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6 oz powder dispenser for applying powder like DE to pets and surfaces.
$2.99
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Shippng Included on Both Items
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12-oz puffer bottle for injecting into wall cavities and hard to reach places
$2.99
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6 qt. Bag-In Dispenser with Lid 11.5" x 5.5" x 11"
Fits 5 pounds of Diatomaceous Earth
$11.99
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8 qt. Bag-In Dispenser with dispensing Lid 11.5" x 5.5" x 13.5"
$13.99
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- Unit Dimensions: 6" x 4" x 8.5"
- Volume: 1.6 quart
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Sting Soothe
Soothes Bug Bites
Sting Soothe is a powerful lotion that soothes stings and bug bites fast. With ingredients like Aloe Vera Oil, Vitamin E, Tea Tree Oil and Camphor, Sting Soothe offers quick, natural bug bite relief. And packed in a convenient one ounce squeeze bottle, Sting Soothe can be easily tucked into a fanny pack or bike bag for the ultimate in portability. This stuff even works on the bites you can get from flea beetles in the garden and Bed Bugs.
Price with free shipping
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Statements and Testimonials
October-2006 - A Dirt Works Customer
In terms of safety for humans and our mammal friends, there is absolutely no justification for using any other insecticide besides diatomaceous earth or whatever else you want to call it: fossil shell flower. Everything in the world is a chemical including diatomaceous earth but this one does not get absorbed into the systemic part of the body.
When you go to a hardware store and look for insecticides, diatomaceous earth is never there. I think that is ethically criminal.
From a very practical view, it is inexpensive, never loses potency and can be used effectively to prevent the annual invasion of ants into your house. I use it on the outside threshold of my house and on the earth nearby. My 20 lb bag will last me several life times. Whenever I have a friend tell me about their ant invasion I just scoop some out and give them a demonstration.
Jack A Zeller, MD
11603 Gilsan St
Silver Spring, MD
20902
Susan C. Jones, Ph.D.,
Assistant Professor of Entomology
Extension Specialist, Household & Structural Pests
Mature Bed Bug
Common name Scientific Name
Bed Bug Cimex lectularius
Tropical Bed Bug Cimex hemipterus
Bed bugs are parasites that preferentially feed on humans. If people aren't available, they instead will feed on other warm-blooded animals, including birds, rodents, bats, and pets.
Bed bugs have been documented as pests since the 17th century. They were introduced into our country by the early colonists. Bed bugs were common in the United States prior to World War II, after which time widespread use of synthetic insecticides such as DDT greatly reduced their numbers. Improvements in household and personal cleanliness as well as increased regulation of the used furniture market also likely contributed to their reduced pest status.
In the past decade, bed bugs have begun making a comeback across the United States, although they are not considered to be a major pest. The widespread use of baits rather than insecticide sprays for ant and cockroach control is a factor that has been implicated in their return. Bed bugs are blood feeders that do not feed on ant and cockroach baits. International travel and commerce are thought to facilitate the spread of these insect hitchhikers, because eggs, young, and adult bed bugs are readily transported in luggage, clothing, bedding, and furniture. Bed bugs can infest airplanes, ships, trains, and buses. Bed bugs are most frequently found in dwellings with a high rate of occupant turnover, such as hotels, motels, hostels, dormitories, shelters, apartment complexes, tenements, and prisons. Such infestations usually are not a reflection of poor hygiene or bad housekeeping.
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Fossil Shell Flour is the base product for all the Perma-Guard products.
Fossil Shell Flour@
Apply this product like any powder using the applicators we sell to the left of this text. Apply in between the mattresses, carpet and all soft materials in the room where the bugs can live, lay eggs and hide. Bed bugs can live and breed in the cracks of hardwood floors and base boards as well, so make sure you cover these places well. Closets are another place they can live too. Wash all your clothes and keep them in another room until you're certain the Bed Bug problem is under control.
The product is a dusty powder. Although non-toxic it will make you sneeze so, you might want to wear a dust mask when applying it.
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Perma-Guard Fossil Shell Flour/Diatomaceous Earth
Perma-Guard Fossil Shell Flour/Diatomaceous Earth - (Feed Grade)-pricing.
Shipping is included in the single 1, 5 and 10 lbs sizes only.
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1 lbs
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5 lbs
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10 lbs
This size is temporarily out of stock. Expect delays in receiving the product.
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50lbs
This size is temporarily out of stock. Expect delays in receiving the product.
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Case of Four 5 lbs bags
$59.00
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Case of Two Ten Pound Bags
$45.00
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Wholesale call: 802-385-1096
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The 50lbs bags are quite large, 36 x 18 x 8 and made of paper. So, if you aren't going to use it all right away, you might want to get a trash barrel or other suitable container to keep it in, to keep it clean, dry and dust free.
Available by the pallet-36 bags each. Call
Same for the smaller bags too. They come in plastic bags that once open can't be resealed, so you might want to put them into another container too. Make sure you label the container and save the original packaging. This is good practice for anything you re-package or place into a container, different from the one it came in.
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Some Basic Data
- Bed Bugs can be as much as 4 millimeters long.
- I make sense of mm as remembering that a 22 rifle barrel is about 5 mm. (actually 5.7 mm, with the rim being almost 7 mm)
- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bedbug
- They go through 5 different stages of life, from tiny to terrible.
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Treating the Room
Bed Bugs are persistent creatures that may take some time to eliminate because, they only come out at night and they don't live on the bed during the day. They are attracted to body heat.
I recommend treating the room and waiting 48 hours. Then vacuum up all the areas you treated to get all the dead Bed Bugs, feces and eggs they leave behind. Then, retreat the area again only this time leave the product down for good. When you clean the room on your usual schedule, retreat after vacuuming so you always have the protection from the Perma-Guard Fossil Shell flour working for you.
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In the Walls
If you want to treat inside wall cavities or other hard to reach spaces, use the "Puffer" bottle on the list to the left of this table.
You can drill or puncture a small hole in the plaster or sheet rock at the bottom of the wall, between the studs and "Puff" the powder into the space. Spackle or caulk the hole to provide a permanent seal and long term effectiveness of the Diatomaceous Earth.
This treatment can prevent them from hiding in the walls and prevent new infestations from coming in from next door if you happen to live in an apartment building.
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Other Steps You Can Take
Bed Bugs are not good climbers and they don't live in the bedding during the day although, some sat they do. There's some disagreement on this point. There may be some stragglers but, it's generally not their style.
They climb up the legs of the bed once you're in it and climb off the wall, base boards or any where else the bed comes in contact with the room. Here's something you can do about that.
Place the base of the legs into some type of smooth metal or glass container. If you use glass, make sure it's completely smooth and very rugged. It could break. If you use metal, use as smooth a surface as you get. Stainless steel would be best. You can put a coating of the Diatomaceous Earth in the bottom of these containers to capture and kill the most ambitious of the Bed Bugs.
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Wash all bedding materials and cloth material in the room often. This includes curtains, carpets(Vacuum), furniture covers, throw rugs and clothing.
Treat any couches or soft furniture in the room with Diatomaceous Earth too.
There's a good blog about bed bugs here.
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