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Greenways Insecticide Powder

A CHILD AND PET SAFE PRODUCT; EASY TO USE; LONG LASTING; COST LESS; ECO-FRIENDLY
KILLS MOST HOUSEHOLD INSECTS

3LB BAG FOR W/BOTTLE 26.95+S&H

organic insecticide

12oz.BAG FOR 7.95+S&H
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Use for Ant, Flea, Tick, Bed Bug and general insect control. This safe and effective natural organic insecticide is made of Diatomaceous Earth, and designed for both indoor and outdoor use. DE is child and pet safe and may be used in food preparation areas.

What is it made of?

DE comes in the form of a chalky powder, and is the natural fossilized remains of diatoms, a type of hard-shelled algae. These diatoms particles are very small and sharp – but are only harmful to the small exoskeletons of insects. Insects cannot become immune to its action, as it is a mechanical killer – not a chemical one. Because it is like a light dust, it easily clings to the bodies of insects as they walk and crawl over it. The tiny diatom particles then cut the waxy coating of insects and they eventually dry out and die of dehydration within 48 hours. It is a natural organic insect killer that is so safe; it can be sprinkled around your kitchen, vegetable patch until day of harvest, or rubbed right into your animals’ fur.

What are the insects it controls?

Green Ways Insect Dust kills these insects: ants, ticks, fleas, aphids, silverfish, cockroaches, bed bugs, spiders, carpet beetles, slugs, snails, tomato hornworm, house flies, fruit flies, red spider mites, and earwigs. Keep in mind that it may kill beneficial insects as well.

Where can it be used?

For indoor use a paint brush or turkey baster may be used to apply a thin layer in areas where insects are found or may hide. Can be used in cupboards, behind and beneath refrigerators, cabinets, stoves, garbage cans, and in or around sewer and drain pipes. Thoroughly apply to areas of infestation.

For example:

• Silverfish: Lightly dust under the sink, inside drawers, or along the baseboards, and wherever else silverfish are found.

• Fleas: Thoroughly dust carpets and pet’s bedding and sleeping areas, as well as cracks and baseboards. It also can be rubbed into your pet’s fur.

• Carpet Beetles: Thoroughly dust along baseboards, carpet edges, under furniture, carpet, and rugs, and in closets and shelving.

For outdoor use, lightly coat a thin layer where other insects are found. Areas such as patios, windows, door frames, foundations, along ant trails and outdoor pipes and drains.

• Flies: Thoroughly dust areas where flies frequent (walls, straw bedding, livestock pens). It also can be applied to livestock coat as an insect repellent/contact insecticide

• Fire Ants: sprinkle directly on mound, or mix with water and saturate mound

• Slugs, earwigs, and other garden pests: sprinkle over plants and around edges of garden beds.

• The Environmental Health Coalition refers to Diatomaceous Earth as one of the least toxic insect controls on their “Home Safe Home” fact sheet about safe household cleaners and indoor pest control.

• Professor Stuart B. Hill at McGill University in

Canada

describes Diatomaceous Earth as non-toxic and feeling like talc when you touch it. He says that if you are going to apply large quantities, you should wear a face mask to avoid inhaling it. However, he mentions that inhaling common road dust is probably more harmful than inhaling Diatomaceous Earth.