Bed bugs have probably been plaguing people for ever, particularly in warmer countries. In fact Aristotle wrote about them in 400 BC, but they were not prevalent in the United Kingdom until after the Great Fire of London in 1666. People thought that bed bugs lived in wood because the bed bug plagues only commenced after 1670; they supposed that the bed bugs that had come in with timber imported to reconstruct London.
Over the years since the Second World War, we have come to depend on chemicals rather than natural products. Chemicals were more powerful and more easily available. This is nowhere more true than in the sphere of insect repellents. DEET was developed just after the war and developed for use by the United States army for jungle warfare. DDT was used widely on crops around about the same time.
It appears that there has been a wane in consumer trust in the building and construction industry of late. This may be because of the scams shown on television or the bribery and corruption endemic in the corporate sector, but it is almost certainly the same motivation why so many are now doing home improvements by themselves.
The indoor bug killer is the best way of clearing your immediate vicinity of insects, especially the flying ones such as mosquitoes. The indoor insect killer evaporates any insect from a mosquito to a gnat instantly on contact with a pleasingly loud, electrical ‘zap’!
I don’t know whether you have ever used a handheld, indoor bug zapper, but I think that they are wonderful. I?m talking about the handheld sort that looks like a child’s plastic, toy tennis racquet. They come in two basic sorts. I rather the rechargeable bug zapper, for the reason that batteries end up up costing more than the indoor bug zapper itself, although you could always buy rechargeable batteries, but then they are costly too.
The common indoor bugs we see all over the world are flies, spiders, fleas and beetles. No-one likes to have a bug indoors, so most people go to just about any lengths to eradicate these common indoor bugs. Less common indoor bugs may be woodlice, earwigs, scorpions and millipedes or centipedes, although they are no less unwelcome.
If you aren’t already familiar with the handheld bug zapper, you are really going to love it and if you have used one before, I’m sure you’ll welcome it back like an old pal! The electric insect zapper does just what it says: it zaps bugs. But it does it really, really well.
Some of the most common indoor bugs we see all over the world are flies, spiders, fleas and beetles. Nobody likes to have a bug indoors, so most people will go to just about any lengths to eradicate these common indoor bugs. The less common indoor bugs may be woodlice, earwigs, scorpions and millipedes or centipedes, although they are no less unwelcome.