How do you rid a garbage can of maggots?

Answer 1

1. I have maggots in my garbage can. How can I get rid of them? How can I keep them from coming back?

Throw out your garbage. Keep your garbage covered so that the flies do not come and lay eggs in your can. Bag your garbage and seal the bags.

2. I have maggots in my ________ [fill in the blank with kitchen, bathroom, car, porch, ceiling . . . ] What should I do?

There are thousands of species of maggots (fly larvae), each with their own life cycle, food, and natural history. Each has its own reasons for being there, and each has its own best methods to get rid of them.

Moreover, many other insects look like maggots; for example, moth and butterfly larvae ("caterpillars"), beetle larvae ("grubs"); even termites have been called "maggots" by some people. Half of the inquiries we get are from people who actually are infested by caterpillars or beetle grubs, not maggots. Therefore, it is essential to get a definite identification of the critter before determining how it got there or how to get rid of it.


Take some samples to an entomologist at a local school, the Department of Health, the Department of Agriculture, Vector Control, or even a local exterminator. Most will identify the insects without charge.


Whoever sees and identifies the insect will then be able to tell you about its natural history, and how to get rid of it.


3. How should I kill maggots?

See also Number 2, above, to make sure that they are really maggots. Maggots are difficult to kill. It may take a lot of insecticide to kill maggots. Squashing works well. We kill them by placing them in our freezer, because this is quick and painless; but this technique is not for everyone. Simply dumping them into a plastic garbage bag and sealing the bag works well. Also, you can talk to your local exterminator for some suggestions.

Maggots have a limited life span and usually leave their food source within a few days on their own accord. More important than getting rid of them is keeping them from coming back. See FAQ #2, above. Most common household maggots are attracted to decaying organic matter (i.e., garbage, rotting food, dead rodents, excrement, etc). Get rid of what you can, and cover what you can not (i.e., garbage cans), and always store your garbage in sealed bags.

4. Where do maggots come from?

Years ago, people believed that maggots formed by themselves in rotting organic matter (the theory of "spontaneous generation"). This theory was disproved over 100 years ago. Maggots hatch from eggs, laid by flies (most flies lay eggs, but some flies deposit live larvae, without a visible egg stage). The flies lay the eggs on rotting organic matter because they are attracted by it, and their larvae will eat it. Note that some flies lay their eggs on other foodstuffs, including fresh fruits and vegetables, or even on other insects that their maggots will parasitize.

5. Can maggots multiply or lay eggs?

Maggots are immature fly larvae. They can not multiply or propagate. They will mature into flies (see maggot life cycles) over the course of days to weeks. The adults flies will then propagate

There ya go........hopefully everything ya wanted to know about maggots :-)

Answer 2

The best way to stop maggots is start with a clean garbage can, (wash it) than sprinkle soap powder, that you do your laundry with. The fly's don't like the smell or the soap, and that stops the little maggots. Good luck, it works for me.

Answer 3

Ugh! I've fought with that!

Take the can outside and blast out the inside with a hose. Then clean it with bleach.

If you don't have access to an external water hose, rinse out with hot water from the tub, then flush the water down the toilet until you don't see any more maggots. Then again, use bleach.

Good luck!

Answer 4

Bleach

Answer 5

take it outside and put a little bleach and laundry soap in the bottom, then take a garden hose and fill it up. Let it sit for an hour or so, dump it out and rinse it.

Answer 6

Bleach..Clean out your can with bleach and water, pour some bleach inside n let set for a few minutes dump it out rinse n dry out..

Answer 7

Rinse it out. Plain water.

Clean it out. Detergent and srub brush with gloves on.

Dry it out.

Rinse it again. Bleach and water.

Disinfect it. Lysol or its equivalent.

Dry it out.

Use trash bags from now on and with some thickness.

Keep it dry.

Answer 8

Definately bleach

Answer 9

Raid

Answer 10

bleach and rinse it out every other garbage dumping (thats just down right ornrie - lazy *** bum

gross