Ask An Entomologist: How Do You Control Your Household Pests?
April 5th, 2008 by Kelley
No one in particular has asked this question yet, though I have received a lot of emails from people asking how to control different insect pests in their homes. I figured some of you might be curious as to what I battle and how.
My own woes come from flies and those darn lady bird beetles that I am sure many of you wage war against in your own homes.
They have been EVERY WHERE in my house lately, driving me nuts, which is hard to do for someone who loves bugs. At first, I had just been ignoring them and letting them be. But it has gotten out of hand now…Im stepping on them, they are in the cat’s water bowl, UGH! Too much…
The one thing that almost anyone can tell you about insect behavior is that insects are attracted to light. For that reason, I went out and bought sticky traps that you place on your windows.
And what do you know…they work great! And, they only cost about a buck or so for a pack of 4. How do you beat that?