Little Buggers! How to identify, treat & prevent insect infestation

by Zoe Leger

Overview

Unlike fleas or cockroaches, for example, for many other insect infestations we never truly know when it began. For some, you're not even sure what the insect is never mind how to get rid of it. And with so much misinformation and disinformation online it's easy to feel unsure of what the best course of action is.

Little Buggers! offers the correct facts you need to identify the insect, treat the infestation, and the steps required both inside and outside your home to prevent an infestation.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781999052751
Publisher:	Zoe Leger
Publication date:	06/10/2024
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	3
File size:	4 MB

About the Author

As an owner of a home inspection company and realizing many new homeowners knew little about how to maintain a home, I wrote four newsletters covering the basic tasks a house requires for each season. That done, I started adding other newsletters, such as how to paint. For some reason, I thought insect infestation might be a good newsletter. And, gosh, what a task it ended up being. There were more insects that I thought imaginable and there was no way I could whittle it all down to four or even a six-page newsletter. However, by that time, I was hooked, fascinated at this miniature world I never thought about before. I had to finish what I started. Yet, it wasn't until early retirement in 2018 that I was able to complete the task: a book for homeowners to learn how to deal with an infestation. And how to prevent one.Newly revised to correct some errors but mostly to add more pictures and provide a bit more attention to some insects I initially glossed over, I'm content now to focus on other pleasures and activities, one of which is writing a novel.You may leave a review at your favourite reviewer site or directly on the new home for Little Buggers!

Table of Contents

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Introduction

Hymenoptera

Ants

Bed bugs

Bees

Beetles: Carpet

Beetles: Pantry

Beetles: Woodboring

Centipedes, Millipedes, Pill & Sow bugs

Cockroaches

Earwigs

Fleas

Hornets & Wasps

Houseflies

Moths

Silverfish & Firebrats

Spiders, House

Spiders, Venomous

Termites

Boric acid: best practices for ant control

Diatomaceous earth: best practices for insect control

Preventative Measures & Insect Trapping

APPENDICES:

Neonicotinoids & Garden Centre Plants

Pesticides 101: Industrial & Residential

Residential Pest-Control Companies

Spider Bites (non-venomous & venomous)

Stings & Bites (ants, bees & wasps)

Acknowledgements

Glossary

Bibliography