Killing bugs indoors

supabeast

I come and go a lot, so bugs have plenty of chances to fly in my front door every time I do. Every summer I end up with a couple of flies/mosquitoes constantly buzzing around my desk, and they pretty much leave the rest of the house alone. Is there a good indoor bug trap or fly strip that will get rid of the little bastards?

EggyToast

Do you eat or leave empty dishes in your computer room? If so, that would probably definitely reduce at least the flies hanging out in the room.

The fly strips do work, but only for flies, and they're not fast. As in, you leave one out, and you'll eventually catch some flies if there are flies around, but you could go to bed with a fly hanging out and that same fly will be there in the morning, completely ignoring the strip. Or he could get caught. it's not sure-fire.

If it was crawly bugs I would suggest some sort of mist/bomb thing, but they seem to show up with you opening the door so a "kill everything now" device wouldn't work. It sounds like prevention is key, really, so do you have a garbage can near the door that you come in? Do you have a storm/screen door? Do you leave the door open frequently, or do you generally open and then close it? Do you have a door on your computer room?

tech_hunter

Get a ziplock bag fill it with water and tape it nail it tack it to the door frame outside at eye lvl. I know it sounds crazy but it will keep the flies out. As for mosquitos doesnt work.

supabeast

The problem is that there is a huge lamp right over the front door, and it isn’t going anywhere. There are always a lot of bugs buzzing around it, and they zip inside whenever the door opens. I have no idea why the bugs hang out around my desk unless they just go for the warmest room in the house. I wish food attracted them; there’s always some dirty dishes in the kitchen!

Feral

Cedar incense or scented citronella candles will repel incests.

Alternatively, install a bug zapper by the front door?

Thanatos

Get a yellow bulb for the light by the door (one of the ones with a wavelength that won't attract insects) and buy one of these:



Best thing ever for killing bugs.

Feral

What is that? It looks like a cross between a fly swatter and a tennis racket but there's a battery compartment in the handle. Is it electrified or something?

Steel Angel

Feral wrote: »

What is that? It looks like a cross between a fly swatter and a tennis racket but there's a battery compartment in the handle. Is it electrified or something?

It's an electrified fly swatter basically. When powered on and the grille touches a bug, the bug gets fried. Since you don't need to slap the bug against a hard surface, it's more flexible in terms of where you can use it effectively, ie you can tag bugs flying close to you and not just at arm's length near a wall.

Also useful for making people too lazy get out of bed to reconsider.

tech_hunter

Where can one of these devices be purchased?

Thanatos

tech_hunter wrote: »

Where can one of these devices be purchased?

I get mine at Friedman Bros., which is a hardware chain. I suspect they could be purchased there, at department stores, or on the internets. One of the greatest inventions ever. Mine ran me about $10.

B:L

Feral wrote: »

Cedar incense or scented citronella candles will repel incests.

You can get that electrified tennis racket for pretty cheap at Asian supermarkets.

JJ

Occasionally a moth will fly into my room somehow and then that fucker will fly into my lamp and burn to hell in that glass bowl. Looking at it now I see dozens of silhouetted bug carcasses. Fuck them.

Feral

B:L wrote: »

Feral wrote: »

Cedar incense or scented citronella candles will repel incests.

You can get that electrified tennis racket for pretty cheap at Asian supermarkets.

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Wow, that was a weird Freudian.