We had some Mexican Flying Roaches here recently, this was pretty.. neat i guess.

Evidently some moron bought some up here as a pet and of course they escaped and of course bred like... well roaches.

They're big, and roachy, and they fly.

I left the big one dead down in the basement as a warning to the others  ;D

We had some Mexican Flying Roaches here recently, this was pretty.. neat i guess.

Evidently some moron bought some up here as a pet and of course they escaped and of course bred like... well roaches.

They're big, and roachy, and they fly.

I left the big one dead down in the basement as a warning to the others  ;D

you ever have crotch crickets?  ;D

you ever have crotch crickets?  ;D


;D We'd call em Groin Goblins

Cockroaches I have no idea about. Smack 'em with a rolling pin or something . . .  :)


God, no!  Then you'd never want to make pastry again!!!  :o

that's your story and you're sticking to it ;)


What's that picture supposed to represent? ::)

I hope my room doesn't get any yellowjackets this year.I hate those things. :P

I'm hoping I don't get any bugs in my room this year.Bugs just love the hot weather including the swarm of yellowjackets and bees that fly around our plants during the hot summer months.We also have the cicadas during the day and crickets during the evening hours. 

Depends on the bugs and the heat of the weather.

Maybe

this thread was bumped one year after the last post.

this thread was bumped one year after the last post.
so how many bugs have been cleared since?

last year we had these horrible ants in the house, in the summertime. But thankfully (knock on wood)...this year I haven't seen any!!

I had a great time the other day.

I went outside and saw hundreds of ants all over the paving slabs.

I spent an hour prying up 2 slabs and found a HUGE ant colony underneath.

Needless to say, I boiled some water and got some raid and had myself a fun morning.

"I Love the smell of Raid in the morning."

I'm having a bit of an ant population explosion in my garden at present...

However, I won't get busy with the kettle...as long as they stay away from the house...

They don't actually do any sort of harm at all...

I'm having a bit of an ant population explosion in my garden at present...

Every so often one of my kids will come running into the house saying that they stepped in a red ant nest...

Those things are horrible, and the bites stay around for a long time!  :P

Every so often one of my kids will come running into the house saying that they stepped in a red ant nest...

Those things are horrible, and the bites stay around for a long time!  :P


Nasty!

I don't think I've ever come across anything as exotic as those in my back yard (probably no bad thing, by the sounds of it!)

Nasty!

I don't think I've ever come across anything as exotic as those in my back yard (probably no bad thing, by the sounds of it!)


Oh, they hurt like hell!  :o

Oh, they hurt like hell!  :o
'

Are those the same as fire ants?

A couple of years ago on our way to Georgia my daughter got car sick, so my husband pulled over to the side of the road.  He got out and went to her side of the car and apparently stepped on a fire ant hill, in a matter of seconds they were all over his feet bitting him like crazy.  I've never seen that before. 

Wow!  :o

Some vicious little blighters over your way, ladies...

Ours just sort-of scamper along and, er...that's it!

'

Are those the same as fire ants?

A couple of years ago on our way to Georgia my daughter got car sick, so my husband pulled over to the side of the road.  He got out and went to her side of the car and apparently stepped on a fire ant hill, in a matter of seconds they were all over his feet bitting him like crazy.  I've never seen that before. 
When I was going to school in Texas, my roommate and I lived on the ground floor and had a fire ant nest right outside our window.....of course, we didn't find this out until they decided that they'd like to sleep in our beds and weren't too pleased that we also decided to sleep in them that night......I ended up at the doctor with over 400 bites on my arms/legs alone :o

'

Are those the same as fire ants?

A couple of years ago on our way to Georgia my daughter got car sick, so my husband pulled over to the side of the road.  He got out and went to her side of the car and apparently stepped on a fire ant hill, in a matter of seconds they were all over his feet bitting him like crazy.  I've never seen that before. 


Yes, that's them!  :P

When I was going to school in Texas, my roommate and I lived on the ground floor and had a fire ant nest right outside our window.....of course, we didn't find this out until they decided that they'd like to sleep in our beds and weren't too pleased that we also decided to sleep in them that night......I ended up at the doctor with over 400 bites on my arms/legs alone :o


Eek!  Poor you!!  :o :(

this thread was bumped one year after the last post.



I was the one who did it

Even with clean bedsheets, you can still have bed bugs.

Even with clean bedsheets, you can still have bed bugs.



Always vaccuum

Always vaccuum
I have known that to done!

We realised last night that the wood shavings in the doorway to the study weren't where the youngsters had spilt the rubbish from the pencil sharpener but actually ants nest residue.  Had to get the vacuum cleaner out and then put loads of powder down.

