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poaky1
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8 years agoDebbie B.
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Mosquito/gnats ('no see um's') pest control
Comments (20)Those who participated in this thread back in 2009 are most likely long gone, but I have to say the initial poster sounded like us in 1999 having just moved to a heavily wooded two acre property. We tried everything including the Mosquito magnets mentioned (TOTAL WASTE OF MONEY). Luckily they were on a satisfaction guaranteed deal and were returned. After several years of a large money outlay on bug repellent/mosquito netting clothing and a gazebo for screened "outdoor" reading our community began spraying weekly for Mosquitoes. That is the only thing that made any impact. I am writing today to disagree with "what ever you spray kills every bug". While the mosquitoes population is GREATLY decreased we have PLENTY of pests still. No-see-ums, gnats,beetles of all sorts...on and on. I have no doubt there are also "beneficial" bugs i.e.,bees etc. also about. Where as I am not a huge fan or user of chemicals in my garden I also had to be able to walk from the house to the car without looking like I had measles!! I a very thankful for cummunity wide spraying!!!...See MoreUltrasonic/electronic pest control????
Comments (29)I can only relate what I saw just this morning. I have an old carriage house in my backyard that had become a boarding house for raccoons, possums and woodchucks. It had gotten so bad that I didn't go in my backyard at all last year. I bought one of these items and placed it near the entrance of my carriage house. In the wee hours this morning, I kept hearing a commotion in my yard. I look out and at first, I didn't see anything but as I looked closer, I could see a raccoon trying to get into the carriage house but every time it started to approach, the sensor would kick on and it obviously was bothered by it. Then I saw what the commotion was. A second raccoon had somehow made it in closer and was trying to get to the other raccoon but would trip the sensor whenever it moved. Finally, it made a mad dash for the first raccoon and they both stood and watched the unit for a couple of minutes before moving on to the neighbor's yard. The one I bought is called Yard Guard and can run on AC or batteries. I am ordering three more today!...See MorePest Control
Comments (5)I grew up having roaches and was/am terrified of them. My parents home is still infested (so I visit rarely), just because of that. I can remember way back in elementary school one crawled from my bookbag onto the desk where several of us were sitting; I used to have to shake out my shoes each A.M. to rid them of the bugs. Then in 1998 I noticed a few starting in my new home so I figured some must have sneaked into my purse when I had been at my parents. No more, which is why we started pest service and with it, no problems. Guess my fear now is that I have four very sloppy kids who are always leaving stuff out and I'm acting as sole maid (we're still trying to resolve this!). Just paranoid that without Terminix we'll start having this nightmare reoccur so I'm planning ahead for it now. Thanks!...See MoreWhen do you finally call pest control?
Comments (10)Immediately. If you are unwilling to use good ole snap traps, you can find a pest control company that traps and removes then humanely,though I wouldn't recommend it. Mice are filthy and destructive, not to mention an excellent attractant for snakes. That's right. Snakes. In. The. House. Not good. Mice are no use alive. Period. I have heard that peppermint oil repels them, but that myth has been debunked,as I found a colony of them living in the ground directly beneath a huge patch of peppermint in my yard. They were frolicking through the frickin mint. I tried to let it go,as they were not in the house. Until one day, I went to change my dogs water. I turned the cooler over to empty the water out. I washed out the cooler, turned around, and coiled up in the spot where the cooler was was a huge,grumpy,and well fed rattlesnake. After dispatching the offending serpent, SO got some gas and poured it down the mouse holes. The fumes got rid of them. I wouldn't recommend you do that in your house though. :) But I digress. A good pest control company will also look for any entrances they are using to get in your house and seal them. I would have called them the first time I saw one or any of the "evidence" they tend to leave all over. For every mouse you actually lay eyes on, there are probably a dozen more skulking around,spreading disease.Good luck....See Morepoaky1
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