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Posts tagged “insects”

The Best Ways To Rid The Apartment of Ants

It must be the late summer heat here in sunny LA that's made the city's ant population decide to make a railway line right through our apartment. Doesn't seem to be an issue that we're on the third f...

Creepy Crawlies: Laura Zindel's Dinnerware

Family and friends can attest to my reaction to insects (you can read a detailed account of when I discovered black widows in my backyard here); which is to say that I suffer from a mild case of arach...

Tarmoset's Leather and Birch Fly Swatter

Only one thing can ruin a glorious sunny day outside in the garden: flies. Even by the beach, the breeze can't blow them all inland. So we present to you what is probably our favorite fly swatter. ...

LA Good Questions: How To Get Rid of Snails?

ATTACK OF THE KILLER SNAILS! The weather has been great these past few days in sunny So Cal, so this morning we thought we'd have some coffee on our patio- only to discover the horror......