We realised last night that the wood shavings in the doorway to the study weren't where the youngsters had spilt the rubbish from the pencil sharpener but actually ants nest residue.  Had to get the vacuum cleaner out and then put loads of powder down.


Wood shavings?

I just hope they weren't termites!  :o

I wanted this Cockroach to die a thousand deaths! It deserved it! :P


Howard
are any cats available?I heard they're fascinated by them.roaches are supposed to make a high pitched sound audible to them.

so how many bugs have been cleared since?



None except 1 or 2 tiny ants but nothing strange yet

Wood shavings?

I just hope they weren't termites!  :o


definitely just ants.  I don't think we have termites in the UK

This hot weather will bring out the bugs!

This hot weather will bring out the bugs!


We were eating outside yesterday evening and were plagued by flies.  v annoying

We were eating outside yesterday evening and were plagued by flies.  v annoying
Did you see many ants, or were they flying ants?

Did you see many ants, or were they flying ants?


we had some ants crawling around the table as well.  The flies were definitely flies, big blue bottles

we had some ants crawling around the table as well.  The flies were definitely flies, big blue bottles
With no flyspray to hand?

This hot weather will bring out the bugs!



Oh definitely.

Oh definitely.
The wasp season starts very soon

but apparently not many bees will be around this year

but apparently not many bees will be around this year
With some species almost extinct.

Perhaps.  Newsround didn't go into that much detail!

Perhaps.  Newsround didn't go into that much detail!
There must be a report on the BBC News Online

There must be a report on the BBC News Online


Bee story

Bee story
A long report, too mnay words to read on a hot.

Ants have been crawling in our house from all that heavy rain we've been having lately.My Father uses bug spray to spray the outside of the house so they don't show up.

With the household being clean, it makes the bugs clean too.

With the household being clean, it makes the bugs clean too.



But they might come back.

But they might come back.
You are right there, for down deep in the cracks of the floorboards the insect eggs (larvi) remain, waiting for a hot day, and then!

You are right there, for down deep in the cracks of the floorboards the insect eggs (larvi) remain, waiting for a hot day, and then!



and then the wasps come flying in my room during the summer.  >:(

and then the wasps come flying in my room during the summer.  >:(
...from a nest in the attic?

the title of this thread started by Howard made me cringe  :-[

the title of this thread started by Howard made me cringe  :-[
Should the title of this topic be changed?

the title of this thread started by Howard made me cringe  :-[


I'm sorry you feel that way,Mike. :(

I'm sorry you feel that way,Mike. :(
Are the bugs worse where has is?

Are the bugs worse where has is?


only during the summer. ::)

only during the summer. ::)
All over in the summer.

All over in the summer.


especially when they come through my window,one time last year I had 2 wasps I tried to catch and I did it and was flushed down the toilet after it was sucked through a vacuum cleaner. :P

Clean hair is a more desired environment for lice than dirty hair.

Clean hair is a more desired environment for lice than dirty hair.
A clean fresh place to lay the eggs.

A clean fresh place to lay the eggs.



Not on my head?!?!  :o

Not on my head?!?!  :o
If you have clean hair and it is always combed then you will not have problems

If you have clean hair and it is always combed then you will not have problems



I always comb my hair so I shouldn't have problems.

If you have clean hair and it is always combed then you will not have problems


Nah, I think it's more likely if you're clean.

Also, the eggs stick pretty well, and you have to pick them out individually (my sister has had lice twice...)

I always comb my hair so I shouldn't have problems.


Clean or dirty doesn't matter to lice.  They are awful.  You have to pick off all the eggs, like Meat said.  Makes me itch to think of it.  Best way to avoid them is don't use other people's combs or put on their hats. 

Clean or dirty doesn't matter to lice.  They are awful.  You have to pick off all the eggs, like Meat said.  Makes me itch to think of it.  Best way to avoid them is don't use other people's combs or put on their hats. 
Nit picking?

Clean or dirty doesn't matter to lice.  They are awful.  You have to pick off all the eggs, like Meat said.  Makes me itch to think of it.  Best way to avoid them is don't use other people's combs or put on their hats. 
Dye your hair! Nits hate hair dye. My sister in law is a hairdresser and in all her years she has never seen a nit on dyed hair, something to do with them not being able to attach to the hair shaft because of the dye apparently.

Dye your hair! Nits hate hair dye. My sister in law is a hairdresser and in all her years she has never seen a nit on dyed hair, something to do with them not being able to attach to the hair shaft because of the dye apparently.
...hence a the purple rinse?

Clean or dirty doesn't matter to lice.  They are awful.  You have to pick off all the eggs, like Meat said.  Makes me itch to think of it.  Best way to avoid them is don't use other people's combs or put on their hats. 


That's why I use my OWN comb and my OWN hat. ;)

That's why I use my OWN comb and my OWN hat. ;)
You have to keep your hat on?

