Wondercide - Indoor Pest Control Spray for Home and Kitchen - Ant, Roach, Spider, Fly, Flea, Bug Killer and Insect Repellent - with Natural Essential Oils - Pet and Family Safe — Rosemary 32 oz

I live in an apartment where pest control is up to the tenants (thanks ND for no tenant support!) we hadn’t had roaches for three years until neighbors moved into our building and brought them with. Because our wonderful landlords don’t do pest control and refuse to, I turned to the interwebs to help. I needed something pet safe and people safe; I have two sweet kitties that I didn’t want poisoned. I found this after searching all over the internet, and put it to the test. Yes you need to reapply it every week but it is effective and it killed a large German cockroach that tried to snack on kitty food, not on mama’s watch. Killed on contact and drowning in its guts. I dispatched the little b4$t4rd effectively and quickly. Now the hunt is afoot to banish them completely! Also the rosemary smell is quite strong but it is not unpleasant and doesn’t create fumes with bleach. Use in your own battle in these tiny fiends with keeping up your cleaning and safe food storage, you will win. May the odds ever be in your favor!

I've been using Wondercide for years. I wasn't going to write a review but last time I purchased this I saw other people's comments and wanted to address a different perspective.Some people were unhappy with the effectiveness of this product. I do have to say, as someone who as used the product for years, it is a product you must use continuously during flea season. Every few days, you spray whatever areas that tend to be a problem. I love it because it is natural and therefore safe to use continuously. To me, that makes sense. This product is a natural, animal and human safe product. It's not a chemical product like flea bombs where no one can be around for.Because it is not a chemical product, it may not be as effective and kill every flea and any living thing that exists in your home, but it is pretty effective if you keep spraying it regularly. So no... maybe it's not as effective as a chemical agent - but that makes sense! If you want to use a non-toxic product, that is a trade-off... and I think it's a good tradeoff!Plus, I don't feel like the chemical stuff is really even that effective. So having something that is non-toxic to animals and humans that you can keep using, smells decent, and not that expensive... sounds awesome to me!So I just wanted to put this perspective out there.

The smell is extremely strong - this has to be the most concentrated essential oil blend for bugs I have seen, so it doesn't surprise me it works. Though I didn't find the cedar smell offensive. Some might, particularly if you have a sensitive nose, as it may seem overpowering. My mom had ants and I tried tea tree oil and peppermint of my own making, but without much luck. It's only a day or 2, so will report back, but seems like this is working for the tiny black ants that came into her kitchen and went for her trash can. They are all gone now. I know it didn't' work for others so may depend on the pest type, but thought it was worth trying as would work for some.After spraying and noticing the very strong smell, I suddenly panicked it might not be good for my parrot (they have sensitive respiratory systems, think canary in the coal mine). I knew synthetic candles were bad but usually don't worry about my own personal essential oil usage around them but this was so strong I googled and did find it can be dangerous. So after spraying in my kitchen, I moved my bird to another area of the house with air filter (I have a special one with carbon than does chemicals - most don't. Most air filters just get large particulates like allergens, with hepa type filters.). So just a word of warning if you have any type pet bird.

I like rosemary scent. If you spray around the house you will find dead roaches several days later. Flies will die upon contact and you will find some dead ones later too. Today, I was taking my garbage bins upfront for p.u. tomorrow and when I held the handles i was attacked by thousands of ants on my hands. I rushed in the house, came back and sprayed the binhandles and killed them immediately. The ticks and fleas spray works well too. I spray it on a papertowel and gently rub my cats against the fur. It also works. But no...they don't like the scents. All in all, I prefer not to feel guilty when I apply anything either on my cats or off that I know is plant based rather than chemicals. I don't worry so much when I spray around my house or rub on their coats for fleas. I no longer use flea chemicals as I always felt guilty when I did in the past. So...I'm not so stressed when I use Wondercide.

Effective and no harsh smells.

This was recommended by a friend who swore by it. We liked it because it is safe for children and pets. We only received it yesterday and sprayed this morning. We purchased it as a preventative and have not seen any dead bugs yet.