It's Me Against the Bugs

Canada
March 20, 2016 6:47pm CST
I've been battling the bugs in my house these days. They congregate around the windows. I used to try to bring them outside, but the numbers make that impossible, so I've graduated to the flyswatter and vacuum. I call it "bug duty" and it's a daily chore. I wish there was an end to it.
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@DWDavis (25805)
• United States
21 Mar 16
We fight an annual war against sugar ants. Each spring they come into the kitchen and battle all the way through until the next winter when we finally get a good frost. I've tried to convince my wife that we should just learn to live with them as they don't eat much. My missus will not agree to that plan, so I have to keep trying new things to keep them out.
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• Canada
22 Mar 16
Anything with borax seems to work (the liquid sugary formula works best) ; also try diamatetious (sp?) earth.
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@DWDavis (25805)
• United States
22 Mar 16
@Sheilamarie78 I've used the boric acid based powders and liquids to great effect. I inject it into the places I find the ants infiltrating the house through.
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@JudyEv (340216)
• Rockingham, Australia
21 Mar 16
It's annoying isn't it? We have fly screens all round so don't get bothered too much with bugs inside.
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• Canada
11 Apr 16
@JudyEv Not really, but somehow they find their way in.
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• Canada
22 Mar 16
Screens don't keep these cluster flies out!
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@JudyEv (340216)
• Rockingham, Australia
22 Mar 16
@Sheilamarie78 Oh, then I guess they are tiny?
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• United States
21 Mar 16
It is a good idea to vacumn them. Is it the warm weather now bringing them in Sheila?
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• United States
22 Mar 16
@Sheilamarie78 Oh I see Sheila..so it is the cold that brings them in because they are seeking the warm indoors.
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• Canada
11 Apr 16
@TiarasOceanView Yes, that's it.
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• Canada
22 Mar 16
Actually the ones we have are called cluster flies and they come in large numbers. They actually make their way in when the weather starts to get cooler and we start to heat the house. I battle them all winter and then they leave when the weather gets warm.
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@BelleStarr (61102)
• United States
5 Apr 16
One good thing about the cold we are having in Connecticut is that for now, we have no bugs around. In Florida I have a pest control company that treats my house 4 times a year.
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@BelleStarr (61102)
• United States
11 Apr 16
@Sheilamarie78 yes we arrived a week ago Saturday
• Canada
11 Apr 16
Are you back in Connecticut now @BelleStarr ?
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@just4him (317089)
• Green Bay, Wisconsin
4 Apr 16
It's the season for it. Is there anything you can use to keep them out besides a flyswatter? A natural deterrent?
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• Canada
11 Apr 16
Not with the cluster flies. I've tried several things over the years. One was called the "Cluster Buster." So-so results.
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@just4him (317089)
• Green Bay, Wisconsin
11 Apr 16
@Sheilamarie78 That's a shame. You would think there would be something to get rid of them.
@Gabugs (1895)
• United States
1 May 17
Hello! Remember me? @Sheilamarie78 It's good to see your smiling face again after my long absence. As for the bugs, I'm sorry that you have these intruders. Can't you to take help from the city?
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• Canada
1 May 17
Hi Gabby. I haven't been on this site either for ages. I wrote this little "bug rant" over a year ago. No, I don't live in the city, which is why I have so many dear critters around. I hope you are well, Gabby @Gabugs .
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@Gabugs (1895)
• United States
1 May 17
@Sheilamarie78 Yes, I'm well and thank you for asking. What about you? Have been busy?
@Gabugs (1895)
• United States
6 Jul 17
@Sheilamarie78 Where are you currently? Know that you are missed.
@1hopefulman (45120)
• Canada
1 Apr 16
Sounds bad! What kind of bugs are they?
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• Canada
11 Apr 16
Cluster flies.
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@SIMPLYD (90722)
• Philippines
30 Mar 16
We only have those red and black ants which can also be annoying . We spray insect repellant .
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@SIMPLYD (90722)
• Philippines
11 Apr 16
@Sheilamarie78 Indeed . Though some are water based . We usually would not go near the are sprayed for about 30 minutes so we will not inhale it , for precautionary measure.
• Canada
11 Apr 16
Some of those chemicals can be harmful, can't they?
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@rakski (123380)
• Philippines
30 Mar 16
oh my I hope they will be fewer by the days to come.
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• Canada
11 Apr 16
I have noticed fewer these past few days.
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@rakski (123380)
• Philippines
11 Apr 16
@Sheilamarie78 that is good to hear. I hope they totally vanished soon!
@mom210 (9117)
• United States
28 Mar 16
This time of the year, I usually "bomb" the house with bug bombs. We get anyt, ladybugs, scorpions. All kinds of fun little creature that I do not care for
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• Canada
11 Apr 16
Scorpions must be bad to have around.
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@PainsOnSlate (21852)
• Canada
25 Mar 16
Are they lady bugs? I've seen them swarm on windows in the spring. They are tricky and if the house is old they sneak in and live in the walls over the winter...We stopped at a winery in an old building in New York state and the window was covered in lady bugs.
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• Canada
11 Apr 16
They're called cluster flies.
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@Macarrosel (7498)
• Philippines
25 Mar 16
I wish you will be successful in your battle with the bugs. In our house, my concern is all about ants.
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• Canada
11 Apr 16
Thanks. Good luck with the ants.
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@paigea (36317)
• Canada
3 Apr 16
Oh that is an annoying chore isn't it.
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• Canada
11 Apr 16
Somehow I'm the only one who's bothered enough to do something about it.
• United States
1 Apr 16
I've noticed the bugs again myself, these teeny black bugs in my bathroom. I'm assuming they're coming in from the window. I hate killing them but if I don't, they'll just take over.
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• Canada
11 Apr 16
That's how I feel. I hate to be so cruel, but I don't know what else to do.
@salonga (27775)
• Philippines
21 Mar 16
I wish you victory in that battle.
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• Canada
22 Mar 16
Thanks. I need all the wishes I can get.
@jstory07 (139742)
• Roseburg, Oregon
25 Mar 16
I hope you get rid of them soon. Just spray and keep spraying.
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@jaboUK (64354)
• United Kingdom
24 Mar 16
What sort of bugs are they? Can't you spray them?
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• Canada
11 Apr 16
Cluster flies.
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@sueznewz2 (10409)
• Alicante, Spain
21 Mar 16
ohhh dear ... we were plagued by ants one year.... its such a pain..... I hope they soon leave you in peace....
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• Canada
22 Mar 16
I don't know why these tiny creatures create such havoc.
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@DianneN (247186)
• United States
21 Mar 16
Yikes! You can hire an organic bug service.
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• Canada
22 Mar 16
I'm unlikely to find one here, Dianne.
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• Stanton, Kentucky
21 Mar 16
We are already starting to see ants in the house....last year it was a constant battle way into the fall! It's good to see you here, I was a fellow bubbler.
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• Canada
11 Apr 16
Good to see you here, too, @WilmaHenry54 . We've started seeing ants, too.
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