Fighting Bed Bugs On Your Own

Make a simple spray by adding a few drops essential oil into a spray bottle filled with cup 120 milliliters of water.

Fighting bed bugs on your own.

31 jan 9 50 pm. Spray exterminates bed bugs but also works on fleas and other pests. Better are one of the commercial pitfall traps made specifically for this purpose. Spray onto baseboards in corners around door and window frames around bed frames and under furniture.

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. Improper use can harm your health or cause a fire or explosion. Interceptors are special platforms or cups that are purchased to prevent bed bugs from climbing on to your bed.

Foggers should not be your only method of bed bug control. 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. An interceptor can be as simple as a sticky card placed under a bed post sticky and messy.

Add a few drops of essential oil into your laundry the next time you wash your bedding. Be very thorough in all cracks and crevices where bed bugs eggs and other particles are hiding. 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. Look for epa registered pesticides that have bed bugs listed on the label.

Dispose of your vacuum bag in your outside trash receptacle.