Hi Melissa
I feel for you. I used to throw my rubbish in a big bin but stopped doing that when I have to clean up the maggots.
I see a lot of good suggestions from:
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the "lime" we're talking about is a bit different from the fruit, lime. The lime you should be using in this instance is the calcium-rich lime (calcium-oxide or calcium-hydroxide).
Flood the maggots with a mixture of water and vinegar. Maggots find a water-vinegar mixture uninhabitable, which means that cleaning with water and vinegar will also help prevent a re-infestation in the future.
Use a product that contains permethrin. Permethrin is a synthetic chemical that is used as an insecticide, insect repellent or an acaricide. Usually used to kill scabies and lice, it comes in liquid (shampoo) and cream form.[1] For the simplest solution, boil some water, add a dog shampoo with Permethrin in it, and dump over any maggots.
...dumping bleach into a trash can, close the lid and let the fumes of the bleach suffocate the maggots.
Sprinkle some diatomaceous earth over the maggots. Diatomaceous earth is a sedimentary rock with a wide range of cleaning and insecticide applications. (It's especially good for treating fleas!) Sprinkle some diatomaceous earth over the maggots and wait for them to meet their end. Diatomaceous earth sticks to the maggots exoskeleton and slowly dehydrates them. The maggots then ultimately die of water pressure deficiency.
Introduce moth balls into your trash can strategically. Mothballs are chemically treated orbs that are filled with insecticides. If you place one or two mothballs at the bottom of your trash can and regularly close the lid to the trashcan, they can be effective at repelling intruders.
Use some essential oils. Peppermint oil, eucalyptus oil, and bay leaves are all reputedly excellent at repelling flies and maggots.
Wrap excess meat and fish before you toss it. Wrap bones, scales, fat, and even meat tightly with paper towels before introducing it into the trash. If flies can't get at it, they'll have a difficult time laying eggs.
Maintain a dry trash can as much as possible. Maggots really like moisture, so take it away from them. Make sure your trash bags aren't leaky, you don't miss the trash bag, and any moisture that does make it to the bottom of the bin gets wicked away as soon as possible.
If you want to get rid of the maggots, you’re going to have to kill their parents. Check out the "Maggot Control Products" at the end of the article
A note of interest from reading "What Causes Maggots": The tiny larvae are used in wound therapy and are the first live creatures to receive approval from the Food and Drug Administration as a medical device.
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