List of Bed Bug Pesticides

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Pesticides can be a part of an effective, integrated bed bug management plan. There are plenty of pesticides available today that have shown themselves to be effective in the fight against bed bugs. You can easily find a list of these pesticides in the online marketplace. So which ones work? Below is a general overview of some common pesticides and how they impact your bed bug population. However, it is generally recommended that you have a professional use the pesticides in order to assure both their effectiveness and your safety.


The Most Common Pesticide Chemicals

- Contact Insecticide

These are insecticides that kill insects on contact. They usually work very quickly. Many of these contact insecticides remain active even after several days of sitting on the surfaces of your home.

Typically contact insecticides will contain pyrethoids. Pyrethoids are synthetic chemicals, though they may also be extracted from plants. Chrysanthemums are the most common source for extracted pyrethoids. Even the odorous fumes that these insecticides give off can kill bed bugs.

Bed bugs whose family lines have been exposed to pyrethoids may be resistant to contact insecticides. They may not be able to tolerate direct application, but using these pesticides will at best result in deterring them from going places with pyrethoid residue.

- Insect Growth Regulator (IGR)

IGR insecticides are often used to fight off bed bugs. IGRs seldom kill adult bed bugs, but instead target the eggs and newly hatched bed bugs. It may seem like this won’t help the situation now, but bed bugs have relatively short lifespans. Without a second generation, your bed bug problem will typically be gone within weeks. IGR can be thought of as a slow but sure way to get the job done. The question is how patient you want to be about sharing your bed.

- Insecticidal Dust

Insecticidal dust is poison that is delivered in dust form. The dust goes airborne and must come in contact with your bed bugs in order to kill them. This may be the most arduous way of killing your bed bugs, but it is also the most deadly of the bed bug pesticides.

Essentially, it works by attaching to the bed bugs and causing them to dry out. The fine mist of powder, typically consisting of silica and poison, will attach to virtually any living thing. For this reason, it is very dangerous for humans and pets. So you must be very careful in how you go about applying this poison to the bed bugs. Generally, you want to make sure it is applied to any location where you’ve seen bed bugs and all convenient floor and wall cracks and holes.

The Most Common Pesticides

As the bed bug problem spreads, it is not surprising to see the number of pesticides aimed at bed bugs increasing. There are so many pesticides available now that it would be imprudent to list them all here. It is enough to note the major ones being used right now to fight bed bugs.

When you go to a home and garden store, you’ll see all sorts of brand name and generic pesticides that should be able to kill bed bugs. Among the most common are Allethrin, Delta Dust Flee/Dragnet, Drione Dust, Malathion, Pyrethrins, Suspend SC, and Tempo.

You simply follow the directions on these pesticides. Make sure you read the cautions. For the best results, hire a professional to get rid of your bed bugs. There are all sorts of harm these pesticides can do if misused. Also, if you don’t wipe out the entire bed bug population, your infestation will be apparent again before long.

If you go ahead and use these pesticides by yourself, make sure you stay alert for any harmful side effects that may occur in you, a family member, a neighbor, a visitor, and your pets. If anything seems medically abnormal, discuss your use of pesticides with your doctor.

Bed Bug Prevention

The best way to fight bed bugs is before they’ve taken dominion over your household. Practicing good hygiene, such as keeping your living areas tidy, washing regularly, and inspecting your living area is the best method of prevention. If you do find a few bed bugs before an infestation has set in, it is much easier to rid yourself of the problem.

If you find that you’ve already got a full infestation, the surest way to solve the problem is to hire a professional exterminator who offers a no more bed bugs guarantee.

What Are Bed Bugs?

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They are small parasite type, bloodsucking insects.  Some of these insects prefer to feast on human blood while they are sleeping as opposed to other animals.

The bed bug is is able to pierce the skin of a sleeping human with feeding tubes.  Although they normally prefer to feed ever 5 days or so, some have been know to survive up to a year without food.

The scary thing is that some of these bed bugs that are being found in urban areas have built up a tolerance to pesticides and traditional methods used to eradicate the nuisances.

When one understands that there is an infestation, you have to know how to get rid of bed bugs, because these little critters can cause an enormous amount of stress, itching and sleepless nights.


Are Bed Bugs Coming Back?

Yes I am sorry, but bed bugs are alive and well and biting in Toronto. It is a myth that you only find bed bugs in dirty homes. Bed bugs don’t eat dirt – they eat human blood and are quite happy wherever there is a supply to be found.

It is thought that the rise in bed bugs in Toronto is caused by the increase in travel and hotel stays. As people have travelled from one country and hotel to another, bed bugs have travelled with them. Nestling in the clothes that they first made contact with. So as you open your luggage they have made their new home in your nice clean bed.

Bed bugs are flat in shape and very shy creatures, so they nestle in cracks and crevices and are difficult to find. They are quite large for bugs, about 4mm so it is easy to see them with the naked eye if they stray out at any time. You can also see their ‘faecal pellets’ which are dark red blood stains, on your bedding.

You know if you have been bitten by a bed bug, if you come up in small, red, itchy welts. Apart from the obvious discomfort, there is no reason to panic as they are not known to spread diseases. Although scratching a welt can introduce dirt and disease into your body.

Old wive’s tales say that you can spray and steam them into submission – but all that happens is that they hide from you. They hide under the mattress, in bedding, in flakey walls or even cracks in the furniture.

Getting rid of bed bugs in Toronto is always a job for the professional Toronto pest controller. They will come into your house or hotel and spray, steam, launder and vacuum to get rid of them. They will also spray and seal areas where the bed bugs will hide.

A Toronto pest controller will know how to get rid of your bed bugs, harmlessly to your family and guests as well as being very discrete. They have done this hundreds of times before – because bed bugs really are coming back to Toronto!


Where Can I Find More Information?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bedbug