Bugbusters : getting rid of household pests without dangerous chemicals /
Abstract: Environmentally safe methods for keeping the home pest-free are presented in this book based on latest findings of several research groups. Cockroaches, mosquitoes, lice, rodents, spiders, and fleas comprise some of the creatures that can be controlled without resorting to the use of chemi...
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New York :
McGraw-Hill,
[1985]
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Table of Contents:
- Pests of food. Outsmarting the cagey cockroach. Rats and mice. Fearsome fly. -Pests of the body. The mosquito. The mighty flea, the insidious tick. Lice and bedbugs. -Pests of property. Clothes moths, carpet beetles, silverfish. Termites. Garden insects. Integrated Pest Management in your garden. Pest control for houseplants. -Controlling the controller. Ants, spiders, wasps. Pesticides: only as a last resort. How to use and store pesticides. Personal safety. Antipest gadgets.