Customer Reviews

Concern 97064 Diatomaceous Earth Crawling Insect Killer 4 Pound Bag

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Living in Northern Illinois we have problems with lots of insects during the summer months, (specifically ants and earwigs). My husband and I do not have children or pets and together we keep a very clean house. When I first started noticing ants, earwigs, spiders, etc, I tried products from local hardware and home improvement stores and noticed minimal results. Then I went to a costly, professional pest control service and noticed slightly better results, however I still had bugs in my house on a regular basis. I decided to research other pest control methods and stumbled across diatomaceous earth and how it controls pests organically. I read about the positive results people had experienced using it for pest control and how the bugs can't develop a resistance to it. My understanding about the way it works is when the bug gets the powder on itself, the powder actually scrapes the bugs and they end up dying from dehydration. (Similar to a human walking through glass.) (I know it's kind of gross...) Anyway, I decided to give it a try and am very happy that I did. Practically overnight my husband and I stopped seeing earwigs and other bugs in the house. We were simply amazed with the quick results and, since this is organic, we were very happy that we were no longer being exposed to chemicals. I have a few potted plants outside and was so frustrated that they were dying despite regular watering, sunlight and use of a top-grade fertilizer. One night I noticed an earwig crawling around the rim of the pot and wondered if they were the cause for my plants doing so poorly. I decided to put some diatomaceous earth around the top of the pots, (in the dirt), as well as the base of the pots and could not believe how quickly they all perked up. I have to say that these plants have tripled in size since the addition of the diatomaceous earth. I have never had blooming plants look as terrific as these do.

The only drawback to this product is that it must be reapplied after being rained on, but it's a small price to pay to have a bug-free home and beautiful plants. A co-worker of mine kept complaining about ants in her house, (she has kids and pets), and said she's done everything she can think of, (bleaching, chemicals, extra cleaning, covering pet food, etc), but still had ants. I told her about the diatomaceous earth, how it's organic and how I was impressed with the results. She purchased this same product, (Concern diatomaceous earth), and could not believe how quickly it stopped the ants from coming into her house. She has not seen even one ant in her house since a day or so after she put the diatomaceous earth around the perimiter of her house. I would highly, highly recommend this product to anyone who has problems with bugs in their home, in their potted plants or garden.

We used this to help with our bedbug problem. In addition to steaming our mattress, box spring, and bed frame, we sprinkled this around the bed posts, under and on the box spring and on the frame and along the edge of the wall in the room. It seems as though it has been really effective! We left it in place for about a month and haven't had any bites for the last few weeks!!! Yay!

Every Spring/Summer, ants invade my house via the back door. This year, I spread this product between the screen and inside door, so the ants would have to walk across the powder in order to get inside. Within 2 days of using this product, I no longer had ants. I haven't seen any ants since.

Couldn't afford a professional exterminator to get rid of the bed bugs, and people say they've payed $600 for a professional only to still have bed bugs. I have the world's most comfortable mattress, so I didn't want to throw it out, and the bed bugs could be hiding elsewhere anyway. I steam cleaned my bed which probably got most of them, but was still getting bit. Then I put this stuff down on the floor around my bed and a little between the mattress and box springs. That's all it took. A little bit of this stuff (there's still plenty left over) and bed bug problem is solved!

Also, the dogs brought in fleas and my kids were getting bit. Put a little of this in the couch under the cushions. Once again, problem solved. This stuff is cheap and works like nothing else! Follow the instructions and don't breath in the stuff directly.

If I see aphids on my flowers I just grab a handful of this stuff (it's not toxic) and toss it at the problem area. I come out the next day and the aphids are all dead. It works on some types of ants, not for others. I put a 1-foot wide perimeter band of it around the base of my house twice a year to keep bugs out of the house. I've done that for years and it works great.

This is our first spring/summer in this house, and unfortunately there are fistfuls of bugs outside -- all fighting to get in. Primarily the bugs are a couple varieties of ants, spiders and earwigs. I have two small dogs and didn't want to use harsh bug sprays for fear of harming both the humans and pets living here, but I also cannot tolerate bugs in the house.

After doing research on the internet, Diatomaceous Earth was mentioned again and again. The product is essentially ground up fossils -- that's it. There is actually a food grade product that at one time was used as a wormer for dogs. When fed to the dogs it naturally killed the parasites, and did not harm the dogs. Anyway, this is not food grade, and one should avoid inhaling the product and it can irritate eyes, too, but compared with the warning labels on pesticides, there isn't anything alarming. My dogs completely ignore the powder around the doors.

Within two days of application I saw no more earwigs or spiders -- just one small ant wandered in, but that's it. The powder worked well sprinkled around the doorways and garage door. It does need to be reapplied after a rain, but that is typical of other bug powders and some sprays.

And, it is a powder, so it is a little messy, but I'd rather live with a little powder around the doorways that is relatively safe, than bug spray that is a hazard to humans and pets. I put the powder in a plastic squeeze bottle -- like a catsup and mustard squeeze bottle and gently squeezed the powder into cracks between some pavers where I saw the bugs and then sprinkled the powder in other areas specifically where I wanted it. I will buy a larger bag and try to keep the perimeter of the house treated as a preemptive strike.

Based on the other reviews, apparently the diatomaceous earth works better on some bugs than others. Earwigs and pavement ants are my biggest concern and the product did a great job eliminating them. I can definitely vouch for the success of the product on those two bugs and it also seems to be taking care of the spiders, too.

I got this because I had a bed bug infestation, and this was one of the steps. Worked great haven't seen any since (knock on wood. But this did also help with keeping other bugs out in the long run. Make sure you get a bulb duster to make it easy to spread around. Any I have really bad allergies so after I dusted my home, (everything and everywhere) I left for a couple hours to give the dust a chance to settle. I even took it over to my brothers home who was having a bad and problem and it worked amazing! Love this stuff!

This stuff took care of a flea problem that even raid wouldnt and did it safe for the pets.

I used this stuff around my bedposts for a couple days and developed a sore throat and coughing. This stuff is silicon dioxide and is different from the food grade form of diatomacous earth, its deadly if ingested and probably even worse than the food grade stuff when inhaled. Both are carcinogens and in my opinion should only be used in outdoor aplications. If you use this stuff inside make sure to ventilate the room very well and clean the stuff up after it has done its job. Keep in mind that it is a fine powder and will be very hard to completely remove from carpet or fabric.

The diatomaceous earth lived up to its billing by ridding several of my potted plants of fungus gnats. They're no longer a problem, and the plants are substantially healthier.