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Jim Rojas wrote:
We have more of a bug problem than anything else. Imagine when trimming
a tree, you all of the sudden get covered in swarming American
Cockroaches that fly to boot.

I use Cypermethrin inside and outside my property to keep these guys
under control. I have seen brand new homes in heavily wooded areas
infested with bugs and rats in just 2 short weeks.

We clear huge parcels of land to build a house, thus we kill off these
bugs natural predators like frogs, bats, birds, lizards, etc., then we
whine that the bugs are taking over.

We allow importing of huge lizards that kill off these natural
predators. We allow ships to discharge their ballast tanks in our local
shores and wonder how the snakehead fish & jellyfish took over many of
our rivers and bays...let's face it, humans are stupid. And as long as
we keep sticking our greedy noses where it don't belong, these creatures
will take full advantage of our short sighted thinking.

Jim Rojas



I remember when I first moved to NE Florida and had my first "encounter"
with a flying cockroach. I was...astounded! Our housecats took care of
any bugs or lizards dumb enough to come inside the house. My wife would
"rescue" the lizards and put them outside.
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Your wife should be commended. These lizards help keep many pests in check.

Just look at it this way. A common bat eats it's own weight each day in
insects. If we had no bats, Florida would be uninhabitable, and so would
the rest of the world.

There are more ants pound for pound, than people.
There are more termites pound for pound than people.
There are more rats than people.
There are more live fish in the sea than all the humans that ever lived
combined.

We are just temporary land barrons on this planet. We need to protect
these natural predators at all costs. These creatures did fine for the
past 250+ million years without our interference. They will be here long
after we are extinct as a species.

Jim Rojas



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Jim Rojas wrote:
We have more of a bug problem than anything else. Imagine when
trimming a tree, you all of the sudden get covered in swarming
American Cockroaches that fly to boot.

I use Cypermethrin inside and outside my property to keep these guys
under control. I have seen brand new homes in heavily wooded areas
infested with bugs and rats in just 2 short weeks.

We clear huge parcels of land to build a house, thus we kill off these
bugs natural predators like frogs, bats, birds, lizards, etc., then we
whine that the bugs are taking over.

We allow importing of huge lizards that kill off these natural
predators. We allow ships to discharge their ballast tanks in our
local shores and wonder how the snakehead fish & jellyfish took over
many of our rivers and bays...let's face it, humans are stupid. And as
long as we keep sticking our greedy noses where it don't belong, these
creatures will take full advantage of our short sighted thinking.

Jim Rojas



I remember when I first moved to NE Florida and had my first "encounter"
with a flying cockroach. I was...astounded! Our housecats took care of
any bugs or lizards dumb enough to come inside the house. My wife would
"rescue" the lizards and put them outside.

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On Apr 8, 11:48*am, Jim Rojas wrote:
Your wife should be commended. These lizards help keep many pests in check..

Just look at it this way. A common bat eats it's own weight each day in
insects. If we had no bats, Florida would be uninhabitable, and so would
the rest of the world.


I've put bat houses up in my back woods. It's amazing to watch them at
dusk.

There are more ants pound for pound, than people.
There are more termites pound for pound than people.
There are more rats than people.
There are more live fish in the sea than all the humans that ever lived
combined.

We are just temporary land barrons on this planet. We need to protect
these natural predators at all costs. These creatures did fine for the
past 250+ million years without our interference. They will be here long
after we are extinct as a species.

Jim Rojas


And then there are people that think they know more than millions of
years of evolution taught the planet......
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On Apr 8, 11:48 am, Jim Rojas wrote:
Your wife should be commended. These lizards help keep many pests in
check.

Just look at it this way. A common bat eats it's own weight each day in
insects. If we had no bats, Florida would be uninhabitable, and so would
the rest of the world.


I've put bat houses up in my back woods. It's amazing to watch them at
dusk.

There are more ants pound for pound, than people.
There are more termites pound for pound than people.
There are more rats than people.
There are more live fish in the sea than all the humans that ever lived
combined.

We are just temporary land barrons on this planet. We need to protect
these natural predators at all costs. These creatures did fine for the
past 250+ million years without our interference. They will be here long
after we are extinct as a species.

Jim Rojas


And then there are people that think they know more than millions of
years of evolution taught the planet......

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I'll swat 'em.

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