BUGS IF YOU’RE NOT SURE WHAT KIND OF BUG YOU HAVE, LOCAL COUNTY EXTENSION AGENTS OR ENTOMOLOGISTS AT YOU LOCAL UNIVERSITY CAN HELP. SAFEST, MOST EFFECTIVE TREATMENTS DEPEND ON KNOWING EXACTLY WHAT KIND OF BUG YOU HAVE. INSECTIGONE - A NON-TOXIC CRAWLING INSECT KILLER TO BE MIXED WITH PAINT. DIATOMACEOUS EARTH, WHICH IS THE FOSSILIZED SHELLS OF TINY THINGS THAT LIVED 20 MILLION YEARS AGO. WHEN THE DIATOMACEOUS EARTH SCRATCHES UP WAXY OUTER COATING, THIS WILL CAUSE THE BUGS TO DIE FROM DEHYDRATION. DISTRIBUTED BY - BROOKSTONE - 1-800-926-7000. NATURAL GARDEN PLANT BUG SPRAYS -
ANTS - BAITS - ARE SLOW (UP TO SEVERAL MONTHS) & DON’T WORK WELL FOR ALL ANTS. CHECK ON WHAT YOUR PARTICULAR ANTS ARE EATING - SWEET-FEEDING ANTS - TERRO II ANT TRAPS PROTEIN-FEEDING ANTS - COMBAT ANT TRAPS NOTE: KEEP BAITS AWAY FROM CHILDREN AND PETS. STRATEGY - FOLLOW THE TRAIL BACK TO THE NEST. IF NEST IS OUTDOORS - APPLY INSECTICIDE WITH CARBARYL, CHLORPYRIFOS, DIAZINON, OR ACEPTHATE DIRECTLY TO THE NEST. IF NEST IS INDOORS - DRILL A 1/8" DIAMETER HOLE IN WALL AND SQUIRT IN BENDIOCARB, CHLORPYRIFOS, OR BORIC ACID DUST. NATURAL ANT "GETTERS" - 1- PUT LEGS OF PICNIC TABLE IN CONTAINERS FILLED WITH WATER. 2- WASH AREAS ANTS ENTER HOME WITH FULL STRENGTH WHITE VINEGAR. 3- SPRAY ANTS WITH SOLUTION OF 3 TEASPOONS DISHWASHING LIQUID & ONE CUP OF WATER. 4- CARPENTER ANTS REQUIRE PROFESSIONAL TREATMENT. CARPENTER BEES - - THEY’RE HUGE, SEEM FEROCIOUS, AND ARE VERY TERRITORIAL. - RARELY STING. - CREATE TUNNEL-LIKE NESTS TYPICALLY IN DECK WOOD AND UNDER EAVES. - NESTS ARE USUALLY SMALL. - CONTROL IS EASY - AFTER DARK, SQUIRT INSECTICIDE IN ENTRANCE HOLE & PLUG WITH CAULK / PEBBLE.. FLEAS - FLEAS LIVE WHEREVER YOUR PET SLEEPS OR HANGS OUT. FLOOR - CARPET - GROUND - DRAPERIES - FURNITURE - CLOTHING TO DETERMINE IF YOU HAVE FLEAS IN YO' HOME, SUSPEND A LIGHT OVER A BOWL OF WATER. LEAVE OUT OVER NIGHT. FLEAS WILL LEAP UP AT THE LIGHT, FALL IN THE WATER, DROWN AND GO TO FLEA HEAVEN. ALL AREAS WHERE YOU FIND EVIDENCE OF FLEAS MUST BE TREATED AS WELL AS THE ANIMAL. STRATEGY - THOROUGHLY VACUUM CARPET AND DISCARD BAG. STEAM CLEAN CARPET AND FURNITURE. WASH BEDDING IN HOT WATER. "BOMB" BASEMENT / CRAWL SPACE AND HOME INTERIOR IF NECESSARY. USE INSECTICIDES FOR OUTDOOR INFESTATIONS. TREAT ANIMALS WITH FLEA TREATMENTS: - AN ORAL MEDICATION OR SKIN TREATMENT AVAILABLE FROM YOUR VETERINARIAN. - GOES INTO PET’S BLOODSTREAM, AND MAKES ADULT FLEAS INFERTILE. - IS COMPLETELY HARMLESS TO MAMMALS (UNLIKE OTHER POWERFUL FLEA KILLERS). GNATS - THINK OF THEM AS "FLYING TEETH". TRY VANILLA EXTRACT ON WRISTS & BEHIND EARS / KNEES. HONEY BEES - SWARMS - CALL A BEEKEEPER. IN WALLS, ETC CALL A PROFESSIONAL PEST CONTROL OPERATOR. MOTHS - CLOTHES MOTHS - CLEAN CLOTHING THOROUGHLY AND STORE WITH MOTH BALLS. MEAL MOTHS - CAN PENETRATE UNOPENED PLASTIC WRAPPED FOOD. GET INTO DRY FOOD LIKE FLOUR, CORNMEAL, BEANS, DRIED FRUIT, DOG FOOD, OR BIRD SEED. ALSO GET INTO FOOD-BASED DECORATIONS