You have to keep your hat on?


always, especially in the sun.

always, especially in the sun.
...or the rain

...or the rain


I'd wear a raincoat.

...hence a the purple rinse?
Those old dears know more than they let on!  ;D

Those old dears know more than they let on!  ;D
...even Quentin Crisp?

Dye your hair! Nits hate hair dye. My sister in law is a hairdresser and in all her years she has never seen a nit on dyed hair, something to do with them not being able to attach to the hair shaft because of the dye apparently.


I am dyed. 

Another thing I heard is they avoid tea tree oil.  Mix some in with your shampoo and that should prevent them.

I am dyed. 

Another thing I heard is they avoid tea tree oil.  Mix some in with your shampoo and that should prevent them.
Does drinking tea help?

Don't know.  I drink tea and don't have lice so maybe. ;)

Don't know.  I drink tea and don't have lice so maybe. ;)
The same here!

Me three! Maybe we've found the secret................

Me three! Maybe we've found the secret................
...even the aroma of tea may cause the bugs to stay clear?

I drink tea and I did get lice once.  There was a child in Elizabeth's group at nursery who kept getting them and giving them to everyone else.  I treated her three or four times for them and I got them once.

The tea tree oil shampoo works seems to prevent them.  Hedrin is good at getting rid of them.

I hate when every hot summer,wasps enter my room via window and I wind up using bug spray to kill them. :P

I hate when every hot summer,wasps enter my room via window and I wind up using bug spray to kill them. :P
close the window.

close the window.


I do but they come in anyway.  ::)

I do but they come in anyway.  ::)
Through the front door?

Through the front door?


in my window.

in my window.
Do net curtains at the window, for that will stop anything flying in.

Do net curtains at the window, for that will stop anything flying in.


I haven't thought of that yet.

I haven't thought of that yet.
The window can be open, the breeze still flows through, there you are!

The window can be open, the breeze still flows through, there you are!


I should always close my window.

I should always close my window.
Purchase an electric fan?

Purchase an electric fan?


I have one somewhere.

I have one somewhere.
...you had it last summer?

...you had it last summer?


Yes and it was very hot that day.  :P

Yes and it was very hot that day.  :P
...only one hot day last summer?

The same over here too.

...only one hot day last summer?

The same over here too.


August was pretty hot.

August was pretty hot.
Hot and wet, which makes less insects fly around.

Hot and wet, which makes less insects fly around.



But more to come into my house such as ants. :P

But more to come into my house such as ants. :P
Those ants could be based within the bounds of your house, and it is the heat that brings them out.

Those ants could be based within the bounds of your house, and it is the heat that brings them out.


and that's why they come into my house.  ::)

and that's why they come into my house.  ::)
The ants are already there, under the floorboards, etc.

The ants are already there, under the floorboards, etc.


then I wind up having to squash them and throw them into the toilet.

then I wind up having to squash them and throw them into the toilet.
Just lead a trail of honey and the ants will follow it anywhere.

Just lead a trail of honey and the ants will follow it anywhere.


But not in my house,maybe outside.

But not in my house,maybe outside.
...and they have found a way in?

...and they have found a way in?


Bug Spray.

Bug Spray.
Starve them out?

Starve them out?



With food?

With food?
...without food.

...without food.


But food attracts them.

But food attracts them.
If there is no food available, then the bugs will go somewhere else.

If there is no food available, then the bugs will go somewhere else.


under my bed.

under my bed.
No crumbs there then?

No crumbs there then?



No,no crumbs.

No,no crumbs.
Proving the place is clean.

Proving the place is clean.


and I vacuumed the other day.

and I vacuumed the other day.
Which other day?

Which other day?


I think it was last week.

I think it was last week.
Time to vacuum again?

Time to vacuum again?


tomorrow.

tomorrow.
Will it take long?

Will it take long?


Just a couple of minutes.

Just a couple of minutes.
A small room, with lots of bugs?

A small room, with lots of bugs?


No bugs just dirt.

No bugs just dirt.
dirt = dust ?

notes on "Roaches" if your in an apartment !!!
Caulk all base boards with "Mono" they hate this & won't try to chew trough it!
Seal off your kitchen vent with the Mono & drop "Boric Acid" around your doors(entrance/balcony)
If your in a house you can use an "oxygen Bomb" , but Plan to go some where else for 48 hours!
Winter has an advantage against them as they might survive radiation , but have No Defence against cold!
So if you can shut off your water & bleed the water pipes...you just shut off the heat - Crack a window-s & go away for a week.No Pesticides involved!.If using any kind of pesticides beware of pets! especially cats!
Their resilient as they can become accustom to the same poison!
If you clean like a bugger it won't make a diff as once you have them they like to stay put!.Its their home now & you are the invader!Cockroaches can eat electrical wire plastic & many things we wouldn't concider food!
http://ezinearticles.com/?How-to-Get-Rid-of-Cockroaches&id=909626
If all else fails.Burn Down The House! ;D

I'm sure it does,unless you use a powerful bug spray.

