Take care of nasty bugs like mosquitoes with a homemade recipe.
Bugs often do what they do best; bug people. People spend exorbitant amounts of money to keep bugs away, especially in the summer. Citronella candles can have an overpowering smell, and chemicals in bug sprays can cause skin and eye irritation. Instead of spending your hard-earned money on bug killers, mix together household ingredients to make your own. Homemade bug remedies take care of flies, mosquitoes and wasps that irritate you during the summer months. Does this Spark an idea?
Instructions
Fly Paper
1. Cut a few strips of brown craft paper between 2 and 3 inches thick and about 14 inches long. Set the strips over a flat surface covered in newspaper.
2. Pour equal amounts of corn syrup, sugar and water into a saucepan.Mix together thoroughly.
3. Bring the mixture to a boil over the stove.Turn the heat off.
4. Dip the paint brush in the mixture and brush the sticky liquid onto the strips of paper, coating each strip thoroughly. Let the strips cool completely.
5. Hang the strips from screw hooks, door frames or against walls--with the sticky side out--in your home. Flies are attracted to the sugar, then stick to the paper.
Bug Spray
6. Fill an empty 1-gallon milk carton with water, leaving about 2 inches of space from the top.
7. Add 1 tsp. of baby shampoo to the water.Replace the milk carton cap and slosh the water around gently so as not to create suds.
8. Pour the liquid into a spray bottle.Store the rest of the bug spray in the carton. Spray the mixture on your skin to repel bugs.
Wasp Water Trap
9. Fill a bucket with water and add two or three squirts of dish soap. Mix the water and soap thoroughly. Place the bucket under a tree branch that is not near a patio or deck.
10. Measure the distance between the tree branch and the bucket. Cut a piece of string to that size, adding about 6 extra inches.
11. Tie a piece of lunch meat such as turkey or ham to one end of the piece of string.
12. Tie the other end of the string around the tree branch so that the lunch meat dangles about 2 inches above the soapy water.The wasp will eat the lunch meat, then fly into the water.
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