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Palmetto Bugs
Any ideas on how to get rid of these bugs onboard without killing my cats.
Thanks -- SV Nonpareil Berry Myers |
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"Berry" wrote in message ... Any ideas on how to get rid of these bugs onboard without killing my cats. Thanks Feed your cats less and they'll chase down and eat the bugs. Mine thinks bugs are mice. My cat even snatches dragon flies from the stays and shrouds. CN |
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"Berry" wrote in
: Any ideas on how to get rid of these bugs onboard without killing my cats. Thanks Know anyone at a golf course? Golf courses can still get Dursban, the best insecticide I ever saw, that you're not allowed to buy any more because the pest control unions don't want you to have anything that actually works more than 3 days. The excuse was that Dursban was bad for the fish. Well, if it's bad for the fish why, in hell, would they let a golf course spread a thousand gallons on it so some rich old farts could play golf next to the river?? Fishy, ain't it? It's called Dursban Pro, now, to make golf course greens keepers feel important and justify doubling the price, I'm sure. They get it in 55 gallon drums. If you know anyone in greens, ask 'em for a quart, a near lifetime supply. Mix 1 oz in 1 gallon in your pump sprayer and spray only behind things and in cabinets the cats can't lick up. Nothing works better. We South Carolinians invented Palmetto Bugs. There was one on my car a couple of nights ago (they're swarming this time of year). He musta been the grand-daddy. He was big enough to fly off with your cat! Other than looking really nasty and just awful, these beetles are quite harmless. Once you get past the idea of being around them, he's only trying to do you a favor, cleaning up your food crumbs and bilge biology to feed his kids....all 500,000 of them....(c; |
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Berry,
Lived in Florida for seven years. Sprinkle oxalic acid in the dark places. Under drawers in backs of cabinets etc. They like the aroma. They walk through it and it clings to their legs and antennae. When they clean these appendages it gets into their digestive system and that's all she wrote. Also the young pick it up from the adults and same thing happens. Also if you find an egg case and don't want to risk a mob of the critters being released when you try to pull it free, just paint it over with anything that will seal out oxygen. We used clear nail polish remover. Wait a week and you can lift it. Alex |
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