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Getting Rid of Bugs in CrawlspaceGet three pounds of food grade diatomaceous earth. Pour it at opening of crawlspace. Put on safety glasses and one of those little white germ masks. Get a leaf blower and blow it all under house. The bugs ingest it when they clean themselves, plus it dries out their exoskeleton which kills them.

 

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Treating Bugs in HairGet an empty bottle, preferrably a spray bottle, and add white vinegar in it with 2 teaspoons of vanilla and 2 tablespoons of alcohol. Keep it by your bed and spray every hour. If you need to do it more often, do that. You will see they will stay away.

 

A light with many bugs surrounding it.

Energy Saving Bug LightsI don't like bug buildup around exterior lighting. In the past years, I've been through many different types of LED lights. This year, I've enjoyed one I found that works great and actually has kept most of the insects away. Not all but most, for so Florida that's big!

 

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Preventing Bites from Invisible BugsUse Hibiclens Antiseptic/Antimicrobial Skin Cleanser while showering and they won't bite that night.

 

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Butterfly Net As Bug CatcherNo photo, but a great tip. Use a dollar store butterfly net to cover the bug, then use your shoe. No bug spray needed.

 

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Use Heat to Exterminate Bed BugsI live in an apartment for senior citizens and we had a few bedbug incidences. They called in an exterminator and they use heat to get rid of them. I was really scared and went and got plastic covers for my box spring and mattress.

 

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Bug SprayUse rhubarb leaves to kill aphids. Boil three to five rhubarb leaves in one litre (one quart) of water for 30 minutes. Add a dash of dish soap or vegetable oil for sticking power and spray away.

 

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Clorox To Kill Tiny Reddish Brown BugsSomeone asked the question as to how to kill these little reddish brown bugs that look like a speck of dirt or a bit bigger and you don't know it's a bug unless you see it move.. Spray them with Clorox.

 

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Diatomaceous Earth For Bed BugsI know this is a creepy subject, but bed bugs are becoming rampant. There is a very save chemical called diatamaceous earth you put under all the legs of every bed and couch in your house so they call in it and die.

 

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Getting Rid of Flour BeetlesPlease check your cupboards. DO NOT KEEP any boxes of cereal, cake mix, rice, pastas,etc. over 4 months, or put in tupperware or glass jars. As soon as I come home from the grocery store, all items go into other containers.

 

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Cat Litter for Bed BugsIf you have a bed bug problem, put down cat litter where the bugs are. Cat litter will kill bed bugs.

 

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Keeping Bugs Out of Shoes and BootsSince we live in the country now we get our shoes really dirty and muddy and we don't want to bring them into the house so we leave them on the porch.

 

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Listerine Bug SprayIf you don't have any bug spray around - try using Listerine. It kills them just as fast as the bug spray and it's not harmful to us.

 

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Over abundance of crickets?They love to hop in when you open your door! Buy the sticky mouse strips and place near doors exiting your home. When full toss in the trash. By Syd

 

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Asian Ladybug DeterrentI have used this idea for the past several years and it works well for me: scatter bay leaves around on window sills or anywhere else flat you can place them. It keeps them away. The next fall I do it again. I haven't been bothered since.

 

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