make it waterproof.
• Make one or two cuts with the cutter in the tarpaulin, just enough to pass your forearm through, and spray generously under the tarpaulin with 400 ml KAPO Choc aerosol. Close this opening with adhesive tape, you have just created a bedbug smotherer . Let it simmer for two days, and for a real shock effect, repeat the operation.

Treatment of clothing and fragile objects

To eliminate parasites and their eggs from delicate clothing which cannot be cleaned at a temperature of 60°, such as woolens, Casimirs, costumes , with a 100% efficiency , the most practical, and the most effective, is the thermal treatment with anti-bedbug heated tents model S, M, and XXL. Similarly, to treat the handbags , the shoes , the cushions , the stuffed animals , the toys , the carpets , the books , just let it heat for 4 hours, and it's done. The quality of this thermal treatment East comparable to the intervention of a professional , with a 100% efficiency and without the use of pesticides or insecticides. This is an organic, ecological and environmentally friendly treatment the environment.

The demonstration in this video

How to choose the right tent, S or M model?

Another economical method

Place the items in large plastic bags and spray them with a generous dose of insecticide before sealing them tightly. This system has many advantages:

• There is no escape for bedbugs that are trapped in a confined, poisoned space.
• The accommodation will be much easier to treat if it is cleared of all accessory objects.
• You can unpack them gradually over the next few days as you do the laundry. When opening the bags, be extremely careful, as some bedbugs have developed a very strong resistance to chemicals, so make sure there are no more no bugs of living bed, and wash clothes immediately at least at 60° or 90°.

Turn your electrical outlets into death traps

Bed bugs have the unpleasant habit of sneak into electrical outlets , they lay eggs there, and following the electrical conduits, they pass from room to room. We will combine chemical insecticides, and  the natural method.

The demonstration in this video

Turn off the power at the electrical panel . Dismantle the sockets and switches, they are usually simply clipped or screwed. Vacuum and treat with Kapo Bed Bug Killer 400 ml. After drying , using a small spoon, place some Diatomaceous earth at the bottom of each socket . Close them tightly. And there you have it, you have just created the cheapest death traps in the world that will kill bed bugs for several years.

Natural treatment against bedbugs

THE natural treatment is essential in addition to insecticides. In the long term, it is more effective than chemicals . It has the advantage of being economical , totally without chemistry , and it does not cause any addiction Or insect resistance.

Heated tents

Without a doubt, the most effective.

Just 50° of heat for 10 minutes is enough to kill 100% of bedbugs, their larvae and eggs.

Payable in 4 installments at no extra cost. Free delivery.

Very easy to use

100% effective without insecticides, It folds flat in its cover after use. Use without moderation, to treat sheets , the clothes , the toys , the books , the luggage , the furniture , the bedding , and everything which cannot be washed at 60° . Let it heat for 4 hours, and all the bedbugs, their eggs and larvae are killed.

On returning from a trip

We systematically place our luggage, clothes, books there. Always ready to serve, economical, pesticide-free, and so much more practical than endless washing-drying-ironing sessions. It's an immediately profitable investment.

Bed bug proof covers

Protect your mattress, box spring, and pillow in bed bug covers. The mattress or box spring is completely wrapped and insulated in these covers. waterproof and impassable for mites and bedbugs . If bedbugs are still in the thickness of the mattress, the pillow or in the corners of the box spring, they will be trapped in the covers, and will no longer be able to get out to come and bite you. After 15 to 18 months, they will die of hunger. No other bedbugs will be able to come and infest your bedding. These covers are washable at 60° .

Large anti-bedbug tablets 53 g

To slide between the mattress and box spring. THE essential oils contained in these platelets are a powerful repellent , and if a super bug manages to get into the bed, she would be killed by pyrethroids which it broadcasts continuously.

An independent laboratory guarantees its effectiveness: after 12 hours: 100% mortality of bedbugs and mites. Duration of action: 10 to 12 weeks. View product

Grey diatomaceous earth 

It's a natural insecticide without pesticide. This fine dust abrasive , and very absorbent , penetrates the respiratory system of insects, thus causing their drying out, and their death . To be placed at the foot of the bed, along the baseboards, in electrical outlets, under carpets and rugs, between the mattress and box spring . It is the most natural and cheapest insecticide in the world .

