Insects Injurious to the Household and Annoying to Man

There is no way to escape insects. Outnumbered at 200 million insects to one human, these creepy crawlies are everywhere – including, unfortunately, our homes. Created primarily as a domestic reference manual, professor Glenn W. Herrick writes in an educational, yet accessible style, suffusing the scientific material with his own wry observations and advice. Formaldehyde, he notes, is one of the best solutions for ridding your home of flies, as “we have cleared a dining-room of every fly in an afternoon” by mixing the chemical with milk and water.

This copy comes to the Smithsonian Libraries from the collection of esteemed entomologist Dr. Harry Hoogstraal.