If you’re like me, the mere sight of a house centipede makes you a little jumpy! House centipedes (Scutigera coleoptrata) are indeed very unique in appearance but, (if I’m being completely honest) they are also a little creepy looking. However, knowing the house centipede is not a direct threat to humans makes me feel a little better. We are not on their menu…thank goodness! Still, we try to think of ways to deter centipedes in the most natural way possible. Deter Centipedes | Natural Ways To Keep Them Away It is important to note, however, that the only way you could get stung by a house centipede is if you were to handle one or possibly step on one. If stung, you would end up with a tiny red bump. If you are sensitive (or allergic) to insect stings in general then medical attention may be needed. Let’s get to know the house centipede a little better. What does a house centipede look like? Reddish brown (sometimes tan) in color. Long, narrow, and flat. It has many legs on both sides of its body. They have long antennae. Most house centipedes are around 2 inches long but, are known to reach lengths of 6 inches. Where are house centipedes most likely to be found? Outdoors: They can be found under rocks and underneath logs and/or wooden boards. Indoors: They can be found on baseboards, around doorways and window sills, garages, and basements. It is possible to spot them crawling along your floor as they travel from point A to point B, for example. What does their diet consist of? House centipedes are, for the most part, nocturnal hunters. They kill their prey by injecting venom usually behind their prey’s head. Their prey mainly consists of: Spiders and other insects Earthworms Snails Now, let’s talk natural deterrent against the house centipede. While they do not pose a threat to humans, it is a little unsettling to run across one inside your home. The natural deterrents I’ll be covering in today’s article will include: Essential oils Diatomaceous earth (dry deterrent and spray deterrent) Mint Soap spray I will also cover tips on home maintenance to keep the house centipedes at bay. Let’s get started! Essential Oils Centipedes have a strong sense of smell due to having sensitive antennae. With that being said, there are scents that they can’t stand and will stay clear of. Vanilla and tea tree oil will deter centipedes, however, tea tree essential oil is the most successful of the two oils. Here is a great DIY tea tree essential oil recipe, with instructions, that many have had great success with. Combine 6 ounces of water and 25 drops of tea tree essential into a spray bottle Mix well Should be done once a week to keep the house centipede away Diatomaceous Earth (Dry Deterrent and Spray Deterrent) The way diatomaceous earth works as far as insect deterrent/repellent in general is the DE will leave tiny cuts on the body of most small to medium sized insects as the insect crawls across the DE. Moisture will then escape the insect’s body, which in turn will lead the insect to its eventual death. Dry deterrent method: Sprinkle DE all around the outside of your home and/or any of their entry points. Spray Deterrent: One reason some folks prefer to use a DE spray instead of the dry DE method is due to the fact that the ‘dust’ from the DE can be harmful to your lungs if inhaled. Here is a great DIY diatomaceous earth spray recipe, with instructions. Combine 1 gallon of water and 2-4 tablespoons of DE Mix well The spray can be applied to plants and also around your home and/or any of their entry points. Important: I recommend using food grade diatomaceous earth for both the dry and spray deterrent methods, as it is safe around pets and humans and still helps deter centipedes. Mint Mint is among the most effective when it comes to insect deterrent! More and more people are using mint as an all natural way to repel insects…including centipedes! Centipedes hate the smell of mint. I suggest planting mint around your home. Because mint is a fast growing plant and can become invasive due to that fact, I would suggest planting your mint plants in pots instead of your flower beds. This actually may work to your advantage, as you can move your mint plants around as you learn their exact entry points to your home. Check out my previous article, Plants That Repel Insects and Pests, to learn more about what plants could be great deterrents for you this season! Soap Spray Much like diatomaceous earth, soap will dry out most insects it comes in contact with. Here is a great soap spray recipe, with instructions. Combine 1 gallon of warm water with 2 tablespoons of liquid dawn dish soap (regular blue dawn liquid soap will work the best) Add mixture to a spray bottle and shake very well. Spray this mixture inside your home and spray into dark crevices, corners, or any known entry point. The spray will start to dry the centipede out as soon it comes in contact with the soap spray. Tip: This exact spray recipe will also kill fleas on contact! You can also use liquid dawn soap (regular blue dawn) to bathe your dogs