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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.
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No, vinegar is not effective at killing fleas. If you have a flea infestation, you should talk to your vet and/or contact a professional pest exterminator.
How does systemic kill aphids and cicadas?
Attack against internal organs and disruption of life-sustaining processes are the ways that systemic kills aphids and cicadas. A systemic insecticide has the same effect regardless of the target pest. No insect survives systemic insecticide treatment schedules unless the arthropod in question has developed insecticide resistance or pesticide immunity to laboratory-made and nature-derived products that kill.
Are wasps pest or are they good for the environment?
Wasps are much maligned. They are a gardener's friend, and a short life history may explain why.
In spring a queen wasp comes out of hibernation. She searches for a suitable place to start a nest and lay eggs. During this time she feeds on nectar from flowers, so at this stage she is a pollinator. Although the adult wasp lives on nectar or similar sugary sources, the larvae are carniverous, so the queen (and later, the worker wasps as they emerge) capture caterpillers and other insects, including a lot of garden pests, to take back to the nest for the larvae to feed on. In return, the larvae produce a sweet, sugary substance rather like honeydew and the adult wasps feed on this. During this time you are probably not too aware of the wasps around you.
At the end of summer the queen lays eggs for drones (males) and new queens. When they emerge as adults they will fly off and mate. The old queen then stops laying. The problem for the wasps now is: no eggs means no larvae; no larvae means no honeydew. The wasps have lost their food supply. This is when they turn to the ripening fruit and other sources of sugar -- and people see them as a pest.
As the colder weather comes, the new queens find somewhere sheltered in which to to hibernate, but all of the other wasps die.
Overall, they do far more good than they do harm.
How can hornets be eliminated near a grape vine?
Mowing, nest removal, pruning, sanitation, and spraying are ways by which hornets can be eliminated near a grape vine. Mowing, pruning, and sanitation intend to discourage hornet presences by minimizing their feeding, hiding, and sheltering possibilities between the grapes and the nest. The inverted, large, tear-drop-shaped nest will be in nearby buildings or vegetations, for removal preferably by professionals in head-to-toe personal protective equipment at night by bagging the nest (for sealing and trimming from the branch) after applying aerosols, dusts, or liquids.
Does mothballs keep pigeon away?
They will but there are more effective control measures for them such as addressing the areas where they roost.
Is Ormus for real or just a scam?
Without getting technical because that is beyond me, so I wont pretend to be something I'm not. I have made my own "ormus" by following instructions on the subtleenergies website I decided instead of using any chemical to extract it from a local spring by using the water vortex and magnets.
On our first attempt at pumping water through the heath robinson device we had made, we did actually get a small amount of this very strange oily type substance from spring water? after making some adjustments we managed to get far more the next time, after about 10 hours of pumping spring water through this vortex we managed to get about 1 litre!
We stored it at home in some glass jars, we decided to do our own test on tomato plants in hydroponics, and there is no doubt whatsoever that the plants recieving it where so much more healthier! and they did produce a much better crop. so there is no doubt in our minds whatsoever that this stuff has some amazing effects on plants, so I'm guessing it would be similar for humans?
What else was strange with this stuff, it seeped out of the glass jars? after research we found other people had this too! it actually came through the glass??? and left a ring where it was sitting.
because of the amount of effort in making it we have been buying it now for our plants, we have had amazing crops in our greenhouse every year since using it! we have had no mold problems and diseases at all which is a big thumbs up!
so all in all there is something special about ormus it can't be overlooked or called a hoax, so to all you nasayers try it yourself before you say anything bad about it!
Thats what we did!
Why is DDT considered to be harmful?
When DDT gets into the plasma membrane of your skin, nerve impulses (signals) no longer fire when they are supposed to.Nerve impulse tell the muscles when to contract and relax. Thus, when an organism is poisoned with DDT, it dies by either convulsions or paralysis
What insecticide controls buffalo-biting insects?
Insecticides whose active ingredients are chlorpyrifos, hypermethrin, permethrin and pyrethrin are what can be used to control buffalo gnats.
Specifically, the insect in question belongs to the Simuliidae family. It carries the additional common names of black fly, turkey gnat, and white socks. Pyrethrin tends to be applied as a fogger, insecticide or repellent. The use of the four other above-mentioned insecticides will require application by Mosquito Abatement District and Public Health officials.
Treatment schedules demand head-to-toe personal protective equipment. Heavy infestations may necessitate personal treatments, which most effectively are realized through DEET. Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt) will be effective against the larval stage of the insect pest in question.
Who is the president of Florida Pest Control company?
It's a family owned concern-there is a link to their corporate on their site if you wish to contact
What insect crawls is small and red and stays around the kitchen cook stove?
We can only speculate without an image but if it's a beetle, likely drugstore or cigarette
How do you get rid of a raccoon that is eating your fish?
You could put a fence around your pond, just high enough so that you can get in but the raccoon can not . Or you do it the other way, which is to keep your fish out of the pond until the raccoon goes away.
Which bug zappers are most effective on gnats?
None-although you will get some results. The smaller flies are not as attracted to the UV like houseflies. You need to locate the source. Any good pest guy can find it. Once they stop breeding, they will disappear in short order.
It's most likely some kind of contact spray meaning there is no residual chemical. All you have remaining is by product which any cleaner with a mild detergent should take off without any problem.
Yes, possibly. It is toxic, so avoid contact with skin and don't inhale it.
The problem with modern bed bugs is that they are increasingly resistant to chemicals and have developed "super-bug" status. Increasingly bed bug specialists are turning to chemical free solutions to avoid this problem.
If you are looking to self treat, reading up on the products you plan on using and the best way to use them is essential although professional experienced help is almost always recommended.
Warning: The liquid form of permethrin is VERY toxic to cats. Make sure everything is very dry before allowing them in the area.
I'm answering this question because I too wanted to know how dangerous 'Real Kill' 0.01% Bromethalin was to non-rodents, and found a lot of incorrect information on the internet.
So, I'll assume you're asking this question to AVOID accidentally killing a fox, raccoon, or other non-rodent, while using bromethalin rodenticide.
Note: Trying to kill a non-rodent is a misuse of this chemical, and is likely to be cruel and inhumane. Please do not misuse this, or any other pesticide!
The toxicity of poison is often expressed in terms of its "LD50" -- Lethal Dose 50. That's an estimate of the amount of a substance that will be fatal, on average, to 50% of animals exposed to that poison. The LD50 is usually adjusted for body weight, and so is often specified in terms of amount per body weight (e.g. mg/kg)
According to a University of Nebraska study (B. Jackson, et al; 1982), the oral LD50 of bromethalin in rodents (mice and rats) ranges from 2mg/kg to 8mg/kg.
But despite an oft-quoted "10 hour" latency, their data show that, once the rat or mouse has consumed a lethal dose, the average time til death ranges from 1.8 days to 10 days (depending on the amount ingested and the bait concentration.) For example, with a 100 ppm bait -- the same concentration as in "Real Kill" 0.01% -- rats and mice survived an average of2.6 days after ingesting a lethal dose ofbromethalin.
Within a particular species, it's safe to generalize that the larger the individual, the larger the dose of a given poison it can tolerate. But it's very difficult to generalize acrossspecies.
Fortunately, there have been some cross-species studies, such as Vanlier & Cherry, 1988, which investigated the LD50 of bromethalin for some other types of mammals.
In dogs, the LD50 appears to be about the same as for rodents, i.e. 5mg/kg. For rabbits the LD50 is 13mg/kg. The LD50 for cats is only about 1.0mg/kg, which implies that cats are at least 5 times more sensitive to bromethalin than are dogs.
Yet, while pigs are even more sensitive, with an LD50 of just 0.25mg/kg, guinea pigs are far more resistant, with an LD50 of greater than 1000 mg/kg! That's because guinea pigs lack the liver enzyme that creates the actual poisonous metabolite of bromethalin.
Unfortunately, there is not yet any experimental data on the toxicity of 0.01% bromethalin in foxes and raccoons; so it's impossible to know for sure how dangerous bromethalin is for them. But with some critical unverified assumptions, your question tentatively be answered.
If you assume a fox has the same tolerance to bromethalin as do dogs (LD50=5mg/kg), and assume your hypothetical fox weighs 30 lbs, the LD50 for a 30lb fox is approximately 68mg. (30lb * kg/2.2lb * LD50 5 mg/kg = 68mg bromethalin).
Since each tab of "Real Kill 0.01% Bromethalin" weighs about 14gms, there's about 1.4mg bromethalin in each tab.
That means, given all these unverified assumptions, if 100 30-lb foxes ate 48.5 tabs of 14gm 0.01% bromethalin, 50 of those foxes would die, on average. And if you assume 1/4 of the LD50 is the maximum non-lethal accidental ingestion limit, then as long as your hypothetical 30lb fox doesn't consume more than 12 Real Kill mouse bait tabs, it shouldn't fall ill.
No, they are under the skin, but there are dermicidal creams that contain a percentage of pesticide that are effective. The bedding area must be addressed as well.
Wikipedia Is there a ulraviolet light to kill aphids?
I know of none. Most light traps just use the UV to attract & then a glueboard or grid does the dirty work. Since aphids are isolated to the plants I would just spray them for immediate results. Try ECOPCOACU or ARX-completely organic & really kills effectively. These are examples of 2 eco sprays that will even work on bedbugs which are tough buggers.
What do the people of Alcatraz eat?
Alcatraz has been shut down many years. The prisoners were not fed well if that's what you mean.
How do you get rid of indoor plant worms?
Dunking the pot in cool water, escorting beneficial worms elsewhere, removing soil, and repotting with insecticidal soap treatments are ways to eliminate indoor plant worms. Beneficial worms include composting and earth worms whereas cutworms and leafminer larvae qualify as worm pests.
