What To Do When You Find Bugs in Your House

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What To Do When You Find Bugs In Your House

The other day the kids and I witnessed a guy completely spin out into a ditch while we were waiting at a stop light.

A couple of us drivers who saw had stopped to help and make sure he was okay.

We stood there thinking the guy had blown a tire…or, at the very least, he had been playing on his phone and lost control of the car (and who knows, maybe he did). There had to have been a good reason he jacked up someone’s mailbox and landed himself in a ditch.

But he sheepishly admitted that a spider had crawled on his face and he sort of just “freaked out.”

I secretly laughed a little (not out loud because I’m sure he was shaken up). But the truth is that we all have that kind of reactions to creepy crawlies, don’t we??

And while a spider isn’t a bug, per se, spiders and bugs alike illicit that same reaction, especially when you’re not expecting them!

Finding them in your house is just has nerve-wrecking, too! 

That’s what happened to me recently.

I Found Bugs in My Crafting Closet

A few months ago I decided to tackle my crafting closet.

It’s not actually my crafting closet.

More of like a place where I threw crafting supplies that I didn’t know where else to put when we moved in 5 years ago and the stuff has largely been untouched since moving in (with the exception of adding to it since moving in!).

I have everything from Chinese silk brocades, decorator fabrics, and some woolen materials from when I used to sew pants and outfits, including skeins of wool from my knitting days.

It was quite a mess.

Below is what it looked like on closet clean-out day a few months ago.

(Poor hubby works out of this room, but thankfully, he’s resilient to my messes!)

(Excuse the crappy cell phone pics).

Getting Rid of Bugs

Anyhow, imagine my surprise when I started cleaning this stuff out and found a few of these little bugs.

That, my dear friend, is a carpet beetle larvae.

I’m getting the creepies just looking at it. In fact, I’ll make this picture smaller so it’s not all in your face.

Feel free to scroll quickly, because you know I am!! LOL.

carpet beetle larvae

I didn’t know at the time that’s what it was, but thanks to Google (God, what would we do without Google??), I figured it out.

I learned that they looooove dark, undisturbed places where they can munch and chew on natural, organic fibers, like my wool yarns, wools fabrics (didn’t have many of those), and silks. I also learned that carpet beetles like to lay eggs on or under wool rugs. They also like to feed on animal hair (we have no pets). Museums are afraid of getting them because they can destroy biological specimens, according to Wikipedia.

Outside in nature, carpet beetles love pollen, but when they come in on cut flowers or fly in through open doors or windows, or find small cracks, then take years to turn from larvae into adult beetles. They’re harmless to humans, don’t bite, but their hairs can cause allergic reactions.

Anyhow, I immediately called American Pest, with whom we have a bi-monthly service year-round (they help so much with the ants that we get). They treated the office, and I haven’t seen any other larvae. But unfortunately, I never cleaned out all the fabrics. I tossed them in plastic storage bins, thinking that would do the trick.

But in the last week, I’ve been several adult carpet beetles throughout the house, even in rooms where there are no silks or wools. Adult beetles fly, so they probably just flew there. But I also read that they like usually like to invade birds nests, and if you’ve got nests in an unused chimney, that would be the problem, too, along with dusty air ducts.

Sometimes breeding grounds can be a dead rodent in your attic or dead insects in your walls or attic, which could be drawing them inside the house. I’ve become quite an expert in the last week. Can you tell?

I debated on posting about this because it just sounds gross, doesn’t it? But it got me thinking about the fabrics and materials that we hoard….and the other clutter in our lives that create little hiding spots for pests…or the forgotten maintenance to our homes that could let in pests (like unused, dirty chimneys or dirty air ducts).

So I thought I would share with you some steps that might fight your own nasty little pests and to minimize the mental stress of dealing with invaders!

What To Do When You Find Bugs In Your House

What To Do When You Find Bugs In Your House

STEP 1: Give Yourself Time to Freak Out

I remember our first spring in our home. The ants came out in droves. I remember having nightmares about it! We had ants in every room in the house. Literally every room. Even in my walk-in closet on the 2nd floor. How is that even possible? LOL

My husband thinks I’m silly for wanting a bug-free home (“You can’t ever totally get rid of bugs!” he says). But as natural and normal as bugs are, I’d like them to be outside.

