Eartheasy

Ant, Flea, Tick, Bed Bug and general insect control.
This safe and effective product is made of FOOD GRADE Diatomaceous Earth, and designed for both indoor and outdoor use. This is a large, 4.4 lb bag.

What is it made of?

Diatomaceous earth comes in the form of a chalky powder, and is the natural fossilized remains of diatoms, a type of hard-shelled algae. These diatoms particles are very small and sharp – but only harmful to the small exoskeletons of insects. Insects cannot become immune to its action, as it is a mechanical killer – not a chemical one. Because it is like a light dust, it easily clings to the bodies of insects as they walk and crawl over it. The tiny diatom particles then cut the waxy coating of insects and they eventually dry out and die of dehydration within 48 hours. It is an all-natural product that is so safe, it can be sprinkled around your vegetable patch, or rubbed right into your dog’s fur.

What insects does it control?

Insect Dust kills these insects: ants, ticks, fleas, aphids, silverfish, cockroaches, bed bugs, spiders, carpet beetles, slugs, snails, tomato hornworm, house flies, fruit flies, red spider mites, and earwigs. Keep in mind that it may kill beneficial insects as well.

Where can it be used?

For indoor use lightly coat a thin layer in areas where insects are found or may hide. Can be used in cupboards, behind and beneath refrigerators, cabinets, stoves, garbage cans, and in or around sewer and drain pipes. Thoroughly apply to areas of infestation. For example:

• Bedbugs: Take apart bed and dust joints and channels. Dust any hollow tubing and the interior framework as well as the mattress and all cracks in the room. Use a turkey baster or duster to apply clouds of the dust over the affected area. Leave the dust to do it's job for a few days. It is still safe to sleep in your bed even while the dust is present.

• Silverfish: Lightly dust under the sink, inside drawers, or along the baseboards, and wherever else silverfish are found.

• Fleas: Thoroughly dust carpets and pet's bedding and sleeping areas, as well as cracks and baseboards. It also can be rubbed into your pet's fur.

• Carpet Beetles: Thoroughly dust along baseboards, carpet edges, under furniture, carpet, and rugs, and in closets and shelving.

For outdoor use, lightly coat a thin layer where other insects are found. Areas such as patios, windows, door frames, foundations, along ant trails and outdoor pipes and drains.

• Flies: Thoroughly dust areas where flies frequent (walls, straw bedding, livestock pens). It also can be applied to livestock coat as an insect repellent/contact insecticide

• Fire Ants: sprinkle directly on mound, or mix with water and saturate mound

• Slugs, earwigs, and other garden pests: sprinkle over plants and around edges of garden beds.

This product is safe for your pets and your family.

• The Environmental Health Coalition refers to Diatomaceous Earth as one of the least toxic insect controls on their "Home Safe Home" fact sheet about safe household cleaners and indoor pest control.

• Professor Stuart B. Hill at McGill University in Canada describes Diatomaceous Earth as non-toxic and feeling like talc when you touch it. He says that if you are going to apply large quantities, you should wear a face mask to avoid inhaling it. However, he mentions that inhaling common road dust is probably more harmful than inhaling Diatomaceous Earth.

Diatomaceous Earth (DE) used in pool (or any water) filtration contains DE that has been chemically treated and heated making the silica crystalline which is a dangerous respiratory hazard and lethal if ingested. The fresh water naturally occuring DE deposits that are designated FOOD Grade by the FDA have less than 3% crystalline silica and all other sediment that are considered unsafe are also below harmful limits. These deposits are primarily Amourphus Silica which is harmless when ingested and is commonly used in feed and food industries.

Ships to the continental US and Canada.