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Summer Is Bug Season, but TikTok Just Taught Us a Nifty Trick for Trapping Them

Roberta Fiorito

By Roberta Fiorito

Published Jul 18, 2023

Things we love about summer: alfresco dining, water sports, ice cream cones. Things we dislike: summer pests, to start. As soon as it begins to feel like a greenhouse outside, our home becomes an Insect Inn, with unwanted guests like gnats, fruit flies and mosquitoes constantly checking in. Thankfully, TikTok has the answer to all our creepy-crawly woes. Bonus: It’s both people- and pet-friendly when used as directed. Introducing the Raid Essentials Flying Insect Light Trap—a nifty gadget that we noticed influencers on our For You Page kept raving about.

Director, Branded Content + Cohost, Royally Obsessed Podcast

Roberta Fiorito

Director, Branded Content + Cohost, Royally Obsessed Podcast

As Director of Branded Content at Gallery Media Group, Roberta helps oversee the ideation and execution of sponsored content and experiential campaigns across PureWow and ONE37pm, including PureWow’s 24 in ’24. She began her career in editorial nine years ago, and has written and edited countless articles on news, trends, fashion, beauty and the royal family. She’s also cohost of the Royally Obsessed podcast, named one of the best royals podcasts by The New York Times and Town & Country. She cowrote the book Royal Trivia: Your Guide to the Modern British Royal Family.

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