Allow yourself a little freak-out time, no matter how silly someone tries to make you feel for being bothered by the pests. Talk to your friends and family about it. Let them know it’s bothering you. You’ll feel better simply by talking about it.

STEP 2: Become an Expert in 5 Minutes

Like I said, Google is your friend! All it takes is 5 minute to identify whatever bug you’ve found in your house. All you have to do is type in what you see and found, and Google will do the rest: “Found a bug in my closet small and furry.” You’d be amazed how quickly Google finds the answer with just typing in description words like that!

Most times, you’ll know what it is, like ants, centipedes, or worse. Take some time to become an expert and learn about their breeding habits and things you can do immediately to make the situation better.

STEP 3: Find the Source of the Problem

In my case, I am pretty sure that the stored fabrics in my cluttered craft area (which is really hubby’s office) is the source of our problem. But how do I know that they didn’t come in through the attic, or through our unused fireplace?There is a wool area rug in there, along with stored fabrics that have been largely undisturbed for

Check thoroughly through your house and see if you notice heavier pest activity in one room of the house versus the other parts. If there is more activity in one area than the other, that’s likely the source.

STEP 4: Declutter, Declutter, Declutter!

Well, it’s obvious: the less clutter you have, the less hiding places for pests to get into.

I wouldn’t call myself a pack rat, but I have things that I’ve owned for years because I always think “Oh, I’ll use that someday!” Same with all my fabrics and yarns. But now, I’m planning to get rid of all of that stuff (or wash and properly store the stuff I want to keep). If I haven’t used it in years, I probably never will.

Below is a picture of Phase 1 of Room Clean-Out months ago, with piles of things I was getting rid of.

I can’t wait to take an “AFTER” picture and show you how it looks once I remove everything unnecessary from the room!

 

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STEP 5: Go on a Cleaning Binge

The absolute best thing you can do for your home and your psyche when you find bugs in your house is to go on a cleaning binge.

Not only are you decluttering and getting rid of things, but you’re also doing a deep clean you probably haven’t done in a long time. Use hot, soapy water, and maybe some vinegar, too. Be sure to wash as much of your fabrics as you can, in hot water and dry on high heat. I plan to wash all the blankets that were in the hall closet below, as well as whatever fabrics I want to save from my fabric stash.

With carpet beetles, the advice I read was to vacuum often, especially under heavy furniture where it can be dusty, and to vacuum under rugs, especially if they’re wool rugs. This is true for other pests, as well. With ants, any bit of crumbs, they’ll find!

I also tackled this hall closet that I hadn’t touched in ages, and actually found a pair of silk curtains that I stored away during my cozy family room makeover 6 months ago. These silk curtains, when left in a closet like this, could become food for carpet beetles. Eek!

BEFORE: Silk curtains found in messy hall closet

closet before

AFTER: Decluttered and clean

closet after

 STEP 6: Get the Good (Natural) Stuff

Years ago when we were invaded by ants the first spring in this house, I had found a product that I heard awesome things about. It’s called diatomaceous earth. It’s totally natural and works when bugs walk through it. To humans and pets, it’s safe and looks like fine powder. To bugs, it scratches their bodies and makes them lose water and become dehydrated and die. It’s made of ground up sea fossils. Pretty awesome stuff.

Have you heard of it?

diatomaceous earth kills bugs naturally - What to Do When You Find Bugs in Your House

Diatomaceous earth naturally kills ants, ticks, roaches, bed bugs, and other pests that walk through it. Oh, and carpet beetles! YAY! 🙂

Years ago I had ordered a huge 50-lb bag of it from Amazon, and it’s been in the garage, so I’m hoping that it will still be effective.

If you’re using diatomaceous earth, be very careful not to breathe in the dust when applying it. The little shards can cut your lungs!

It’s best to use a little duster like this (and a small dust mask):

mini duster for diatomaceous earth

This pest control bulb duster would work well, too:

Pest control bulb duster

The benefits of using diatomaceous earth are that it’s safe for people and pets, and plus, pests don’t build up a tolerance since it totally acts by way of slicing their bodies (I know, sounds horrible, doesn’t it?? LOL).  You can use it on the outside of your home, too (although you’d have to apply it again after it rains), and in gardens.

