Most people have an exaggerated hatred of insects. Especially people who live in towns and cities. People who live in the country are a little more tolerant of them. But why are we like that with insects? Why are we always squashing them and poisoning them? All right, we do not want to share our homes with them, I think that is fair enough, but I also think that we go too far usually.<\/p>\n
Instead of just killing them on sight, it may be better to try stopping them getting into the house in the first place. A lot of people appear to assume that all insects are troublesome, but this is just not the case. Just think how many more flies we would have flying around us and landing on our food, if it were not for spiders, but I do not know anyone who likes spiders. They do not appear to get much credit for doing a great job. We are on the same side against flies.<\/p>\n
But then flies help to quicken the decomposing of dead animals as well. Their maggots eat the decomposing flesh of dead animals, which keeps disease and bad smells under control. Ants do the same for dead insects and cockroaches do it for scraps of food left lying about. I have not found a good reason for mosquitoes, fleas or ticks yet however.<\/p>\n
One thing is for certain, this inbred or learned hatred or dread of insects does not do the manufacturers of insecticides any harm financially. Perhaps it is time to take a step back from our paranoia about insects. It is well past time to be more judicious in our slaughter of insects.<\/p>\n
For instance, when you spray your beautiful rose bushes with a chemical insecticide, you want to get rid of greenfly (aphids), but you are also killing the ants, the ladybirds, the spiders and possibly any bees or butterflies that come to feed and pollinate. Whereas, if you had sprayed the bushes with old, filtered washing up water, you would only have killed the greenfly.<\/p>\n
Where would we all be if everyone killed all the pollinators? Cropless? In fact, the shortage of bees is already a global catastrophe. Although the reason for their fast declining numbers is not quite obvious, it cannot do any good having their immune system or nervous system attacked by the residue of insecticides whenever they take a drink of nectar.<\/p>\n
Likewise with butterflies. Gardeners do not like caterpillars, but everyone like butterflies and where would we be without them? In a much duller place, I am sure. Some species of wasps kill thousands of caterpillars. so, it is better to support them rather than kill the caterpillars yourself with a nuclear bomb of a chemical spray.<\/p>\n
Some handy natural ways of controlling insects are by the use of washes containing Neem, Tobacco or Pyrethrum. These natural treatments deter them in small doses but will kill if used in a concentrated solution. Look out for products containing them and read the directions carefully to see if they suit your requirements. Borax will help control insect pests that eat their way around your house and so will corn flour.<\/p>\n
There are many ways that people can be more discriminating when attacking insects. The main issue is that it is a lot easier to go get a spray, but if you do some research, you will find loads of ways of attacking insects with natural insecticides.<\/p>\n
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