Fighting Bed Bugs On Your Own

Listed below are a few ways you can use essential oils to get rid of bed bugs.

Fighting bed bugs on your own.

Hello lynn bed bugs typically don t feed on pets and prefer humans. 31 jan 9 50 pm. Interceptors are special platforms or cups that are purchased to prevent bed bugs from climbing on to your bed. Spray onto baseboards in corners around door and window frames around bed frames and under furniture.

Run your vacuum across your mattress inside the bed frame under your bed along your baseboards and even your headboard. Rub some essential oil onto your bed frame. Dispose of your vacuum bag in your outside trash receptacle. Improper use can harm your health or cause a fire or explosion.

Use foggers bug bombs only with extreme care and only if bed bugs are listed on the label. Do not broadcast spray an entire carpet or floor. Spray is completely pet safe and since it s water based with safe ingredients it s also not toxic if your pet happens to lick it. Make a simple spray by adding a few drops essential oil into a spray bottle filled with cup 120 milliliters of water.

Be very thorough in all cracks and crevices where bed bugs eggs and other particles are hiding. An interceptor can be as simple as a sticky card placed under a bed post sticky and messy. Better are one of the commercial pitfall traps made specifically for this purpose. Look for epa registered pesticides that have bed bugs listed on the label.

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.