The vacuum cleaner

Now that the situation has been frozen in the house by the first treatments, it is necessary to evacuate dead bed bugs, their larvae and eggs. A meticulous vacuuming of the floors, but also of the furniture (inside, outside, above, below), of the mattresses and box springs from every angle, and of the smallest corners of the room. Use the nozzle and the turbobrush (if your vacuum cleaner has one). Do not keep the bag, it must be treated with insecticide then thrown into a hermetically sealed garbage bag.

The Druggist's Trick

So that the vacuum cleaner does not get infested by bedbugs, insert a nylon or Lycra stocking into the end of the vacuum cleaner hose, leave it sticking out a few centimeters, and trap it with the turbobrush or with the suction nozzle. In this way, the bedbugs, their eggs and larvae that you are going to vacuum up will be retained in the stocking (like fish in a fisherman's net), and will not pollute the vacuum cleaner. Once the vacuuming is finished, you will simply have to remove the stocking, tie a knot in it to retain the prisoners, and throw it in a plastic bag well closed.

But what would you do without your favorite drugstore?

Heat treatment

Bedbugs have 2 weak points, they cannot tolerate heat or cold. We will use heat treatment.

The heat

• The anti-bedbug heated tent for 100% efficiency. This is the best solution, I told you about it earlier in this article.
• The steam cleaner for surface treatment on all surfaces.

  Put on your best glasses, equip yourself with a flashlight . Look for traces and stains left by bedbugs. Pass the steam jet into the smallest hems, seams and hidden corners. Hunt down bedbugs and especially eggs that may have resisted the chemical treatment and vacuuming. Let's not forget that eggs are very resistant to insecticides. Steam treatment is one of the tools for treatment. This is a surface treatment, steam cannot penetrate the thickness of a mattress or under a floating floor.

• The washing machine. Wash all your textiles that can withstand it at 60° or 90°. Eggs can withstand washing at less than 60°. In all cases, choose the hottest program possible and extend the washing time. For all textiles and at all temperatures, replace fabric softeners with white vinegar (fill the compartment with the small flower). For greater efficiency, I advise you to add in addition to the detergent (in the detergent compartment with the two II), for colored fabrics: bicarbonate, for white fabrics: percarbonate. Bedbugs will not like it at all.

• The dryer. It is the ideal complement to the washing machine, it seems that this machine was specially designed to fight against bedbugs. Do not hesitate to use it without moderation, even for unwashed fabrics or stuffed animals. Choose the hottest program possible depending on the textiles treated. Do two cycles for best results. Be careful, heat pump dryers do not have a hot enough program.

• Ironing. A good hot steam iron is also very effective in destroying eggs. It can even replace a small steam cleaner to treat the exterior of mattresses.

The cold

A stay of 72 hours at -20° in the freezer is a natural treatment which will definitely kill bedbugs and their eggs. Place clothes and items in plastic bags to prevent them from sticking to the walls of the freezer. This treatment is very practical for stuffed animals and all items that do not fear the cold. In winter, if you have a balcony or a garden, you can take your clothes, utensils and furniture outside to expose them to frost. This is a very old technique that is only effective if the frost is intense. Be careful, if this is not the case, the bedbugs will not be killed, but scattered.

For the treatment to be effective

You've done the hardest part.

Everything has been controlled down to the smallest corners, sucked and treated . Everything that came out of the room was treated and isolated in plastic bags waiting to be washed or passed through the heated tent . The sheets and clothes were washed at 60° or 90° . They will then be tumble dried. The fluff is in the freezer, the vacuum cleaner bag has been evacuated and the vacuum cleaner has been treated. You have treated all contaminated parts , especially bedrooms , the living room sofa , and the car (don't forget the car). You can quickly and preventively treat the rest of the apartment or house with a spray of BSI STOP Insects or by placing an automatic diffusion aerosol in each room KAPO CHOC anti bedbugs in 200 ml. These aerosols empty in 3 minutes. I recommend them for the end of treatment, and for preventive treatments.

You're exhausted, but you're almost done with treatment.

This is not the time to give up. Remember that soon, you will be rewarded for all your efforts with a first night of rest without bites !

Now we have to put everything back in place.

For now, I recommend that you do not replace non-essential items (cushions, rugs, poufs). The accommodation looks a little empty, but it is very practical. You are on your way to eradicating bedbugs from your apartment for good, Do not bring others in. Check everything that enters the treated rooms: sheets, pillows, blankets, clothes, stuffed animals. Be vigilant and wary of your own comings and goings between untreated and treated areas.

