You can use various smelly repellants like onions, garlic, hot pepper and black pepper mixed with water on the pests that hate stink. Spray these around your home and see pests vanish.

Peppermint oil mixed with water is a good repellant for indoor pests residing in cupboards and kitchen cabinets.

Another well-known recipe is the trap made using sugar and water. A thick paste of these ingredients can be used to catch them in garden areas.

Using an insecticidal soap made of water and dish soap can be a good medicine for pests. You can use the solution as a spray on plants to keep pests away. Also mix a bit of vegetable oil to make it stick. This works for indoor and garden pests both.

These unique organic recipes are safe and effective to keep pests at bay.

To keep away mosquitoes, you can rub onions and oranges in certain parts. They hate the smell and so will stay away. Basil or herb tansies are also good mosquito repellants.

For spiders, keep a cotton wad soaked in pennyroyals in areas prone to them.

Meal worms breed in starchy items like flour and spaghetti. So place fresh mint leaves in those areas to be free of them.

To ward off moths, you can switch off all the lights inside, and keep a light glowing outside to attract them. Also keep cloves in cheesecloth and hand packets of cedar wood chips.
For tent caterpillars, wait till nighttime and pour motor oil on them.

These effective home remedies are believed to be effective pest control for your home.