Recipe

Butterfly Safe Bug Spray Recipe

Add Step-by-Step Photos	Cabincrazyone / All my dishes 1 year, 9 months ago OK, here's another non-food recipe. I got it from the butterfly expert at the huge butterfly display in Disney World. He's an old guy named Pappy Yawn. (kidding.) Most gardeners don't realize they're killing harmless butterflies along with the pests. Prep:5m Servings:1000	Cabincrazyo
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Ingredients

2 and 1/2 teaspns cooking oil

2 and 1/2 teaspns baby shampoo

1 gallon water

Directions

Mix.

Pour some in a spray bottle for application in the garden. If the gallon has been still for a while, mix or stir well before filling the spray bottle.

Shake the spray bottle before starting to spray (if it's been still) and often during application.

The Disney World folks say this mixture is lethal on most pesky garden bugs, and safe for butterflies. Your butterflies will love you for it.

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Comments

ruskingirl 1 year, 9 months ago said:
I love this!!! I have been wanting to find a natural way of killing bugs and not harming the butterflies or anything else for that matter. Thank you!!!

hoosiermom68 1 year, 9 months ago said:
Wow-what a great idea! You are a nature lover just like me.Thanks for posting!

gingerlea 1 year, 9 months ago said:
Ya reckon this will work with those little pesky white thingys that are in my dirt in the hanging baskets, etc? I spray my wax begonia with water and a dollop of dish detergent for the yellow bugs (some type of aphid that gets on it at certain times of the year. I watch what I use as DO NOT want to kill flutterbys and the lizards. Great post.

cabincrazyone 1 year, 9 months ago said:
I hope it kills the tiny white thingys (I love that word) in your potting soil. As you know, the oil and soap coat the little buggers (buggers, Ha Ha) and suffocate them. They can't breath, either. :^)