I'm sure it does,unless you use a powerful bug spray.
How powerful?

How powerful?


enough to really kill those motherfudgers! >:( :P

enough to really kill those motherfudgers! >:( :P
If not dead, they can crawl out?

If not dead, they can crawl out?


Yes they could.

Yes they could.
...and you have to start all over again.

...and you have to start all over again.


and that's what I hate about cleaning. ::)

and that's what I hate about cleaning. ::)
...but it still has to be done?

...but it still has to be done?


Yes Of Course.

Yes Of Course.
Regularly!

Yes It does and if you vacuum more often you would have less of it.

Oh eww...I really detest cockroaches. I'm so thankful I live in place without any bugs. But yes, cleanliness does help to keep them away, especially cockroaches. It's a good idea to make sure there are no food crumbs anywhere, and no trash or garbage. 

Just last week I saw a small spider downstairs in my basement and then later on I saw the same spider, it was in my kitchen.  :o

Just last week I saw a small spider downstairs in my basement and then later on I saw the same spider, it was in my kitchen.  :o


Did it have a tattoo or something?

Did it have a tattoo or something?


;D

Maybe it introduced itself to Howard. :D

Did it have a tattoo or something?


How the hell did it crawl from downstairs to the upstairs, I'll never know.  ;D

http://www.livescience.com/images/i/000/069/806/original/Camel-Cricket-Lauren-Nichols_YourWildlifeOrg.jpg?interpolation=lanczos-none&downsize=*:1000

Has anyone ever seen a camel cricket lately?  :o

http://www.livescience.com/images/i/000/069/806/original/Camel-Cricket-Lauren-Nichols_YourWildlifeOrg.jpg?interpolation=lanczos-none&downsize=*:1000

Has anyone ever seen a camel cricket lately?  :o


Oh. My. God.  :o  :o

Oh. My. God.  :o  :o



These bugs can live in the basement and under crevices so you have to make sure you clean and vacuum a lot.

http://www.livescience.com/images/i/000/069/806/original/Camel-Cricket-Lauren-Nichols_YourWildlifeOrg.jpg?interpolation=lanczos-none&downsize=*:1000

Has anyone ever seen a camel cricket lately?  :o


Never seen those before. I don't want them in here!!!...I want to clean again.

Never seen those before. I don't want them in here!!!...I want to clean again.


You have to catch them or else they will populate.

http://www.livescience.com/images/i/000/069/806/original/Camel-Cricket-Lauren-Nichols_YourWildlifeOrg.jpg?interpolation=lanczos-none&downsize=*:1000

Has anyone ever seen a camel cricket lately?  :o


They are called cave crickets in my neck of the woods. They like damp places, so that is why you find them in basements or in bathrooms around drains etc. They can be very scary when you first see them and they jump all over the place. My boss had them for a while in her bathroom next to the bathtub. she put sticky traps down and stayed with it for a couple of weeks and then they were gone. Nasty little things.

Anyone mention bed bugs yet?

Anyone mention bed bugs yet?


I don't think I have a lot of bed bugs in my room. I'm rather anxious when I sleep.

They are called cave crickets in my neck of the woods. They like damp places, so that is why you find them in basements or in bathrooms around drains etc. They can be very scary when you first see them and they jump all over the place. My boss had them for a while in her bathroom next to the bathtub. she put sticky traps down and stayed with it for a couple of weeks and then they were gone. Nasty little things.


Meesa, How come I've never seen them before? ???

I don't think I have a lot of bed bugs in my room. I'm rather anxious when I sleep.


I try to vacuum my bed once a month.

I just saw this post and I apologize if this has already been suggested, I didn't read all the replies.

For wasps if you take a paper bag, ball it up to make it look like a wasp's nest, and then hang it up it will deter the wasps.  Wasps are territorial so if they think there are already wasps in the area they won't come around.  I read this online, tried it, and haven't had wasps since.

These past couple of weeks, we been getting mice and we don't know if it has been 1 mouse or many mice but this one mouse has been going from under the dishwasher to under the stove and vice versa every time one of us turn on the kitchen light and just yesterday My Mother found a dead mouse under the computer chair and just this morning I saw a dead mouse that got stuck on the sticky glue we have been using for a few days now, so all in all I think if you clean your house often it will most likely lead to less bugs.

I try to vacuum my bed once a month.

I always vacuum in my room at least once every week.

I always vacuum in my room at least once every week.


Just yesterday I vacuumed under my bed and got what was on the carpet.