Best Moth Traps for Pantry and Clothes Moths
If you are buying a moth trap to fix an infestation, know up front what it does and does not do. A trap uses a pheromone lure to draw in and stick male moths, which... Read more.
How to Get Rid of No-See-Ums: Dry the Breeding Sites, Screen Them Out, Run a Fan
If you are getting eaten alive by bugs you can barely see, you are dealing with no-see-ums, and the fix is mostly about water and barriers, not a spray you blast... Read more.
Best Permethrin Clothing Sprays
Permethrin is not a skin repellent, so do not shop for it like one. It is a clothing and gear treatment that you spray on socks, pants, shoes, and tents, let dry,... Read more.
Best No-See-Um Repellents
If no-see-ums are eating you alive at the lake or on the porch, the fix is an EPA-registered repellent on every patch of exposed skin, because these tiny biting... Read more.
Best Chigger Repellents
If chiggers keep finding your ankles, the fix is not one magic spray but a pairing you set up before you walk into tall grass. Chiggers climb aboard from weeds and... Read more.
How to Get Rid of Gnats in Your House
If you have gnats in your house, the first thing to know is that “gnats” is not one bug. It is really three different little flies with three different... Read more.
Best Drain Fly Treatments: Gels and Enzyme Cleaners
If those little fuzzy moth-like flies keep showing up around your sink, the fix is not in the air, it is in the pipe. Drain flies breed in the slimy organic film... Read more.
Best Fruit Fly Traps: Kitchen Solutions Compared
A good fruit fly trap catches the adults buzzing around your kitchen, but it will not end the swarm, because the flies breed in rotting produce and the gunk down... Read more.
How to Repair and Seal Carpenter Bee Holes
If you want to fill a carpenter bee hole and have it stay filled, the one rule that saves you from doing it twice is to make sure the tunnel is empty before you... Read more.
How to Prevent Carpenter Bees: Protect the Bare Wood They Nest In
If a carpenter bee is drilling perfect round holes in your deck rail or eaves, the fix is not chemical, it is the wood itself. Carpenter bees bore into bare, weathered,... Read more.