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Dust to Dust vs. Diatomaceous Earth: What's Actually Doing the Killing?

By Harrison Lowell, Guest Author Diatomaceous earth works. That isn't in dispute, and any comparison that opens by telling you otherwise is selling you something. DE has been drying insects out for...

The Fly Inn vs. Electric Fly Traps: A Quiet, Non-Toxic Fly Trap With No Buzzing or Blue Light

By Harrison Lowell, Dr. Killigan's Most effective fly traps look like exactly what they are — a lit-up plug-in device humming on the counter, or a strip of visible sticky paper hanging in the kitch...

Best Fruit Fly Trap 2026: Sweet Surrender vs. Super Ninja, Aunt Fannie's & TERRO (Real Test Results)

By Harrison Lowell, Dr. Killigan's In a filmed, head-to-head test against three other fruit fly traps — Super Ninja, Aunt Fannie's, and TERRO — Dr. Killigan's Sweet Surrender caught 250 fruit flies...

Cedar Planks That Actually Smell Good — and Keep Working

By Harrison Lowell, Guest Author Cedar planks are one of the easiest closet fixes to buy and one of the easiest to forget about. They work well for months, then quietly stop — not because the wood ...

Best Smelling Cedar Blocks for Your Closet: What Keeps Cedar Working

By Harrison Lowell, Guest Author Open a drawer of cedar you bought last year and you may smell nothing. Cedar's scent comes from natural oils in the wood, and those fade over time. What a cedar pro...

Pantry Moth Traps Compared: What Lure Strength Actually Changes

By Harrison Lowell, Guest Author Dr. Killigan's exists because of a Saturday morning and a kitchen full of moth larvae. The exterminator's answer was a trap that only partly worked — and that looke...

Clothing Moth Traps vs. Mothballs: The Fumigant-Free Alternative That Actually Works

By Harrison Lowell, Guest Author That "cedar-scented" box of mothballs your grandmother swore by isn't cedar at all — US mothballs are built on one of two actives, naphthalene or paradichlorobenzen...