To stop being bitten at night by bedbugs

The bed is the best hiding place and the main place for laying eggs for "bed" bugs. Well hidden, and protected in the thickness of the mattress , they are not affected by treatments. Every evening, they come out, and immediately find their meal. After biting you, they return there unseen and unheard. If you buy a new bed, three weeks will be enough for it to be infested again.

1, 2, 3, 4, It's simple!

1- Protect the bedding. Pack the mattress , box spring, and your pillows in special covers against bedbugs.

2- Place saucers under the feet of the bed, fill them with diatomaceous earth . This obstacle is insurmountable by bedbugs.

3- Place some bed bug tablets between the mattress and the box spring.

4- Leave an empty space of 30 centimeters around the bed. Keep it away from the wall and bedside tables. Bed bugs cannot jump or fly, they will not be able to come into your bed anymore. I recommend that you wash your bed linen frequently. Tuck the sheets in so that they do not touch the floor.

The ideal treatment

The ideal is to treat by promoting natural control , and by limiting the use of insecticide products. A good combination of two techniques, natural and chemical, remains the most effective solution. In case of heavy infestation , you can finish this treatment by placing in the center of the room a Kapo Choc self-emptying aerosol special bedbugs in 200 ml. The implementation takes one minute, but you must leave the premises for at least three hours.

For stop the infestation bed bugs and for good

Two other treatments are absolutely essential.

Rest assured, these treatments are quite quick and have nothing to do with the first one.

Inexperienced people think they can get rid of bed bugs after one treatment. This is probably why they fail to do so and drag this problem around like a ball and chain for years, feeling like they cannot overcome it.

Bedbugs lay eggs and live in places that are inaccessible to treatment. You must therefore wait for the eggs to hatch, then for these new bedbugs to come out of their hiding places to feed. This is when they poison themselves by passing over the surfaces that you have recently treated. During this period, daily vigilance is necessary.
So, three weeks after the first treatment, then three weeks after the second, you will need to check everything, vacuum, steam and treat with the insecticides you know: furniture (underneath, above, inside), bed, mattress , toys, armchairs. Unless the infestation of the home is very significant, you should not see many bedbugs. This is precisely the trap you should not fall into. Even if you have not seen any bedbugs, treat the strategic points strongly with Kapo lightning for bedbugs and BSI STOP Insects (mattress , box spring, door and window frames, skirting boards, armchairs), put some diatomaceous earth in the cups and continue to wash sheets and pajamas regularly at 60° or 90°. Regularly place textiles and objects in the heated tent if you have one. Complete these treatments by placing in the center of the room a 200 ml K.pro self-emptying aerosol specially designed for bedbugs.

To never be invaded by bedbugs again

• The main strategy is to starve the bed bugs. If they don't find food in your home, they will leave or die. Bed bug proof covers , anti-bedbug tablets and very good bedding hygiene will be your best allies.

• Never let your guard down, always be vigilant especially if you live in an apartment building. Wash sheets regularly at least 60°, check the seams of mattresses often and use the bedbug detector.

• At the slightest warning, a complete treatment will have to be repeated. This treatment will be all the more effective and easier to carry out if it is carried out at the first symptoms of recontamination.

Now you are armed to eradicate and exterminate bedbugs from the apartment.

Bedbug Info

• Why are there bedbugs or fleas in my house?
• Symptoms of bedbugs
• How to recognize bedbugs or fleas?
• Are bedbugs dangerous to our health?

Why are there bedbugs or fleas in my house?

The apartment is well maintained and your hygiene is impeccable.

No impact on the bedbug. It does not feed on food scraps or garbage like cockroaches do. No, there is only one thing it is interested in: your blood.

The bedbug is one of the oldest human parasites.
Archaeologists have found them in Egyptian tombs that are 3,000 years old. Still very present in the stories of the last two world wars, these insects were almost destroyed by DDT. This insecticide being very toxic, its use was banned. As there were still a few bedbug nests in the United States, they multiplied again as they know how to do. Taking advantage of the democratization of international travel, bedbugs have reconquered the five continents.
In France, bedbugs have reappeared since 2012 and are currently increasing by 200 to 300% per year.

We visit hotspots of contamination on a daily basis.

Train stations, airports, boats, planes, trains, subways, cinemas, the office, summer camps, daycare centers, schools, restaurant changing rooms and of course, hotels.

Be wary of “bargains” bought second-hand.

