Get Rid of Insects Without Using Pesticides
It’s usually common for homes to have cockroaches, ants, termites lurching around houses. Obviously we hate them around because like cockroaches they’re dirty and they fly. A whole host of insects that can eat you out of house and home also come out of the woodwork.
According to National Geographic, there are some tips to get rid of them by not using pesticides. You can also try this to prevent toxics at home.
Ants
There are many species of ants, each with different control techniques.
Richard Fagerlund’s book Ask the Bugman! Environmentally Safe Ways to Control Household Pests recommends this non-toxic ant bait recipe: Mix three cups of water with one cup sugar and four teaspoons of technical boric acid designed for pest control.
Wrap three or four jam jars with masking tape, pierce small holes in the top, and smear the outside with the bait syrup. Place the jars where ants are foraging, and soon swarms will appear on the jars and carry the poison back to their colonies.
To get rid of ant piles in your yard, pour hot, soapy water down the entrance to the mounds with a small funnel, Fagerlund advises.
Cockroaches
First of all, make sure your kitchen and the areas underneath your sinks are completely clean, with no food bits that would lure roaches.
One of the most effective natural control methods for roaches is boric acid–a white, organic powder that is deadly to these insects, but is no more toxic than table salt to humans.
Most people apply the treatment wrong. For the powder to work, it has to be laid in a very thin layer on the area where the roaches walk. The key, according to the University of Kentucky Department of Entomology, is “to give the [boric acid] container a shake, then puff a very light dusting of the powder into the area you wish to treat.”
Termites
–Subterranean termites—found in the eastern and southern U.S., and considered the most destructive wood pests—can set up shop near your house in the thousands, excavating narrow tunnels until they encounter wood.
The traditional control method is to apply a liquid pesticide to the soil to make a “chemical barrier” around the building that would thwart all routes of entry. But many termite entry points are hidden, and hundreds of gallons of pesticide must be applied.
The trick is to get termites to find the baits—once they do, the foragers consume the bait and share it with their nest mates, gradually reducing the colony number
A great way to eliminate bugs and pest in our homes. This idea can also help in promoting eco friendly cleaners.
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