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  2. Termites or flying ants? How to tell the difference & keep ...

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    Both termites and flying ants appear to have brown or black coloring, wings and antennas. ... You can get rid of flying ants by mixing one part liquid dish soap and two parts water in a spray ...

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    Fleas, spiders, termites, flies, centipedes, ants, bedbugs, cockroaches — these icky intruders won't give up. But keeping them away doesn't require expensive chemical pesticides.

  4. 10 Surprising Ways To Clean With Dish Soap Around The House - AOL

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    Dish soap is the ideal at-home cleaning solution for your fine jewelry, according to insurer Jewelers Mutual Group. Simply rinse your pieces and place them in a solution of Dawn dish soap and warm ...

  5. Insecticidal soap - Wikipedia

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    Insecticidal soap is used to control many plant insect pests. Soap has been used for more than 200 years as an insect control. [1] Because insecticidal soap works on direct contact with pests via the disruption of cell membranes when the insect is penetrated with fatty acids, the insect's cells leak their contents causing the insect to dehydrate and die. [2]

  6. Autothysis - Wikipedia

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    So selection for autothysis in ants evolved as a way to more effectively kill arthropod enemies. The products of autothysis in ants are sticky and corrosive substances, released by the ants' contraction of their gasters, leading to a burst at an intersegmental fold as well as the mandibular glands. The ants use this self-sacrifice to kill one ...

  7. Bookworm (insect) - Wikipedia

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    In other cases, termites, carpenter ants, and woodboring beetles will first infest wooden bookshelves and later feed on books placed upon the shelves, attracted by the wood-pulp paper used in most commercial book production. True book-borers are uncommon.