Bite domestic flies

Causes of

To fight biting midges was effective, you need to know why they appear in the apartment and what gives them the opportunity to stay in human housing for a long time.

Most often, these insects settle:

• In the kitchen, they result from pipe blockages, permanent abandonment of food, in the presence of rotting fruit, etc .;
• In the room: if there are potted plants or a living area is not often cleaned;
• In air vents and mines, in the water supply in the apartment.

Domestic flies

Most often, the biting midge is brought to the apartment by the person himself in the form of eggs of these insects found in fruits or vegetables, in the purchased land of indoor plants and on any objects brought from the street. Most of the fruit is infected with a midge at the time of the formation of the fruit. Eggs biting insects begin to develop simultaneously with the rotting of the product. Sometimes green midges are able to fly from the street in search of new food sources.

If there are too many black flies in the apartment, but the food for them has suddenly ended - they can look for other food, throwing themselves on a person - that is why the midges fly to the skin.

If the mistress of the house doesn’t like to tidy up the apartment too much, biting midges will be happy to live with her, since the rotting remnants of food are for them an excellent source of food for posterity.

Midges live only a day, but during this time they lay a huge number of eggs.

Bites

Faced with the appearance of black flies in the apartment are wondering whether the midges bite. She does not dig her sting, but pulls out pieces of skin, even microscopic ones. The midge is smaller than a mosquito but bites much more painfully. The insect’s saliva enters the resulting wound and causes allergies. It can manifest itself in various ways:

• Redness of the skin at the site of the bite;
• A small wound in the middle of a reddened area of ​​skin of a large area;
• Burning and pain;
• Swelling of the tissue and itching in it;
• Various rashes;
• When scratching, wounds may be covered with a black scab;
• With multiple midge bites body temperature may rise;
• The heartbeat accelerates;
• Lymph nodes are enlarged;
• Pressure drops.

Midge bites

Interesting! Midges do not bite at night when a person sleeps in bed - they are assets only during the day. That is why the bed and bedding are not interested in this insect - during the destruction of the parasite, you can think about the treatment of the bedroom.

Allergist patients who came to complain about biting insects that they are interested in why midges bite, because they do not eat meat. The fact is that many of these creatures are bloodsucking.Making a hole in the skin, midges feed appeared droplets of blood.

What to do after a bite

To minimize the effects of poison can wipe the place where the biting midge has stuck, alcohol or alcohol-containing agent. If the wound is heavily combed and the process of decay has begun, it is best to consult a doctor who is able to provide the necessary assistance.

If you make a compress right after the bite, you can relieve pain and itching. This will require:

• Tablespoon of vegetable oil;
• 1-2 drops of peppermint essential oil;
• 5-6 drops of lemon essential oil.

Thoroughly mix all the ingredients, soak a piece of gauze in the solution and apply it on the affected area. Place polyethylene on top of the compress and fix it tightly. After two hours, the compress can be removed, the skin treated with alcohol or boric acid. Sometimes the agent is left overnight.

Midge bite remedy

What not to do after a bite

If black or green flies are bitten, it is important to remember what not to do:

• Treat the wound with household chemicals - this will increase the allergic reaction;
• Comb skin;
• Use hormone-based ointment on the wound itself, because it causes a burning sensation, increasing the healing time. Such drugs can only be applied around the affected area;
• If the midge is bitten in the eye, alcohol-based compresses cannot be used;
• Do not follow the doctor's advice and recommendations for taking the antibiotic;
• Use medications without the consent of the doctor.

How to get rid of midges

The way to get rid of depends on what the midges bite. Most commonly used crayfish Dichlorvos, which can not be called safe for humans and domestic animals, and other aerosols. Therefore, it is better to use modern tools for biting midge that do not harm people.

In order not to annoy the flower midge in an apartment, you need to follow a certain order of plant care:

• Sparse watering will reduce the amount indoor plant pests;
• Do not water the flower with tea;
• Place sulfuric heads from matches into the ground;
• Sprinkle the ground with pepper;
• Spray with potassium permanganate;
• Get rid of black flies in room flowers possible by airing the premises of the apartment in which there are plants.

To prevent biting midges from appearing in the apartment, you should not give them a reason to arrive: clean the aquariums / terrariums / animal trays in time, prevent food from rotting and eliminate dampness in the apartment.

Knowing how to get rid of the midge, you can avoid unpleasant and painful wounds. To do this, use a sharp smell, which does not like biting midge. To get rid of the midges in the apartment or on the kitchen, you can use a floral or citrus air freshener or even dried lemon / orange peels. So that she did not want to bite a person, you can use perfumes with sharp odors.