I plan to dig out my big bag from the garage and dust the diatomaceous earth behind dressers, under my washer and dryer, along baseboards, behind bookcases, etc, and all the little nooks and crannies that can’t get vacuum often.

Alternatives for killing pests, including ants:

Here are some other products that kill pests you might want to try:

  1. Boric acid powder – Use it in cracks and crevices, and keep it away from kids and pets.
  2. Optiguard – This gel ant bait is what I use around the house when I see an ant scouting for food. Put down a piece of paper or a strip of painter’s tape, load up a few globs of the gel on the paper or tape, and the ants will swarm it. In about 24-48 hours, the ants will be totally gone. Works like a charm! It gets 4.5 stars on Amazon, too. I highly recommend this! Another good option is Terro gel ant baits. Optiguard kills ants
  3. Ecosmart Organic Home Pest Control – Safe for people and pets, spray this around the baseboards of your home, and along the outside, if you don’t have a pest-control company.

Ecosmart organic pest control

 

STEP 7: Store Things Properly!

This is where I failed.

Most of you already know that wool should be stored clean and in air-tight plastic containers, or with cedar.

I have just never thought about it since we aren’t a big “wool” family. And before now, I had never noticed the problem with storing wools.

After finding carpet beetles and seeing holes in the wool fabric in my fabric stash, I ordered some of these SpaceSaver Premium Jumbo Vacuum Storage Bags. You can probably do the same with trash bags and just tie them off. But I wanted something legit. And I figured these would be prettier and easier to stack!

Just make sure that you thoroughly wash everything that you’re storing away first.

These bags keep out bugs, dust, mildew smells, water–everything. Can’t wait to stash everything in them!!

 

Vacuum storage bags to keep bugs out

 

In the kitchen, be sure to store your cereals, grains, and sugars in airtight containers, like these. I try to store as much of our things in these.

Food storage containers

 

STEP 8: Bring in the Big Dogs

Big Dogs as in “professionals.”

Just know that professional pest control isn’t cheap. We pay about $60 a month for them to come bi-monthly (in-between visits are free), which I think is worth it (although hubby complains about the cost). We still aren’t pest-free. I still find big ‘ole spiders in the glue traps that we use.

But the amount of ants we have now compared to what we had when we first moved in–OMG–it’s 10K times better. Pest control people create a barrier around the house that works better than what I could probably do.

Once I get the rest of the crafting closet cleaned out, along with going through our walk-in closet and making sure there aren’t discarded wools or silks lying around in there, I’ll see if that is enough to eradicate the pesky little carpet beetles. In the meantime, America Pest Control is already monitoring the problem and will hopefully be able to offer a solution after I do my part of getting rid of (or properly storing) old wool and silks.

Taking Care of the Problem Once and For All

Bugs are a big PITA (pain in the a$$). My husband is much more tolerant than I am. If I find even the smallest gnat, I go into Super Combat Mode, whereas he thinks if a bug isn’t hurting you, you don’t need to hurt it. Sorry! I completely disagree. :). Home is where you are supposed to be comfortable, safe, and at ease. Bugs can steal that from you. Hopefully, though, following these steps, we can be one step closer to being more comfortable in our homes, without annoying pests!

Do you struggle with pests in your house? What is your advice for getting rid of them?

Leave a comment below and let’s chat about it!!

 

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  1. Laura Brown says:

    Hey Serena, be careful when storing the wool items. Make sure you have killed the bugs either by heat or cold (careful of chemicals as they can ruin the fibers) before storing them. Otherwise, when you pull the woolens out of storage, the bugs will still be there!

    1. Hi, Laura! Great point! Those little buggers don’t die unless heated or cooled (unless using chemicals). Any wools I have, I plan to wash and dry on hi-heat. I’m probably going to have to throw away my yards, though. Do you think I can keep those if I wash and try them? I don’t want them to felt-up while in the skein!

      1. Laura Brown says:

        If you can seal them in a plastic bag and leave them in the sun for a few days, it should build up enough heat to kill them. Also, using white vinegar helps kill them as well. I would soak my yarn in white vinegar and then let it air dry in the sun – a double whammy to the little buggers!

  2. This post could have not been more timely. Discovered those tiny ants in my kitchen today! I hate them. Since we have 2 dogs I have to be careful with what I use to get rid of them. So frustrating!!

