The following was sent in by Leonie Edge:

Homemade Insecticides 

Here are some formulas to try control insects and pests!

Ants

Here is a list of deterrents:

Cinnamon

Lemon Dishwashing Detergent

Boiling Water

Equal Parts Borax Detergent and Sugar (mix with water or use dry)

Ant Traps

1/3 C Molasses or Honey

6 T Sugar

6 T active Dry Yeast

Mix together. Outside put the paste in a container near the colony. Inside put the mixture on a piece of cardboard in the areas ants come into the house.

Bugs

Kill by spraying with rubbing alcohol. Spray with a multi-purpose cleaner like 409.

Insect Repellent

Rub dryer sheets over your body to repel.

Mix the following ingredients and let sit 5 days. Then put in a spray bottle:

3 C Rubbing alcohol

1 ½ Cups

Red Cedar Wood Shavings

½ C Eucalyptus leaves

Earwigs

Use Bay leaves. Crumble them and spread them around.

Flies

Homemade Fly Paper

¼ C Maple Syrup T Granulated Sugar 1 T Brown Sugar

Mix. Pour over strips of shopping bags or other paper and let soak overnight. Poke a hole in the strip and hang,

Mice

Use Mint- soak cotton balls in mint extract and place around house. Steel Wool- Stuff in holes leading to house.

Mosquitoes

Put Rubbing Alcohol on your skin (but not face).

Spray outside area 3 times a week (early morning or late night) with a 20 Gallon Hose Sprayer with this mixture:

1 Cup Lemon Scented Ammonia

¼ Cup Baby Shampoo Water

Roaches

Mix the following and spread around house:

1 Lb Borax 60 oz. powdered sugar 1 oz. cocoa powder 2 oz. salt

Wasps

Spray with liquid detergent diluted in water

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