Archived What is the best way to efficiently commit mass genocide of insects and bugs around the house? (AskVoat)
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Archived What is the best way to efficiently commit mass genocide of insects and bugs around the house? (AskVoat)
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[–] draaaak 0 points 1 point 1 point (+1|-0) ago (edited ago)
You need screens for your windows, weather stripping for your doors, and maybe double stick tape for your thresholds (base of your doorways). Also caulk or sprayfoam seams and cracks that bugs can get through.
Windex kills ants on contact, and makes cleaning them up easy, and a vacuum works great on spiders and flyers. Allowing a few non-threatening spiders to set up shop is not a bad move, they will help kill things like mosquitoes and moths. Just make sure to kill them all periodically or else they will breed, and then you'll have a hundred tiny spiders hanging from your laundry room ceiling....
Consider getting some diatomaceous earth to stuff into crevices/cracks bugs can use to get into your house or as a nest. It will wipe out anything with an exoskeleton, takes some time though as it does so with dehydration.
Maybe also put a bug zapper somewhere.