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It definitely was a good idea though (sopuli.xyz)

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[–] [email protected] 23 points 1 year ago (9 children)

Ooh. Diatomaceous earth is also the best safest healthiest most humane method of fending off bed bugs.

[–] [email protected] 29 points 1 year ago (8 children)

I'm all for being humane but I would stab a bed bug with a pin and yell "die, fucker". Same goes for mosquitos, ticks and fleas.

Isn't diotemacious earth cancer causing if you breath it in?

[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Fortunately, diacontagious (or however you spell it) earth is not very “humane”. It cuts their wax layer as they crawl through it, leaving just enough of a gap that they can’t contain moisture, and they dehydrate / mummify to death.

This fun fact brought me much comfort while I lied in bed, slapping every itch and wincing at every breeze.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

DE is abrasive, and that does help, but the main reason it works is because it is a desiccant, so like a silica packet it dehydrates the insect.

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