  3. Patricia B says:

    Hey Serena, Bugs are the worst! Well ants in the home are the bane of my existence! As you know my house is 57 years old, years ago my dad pulled out some yew bushes and I got carpenter ants in my bedroom! I would see ants crawling on my walls and could feel them crawling on me at night. UGH!!! Back in those days we didn’t have any pets, so I would use some “toxic” bug spray. Kept the door closed for an hour and when I went back in there would be dead ants half inch thick and inches from the wall. It took a month to stop them!!! Now with cats I have found that cinnamon sprinkled along the baseboards works wonders. Turns out ants hate cinnamon! I can’t wait to read others tips and tricks. Love ya’

    1. Oh God, crawling on you at night?! Oh, heck no! I’d literally lose my mind! LOL Sorry you had to go through that. It sounds traumatizing! LOL How much cinnamon do you put down? Do you create a border around your whole room?

      1. Patricia B says:

        I sprinkled a small trail around the perimeter of each rooms, along the baseboards, makes the rooms smell good too! Outside the house, I use the borax, sugar mixture on the patio which is covered by an awning. Around the rest of the house, I use cornmeal. Take a look through Pinterest, I’ve found great alternatives to chemical killers…. Love ya’
        .

  4. You have to be careful when bringing items into your home that might contain clothing moths, too. Once they’re in your home, it’s the long war to eradicate them. I guess that’s the reason they’re even mentioned in the Bible:But lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust doth corrupt (Matthew 6:20). I’ve lost a lot of good woolens over the past year and getting rid of clutter is a huge part of it.

    1. Ugh…How would you check for clothing moths? Are they big like regular moths, or really tiny ones? If I buy clothing from the thrift store, I may sure I never take it out of the bag, and I stick it in the washer and dryer immediately. That’s my biggest fear–is bringing something home from the thrift store!

  5. Diatomaceous earth food grade can also be bought at a feed store. Up here in Canada the dairy farmers put it in the feed of their cows and calves and it does wonders for their health. A 50 ob bag is a lot cheaper than buying the white powdered kind. I am using it my dogs and cats beds and in the cracks and crannies to prevent fleas. I have also found a recipe for a spray that you can use on your cats and dogs that deters fleas.
    -1 cup white distilled vinegar OR 1 cup apple cider vinegar OR a 50/50 blend of both
    -1 quart fresh water
    -2-3 drops of lavender or cedar oil
    -a decent sized spray bottle

    Directions

    The essential oil isn’t vital, but it certainly gives the spray an extra edge (and a nice smell.) If you’re using it, add 2-3 drops as you add 1 cup of white distilled vinegar/apple cider vinegar/both to 1 quart of fresh water. Fill your spray bottle, and mist your dog, being careful not to get it in their eyes, nose, or ears-aka avoid spraying near the face. To get up around the neck and behind the ears/their chin area, dampen a soft cloth with the mixture and wipe it on. Spray your pets bedding and around it with this mixture lightly as well.Another added benefit is that if you put some in a small bowl and add just enough water to make it into a past it makes a great body scrub. Old dead dry skin just dissapears. Make sure that you moisturize really well as it will dry out your skin. If you see where ants are coming in pour a line of salt along the entrance and the ants will not cross it . As for fruit flies I get a clear sticky strip and attach it to the bottom edge of my kitchen window. The just love that stuff and once they are stuck that is game over.
    I have always stored my fabric in rough neck totes and they stay safe. All are labelled and easy to find.

    1. Hi, Kathy!! Thanks for the recipe for deterring fleas! People with pets will find that useful. Tell me more about this clear sticky strip that you use for fruit flies. Is that something you make?

