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Pest Control
What's bugging you? How do you get rid of those pesky insects and pests? This is the category to take a swat at those creepy, crawly unwelcome invaders.
2,179 Questions
Are there any ant traps or poisons to get rid of carpenter ants that are pet safe?
Niban is a great product.
Controlled burns, cover crops, ground cover, mowing, natural enemies and solarization when the thistle is considered a weed and needle, salves, tape, tweezers and wax hair remover when the thistle is embedded in skin are ways to remove thistles. Thistle cannot tolerate alfalfa, burns by controlled fires or from light-absorbing, weighted-down black plastic ground covers, buzz-cuts from extreme mowing schedules, painted lady butterfly caterpillar and weevil feeding, shade or tillage. It is important to institute the above-mentioned controls during the plant's first year, before first bloom times.
What preys upon a jacaranda tree?
Fungi and salt prey upon jacaranda trees.
Specifically, the jacaranda tree (Jacaranda acutifolia, J. mimosifolia) generally can be counted upon to cause few problems in the private and public places in which it may be planted. It nevertheless is sensitive to certain fungi and to salt water. It may perish from the fungal disease known commonly as mushroom root rot and scientifically as Armillaria root disease. Without immediate attention to soil drainage and treatment schedules, the proliferation of mushrooms at the tree's base in summer and fall will bode poorly for jacaranda below-ground (and therefore also above-ground) body parts.
How do you get rid of fleas in the yard?
Get a good pesticide concentrate and fill a hose end sprayer. Set the dial to 1 ounce per gallon and spray your yard outside. Keep sprinklers off for a day or 2. If you have pets put flea collars on them or give them a flea bath at about the same time.
A greener way would be to spray your yard with nicotine tea. You can make this yourself (I'll leave the recipe below). The only thing to consider is that this will kill all insects in your yard, and it would be a good idea to keep the cat and dog out of the yard for a couple days.
Nicotine Tea:
1 lb. loose tobacco (type does not matter, the cheapest will do).
Water.
- Boil two quarts of water
- To the water, add one cup of loose tobacco
- Allow to steep and cool.
- Place a coffee filter in a funnel or wire basket and filter the water through it into a large enough container to hold it. I prefer a gas can, and have mixed up as much as a gallon or two at a time.
- Place the nicotine tea in a sprayer, and beginning along the edge of your home, spray in a spiral pattern outward.
Some people will use the tea prepared this way as a concentrate, and mix it one for one with water. Others use chewing tobacco, and you may want to consider this if you are spraying around tomatoes (Tomatoes are susceptible to the Tobacco Mosaic Virus, which is essentially dead in North America, but may be carried in Turkish tobaccos).
Nicotine tea will kill most insects within minutes of contact. It is organic, so will be absorbed into the environment more redily than other chemical pesticides. And, is largely harmless to humans (except if drank--don't do this and keep it away from children).
Where do you place citronella candles?
In the center of the control area if you only have 1. If more than 1 form a "c" around the area with a structure behind.
Some but not all. It has to be really concentrated since they are hardy and they can smell it coming so before it gets to that point, many will go into walls away from most of it and those in places like inside your furniture or boxsprings (extremely common) will be completely sheltered. There is also no residual killing effect. Professional companies almost never use any kind of fog on a bb treatment for those reasons.
aphids or whiteflies
get some ladybugs to eat them
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GET SOME LADYBUGS?? Please don't listen to that idiot
It has mealybugs. Use Mealybug insecticides available as natural and chemical insecticides. Look for horticultural oils that contain neem oil to suffocate mealybugs. If you prefer chemical insecticides, look for products that contain permethrin or pyrethrin as the active
it is a spider, it looks and smells like an ant so the ants take it into the nest where it feeds on their young with impunity. kind of cool hah? btw- all insects have 6 legs, if it has 8 its not an insect...
What pesticides control mill bugs?
