How much detergent should I use in a qt. of water to kill insects.?

Question

How much detergent should I use in a qt. of water to kill insects.?

Answer 1

This is a useful way to kill Japanese beetles, provided you pick them off the plants and drop them in the detergent-laced water. One squirt in a container should do the trick.

Answer 2

what kind of bugs and what kind of detergent?

personally I dont kill bugs unless I have to...I realize they value their tiny lives as much as we value ours.. I use deterant methods, plants which bugs dont like..

mint for example is hated by ants...