      Great idea on storing your fabrics in the containers! It’s probably not something most of us think about, but hopefully after reading this, they will! 🙂

  6. Uggh! Been there, done that! Shortly before I sold my home, I had a PROBLEM with those tiny sugar ants. Tried Terro and other stuff with no success. Finally saw a recipe for Borax, sugar and water bait. Since I have no kids or pets, I put little lids or containers everywhere I saw them. Got rid of the ones in the kitchen fairly easily, until the next season! Eventually, discovered that they had nests under the moss that grew in the cracks of the sidewalk outside! Cleaned the walks and sprayed. That really helped for a while. Had them in the kitchen several times, thn FINALLY, realized there was a nest in a cupboard in the bathroom. Used the Borax bait in there and that solved the problem! No more ants!
    I had cupboard moths at one time in my stored fabrics. Couldn’t figure how/were on earth they were getting in. Finally found a bag of cracked corn that I was using for microwave heat packs. Oh, my! Once I got rid of that, no more problem, except cleaning up which meant emptying every bin and container, going through everything, washing and vacuuming.
    Have had spiders, but had cats for a long time and they chased (or ate) most of those. Solved that problem. I’ve read they hat peppermint so if I ever have a problem, I’ll get some peppermint oil.
    The worst was when we moved from Oregon to Missouri, beginning of Sept. The humidity had broken and weather was cooling. No problem. Until April. Woke up one morning with an odd brown spot on my nightie. Couldn’t figure out what it was until I started making the bed. Yep! Found a dead cockroach, kind of squashed. I FREAKED OUT! That place got the best cleaning it had probably ever had. Furniture and all kinds of stuff got tossed because there was no way to clean inside. Unfortunately, back then we used chemical spray without ever giving it a thought, so that was a bad period in time. Afraid that place got saturated! We got it under control, but never got rid of them completely until we moved. Later found out they lived in the shingles on the roof and found lots of them in the leaves when we did yard work! I was born in Missouri, but don’t plan to move back there any time soon! There are good bugs and not so good bugs, but I’m not fond of them!

    1. OH NO!!!! A roach in the bed!! I’ve got the creepy crawlies just THINKING about that! Roaches scare the crap out of me. We grew up with them when we lived in the projects back when I was probably around 6 years old, but as we “moved on up” like the Jeffersons, we moved into better places that didn’t have them. I developed a fear of them. And it’s always a fear of mine when I go to warm spots. Last night I saw a huge roach was probably the streets of DC. OMG, that’s one reason I can never move somewhere super warm. Warm weather = bigger bugs! LOL. Glad you made it out of that place alive, Teckla! LOL

  7. We have carpet beetles too – I have NO idea where they come from (at least I think they are carpet beetles). They show up every spring in one bathroom only – and last about 6 weeks. I smash and flush them every time I go in there but I don’t know where they are coming from originally. The ants – yuck. Teeny tiny ones. I called at useless exterminator (I swear they hire a new person every time they send someone out and each one is progressively dumber) and I had to SHOW him where to spray. He did it grudgingly and two weeks later the ants were back. (The guy saw the carpet beetles and said “Yup” and did nothing about it. I am careful what/where I put stuff down because of the cats. So the cat dishes all sit in a saucer of water (ants won’t cross soapy water) and I sprayed with a “natural” spray. Seems ok now. The stink bugs – either the cats get them or I take them outside….but if they are too high up I just wait till they move within reach. No use stressing over it. The thing that is KILLING me is the pantry moths. I have thrown out so much food. I barely keep any food in my pantry and everything is in ziplocks – which they seem to be able to get into. The exterminator also said “Yup. Just throw everything away.” Guess I am going to have to call another company because I just can’t solve the moth issue. I don;t like bugs in the house but unless they are in my food, I don’t worry about it too much.

    1. Gretchen, oh man, sounds like you are fighting the pests this year!! Have you tried those food containers, the ones that are heavy plastic containers with the sealed tops? You might want to try those! And we had a lot of stink bugs when we moved in here 5 years ago. There were old windows on the house and they must have climbed in during the cold weather. Because when the warm weather started–WHOA–they came out from everywhere. We would find about 20-30 per day. Freaked me out!! Now, we get maybe 1 -3 during a season, thankfully.

      As for the carpet beetles, I do hear that they’re more active in the spring, so that might be what you have! You can check this link: http://www.wikihow.com/Get-Rid-of-Carpet-Beetles

  8. Janet Wood says:

    Hi,

    I have always stored my fabrics in either a hope chest, made out of ceder the bugs hate that, or plastic containers of which i have my fabric, scrapbook supplies, crafting supplies in now, they work, I have them in there for eight years and nothing, and now they are out in the pole barn in our new to us home, and I have not had any issues with them, being invaded by bugs, or mice or anything.

