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Vinegar has many uses that can save you money and time.  Not only can you use vinegar for cooking and personal solutions, but you can also use vinegar to help eliminate any of your annoying insect problems.  Vinegar is a safe and effective way to get rid of any insect.  You can feel safe when you use vinegar inside and outside of your home.  You do not have to worry about it harming your children or pets like some of the harsh chemicals that you can buy to take care of these problems.

Spraying vinegar around door and window frames and under appliances is a great way to keep ants from invading your house.  Cleaning place such as counter tops with vinegar will also keep flea ants away.  Speaking of fleas, to keep them away from your pets, add a little to their drinking water.  Little by little, that way they can get used to the taste. 

If you hate those annoying fruit flies that you can get anytime of year, then you need vinegar.  Use apple cider vinegar to wash fruit fly attracted spots.  Set a bowl of it to rid you house of them.  Another way is to put a teaspoon of sugar, two teaspoons apple cider vinegar and several drops of dish soap in a small shallow plastic container.  Fill the rest of the way up with water.  The flies are attracted to the vinegar, but the soap will kill them.  One other way is to take a small bowl and fill it part way with vinegar, and then wrap it with plastic wrap.  Poke a few small holes in the wrap and the fruit flies will fly in, but cannot fly out and they will drown in the vinegar.

You can also drive away dust mites when you pour one gallon of white vinegar into your mop water and then mop the area.  This will also keep the area shiny and clean.  If you have a bigger problem with other bugs or the worse roaches, remember this idea.  Spray roaches and bugs with vinegar.  Unlike commercial bug spray, vinegar has no toxic chemicals, which can be harmful to humans, pets, or furniture.  Always have a spray bottle with some on hand.  Vinegar is safe to spay anywhere you see the pets.  You can spray your counter tops, furniture or even around food.

If you have a slug problem, drop a few drops of vinegar on them and you can watch them dissolve.  Just be careful not to get the vinegar on any sensitive plants because it will kill them. 

The best solution to getting rid of insects or bugs is to keep some ready and in a spray bottle.  You can even give yourself a little squirt in the summer to keep the bugs off you.