| Pesticides are toxic and, while often
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| | bathrooms and the kitchen, especially
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| effective against pests, can be dangerous
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| | doors and windows.Nontoxic Pest Control
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| for your family and pets. Outdoors,
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| | ProductsTraps:There are many kinds of
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| sprayed pesticides might drift on a
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| | traps available that target many kinds of
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| breeze and dust your vegetable garden or
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| | pests. Some examples are sticky traps
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| your neighbor's yard. Indoors,
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| | for cockroaches, glueboards for mice,
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| pesticides can linger in the air,
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| | flypaper, bug zappers, and traps
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| exposing the family to harmful chemicals.
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| | specifically for rats, gophers, or moles.
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| For these reasons, many people are
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| | You can usually pick up traps at your
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| turning to nontoxic pest control
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| | local Home and Garden
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| methods.Prevention is the best way to
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| | store.Pheromones:Pheromones, essentially
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| control pests, but there are times when
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| | insect scent hormones, can be used in
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| even the most thorough preventative
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| | traps as bait. By emitting the scent of
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| measures will not save you from
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| | the female insect, pheromones can be used
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| intruders, so this article discusses both
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| | to lure males into a trap, where they are
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| preventative pest control methods and
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| | caught in a sticky glue. Insects are
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| nontoxic pest control
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| | only attracted by pheromones emitted by
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| products.Preventative Pest Control
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| | their own kind, so you need to know
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| MethodsSanitation:As they say,
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| | exactly what kind of insects you're
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| cleanliness is next to godliness. And it
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| | trying to eliminate and plan
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| keeps pests out, too. Keeping your home
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| | accordingly.Biological Control:Biological
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| clean is the most effective pest control
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| | control is more often used in agriculture
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| method. If you don't leave food or dirty
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| | but can sometimes be used in home and
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| dishes lying around the house, animals
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| | garden situations as well. Basically it
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| and insects won't be attracted to the
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| | means using desirable organisms to
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| smell. Sweep and vacuum regularly.
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| | eliminate undesirable organisms. For
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| Remember, just because you can't see
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| | instance, planting certain plants in your
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| crumbs doesn't mean they don't exist.
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| | garden can deter certain pests. For
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| Clean inside pantries and cabinets
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| | example, spearmint repels ants. Garlic
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| cabinets, under and around the stove and
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| | repels Japanese Beetles. Indoors, spiders
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| refrigerator at least once a
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| | eat fruit flies and houseflies, so it may
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| year.Screens:This may seem obvious, but
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| | be worth leaving some of those webs
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| screens on doors and windows are a simple
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| | around.Repellents:There are nontoxic
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| and relatively cheap way to keep insects
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| | repellents available for pest control.
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| out of the house. Also, screens on
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| | Mosquito repellents are the most popular,
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| crawlspaces keep rodents from obtaining
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| | but if you look around, you can find
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| easy access routes into the
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| | repellents that target other pests. Some
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| house.Caulking:By caulking cracks in your
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| | herbs, like eucalyptus and wormwood, are
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| house, you can minimize places for
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| | known for repelling animals and insects.
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| insects to hide and nest. Target
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