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<blockquote data-quote="Allen" data-source="post: 305885" data-attributes="member: 389"><p>Soapy water is a contact killer as in you HAVE to completely coat the bug with the soapy water in order to kill them. The dish soap breaks the water tension (soap is a surfactant) and then they drown since they need to breathe through their exoskeletons and their exoskeletons allow water to bead up on it. Spraying your dirt with soapy water will do nothing, nor will spraying the side of your house (unless it needs a cleaning).</p><p></p><p>As many others have noted, Tempo is awesome, so are permethrin and pyrethrin based insecticides.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Allen, post: 305885, member: 389"] Soapy water is a contact killer as in you HAVE to completely coat the bug with the soapy water in order to kill them. The dish soap breaks the water tension (soap is a surfactant) and then they drown since they need to breathe through their exoskeletons and their exoskeletons allow water to bead up on it. Spraying your dirt with soapy water will do nothing, nor will spraying the side of your house (unless it needs a cleaning). As many others have noted, Tempo is awesome, so are permethrin and pyrethrin based insecticides. [/QUOTE]
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