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If you want an ultra-green, natural solution to household pests and are not squeamish, introducing some predators works well. House centipedes are completely harmless to humans and will feed on most terrestrial arthropods. They're quick, but usually not quick enough to catch flies etc; even so, they're excellent at catching crickets, ants, spiders and cockroaches. Spiders, in turn, are good at controlling fly populations. I have a couple of 'pet' spiders that I leave undisturbed. I look at it as an arrangement for mutual gain. I provide them with a relatively safe environment where all they have to fear is the cat, and they in turn help to control pest levels.
I don't have a lot of issues with bugs in general; mostly flies that come in through the windows in the summer (they're always open in the warm weather, and Layla has left the screens in sub-optimal condition... sigh), but if I did have ants, cockroaches or any other such pests I wouldn't hesitate to use centipedes as a control method. That's just me, though, and I'm a bit odd.
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I get through cryin' and I'm sadder than before I wept
I get through thinkin' now, and the thoughts have left my head
I get through speakin' and I can't remember, not a word that I said
- Ben Harper, Show Me A Little Shame
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