Do you have a problem with fruit flies? You can get rid of them with a little apple cider vinegar! Pour some vinegar into the bottom of a tall glass. Add a little bit of dish soap. The fruit flies will swim into the glass, but won't be able to swim out, and will drown.
Use steel wool to plug up holes that mice can use to enter your house. Even though mice can chew through quite a few things, these aren't able to be chewed with their teeth. Stuff any holes larger than 1/2 inch. These critters can squeeze through very small holes.
Make sure that you do not have any candy lying around the area of your home. Candy is made of sugar, which can attract a wide assortment of bugs. Therefore, the best thing that you can do is eat in the kitchen and make sure that candy does not get into other areas of the house.
Make a routine habit of checking the surfaces and areas surrounding your doors and windows. If they are not tight enough, then moisture and rain might seep in through, getting into the frames. This kind of moist wood is adored by termites and draws them in for a meal.
Borax powder is known as a natural pest control. It can be used to rid your home and yard of many different kinds of insects, including roaches and ants. Avoid using borax around children and pets. Instead, place borax along baseboards and under cabinets to quickly rid your home of these pests.
If you see damaged wood in your home, look at it closely for what kind of damage it is. If you see that the soft parts of the wood are gone but that the annual rings are intact, you likely have termites. Other forms of damage would be from other forms of insects.
Bedbugs are very sneaky and can be hard to eliminate. Before you start your extermination, take care to plug up and holes. By doing so, you can stop bedbugs from emerging from such places after the exterminator has left.
Check to see if your windows or screens are cracked or ripped as insects can easily penetrate any inconsistencies in your infrastructure. If you see that a seal has been broken, make sure that you fix this or get it replaced immediately so that it does not become an issue in the future.
Now that you have read up on some of the most effective organic pest control solutions you should be ready to do some insect control of your own. You will be happy to know that you have no bugs in your home. You are also being environmentally friendly by using organic products.
I think I am going to try the borax method. It's simple and I don't have any kids to play around with it. I have an ant problem and it is really starting to get to me because I found a couple of them in my fruit bowl. http://www.palmspringspestcontrol.com/Termites.html
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