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Wed Jan-12-05 10:01 AM
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Best way to kill bugs? (no wussies!) |
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Many bugs, especially spiders, I try to scoop up and throw outside. But my girlfriend has a MAJOR aversion to them, and she gets angry at me when I don't kill them. On top of that, a lot of bugs just aren't even worth the effort, or impossible to get out there (here I'm thinking of ANTS- damn I hate them).
Anyway, you got any creative ways of killing 'em? Any rituals or superstitions or anything?
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Wed Jan-12-05 10:02 AM
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Especially those spiders on the ceiling.
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Wed Jan-12-05 10:05 AM
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2. We have surprisingly few spider/cobweb problems here in IL, |
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but I usually used a broom for that back in California. Vacuum every once in awhile. Still tried to avoid the spiders. :)
Don't know why, but I like those guys (cept for the really nasty looking or poisonous ones).
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Wed Jan-12-05 10:06 AM
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6. Vacuuming works great for house flies and mosquitos |
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I rarely have any because my cats catch flies and the spiders I allow to live in my home catch mosquitos.
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Wed Jan-12-05 10:07 AM
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8. LOL yeah we have four cats, and one's a great... |
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uh...bugger. :P
She takes 'em down right out of the air, even jumping. Pretty impressive to watch.
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Wed Jan-12-05 10:05 AM
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3. Should you be in a relationship with someone who insists on killing |
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Innocent animals? ;-)
Seriously, I refuse to kill spiders too. I think it's a sign of good character that you throw them outside alive.
As far as ants go, I usually wipe them out with 409. It kills them fast and cleans up their scent trail very well.
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Wed Jan-12-05 10:06 AM
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7. She's just deathly afraid of them. |
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Like, "freak-out" afraid of them.
Like I said, though, I usually don't kill the spiders or anything that I can fairly easily get outside.
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Wed Jan-12-05 10:05 AM
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Wed Jan-12-05 10:35 AM
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Wed Jan-12-05 10:07 AM
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Also, I like to set up little ambushes for the ants, spill a bit of juice or soda on some hard surface, find out where they're coming from and hit them at the source then work my way back up to the spill.
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Wed Jan-12-05 10:07 AM
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10. If the spiders are small, |
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leave them as they eat the other bugs.
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Wed Jan-12-05 10:10 AM
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They eat bugs. But when they get in the house, my dogs eat them.
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Wed Jan-12-05 10:11 AM
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Wed Jan-12-05 10:20 AM
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13. Then you just need a tiger to eat the dogs, and you're all set :) n/t |
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Wed Jan-12-05 10:22 AM
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14. Nah, I have gators across the street for that. |
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Wed Jan-12-05 10:32 AM
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Terro. Boron-based liquid in little containers that they carry back into the nest which poisons it.
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Wed Jan-12-05 10:42 AM
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17. I try to escort bugs out of my house including wasps. |
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Ants are impossible and I get ant traps. I guess out of sight killing out of mind?
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Wed Jan-12-05 10:43 AM
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18. I give props to spiders, and save them whenever possbile, BUT |
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any other bugs - time and space permitting get the old can of WD-40 and a cigarrette lighter }(
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