    Here is a spray my friend told me about, 1/3 borax, 1/3 hydrogen peroxide, 1/3 water, put in a spray bottle and shake it all together, when it dries the borax has long chard like crystals that pierce the bodies of the eggs, and the bugs just die when sprayed so it works on eggs and adult bugs of any kind…..spiders, ants, beetles, lady beetles, and lady bugs.

    good luck!
    Janet

    1. OOoh, that sounds like a good recipe! I did buy some borax (the laundry kind). I’ll try that! I wonder if that would work on the underside of carpets?

  9. Jeanie in NJ says:

    Hi Serena! I’m glad you posted this topic. It’s very timely as all those creepy crawly little critters are coming out of the woodwork (literally) and into OUR homes! I especially hate ants!! Because I know that with them – if you see one, more will be on the way! An ‘army’ of them! I had an invasion years ago in the kitchen. I took a cereal box out of the cabinet only to hear (and then see) a whole bunch of them in the box! I screamed! My then- 10-yrs-old son asked what happened. He was no where near as bothered by the little monsters as I was. I actually kept him home from school that day so he could be on ‘ant patrol’ and help me kill the tiny demons! I then called Terminix. I’ve lived through previous ant invasions – in another house, where I grew up. I’ve found them in my BED! I have had nightmares over them.
    Fast forward to…now. My husband treats the inside and outside of our house with (dare I tell?) chemicals that he gets from Home Depot. The guy from Terminix once showed him what to get, how to mix and apply – saving us lots of money by not having to call a professional. Last year, I saw nary (not one) an ant. Yay!!! Sometimes we’ll see spiders, flies, gnats, bees, etc., but none of them bother me like ants do. At least all those other bugs don’t travel together in packs. The bees – especially honey bees, we try to catch and release outside. If it’s a wasp, it’s going to be a dead wasp!
    One time though, my husband and I did, unknowingly, bring home a bunch of stink bugs from a weekend vacation in Virginia. We went to a flea(!) market where (no fleas, thank God!) I bought a box full of assorted trims, ribbons for just 2 bucks! Score! UNTIL I got home to find stink bugs in my car’s truck, in the box, and later, in the house!
    My fabrics (which I have too much of) I do keep in sealed plastic bags and bins in the attic.
    But yeah, regularly vacuuming of carpets/rugs, sweeping of floors (we have more bare flooring than rugs/carpet – due to 2 cats and one old dog) and laundering of fabrics, bedsheets, blankets, etc will also go a long way, as the creepy insects LOVE dust and dirt.
    So THANKS again for posting about it! Good luck on the craft room – er, I mean your hubby’s office! (Is he really comfortable in that wooden chair?)
    By the way, I love his green socks! 🙂
    Take care!
    – Jeanie (and HAPPY SPRING!)

    1. Jeanie, you made me LOL at the thought of you keeping your son home from school to be on ant patrol!!! LOL. Ohhhh…the things we do for bugs, huh? Okay–you have to share your secrets on the sprays that the Terminix guys use!! You figure most pest control plans cost $50-$60 per month. That’s at least $600 for the year! And if all we need to do is to get some of the same chemicals from Home Depot, I might have to try that. Hubby complains about paying for American Pest control.

      P.S. ICK on the stink bugs!! They freak me out, but at least they are easily caught once you see them! They’re too stupid to figure out they should fly away when approached! LOL

  10. I totally agree with you Serena. Bugs are gross. They give me the heebie jeebies. I have never heard of Diatomaceous Earth but am surely going to check that one out. I have a man-child and pets, so seems like a good option. Terro works but takes forever in my experience. Last year we remodeled our kitchen and took up laminate flooring. Since then we have had a ridiculous ant problem. I always thought those little suckers were living under the flooring. Thanks for all the great advise! Greatly needed.

    1. Hey, Pam! Yes, definitely check it out. I’m hoping that my huge bag is still “good” since it’s been sitting in the garage for awhile, which is very humid in the summer. Sprinkle it along baseboards and behind dressers and all. As for the Terro, I liked it, but not like Optiguard. It does draw a bunch of them, but literally in 24-48 hours, they’re gone! The pest control people put me on to it last year! I keep it on hand. We had some ants in the powder room and dining room and the Optiguard got rid of them last month!

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