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Keeping your house and any outdoor pet resting areas clean, in addition to periodically checking both areas for the presence of bugs.Having pets sleep indoors, especially at night.Sealing holes and cracks leading to the attic, crawl spaces below the house, and to the outside.If possible, making sure yard lights are not close to your house (lights can attract the bugs).Using screens on doors and windows and repairing any holes or tears.Removing wood, brush, and rock piles near your house.Sealing cracks and gaps around windows, walls, roofs, and doors.Other precautions to prevent house infestation include the following: Long lasting insecticide treated bednets and curtains have been shown to kill these bugs.

Roach hotels or other “bait” formulations do not work against triatomine bugs. A licensed pest control operator should be consulted before using any insecticides to kill triatomine bugs. Although similar chemicals are available in the United States, none have been specifically approved for use against triatomine bugs. Synthetic pyrethroid bug sprays have been used successfully in Latin America to get rid of house infestations. How can I keep triatomine bugs away from my home?

In and around beds and bedrooms, especially under or near mattresses or night-stands.

When the bugs are found inside, they are likely to be in one of the following settings: Discovery of the earlier stages of the bug (wingless, smaller nymphs) inside can be a sign of a triatomine infestation. In areas of Latin America where human Chagas disease is an important public health problem, the bugs nest in cracks and holes of substandard housing.īecause most indoor structures in the United States are built with plastered walls and sealed entryways to prevent insect invasion, triatomine bugs rarely infest indoor areas of houses. Triatomine bugs live in a wide range of environmental settings, generally within close proximity to an animal the bug can feed on, called a blood host. Triatomines are mostly active at night and feed on the blood of mammals (including humans), birds, and reptiles.