How can you completely get rid of centipedes in your home?

Friends who have lived in rural areas are no strangers to centipedes. Whenever the weather gets hot in summer, centipedes appear in the home. We all know that centipedes are poisonous, and if bitten, they cause localized redness and swelling, and in severe cases can even endanger life. So what should you do if there are centipedes in your home? How do you completely eradicate them?

1. What should you do if there are centipedes in your home?

If you find that centipedes have gotten into your home, you need to find out how they crawled in and check whether there are small holes in the house. If there are, you should plug the small holes promptly to prevent them from getting in again. There must be a reason for centipedes appearing in the home. A few reasons and solutions are summarized for you as follows:

1. Centipedes like damp environments. If the home is too damp, centipedes will crawl inside. What you need to do is keep the indoor space dry. It is recommended to sprinkle some lime powder at the doorway or windows and in places where centipedes may crawl in, which can prevent them from entering the home.

2. Dirty and cluttered places are also favorite hiding spots for centipedes, so the home should be cleaned thoroughly, especially doors, windows and other places where centipedes easily get in. It is recommended that plants on balconies and similar places be cleaned regularly, and that plants that easily attract centipedes and other insects into the house not be placed indoors.

The above are the solutions for what to do if there are centipedes in your home.

2. How do you completely eradicate centipedes in your home? These 5 methods help you eliminate them!

1. Buy pyrethrin at a pharmacy, then according to the dosage and instructions sprinkle it in places where centipedes frequently appear. You can also sprinkle some at drain entrances, and then the centipedes can be completely eradicated. After a few days you will see centipedes killed by the poison, and you only need to pick them up with a tool and throw them away.

2. Buy some insecticidal tablets and place them where there are centipedes, then seal the space, and the centipedes will be fumigated to death, completely eradicating them.

3. Centipedes generally crawl in from the drain, so you need to buy some realgar and add alcohol, then sprinkle it into the drain. This can completely eradicate centipedes and make them never dare to appear again.

4. Keep a rooster in the home. The natural enemy of the centipede is the rooster, and as soon as a rooster sees a centipede it likes to catch and eat it, so if there are centipedes in the home you can raise a rooster and keep it in the house, so that centipedes never dare to appear again and are completely eradicated.

5. Buy a bottle of dichlorvos and dilute it with realgar water into a solution, spray it on the floor and in the corners of the house, then close the door for half a day. The effect is said to be good, but dichlorvos is highly toxic, so it must be used with caution.

3. Will centipedes crawl onto the bed?

Centipedes will crawl onto the bed. Centipedes are afraid of light, so they like to come out at night and prefer to live in dark, warm, rain-sheltered places with air circulation. During the day they mostly hide in cracks in bricks and stones, along wall bases, and in dark corners among piles of leaves, weeds and decaying wood, and at night they come out to move around and forage. If the bed environment is suitable for centipedes to live in, it may cause centipedes to crawl onto the bed.

Summary: The above is what the Tuliu.com editors have compiled regarding how to eradicate centipedes in the home, and we hope it can help friends in need. This article is compiled from the Internet.