pet safe carpet beetle control

admin — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 18:32:54 +0000

Thanks so much for the info, I just placed my order. (I have varied carpet beetles by the way, I'm sure).

The infestation we have is relatively mild, but a nuisance (I've already had to throw out 2 dress suits, 3 coats and other clothing! So, I have everything sealed in garment bags now.). The problem is that my wife and I live in a very small apartment with 3 cats. As you know, most pesticides are highly toxic to cats, so we're just using regular household cleaners like Clorox clean up spray w/bleach (and soon the pheromone traps) to regularly clean infested areas keep the beetle population in check.

I really appreciate any other advice you may have. How long do the traps typically last before I need to change them?

Thanks very much for your help!

Our CARPET BEETLE TRAPS will generally last 2-3 months before the pheromone looses it's scent or the glue gets too dry to hold target insects. I would say to replace them every quarter when you know you have activity; less frequently if nothing is active.

But since you mentioned you have cats, there are two products I believe will help your problem and are very pet friendly for use in apartments and homes. Both are generally used to treat flea infestations but because the area being treated with either product would be your carpet, I know both can effectively help reduce carpet beetles too. In other words, if you used either for fleas in your apartment, these dusts would control the carpet beetles that love to live in the same area. We know this due to the biology but more importantly, over all the years of selling it we've heard feedback over and over to substantiate the claim.

The first is a Diatomaceous Earth product that's been refined and is very clean to use in the home. It can be applied directly to carpeting for fleas and will definitely work on the carpet beetles too even though you won't find them listed on the specimen label. You can read more details on the MOTHERS EARTH DUST page but this is highly effective on larval stages of any insects including carpet beetles. I know it would help your problem if you got some applied to carpeting and up under furniture which may be another great nest location for this voracious insect.

The second product can be seen on our FLEA CONTROL page and is something we've sold for a long time. Treatments last a year and it's so safe, it won't even kill adult fleas. But because it nestles down t the nap of the carpet, it will effectively dehydrate and kill carpet beetle larvae. You can see a write up on it here on this post:

http://www.flea.net/carpet/once-a-year-flea-treatment.html

Here are links to the other products mentioned in this post:

http://www.bugspray.com/catalog/products/page831.html

http://www.non-toxic-pest-control.com/dust/mothers-earth-diatomaceous-dust

Hope this helps!

jonathan

www.bugspray.com

Non toxic carpenter bee control options

admin — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 13:08:36 +0000

I have been to your main site and reviewed your product selection for carpenter bees, but I want to use something that's non toxic to my kids. The bees are hanging around their play set and I'm afraid that anything I spray will be a danger to them. Are there any alternative options?

The products found on NON-TOXIC-PEST-CONTROL are all alternative or "safer" type sprays. These products have been categorized by the federal government as very safe to use because they have little to no impact on the local environment. In fact, these products are essentially exempt from all the general labeling requirements traditional pesticides must file and process before they can be sold. You can confidently apply any of the exempt products listed on our pages to the play set directly and it won't pose a hazard to your family, pets or environment.

With this information, you can now use these "alternative" products in place of the pesticides. Though these won't last as long they will cure the problem and should prove up to the task. The main difference will be you may have to apply more and do an extra treatment or two since you won't be allowed nearly as much leeway in making a mistake.

The first thing you should do is to go back to our CARPENTER BEE CONTROL ARTICLE and identify if you would want to use the dust or liquid concentrate for your particular problem. For example, DRIONE is recommended for dusting nests in our article. On this site, you'll find MOTHERS EARTH DE DUST, which is a great alternative, as is the CONCERN DE DUST. Apply them with a BULB DUSTER and you'll take care of any carpenter bee nest directly treated with either material.

In place of the CYPERMETHRIN, a true pesticide, you can opt for the INSECT REPELLENT listed on this site. It won't kill foraging bees but it will do a good job of repelling them from your structure which in turn will prevent new nests from forming.

Here are direct links to the information and products listed above:

Carpenter Bee Article: http://www.carpenterbees.com/carpenter-bee-control

Drione Dust: http://www.bugspray.com/catalog/products/page256.html

Mothers Earth Dust: http://www.non-toxic-pest-control.com/dust/mothers-earth-diatomaceous-dust

DE Dust: http://www.non-toxic-pest-control.com/dust/concern-diatomaceous-earth

Bulb Duster: http://www.gotosprayer.com/dusters/hand-dusters/crusader-hand-duster

Cypermethrin: http://www.bugspray.com/catalog/products/page259.html

Insect Repellent: http://www.non-toxic-pest-control.com/repellents/nbs-repellent-insect-spray

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