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2. Getting the Bugs Out: 22 Cheap, Natural Ways to Rid ... - AOL

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   Fleas, spiders, termites, flies, centipedes, ants, bedbugs, cockroaches — these icky intruders won't give up. But keeping them away doesn't require expensive chemical pesticides.

3. How To Get Rid of Ants From Your Home With 4 Simple Tricks - AOL

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   Clean Like Crazy. Ants are attracted to crumbs, spills, and sticky messes. To keep them away, keep the kitchen as clean as possible. Dirty dishes left in the sink can attract ants and all sorts of ...

4. Are the ants marching into your Kansas City home? Here ... - AOL

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   Ants tend to retreat into Kansas City area houses, searching for food and shelter from the rain. Insect expert Jeff Whitworth joked that ants are doing you a favor. ... Borax is the one exception ...

5. Insect repellent - Wikipedia

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   Synthetic repellents tend to be more effective and/or longer lasting than "natural" repellents. [1] [2]For protection against ticks and mosquito bites, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control (CDC) recommends DEET, icaridin (picaridin, KBR 3023), oil of lemon eucalyptus (OLE), para-menthane-diol (PMD), IR3535 and 2-undecanone with the caveat that higher percentages of the active ingredient ...

6. Borax - Wikipedia

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   Borax is used in pest control solutions because it is toxic to ants and rats. Because it is slow-acting, worker ants will carry the borax to their nests and poison the rest of the colony. [ 23 ] Borax is more effective than zinc borate for termite control but a 1997 paper concluded that exposing at least 10% of the total colony population was ...

7. List of pest-repelling plants - Wikipedia

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   They have been used in companion planting as pest control in agricultural and garden situations, and in households. Certain plants have shown effectiveness as topical repellents for haematophagous insects, such as the use of lemon eucalyptus in PMD , but incomplete research and misunderstood applications can produce variable results.