Hi
I am not sure if it works for certain, but for fire ants you might want to
try diatomaceous earth. You can buy the food grade that is so safe you can
eat it by the spoon full. However, it is a fine powder that grinds through
the outer skeleton of ground based insects like ants. Once their exoskeleton
is compromised they dry out and die. One would need to poor the diatomaceous
earth wherever the ants go or perhaps on their ant hill. I have had good
success with this on regular ants. Just don't breathe the fine powder.
diatomaceous earth is non toxic, but it is reportedly not good in the lungs.
Another strategy is to use
beneficial nematodes. These little critters hunt down ground based insects
and attack them. Reportedly they are safe around pets children ETC. A small
jar holds around 6 or 7 million of them. Just apply them on the affected
parts of your yard and sit back and let them do their work. Smile.
I hope this helps.
God bless,
Mark WZ0K
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-----Original Message-----
From: John Fitzgerald
Sent: Saturday, September 13, 2014 3:01 AM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: Off-Topic, Pest Control!
Hi,
My answer for wasps is to tell my wife, who usually grabs a can of wasp and
hornet spray, then after they are dead or gone one of us knocks the nest
down.
Spiders are another subject, if they are outside we don't bother them too
much since they do eat other bugs, but if they are inside we get rid of
them, because we have brown recluse or fiddle back spiders and they like it
indoors in closets, linen closets, and chest of drawers. I had heard the
moth balls were good for keeping skunks out from under you house, but I
hadn't heard that it worked for mice and spiders.
I have heard of using dryer sheets in a window air conditioner's filter as
an air freshener, but if it will keep wasps away too fantastic. Now all I
need is for someone to mention how I can get rid of or kill off these dang
fire ants.
Thanks, and 73
John KB5HCT
Muse, Oklahoma
On Fri, Sep 12, 2014 at 1:36 PM, Jim Gammon <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Do those dryer sheets discourage spiders? Jim WA6EKS
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: John Miller
> Sent: Thursday, September 11, 2014 4:20 PM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: Off-Topic, Pest Control!
>
> My brother is an exterminator, my solution is what he told me. There are
> ways to get the same chemicals they use. Once you get rid of them, put
> drier
> sheets out, the cheap ones that have a strong smell, they don't like the
> smell of them and won't come back. I have them in all the likely wasp and
> hornet places around my house and it works and what was left I put in the
> shed.
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Steve Dresser" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Thursday, September 11, 2014 7:07 PM
> Subject: Re: Off-Topic, Pest Control!
>
>
> > I'd look for an exterminator who specializes in getting rid of wasps and
> =
> > hornets. We have that problem every year on our back deck, and it's =
> > worth the $150 or so to have him come out and get rid of them because he
> =
> > gets chemicals that we can't, and he knows how to do the job without =
> > getting stung (which I don't). Call me a chicken, but I'd rather pay =
> > the money and know that it's being done right.
> >
> > Steve
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----=20
> > From: "Albert Sanchez" <[log in to unmask]>
> > To: <[log in to unmask]>
> > Sent: Thursday, September 11, 2014 17:42
> > Subject: Off-Topic, Pest Control!
> >
> >
> >> Greetings All,
> >> I know this will be off-topic so feel free to delete this message. We =
> > were=20
> >> informed today that we have a couple of wasp nests in our back patio, =
> > any=20
> >> suggestions on how to get rid of these nasty pests?
> >> 73, Albert, wa7fxb=20
> >>
>
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