Mokritsa belong to the squad of crustaceans. Their size is small, only up to 1.5 cm. She is related to crayfish, crabs, omara. Mokritsy live on land in moist places. They are active at night. Feed on overwhelming organics – grass, leaves. If the feed is not enough, the delicate parts of the plants are eaten. If this happens in summer cottages, then they try to get rid of them.
Sometimes mokritsa appear in city apartments. Although there is no visible harm from them, it is unpleasant to look at them. In addition, it is believed that mokrits can carry fungi and lichen. The presence of any insects and crustaceans in a person’s housing is unacceptable. Mokrits are divorced where the conditions suitable for them are created.
The reasons for the appearance of mokrits in the apartment
Dampness is the main thing for their life. Mokritsy breathe gills and absorb oxygen from the water. The most damp places in the apartment are a bathroom, a toilet and a kitchen. Dampness occurs if pipes leak, often wash and dry the laundry. If you do not take any measures, the mokritsy will quickly bind and divorce throughout the apartment.
Another important point is food. They feed on microorganisms and various garbage. Even simple dust serves as their food. A bin with the remains of food, if it cannot be taken out in time, it fed mokrits perfectly.
To get rid of such uninvited neighbors, you need to find and eliminate the main reasons.
Eliminate dampness. All plumbing should be checked, if necessary, fix it. Ventilation should be in working condition. It is necessary to make air in the apartment dry. In the summer you can ventilate, opening the windows. And in the cold time you will have to use heaters. It is especially important to maintain dry air in the bathroom. To do this, you need to hold the door open more often, wipe everything dry. The installation of the air conditioner in the apartment helps well.
Garbage will have to be thrown away more often. It is worth carefully checking the entire apartment, maybe in a secluded corner there is some kind of piece of food and rotting.
Only after problems with dampness and purity will be resolved, we can hope for getting rid of wet. Those who are at this time can be poisoned in different ways.
Folk remedies
The habitat of the mokrits is sprayed with diluted boric acid
In the corners, in the cracks sprinkled with salt.
Dry kvass, 100 g. They dilute boiling water in a liter and also spray the places where they are.
Also, for spraying, tobacco, red burning pepper and calcified soda are diluted in boiling water.
A strong way is the use of negative lime. In a bucket with lime you need to pour water and quickly leave the bathroom. It is advisable then for three days not to go there.
If simple products do not help, you can purchase chemicals in garden stores. Sometimes mokritsa enter the apartment through the basement or attic. In this case, one cannot do on their own, you will have to call specialists from the epidemic.
The main thing is to try not to start the problem, try to solve it at an early stage. And even better to maintain order and cleanliness in the apartment, no matter how trite it sounds.