and cats as a completely safe alternative to flea shampoo. The fleas will die on contact! I found this gem of information 7 years ago when I rescued a 4 week old kitten that was infested with fleas. He was way too young for regular flea shampoo so, I bathed him in liquid dawn soap (again, regular blue dawn) and it killed every flea on contact which (again) was completely safe for the little guy. It saved his life! “Taz” now lives a happy and content life…with me! A Couple Of Tips On Home Maintenance And How To Deter Centipedes Here are a couple of  great tips on things you can do around your home, in addition to the deterrents, to help ensure that the house centipede stays away! Since these little guys love cool and moist air, a popular place for them is in your basement and/or bathrooms. If you find that you have a centipede problem concentrated in these areas of your home, consider placing a dehumidifier in these areas to help bring the moisture levels down a bit. Keeping all food containers and garbage cans sealed will help bring the centipede population down. Centipedes are not attracted to food and trash but, the insects that are attracted to food and trash are on the centipede dinner menu! How To Good Health shows how to deter centipedes at home safe & naturally: Do you have a deterrent or repellent for the house centipede you would like to share with us? Share with us in the comment section below. UP NEXT: How To Get Rid OF Flies Using Natural Homemade Repellents

One of the ways that leftist entertainers reinforce the cartoon of their intolerance of their audience is my going to European film festivals and seeking sympathy abroad over what a mountain of morons they have to live with in America. This was guaranteed to happen after all of their rantings and ravings about Donald Trump fell on deaf ears. But who could possibly be the worst abuser of the public than Alec Baldwin, who shot a woman dead and is at the rock bottom of his appeal as a movie star? Shooter McBaldwin showed up at the Turin Film Festival in Italy to say at least half of America are "very uninformed about reality." Because in the aura of his own presumed brilliance, Baldwin can't seem to locate any reasons people would be ready to turn on the Democrats after four years: start with dramatic inflation, the Afghanistan withdrawal fiasco, and the costs of mass importation (and the violent crime that came with it). Those are "Fox News issues," so they're automatically discredited as legitimate issues. Alec Baldwin in Italy: After Trump's victory, "half the people in the country are very unhappy, it’s a very difficult time ... Americans are really uninformed about reality, what's really going on — w/ climate change, Ukraine, you name it ... Americans have an appetite for a… pic.twitter.com/YRy99owNq7 — Tom Elliott (@tomselliott) November 26, 2024 “Television news in the United States is a business. They have to make money," Baldwin said. This is a daffy thing to say, since the movie business is a business. They have to make money. Somehow the profit motive is ruining democracy.  “There’s a hole. There's a vacuum. There is a gap, if you will, in information for Americans. Americans are very uninformed about reality – what's really going on, with climate change, Ukraine, Israel -- You name it, all the biggest topics in the world, Americans have an appetite for a little bit of information.” He held up his thumb and forefinger -- his trigger finger -- to demonstrate the tiny attention span of Americans.  Call us dumb, but none of us were so dumb we killed a woman because we didn't check if our gun had real ammo in it.   Then came Sharon Stone, who couldn't just insult the Trump-voting half of America, but the entire country as a bunch of arrogant adolescents. This is where you start to wonder if this isn't just political. It's a bitter actress, a flamed-out femme fatale who hasn't been a movie star in this century. “You know, Italy has seen fascism. Italy has seen these things. You guys, you understand what happens. You have seen this before. My country is in its adolescence. Adolescence is very arrogant. Adolescence thinks it knows everything. Adolescence is naive and ignorant and arrogant, and we are in our ignorant, arrogant adolescence. We haven’t seen this before in our country. So, Americans who don’t travel, who 80 percent don’t have a passport, who are uneducated, are in their extraordinary naivete.” Hollywood actress Sharon Stone rants about the election: "America is naive, ignorant, and arrogant" pic.twitter.com/2h2D2tmoSW — End Wokeness (@EndWokeness) November 26, 2024 Then came some babbling about women shouldn’t just depend on other women to survive, but on “good men” overcoming the “bad men.” This apparently means the men who voted for Trump. Baldwin and Stone ought to make a bitter movie together -- for European audiences, about how stupid Americans are. It probably wouldn't sell that many tickets in America. Or maybe it would -- to supercilious leftists who think they're so much smarter than the rest of us. 

