Natural Insect & Pest Repellents & Remedies

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PEST PREVENTION - BE PROACTIVE:

The simplest and easiest way to keep pests out is to be proactive instead of reactive when it comes to pest prevention. It's easier to keep pests out than drive them away after they get inside your house. Don't sit around and wait for a pest to become a problem. Pest-proof your home from the outside in. This will make your home less attractive to bugs, insects, rodents and other wildlife animals. Here are some resources to help:
Tips To Prevent Pests From Entering Your Home
Tips for Controlling Pests In and Around Your Home
How to Prevent Bugs and Pests in Any Area of Your Home




BED BUGS:

Bed bugs are nasty little creatures that like to hitchhike from public places, garage sales, thrift stores, even houseguests, into your home. They are easily detected if you know what to look for and where. These tiny redish-brown insects can cause irritation (rash) to your skin by feeding on your blood while you sleep. They come in various shapes and sizes depending on their life stages. They don't have wings and can survive several months without food. Generally, they come out at night and hide during the day. Here are some effective natural steps to take to eliminate bed bugs permanently from your house: 1 - Inspect infested areas to find them including mattresses, under the bed, under the couch, surrounding the living space and other corners. Bed bugs love to hide in cracks and corners. 2 - Use a vacuum cleaner to clean them from your furniture, mattresses, wardrobe, under the couch and other places and corners. 3 - Wash your all fabrics (clothes, bed linens, curtains and other stuff) with hot water. 4 - After washing your fabrics, use your dryer to dry them on high temperature. This process should kill the creature but not the eggs. A female bed bug can lay a maximum of five hundred baby bed bugs during her life period. To kill the eggs use steam from a hand-held steam machine or the steam setting of your dryer when drying your fabrics. 5 - Use tea tree and lavender oil to chase them away (but won't kill them). Bed bugs don't like the smell of both tea tree and lavender oil. Due to its strong smell and taste of these oils helps to keep them away from your house. Spray the few drops of tea tree and lavender oil all around your bed and other furniture. It prevents the attack of bed bugs while you are sleeping. Read how to make a Quick Lavender Bed Bug Spray (4 Drops of lavender essential oil to 4 oz. Water in a spray bottle).





WILDERNESS REPELLENTS:

• Smoke from fire
• Burn sage leaves
• Jewelweed plant juice
• Wild onion juice
• Wild leek juice
• Spread mud on exposed skin
• Eat Garlic to repel ticks and mosquitoes
• Avoid Scented Hygiene Products
• Soybean Oil on skin
• Wear long sleeves, pants, and socks to cover exposed skin
• Wear Bug Net Clothing




DEER REPELLENTS:

Ways to Deter Deer and Keep Them Out of Your Garden Humanely Don't Plant Things That Tickle Their Taste Buds Grow Strong-Scented Perennials Plant 'Uncomfortable' Plants around the Plants You Want to Protect Substitute Plants with a Similar Plant That Deer Don't Love Place a Privacy Fence or Hedge about Your Garden Plant the Deer's Favorite Foods away from your garden Give Them a Little Shock with an electric fence Take Down the Bird Feeder Make a Little Noise (wind chimes, radio, tin cans, etc.) Install Solar Motion sensor lights Turn the Sprinklers On Let the Dog Out Run Fishing Line around the garden Try Some Homemade Repellents but keep switching them up so the deer don't get used to them hanging fabric softener strips or bar soap from your trees and plants hot pepper sprays garlic, blood meal, or ammonia-soaked rags search the internet for many more Use Proven Store-Bought Repellents Wrap Your Seedlings, use Garden Nets, Tree Protectors Make a Scarecrow Keep grass cut low Pick your fruits and vegetables immediately when they are ripe Create Uneven Ground or Obstacles that create walking challenges for the deer





RODENT CONTROL:

Rodent-Proofing, Control and Elimination to Prevent Disease Rodents are very effective carriers of many diseases in their nestings, droppings, siliva, bites, etc. Controlling them is essential for a clean environment. Only a 1/4" opening is enough to allow these pests to enter. Carefully inspect a residence for ANY exterior gaps from the foundation to the roof and seal the gaps. Use metal-mesh scouring pads (not steel wool), galvanized window screen, install vent guards, trim back tree limbs, lay a 3-feet gravel barrier from the foundation to prevent tunneling, improve indoor and outdoor sanitation (trash, pet food, secure all food/water, firewood stacked away from house, trees/shrubs trimmed from touching the house and ground, remove climbing (ivy) plants from walls, fix leaky faucets, remove unused garden fruits/vegs, etc. - think like a rat). Set snap or glue traps to catch existing rodents. Resource 1    Resource 2    Resource 3 DIY Rodent Traps





PEST REPELLENT & ERADICATION PLANTS & METHODS:

A problem that most of us have in common, no matter where we live, is trying to rid ourselves of pesky and bothersome insects like mosquitoes, flies, fleas and ticks. Certain plants have the ability to repel different types of insects. Top 10 Common Plants that Repel Mosquitoes and Other Insects 25 Common Garden Pests and How to Get Rid of Them 8 All-Natural Ways to Keep Mosquitoes Away 5 Natural Tick Repellents Beneficial Insects for Garden Pest Control Effective Ways to Get Rid of Slugs and Snails Effective Ways to Get Rid of Grasshoppers in the Garden 4 Ways to Deter Wasps Naturally Natural Ways to Get Rid of Flies Instantly Get Rid of Gnats & Fruit Flies at Home Natural Ways to Repel Ants in general and Natural Ways to Kill Fire Ants 7 Ways to Get Rid of Mosquitoes in Your Home or Yard Natural Mosquito Repellent Plants


References:
Risks of Essential Oils
Homemade Essential Oil Insect Repellent Spray
Homemade Gnat Repellent
Make Mosquito Bites Stop Itching - Natural Home Remedies
Chemical-Free Ways to Get Rid of Pests

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See Also:
A Pest for Every Season
Control Insects By Bolstering Your Bat Habitat
Kill Termites With Nematodes
Home Remedies for Chigger Bites
DIY Pesticide for the House

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