The small piece of furniture, the very cheap coat or the big teddy bear found at the flea market. Be very vigilant, a thorough check is necessary and depending on the case you can do a preventive treatment: the ideal for 100% safety is a 4-hour stay in heated anti-bedbug tent , otherwise, spray with BSI STOP Insects or a wash in the washing machine, and/or the dryer, or the freezer, vacuum cleaner, steam cleaner .
It is enough to bring a single female bedbug or simply bedbug eggs on the back of a clothing label into your home to be infested with them. Be especially vigilant when you return from a business trip or vacation, there may be a bedbug at the bottom of the suitcase!

Symptoms of bedbugs

At the beginning of the contamination, we don't suspect anything.

There are few bedbugs so bites are rare. They could be mosquito bites, spider bites or flea bites. Then we realize that It's when you're sleeping that you get bitten . After a while you notice a clear worsening. Bed bugs are installed and are growing exponentially. It is becoming unbearable and the situation seems to be getting out of hand.

The bites are becoming more and more numerous.

The bite marks and the itching they cause can vary from person to person. They can be very discreet or on the contrary very red. Generally, they produce strong itching. Some people even trigger allergic reactions causing very strong skin swellings. The bites are generally grouped by 2 to 6 spaced a few centimeters apart. Be careful, the flea also bites in this way, but preferably under clothing, in the swimsuit. The bedbug does not like to sneak under pajamas or under sheets, it will bite primarily exposed areas such as the face, feet, hands and forearms, the back.

The characteristic blood stains due to the presence of bedbugs.

During each of their expeditions, bedbugs literally gorge themselves on blood and are ready to burst. This is what happens to them when the sleeper turns over in bed and crushes them. traces of blood left on the sheets are narrow and long.

The presence of droppings, molts, eggs and adults.

The whitish eggs and oval shape measure +/- one millimeter. They are found in clusters nestled in discreet places. Droppings and molts are often found in the same places. Droppings are small dark brown clumps measuring +/- 1 millimeter. It is necessary to inspect everything meticulously: all bedding, mattress seams, under the box spring and its nooks, sheets, blankets and pillows, clothing labels, suit lapels, linings, at the bottom of pockets, stuffed animals, furniture in its smallest nooks and crannies, under drawers, rugs, carpets, electrical switches, light switches, peeling wallpaper, cracks and crevices, curtains and curtain rods. I recommend that you equip yourself with a flashlight powerful if possible with LED. These are all the places that will need to be vacuumed, treated with steam (if you have a steam cleaner ) and treat with Kapo Lightning Destroyer for bedbugs and BSI STOP Insects .

A characteristic pungent odor is released when there is a very heavy infestation . There are also trained dogs such as customs or avalanche dogs. These dogs are used to check the premises after treatment to confirm that there are no more bedbugs.

How to recognize bedbugs or fleas?

Adult bedbug

Juvenile bedbug

The adult bed bug or bed bug, seen from above, looks like a lentil. Seen from the side, one might think of a small, very flat cockroach whose 6 legs are grouped at the front, leaving the back of the body brushing the ground. Its color varies from translucent light brown if it is young and fasting, to dark brown when it is engorged with blood. Its size varies depending on its age from 1 to 7 millimeters. It is as flat as a credit card and likes to squeeze into the smallest gaps. Without wings, this insect does not fly or jump.

Are bedbugs dangerous to our health?

The only good news is that bed bugs do not carry any diseases that can be transmitted to humans.

Beware of skin infections.

As a result of scratching until blood is drawn from the unbearable itching of the bites, some people, especially children, find themselves covered in multiple wounds that risk becoming infected.

Lack of sleep.

A bedbug infestation is very difficult to live with. All those interrupted and itchy sleeps, bedbug hunts at 2 a.m., children waking up and unable to fall back to sleep. And finally, deciding to go to sleep in the bathtub because really in bed it is no longer possible. This fatigue accumulated over long periods can seriously harm our professional or academic performance.

Psychological destabilization can be strong.

Facing the gaze of others when you have big traces of bright red bites all over your body and especially on your face is not easy. No longer daring to have friends over to your home or no longer going to theirs for fear of contamination, deprives us of conviviality. As for the impact on a love life, the bedbug is the world champion of anti-glamour. Bedbugs settle in for the long term. At first, there were a few, and then a lot. At certain times, we have the impression of having got rid of them and it starts again with renewed vigor. After several months, we feel helpless, tired, ineffective, demoralized.

You've come to the right place to get rid of bed bugs.

In this article, you have all the advice, and the right products at the best prices to make an effective treatment . You will eradicate these pests yourself, and return to a normal life.