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In Switzerland, the advent calendar is simply part of the run-up to Christmas. But since when has the advent calendar been around and where does it come from?

Have you ever noticed that when you water the houseplants, a small swarm of tiny insects rises up? These are fungus gnats, the larvae of which are often found in newly purchased potting soil. After hatching, they buzz around the apartment and eventually settle down on the plants again. They don't go for groceries, they don't bite us either - but fungus gnats are annoying anyway.

However, if you have nudibranchs with you in the garden or in the meadow, you would like to get rid of them as quickly as possible. Because a single nudibranch often quickly turns into a whole horde.

In the past, you just used loads of chemical cleaning agents until the dirt was gone. Today, environmentally friendly organic cleaning agents show that there is another way. But which ones really bring something?

Silverfish are tiny, harmless urinary insects and can be eliminated with a few tricks. Learn more.

Aphids also attract other insects and fungi and the small animals multiply quickly. What can you do about them?

For many of us, summertime is the best time of the year. But not only we like the warmer temperatures, but also the fruit flies. Who does not know it: As soon as you have filled the fruit bowl with fresh fruit, you quickly get the feeling that the fruits will soon begin to live: it is teeming with fruit flies. But how do the small, 2mm flies get into our four walls?

Insects have only a few good reasons to invade our four walls: food and warmth and that's about it. If you are aware of this, then you can at least arm yourself well against the intruders. Sure, flyable insects still somehow manage to get into flats and apartments, but if you don't leave food standing around, most insects don't really care about us and our habitation anymore.

Nobody likes having an armada of insects around the house. However, if the animals are moths, this can have particularly dire consequences. Food moths attack dry food and take over the regime in kitchen cupboards and in the pantry, clothes moths - more precisely: their larvae - prefer to eat textiles because they need the protein keratin, which is found in feathers and furs, from which clothes are sometimes made.

Some things just have to be named: Wasps are annoying. Of course, you know, the flying companions are extremely useful in the garden and in nature and confidently destroy pests. That's why you shouldn't always talk badly about the black and yellow ringed insects. But if they come at you head-on, as soon as you want to deal with a piece of cake in the fresh air (because meat eaters also like sugar) or a juicy grilled steak, it can sometimes be on your hand. But what can be done against wasps?

Cleaning the windows is a matter that one likes to do together with the spring cleaning, because one is already in the process of doing a sweeping blow in the house or apartment. At this point, however, the first danger lurks if you want to avoid streaks and streaks. We'll bring you more tips and tricks on this page.

The love for animals is a good quality of the human character as it shows empathy. But at some point it’s also good, because some bugs, worms and insects, but also mammals can cause quite a bit of mischief in your own garden. The strawberries are gnawed by snails, the tomatoes by caterpillars or tomato leaf miners and the blackberries by blackberry gallflies. Not to mention the aphids that spread on many plants.