AND CHRISTMAS ORNAMENTS. STRATEGY - HEAT INFESTED FOOD IN 130-DEGREE OVEN FOR 30 MINUTES. OR PUT INFESTED FOOD IN FREEZER FOR FOUR DAYS. OR TRASH THE FOOD. NOTE: FOOD MOTHS DON’T CARRY DISEASE, SO AFTER PICKING OUT DEAD MOTHS AND LARVAE, FOOD IS STILL EDIBLE. PREVENTION - STORE FOOD IN GLASS, TIN OR HEAVY PLASTIC CONTAINERS. ROACHES - NOTE: SCIENTISTS ESTIMATE THAT FOR EVERY COCKROACH YOU SEE, THERE ARE 100 - 600 HIDING AWAY IN CRACKS AND CREVICES. STRATEGY - CLEANING UP FOOD IS THE MOST IMPORTANT PREVENTATIVE. DUST BORIC ACID INTO ALL CREVICES. DO NOT LEAVE EXPOSED ELIMINATE HIDING PLACES AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE. CAULK OPENINGS TO THE BASEMENT AND OUTSIDE. REMOVE WATER SOURCES: FIX LEAKY SINK TRAPS AND DRIPPY FAUCETS. REMOVE PET WATER DISHES. ELIMINATE DAMP DISH TOWELS, SCRUB PADS, & SPONGES. TERMITES - ANT-LIKE BUG THAT HAS WINGS ONLY WHEN IT SWARMS IN ITS REPRODUCTIVE STAGE. CAN BE DIFFERENTIATED FROM CARPENTER ANT WHICH HAS A PRONOUNCED "WAIST" AND WINGS THAT DON’T EXTEND TOO FAR BEYOND REAR OF BODY. CARPENTER ANTS TUNNEL THROUGH WOOD AND NEST. CARPENTER ANTS DON’T EAT WOOD AS FOOD. TERMITES HAVE NO "WAIST" AND WINGS THAT ARE ABOUT TWICE AS LONG AS THEIR BODIES. TERMITES EAT WOOD (CELLULOSE) AS FOOD. STRATEGY - GET A STATE-CERTIFIED PROFESSIONAL, WITH A STRONG WRITTEN GUARANTEE, TO INSPECT AND TREAT. PREVENTION - KEEP WOOD PILES AND TRASH AWAY FROM HOUSE. CONTROL DAMPNESS AROUND HOUSE AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE. NOTE: NOT ALL TERMITES LIVE IN DAMP SOIL. "DRYWOOD TERMITES" PREFER DRY WOOD AND ARE TYPICALLY FOUND IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA, ARIZONA, AND ALONG THE GULF COAST. SIGNS - MUD TUBES - TERMITES USE THESE TO GO SAFELY FROM THE SOIL WHERE THEY NEST TO THE WOOD IN YOUR HOME. SWARMS - TERMITES HAVE WINGS IN THEIR REPRODUCTIVE STAGE WHICH THEY LOSE. LOOK FOR PILES OF DISCARDED WINGS ESPECIALLY ON WINDOW SILLS. HOLLOWED - INSPECT WOOD NEAR THE GROUND WITH A SCREWDRIVER OR ICEPICK. WOOD IF IT’S RIDDLED WITH TERMITE GALLERIES, TREATMENT IS IN ORDER. INSPECT DECKS, FENCES, FIREWOOD, WOODEN SHINGLES, SIDING, AND AROUND PIPES, CRACKS, OR JOINTS IN THE FOUNDATION WALL. FECAL - DROPPINGS FROM DRYWOOD TERMITES. PELLETS 1/16" LONG, UNIFORM, PELLETS WITH ROUNDED ENDS THAT LOOK LIKE BROWN SEEDS. OFTEN FOUND IN ATTICS, OR IN LITTLE PILES BELOW INFESTED WOOD. FORMOSAN TERMITES ARE REAL BAD ACTORS THAT ARE SET UP ON THE GULF COAST AND IN HAWAII. MOVE!!! FORMOSAN TERMITES MIGRATE / EXPAND THEIR TERRITORY SLOWER THAN SUBTERRANEAN TERMITES FOR WHICH WE CAN ALL BE GRATEFUL. WASPS - USE A "PAINTER’S PAL" TYPE SPRAY FROM 20 - 30 FEET AWAY. ATTACK AFTER DARK IF POSSIBLE. IF POSSIBLE, GET NEST IN SPRING BEFORE IT GETS BIG. YELLOW JACKETS - ATTACK THEM AFTER DARK. POUR LOTS OF HOT SOAPY WATER INTO NESTS. ELIMINATE ALL SOURCES OF FOOD AND WATER AROUND HOUSE. GET USED TO THEM WHILE ON PICNICS!!! |
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