XP: Orange Oil as Insecticide?

SpceCadet

Has anyone used orange oil as an insecticide? I'm having a SERIOUS ant problem everywhere (including our bedroom where no food or water is kept).  Our garden has been taken over and I'm not excited about using a commercial spray in addition to concern for the safety of our indoor cat and dog.  I read about a mixture of orange oil, vinegar and rubbing alcohol and wondered if anyone had tried it.   If you've tried it, how well did it work? What measurements did you use?

ad52905

Our new lawn guy will be using some type of cedar oil solution as an insecticide outside. We have a horrible mosquito/chigger problem. If you google it, several products and some info comes up about it. Apparently, a lot of our neighbors use it, too. Can't wait!!

 

 

LolitaC

We use Orange Guard.  works pretty well.

smurfette2682

i used orange guard last year for our annual spring ant problem....it did absolutely nothing.  i had to resort back to the Raid ant baits that i had been trying to avoid.  last year i tried to really pay close attention to how they were getting in, and caulked every spot i could.  so far *knock on wood* i haven't seen any yet this year......i really don't want to jinx it!

barbnsteve

I just read that for an indoor ant problem, if you put little piles of cornmeal around where the ants come/go they will gravitate toward that.  They eat it and can't digest it so they die.  May take a few days but it's worth a shot.  Not sure how to help w/the outside problem though!