bmwracer wrote:
I know there's stuff you can buy that you can sprinkle or spray on a lawn or an area and it's supposed to keep away bugs for several months... I think there used to be a lotta chemicals that exterminators could use, but enivronmental and public health concerns banned their use...
If you're just worried about the tiny livestock from entering the house buy the spray: it's usually in a one gallon container with a built-in squeeze sprayer their usually marked "lasts for three/four months." Just spray the lower edges of doors and around the perimeter of the windows. when the stuff dries it leaves an invisible film that sticks to bugs legs, then they take it into their bodies when they clean themselves, then they die.
After a while, you'll probably see some dead bugs around the doorway and windows... :)
One last thing: you might read the label or ask someone about it being safe for use around pets...
Apparently they are sourced from one of my neighbors, 2 doors down they do not have them. We had them last year, but now we have them AGAIN. My landlord and I are extremely pissed off. We know they are in my lawn now. We want them GONE. We have humid summers but not much rain, so they tend to come out at night looking for water. If any of you guys are familiar with waterbugs, that is my problem. I see them outside alive, dead or dying in the basement, and 1 made it to my apartment this month. That's the first and hopefully the last.
It's my front yard so I'm not too worried about MY pet but neighbors' pets. I bought some stuff at Lowes on Saturday that comes in a huge jug and has a sprayer. But if they are in the dirt I dunno if it'll still get them. It does say that it's hazardous to humans and animals. I haven't used it yet. I bought some sand-like stuff that you put on with a spreader, but that stuff didn't work. I saw them outside on the sidewalk and I was outside pouring bleach on them, out of frustration. They are huge, revolting, and if you find one and spray it, it takes at least 10-15 minutes to kill it.
My lawn is very small (probably 8x6 feet) but I know there are bugs in there that are migrating to my basement, as there is a set of steps and the door to my basement right behind the lawn and flower bed. I get sprayed regularly in the summer about 1x per 6 weeks. My landlord pays, but it's a "bait and kill", so it draws them inside......which I hate. It kills, but I don't want them in here at all. So my landlord saw dead ones in my basement and was like "Call around and bill me, find anything short of an atomic bomb, I don't care what it costs. You clean a lot and shouldn't have to be dealing with pests".
I usually see about 1-2 per week. I spoke to my usual exterminator and he said "This spray only lasts 24-48 hours outdoors because the sun rays make it ineffective". I asked him about outdoor extermination and he seemed to not do that, so I'm gonna have to call around when my phone works again :sweat:
I'm so sick of this and want to get it under control before it gets worse. I clean often and do not live in filth, yet, here they are. I'm afraid of bugs :puppydog: