Angela’s Environmentally-unfriendly Guide to Killing Bugs
I hate bugs. Hate them, hate them, hate them. I hate bugs so much, I once promised myself that I would marry an exterminator just so I would never have to worry about living in an infested house. That hasn’t happened but my bug problem remains.
I’m far too wimpy to actually kill a bug by smooshing it so when I’m home alone, I have to fall back on my resources in order to eradicate the house invaders.
I am almost always equipped with a bottle of Raid! It’s rare that I don’t have a bottle handy so when a bug pops up, I usually squirt the hell out of it until it dies. What happens when I, God forbid, don’t have a bottle of Raid! by my side? I’ve found that some common household products do the trick!
I’ve discovered that Windex not only leaves a streak-free shine on your glass, it also effectively drowns a spider to death. Woolite Oxy Deep Stain Remover is great at killing Japanese Beetles in addition to its stain-fighting abilities. Lysol doesn’t just kill germs… it kills Carpenter Ants with ease.
When it comes down to it, there is no better bug-killer than a good old-fashioned New England Winter. All I can do is patiently wait for the first frost. Bring on the snow!
until the NFL Draft!
Why not have an electric fly swatter handy? It certainly makes killing bugs much more entertaining than cleaning products. There’s nothing quite like watching their legs blow off when they come in contact with the swatter.
Oh, man. That reminds me of when ants invaded our kitchen and we had nothing to kill them/get rid of them. I got a bottle of Windex, took the lid off, and poured Windows all over our kitchen floor. Of course, the ants flopped around in torture until they died. Windex is now my best friend
I hate bugs. They are so gross.
I’ve heard that aerosol hairspray also does the trick, although it may just freeze them in place until they die.
OMG! That electric fly swatter is frickin’ awesome! I WANT ONE!!!
Jess, if you only saw me in hysterics when we had a termite swarm this past winter.
One thing I have learned, if you do use any substance at all, you need a gallon to kill a centipede. You also need to be swift. Those are the worst. Bring on winter!
Ahhhhhhhhhh hahahahahahhaha! Sorry. Great post. Can’t stop laughing. That’s just funny. I know so may people like you, it just hit me in the funny bone.
I defintely hate spiders and frankly, any that falls in the “bug” group. The good thing though is that I’m not “afraid” of them. They just all have to DIE. If I see any kind of bug anywhere around or inside my house, they WILL die a quick death.
Well, you are more than welcome to come to my house and kill them.
Now, as I sit here in my office at midnight, I can hear the mice running behind me and office cat is nowhere in sight. I wonder if Windex kills mice too?
OMG. I thought I was the only human being alive with a trusty can of Raid practically within arm’s reach at all times. I thought I hated bugs before. Then I moved to Florida where bugs abound and we get no killing winters.
Hehe, great post
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Hey, I also use windex…only I use it on ants. Seems to kill them almost instantly.