Anecdote time!
I once had a small problem with either spiders or bedbugs; I sprayed extremely generous quantities of rubbing alcohol everywhere. It was extremely effective.
I've been curious ever since if anyone else has had a similar experience.
I once had a small problem with either spiders or bedbugs; I sprayed extremely generous quantities of rubbing alcohol everywhere. It was extremely effective.
I've been curious ever since if anyone else has had a similar experience.
I had a problem with clothesmoths. I took all my clothes and put them in vacuum bags, and sucked out all the air. I never had a problem again.
Sadly the spider population has declined since and I'm down to a mere two adults.
On the plus side, they're a lot cheaper than vacuum bags, take up much less space, and will prey on other critters for you.
Similar to me using spices on my floor to get rid of ants. Only I'll just have to clean up the floor after the ants are gone.
It probably just makes wasps really angry.
For those, make sure they don't set up shop and build a nest. If you see them starting on one, scrape it off immediately. They'll even nest inside your house, wriggling through a hole, so observe where they go.
Insecticide that kills on contact is probably the best way to deal with an incursion.
It makes them drunk-ish. Alcohols — especially very sweet or spoiled (for weak alcohols) ones — are good for wasp traps though (the reverse-plastic-bottle things), works infinitely better than the usual syrupy water as the alcohol and fumes will knock out yellowjackets and their ilk (and hornets) and reduce the (low in the first place) chance that they'll find a way out.
When I was 12 I once took out a hornet nest with a water hose by simply doing rounds of blasting them with water then running away while they tried to chase me.