Has the weather started to cool down where you live? We love the gentle breeze at night, although it's still pretty hot during the day. If you want to let the fresh air in while keeping bugs and mosquitoes out, you may like the Bug Clear Magnetic Screen Door, which is low-cost and easy to install. Enter to win one below!
Orkin invites you to play their newly created #MouseInAHouse choose-your-own-adventure game, which puts you in the shoes of a rodent looking to survive the upcoming harsh winter season. It's a fun way to learn about rodent problems during cooler weather. And you could also win a nice fleece blanket to snuggle in at home or in the car.
Are you aware that your warm house could be an open invitation to unwanted guests looking for a cozy winter vacation? Each fall, rodents migrate from their outdoor “summer home” to the warmth, food and shelter of their “winter timeshare” – your house!
Being human has its perks, like having a cozy house to enjoy during the winter, but imagine having to survive as a mouse. Try your luck by playing “Mouse in a House” below!
Have you noticed rust-colored stains on your bedding? Do you know that they could be signs of bed bugs, which would bite and feast on you while you are sleeping? It's important to protect your family from these vampire-like pests with specially made products as well as help from the professionals, when necessary.
Bed bugs reproduce quickly, so it’s critical to detect and treat an infestation early. Test your bed bug knowledge by taking the “Don’t Let the Bed Bugs Bite” quiz below. Read the “5 Must-Know Facts” for a few tips on how to spot a budding bed bug problem.
Be ware! Walk Run away from this post as fast as you can if you have insectophobia. You might be scared or disgusted by some of the embedded pictures. But do ask someone else to enter the giveaway for you so that you can keep those creepy crawly creatures out of your life for good! Close your eyes and scroll down to the entry form will work too :D
I am the kind that will scream at the sight of a cockroach. Watching movies like The Mummy make my skin feel itchy. Because of my resentment of pests, I'm open to all kinds of tips and tricks for getting rid of them. I was recently introduced to Orkin, whose team of experts in bug science is developing customized solutions to keep your home pest-free. Check out Orkin blog app below for The Pest Test! Quiz, Bizarre Bug Facts! and Orkin Man in Action! GIFs. I scored poorly on the quiz. How about you? You can also find out how to get a free pest control estimate or a free termite control inspection after taking the quiz.
The Giveaway
Believing that the best way to protect your home is education, Orkin has offered to give one of my lucky readers an official Orkin Home Education Kit It includes:
• 2 Orkin Factoids 11x17 Posters
- Poster #1 - The Pollinators
- Poster #2 - The Recyclers
• 1 Orkin bug-finding flashlight
• 20 Rubber Toy Creepy Crawly Bugs
I think the flashlight and toy bugs will come in handy for Halloween!
~~The giveaway is over. Congrats to winner Patrica!~~
Ants are persistent little creatures that attempt to seize every chance to invade our home. I'm very careful not to keep food in the open, but there are still bread crumbs and baby food spills hidden here an there becoming natural attractants to sugar happy ants. It is just inevitable with small children in the house. Luckily, I received two Combat products to help us get rid of ants.
I had the opportunity to try out Combat Source Kill Max Ant Bait and Ant Gel. Specially formulated to kill ants and the colony, the ant gel is easy to apply, perfect for spot treatment, and leaves no mess. The ant bait is designed for long-term ant control. It even kills ants outside your home to prevent ants from coming inside. The child-resistant design is particular useful for families with young kids.
Combat is having an awesome Bug Free Backyard Bash Sweepstakes, where 1 lucky winner will receive $1000 and an assortment of Combat products. Last day to enter is 9/14. Don't miss it!
But that's not all. Combat has also offered to give one of my readers a prize pack including the same products that I received for review: Combat Source Kill Max Ant Bait and Ant Gel! Let's make this giveaway fast and easy. Simply fill out the entry form before the sweepstakes ends. Good luck!
Fruit flies are much smaller but no less annoying than regular flies. They seemed impossible to get rid of until I received a Terro Fruit Fly Trap for review via Family Review Network. This is the first fruit fly trap we've ever tried and I was totally amazed at how easily it solved a problem that had been pestering us for a long time.
The new Terro Fruit Fly Trap takes the shape and color of a ripening apple, which is aesthetically appealing and can easily blend in with any home decor. My son repeatedly attempted to reach for the cute apple. Although I told him that it was not a real apple, he has yet to be convinced.
My favorite feature of the Trap is that it uses a non-toxic food-based lure. It's all natural and safe for the environment. The non-toxic acetic acid found in the lure can effectively attract adult fruit flies into the specially designed trap with one-way traffic and thus stop them from breeding. We saw a significant drop in the number of fruit flies in our kitchen within a few days of applying the trap. Dead bodies of fruit flies were clearly visible inside the trap. Now that we've used the trap for several weeks, no more traces of fruit flies are found around our fruit bowl or trash can. Hooray!
The Terro Fruit Fly Trap is very easy to use. Simply open the lid, squeeze in the red liquid lure, and place the trap near a breeding source, such as fruit bowl or garbage storage area. In the embedded video, Stew Clark, Director of R&D at Terro, will show you exactly how the trap works. You may also want to check out Stew's blog What's Bugging Stew? for great pest control tips.
Fruit fly populations tend to be greatest in late summer and early fall, so it's high time you got a Terro Fruit Fly Trap for your home. It's only $8.99 apiece. Terro is an industry leader in household pest control products. They carry a variety of products that fits your need for a safer and nicer home environment.
The Giveaway
To help you eliminate fruit flies at home, Terro has generously offered to give one of my lucky readers two Terro Fruit Fly Traps! That's a $18 value.
Required Entry: Visit Terro and leave a comment telling me one product you're interested in trying besides the fruit fly trap. (Please leave a valid email address in your comment or make sure one is visible in your blogger profile).
Extra Entries (optional): please make sure you do the required entry first! Please leave a separate comment for each extra entry, i.e. 1 comment=1 entry.
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Blog about this giveaway and link back to Terro and Me. Then leave the link in your comment (1 extra entry for mentioning this giveaway on your blog; 3 extra entries for a separate blog post).
Giveaway ends at 11:59 pm Central Time on 10/16/10
Open to US Residents Only
Winner will be chosen using random.org and will have 72 hours to respond before a new winner is chosen.
Thanks for entering and good luck!
Disclosure: This post was written for Family Review Network & TERRO who provided the complimentary product in exchange for my honest review.
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