Anyone have any luck killing bugs with boric acid?
We have earwigs getting into our house. Apparently they are nocturnal and seek damp places because I've been finding them in our kitchen and laundry rooms. According to a few websites, they don't usually live indoors but can set up their homestead indoors if they nobody stops them.
So, I"m determined to stop them. They don't move quickly and they don't carry illnesses (and they don't burrow through your ears into your brain according to a common myth). But I don't want them in my house. I read that using boric acid sprinkled around their traveling spots can eventually kill them. Friends of mine have told me before they killed bugs that way but I"m no longer in touch with them and I've never done this before. I was told it was a very environmentally healthy way to get rid of pests. However, I'm not sure I want boric acid sprinkled where the twins can get to it.
Does anyone have any tips for killing bugs with boric acid? Would a boric acid paste work better? Anyone have a recipe for a paste solution (because I couldn't find one online).
TIA!
Last edited by gatorsmom; 07-07-2011 at 02:22 PM.
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