Device will help take care of pesky. Flies. Whether they're inside or outside your home the tv commercial for this is pretty funny they show bugs being blasted off pieces of fruit bread. All kinds of

The Bug-A-Salt device uses granular table salt as non-toxic projectiles to kill insects. The plastic gun is designed to spray up to 80 discharges of salt, which forms a conical spread pattern, similar to the blast pattern from a shotgun.

You can load it with standard table salt, and it's effective at eliminating creepy crawlies at a range of three to five feet. The operation and loading couldn't be simpler, and when you make a direct hit on a lantern bug or house fly, it's extremely satisfying.

Any ordinary granulated table salt.

This wicked little critter came out of the box and started pounding flies and bees from the get-go! Definitely a must-have for the backyard enthusiast. They use a regular crosman CO2 device. An absolute blast to shoot on your deck or in your yard and just have an amazingly good time.

The BUG-A-SALT Realtree Camo 3.0 is a powerful insect eradication tool that is perfect for outdoor enthusiasts and anyone who wants to keep their home free from pesky bugs. This gun-shaped device uses salt to shoot down flies, mosquitoes, and other insects, making it a fun and efficient way to get rid of pests.

It will not penetrate skin or damage furniture.

Instinctively, mosquitoes realize that where there is carbon dioxide, there is an animal host. This is important for female mosquitoes particularly, as they are the only ones that need blood. Females need the lipids in the blood for egg production and so, they search out carbon dioxide knowing a host will be nearby.

This is no joke! The Bug-A-Salt shoots a shotgun spray of regular table salt and decimates flies on contact, without making a mess - the common housefly is easily obliterated with just one blow, but remains whole and intact for easy cleanup.

But with strong warnings to “not shoot in the face or eyes”, and with only salt for ammunition, the risk of bodily injury is pretty low.

Depends on what you mean by 'close'. Anything further than ten feet, it will sting quite a lot, but unless you get hit in the face, it won't really injure you. Farmer's loading their shotguns with rock salt was quite common where and when I grew up.

Many insects, mosquitoes included, are attracted by the odor of the carbon dioxide (CO2) gas that humans and other animals naturally exhale.