Permethrin is a pesticide which can control mill bugs. But householders must be careful in its use since the pesticide is toxic to such beloved domestic animals as cats. They in fact need not use pesticides since the insects in question can be controlled by cleaning food-eating and storing areas with soapy water and treating surfaces with bay leaves and with eucalyptus and ti-tree oils.
They are occasional nuisance animals, generally they are not considered pests.
Not likely if appropriately used it one of the more common pesticides and least toxic.
For 31 years i have never heard of lime killing bedbugs but your wanna watch your surrounding to prevent infestation.Hotel,motel, public seating etc i think you get the picture
Long tan bugs with a lot of long legs?
Try looking up house centipede (Scutigera Coleoptrata) and see if this is what you're looking for - these are actually beneficial insects that eat bad bugs like termites and cockroaches.
Does rosemary get rid of insects?
Yes, rosemary [Rosmarinus officinalis] is effective against insects. The herb or its oil particularly are respected as controls of mosquitoes [Culicidae family]. In that regard, they're as effective as is cedar [Cedrusspp] wood oil against moths [Lepidoptera order].
How do you kill fleas without hurting your pets?
Flea & Tick Preventatives, formulated for dogs to provide complete protection against fleas, ticks & heartworms. A single dose of the drug can provide complete one-month protection against the parasites. Moreover, it relieves the owner from keeping track of multiple products. The chances of missing or skipping a dose are also reduced drastically because a single administration works for 30 days.
Other than that, it is always easier to chase your dog for one administration than several.
A lot of many preventatives present on the market have a varied level of coverage. They offer different protection and thus must be given according to the requirement of the pet, but have some suggestion check them out here: ibit.ly/1bBu
The frog is that prince of a fellow your wife is having an affair with. She must have let him stay there for the weekend. Upon your return, your wife, being a woman, needed to run to the bathroom first, before you. When she got to the bathroom, there he was. So she kissed him. One of those special kisses, the ones that turn adulterous fellows into frogs. Then she tossed him in the toilet, which she was just about to flush when you walked in. You saved the dear fellow. Drive him to a pond far, far away. Or have him neutered and keep him in a jar next to the bed.
What controls or eradicates invasive bees?
Environmental education, governmental programs, professional services, and scientific research are ways to control or eradicate invasive bees. Awareness of life cycles and natural histories help people -- from Brazil through the southern United States of America -- know how to avoid interactions with and presences of the aggressive, invasive, non-native killer bees in question. Professional experience is mandatory for any control measures -- which demand head-to-toe personal protective equipment -- when populations appear or linger whereas governmental programs and scientific research ensure that life cycles and natural histories will be comprehended and monitored in ways most friendly to Earth and Earthlings.
What is the best homemade stink bug repellent?
A remedy that is easy to assemble and to use is the best home-made stink bug repellent. It tends to involve the equivalent of store-bought insecticidal soap. Some gardeners use a mixture that admits garlic and peppers.
You always have bug spray around your lips and you lick it and it tastes bad?
Most bug sprays set up barriers to keep insects from getting to the warmth, the smells, and the moisture that they like about human skin. These sprays build their barriers around smells and tastes that are offensive to insects. The smells often may not be picked up by human noses. But the tastes can.
How does Riddex work and does it actually work?
They don't although some have had some short term results. it uses high frequency sound to irritate & repel but of course, they get used to it & not all pests will find it unpleasant. Don't waste your money as every pest co has tried them & no one uses them. If they worked, they all would.
Is Garden Tech Sevin Concentrate bug killer harmful to human?
Yes, Garden Tech Sevin Concentrate bug killer is harmful to humans. The label lists carbaryl as the active ingredient. It mentions "hazards to humans & domestic animals" from absorption, contact, inhalation and swallowing.
What are two harmful effects of insect spray?
There are a great number of harmful effects of different insect sprays. These sprays can kill wildlife and taint water.
