Question:
What insecticide should I use?
Which insecticide should I use?
There are lots of insecticides on the market that will kill fleas. There are important things to take into consideration when choosing an insecticide:
* How toxic is it to fleas?
* How toxic is it to mammals? (that's us and our pets)
* How toxic is it to the environment?
It is best to get an insecticide that is tightly targeted to the insects that you are trying to eliminate. The best out now, like Conquer are just as deadly to fleas as the old Dursban
I can't emphasize how important this is. If we kill ourselves or our pets off, just to get rid of the fleas, then we are not being wise.
Conquer is a new Residual Insecticide Concentrate with the active ingredient of Esfenvalerate. It controls numerous pests in and around structures. It is recommended for Commercial and Industrial use. It is great for use in and around the home and food and non-food areas of: Schools, Office Buildings, Kennels, Food Processing Plants. It is specifically for use on Lawns to Kill Fleas AND Ticks.
- Kills fleas
- Kills ticks including the deer ticks that carry and transmit Lyme Disease
- One 16 ounce bottle treats 48,000 square feet of yard
- Use 1 ounce per 3,000 square feet
- Easy to use, just add "Archer" (the best Insect Growth Regulator) for COMPLETE outdoor control of fleas!
Bombs and Foggers
I am not a fan of bombs and foggers. They seldom do a decent job of ridding the house of fleas for a variety of reasons. They go up in the air and land on things, such as clothing and bedding, but do not get under the bed or in the back of the closet, and this is where most fleas proliferate.
In addition, most people try to economize and share one bomb with more space than it is intended to cover.
A far better solution is a product like Demize. It gets all FOUR stages of the flea (bombs and foggers do not stop the pupa stage), and it is sprayed on the ground, where fleas, eggs, larvae and pupae are. It takes about 10 seconds in a 10 X 10 room, close the door and go to the next room. Leave the house for two hours to let it do its job. Air it out and the problem in the house is solved for 7 months at a time.
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im moving into a new home however the home ive just moved out of is competely infested w/ fleas...im only taking my clothes dresser and bed.....my question is, should i just rewash my clothes once i move into the new home, incase of fleas.... do fleas die in the dryer???or should i put all my stuff outside and spray it before taking it in the house...??right now ive got all my stuf sitting in the garage... i just wannna know if its safe to bring in w/o risking contamination of my new home....
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Whenever my animals get fleas, they always seem to like me best. We had an infestation once in my house and not one of the five people living there got bitten, yet I was just covered with bites. Is it my breath? Something I eat? My friend thinks it is because I have a high sugar diet.
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I am going to be bombing a bedroom in my house i have no pets but the people that lived there before me did.in the bedroom there are two closets that have no doors on them. My question is . . . .is it safe for the clothes and incase of any skin irrations for the people that wear them to leave the clothes still hanging to be bombed? I would take them out but I am afraid their may be fleas on them.
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