Kamala Harris' first attempt to secure the White House was a colossal failure. While struggling to break out of the single digits in early state polls, Harris learned that a majority of Democrats in her home state of California wanted her to call it quits. She obliged them in December 2019. Years later, she supplanted the candidate who single-handedly salvaged her career only to suffer an even more humiliating defeat, burning through over $1.5 billion for the privilege of losing in the Electoral College by a landslide. Apparently, the 60-year-old leftist thinks the next time might be different and has signaled an interest in trying again. On Tuesday, Democratic strategist Theryn Bond begged the vice president to throw in the towel on her presidential ambitions. Last week, a Morning Consult survey indicated that 43% of Democrats and Democratic-leaning independents would now vote for Harris in a presidential primary of the kind effectively voided by the party earlier this year. A recent Echelon Insights snap poll indicated that 41% of respondents would vote for Harris in a Democratic primary held today. 'Please don't.' Politico reported Monday that Harris, likely aware that a great many Democrats are willing to overlook her repeated failures, "has been instructing advisers and allies to keep her options open — whether for a possible 2028 presidential run, or even to run for governor in her home state of California in two years." Harris has repeatedly told reporters, "I am staying in the fight." Five individuals in the vice president's inner circle who spoke to Politico on the condition of anonymity suggested that Harris will think over her political options with family members over the Christmas season. On Tuesday, within hours of Democrats releasing a bizarre and widely ridiculed video of Harris, Theryn Bond urged the vice president on Newsmax's "National Report" "not to run again in 2028. Please don't." 'If they're dumb enough to run her again, I can't wait.' "I can't really speak for governor of California. Californians seem to support her significantly. We haven't yet been able to measure what that support looks like after this current run she just had," said Bond. The Democratic strategist suggested that a gubernatorial bid might "make sense for her to consider, but another shot at the presidency — I hope she doesn't. And if she is relying on those same advisers that advised her this cycle, that's not who I would listen to." Conservative political strategist Luke Ball largely agreed with Bond's assessment, noting that in California, Harris would have "high name ID, but if she ran anywhere else in the country, I don't think she'd be able to get elected to dog catcher." Conservative filmmaker Robby Starbuck noted, "Wow. This Echelon poll asked Democrats who they'd vote for in the 2028 Presidential primary and 41% said Kamala Harris. If they're dumb enough to run her again, I can't wait." Conservative commentator Michael Knowles said that Harris, "who lost in a massive landslide, who allowed the Republican to win the popular vote for the first time in 20 years — the Republican who we had all been told was Hitler incarnate, who was running for an implausible nonconsecutive second term — that woman wants to run again in 2028? I strongly encourage this. I might donate to the Kamala primary campaign." A Democratic strategist granted anonymity by Politico said, "I can't conceivably imagine the party turning to her a second time." Speculation now abounds about the possibility that another failed Democratic presidential candidate might try her luck again in 2028. After the the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette reported Wednesday that Bill and Hillary Clinton will give speeches in Little Rock in December to help mark the Clinton Presidential Center's 20th anniversary, senior Trump adviser Jason Miller responded, "SHE'S RUNNING!" "Just when I thought I couldn't be more thankful," tweeted Donald Trump Jr. Elon Musk replied to the prospect of a third Clinton campaign with a laughing emoji. Like Blaze News? Bypass the censors, sign up for our newsletters, and get stories like this direct to your inbox. Sign up here!

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There’s nothing more exciting in life than getting some new hardware over the holidays, and unwrapping an expensive bit of tech that you’ve been desperate to get your hands on all year. If you’ve been hoping to pick up a Meta Quest 3S over the holidays, this excellent Black Friday offer gives you even more reason to do so. Despite the Meta Quest 3S being a budget option, it’s still one of the best VR headsets, capable of playing some of the best VR games on the market, whether you decide to play some standalone hits or some PCVR experiences. While the Meta Quest 3S doesn't have a Black Friday discount itself, this offer is a must-have for anyone looking to pick up Meta’s latest headset. Continue reading Amazon will give you $75 if you buy a Meta Quest 3S this Black Friday MORE FROM PCGAMESN: Best graphics card, Best gaming PC, Best SSD for gaming

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