Soar Away Flies: Natural Repellents for Flies and Moths

Flies have probably been on this earth for longer than mankind have and yet, mankind have taken over and wish the fliesto take a hike. It seems they’re buzzing around the kitchen all summer long and nothing, not even the fly swatter can getrid of them. Moths take over at night and hover around the patio light, making nuisances of themselves.

Luckily,there are many organic pest control approaches that can prevent them from entering your living space.One organic fly repellent is smashed mint. You can smash the fresh mint leaves (from your garden or the plant store) andput them into little sachets. Position them around your property and watch the flies go away. In addition, bay leaves,eucalyptus leaves and cloves put in sachets or placed throughout the house will act as repellents of flies.

It seems as thoughthere are a lot or organic herbs that flies don’t like.Another new organic fly repellent that acts like flypaper involves mixing a quarter cup of corn syrup or maple syrup, atablespoon of granulated sugar and a tablespoon of brown sugar in a bowl. Then you soak the mixture in brown craft paperand let it dry overnight.

The next day, you can poke a hole in each strip and hang it with a paperclip or some string.Flies are attracted to the organic mixture and get stuck on it, rendering them helpless.It seems like science is helping us out more and more with regards to organic fly repellents. You can now buy totallyorganic, nontoxic, pheromone-based fly trap for indoors or outdoors. Pheromones are chemical sex attractants for flies thatdraw them in and enable them to stick to the inside of the trap.

Moths are flying insects that are drawn to light and can sometimes end up in the house. Certain moths can get into yourclothing and can eat away at the material. Luckily, there are many organic pest control strategies to moths. Oneinvolves putting cedar chips in a square of cheesecloth to make a sachet. One can also use cedar oil, also referred to asjuniper oil and drench pieces of fabric to drive the flying bugs away.

Another natural and organic moth repellent involves using dried lemon peels. Place them in a clothes chest or tie some upin the cheesecloth to prevent them from entering your clothing. Other organic herbal remedies include making sachets containinglavender, rose petals or rosemary and placing these between the folds of your apparel or inside the closets.

Finally, science has helped us with moths as well, providing us with organic pheromone-based moth traps for your pantry orfor apparel. Outdoors, a “bug zapper” is a light that is associated with a zap of power. This will keep moths andother hovering insects to a minimum, as long as the “zapping” sound doesn’t drive you insane. Moths and flies are insects forwhich safe chemical repellents don’t exist.

This means that using organic methods repelling the insects are going to bethe safest alternative by far and will help make the warm summer days and nights convenient.