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DE Diatomaceous Earth – 50 lb
“DE, or Diatomaceous Earth, has many uses. The EPA has approved it as an anti-caking agent in animal feed and as a natural pesticide for indoor and outdoor crawling insects. In addition, DE is approved by the FDA for internal and external use as a Food Grade Chemical. If you are bothered by any of the following pests, DE is a good way to fight them: ants, bedbugs, box elder bugs, carpet beetles, centipedes, crickets, cockroaches, earwigs, fleas, grasshoppers, millipedes, slugs and silverfish. Image ID: corp2365, NOAA Corps Collection Photographer: Dr. Neil Sullivan, USC Diatomaceous Earth is odorless and nontoxic and looks like white powder. It is composed of finely milled fossilized shells of minuscule organisms called diatoms (image at right). The microscopically fine, sharp edges desiccate the insects’ exoskeletons upon contact, and the pests dehydrate and die within hours. The insects also die when they eat the”
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