Homeowner Forum / Pest Control / November 2004

Does anyone know of any effective treatment against the lesser house fly?
Thanks

I am still trying to figure out what rodent goes into my kitchen at night
and I noticied
a family of grey squirrels climbing around my
house today. Is it possible the rodents chewing plastic parts under my

I hear that DuPont has come up with a new bait (just FDA approved) for
fire ants that is amazingly effective, and eco-friendly to boot. It's
called Advion, I believe. You can find the DuPont web pages on it. See
for example

I have an infestation of Psocids / Booklice in my bedroom , especially
wardrobes.
Flat is very damp, have bought a dehumidifier to dry the flat out.
Any other advice appreciated.

Two weeks ago a rodent of some kind
chewed a large hole through the bottom of my dish washer...it is a plastic
section on the bottom. Two days BEFORE this happened I caught two mice in
mouse traps. I continued using mouse traps and then D-CON near the

First post, so apologise if this is an old question.
We have recently moved into a house and fairly quickly found that there was
a problem with mice (or, more accurately, huge holes in the floor which had
been covered with carpet in an attempt to mask them, but through which the

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Hello and Thanks for checking this question.  Is there any way to tell
if a termite mud tunnel is fresh or old ??  I've found some and they
look very dry.
Any help most appreciated.  Please E-mail      slats1@trip.net   or

You've inspired me!
The ultimate weapons for fighting indoor mosquitos.
1. Modefinator
It's long been known that creating a sound at the right frequency will

i put down a glue trap as I saw signs of mice..however this morning I
see a tail on the glue trap so one assumes the mouse bit off the tail
to escape.
question is will mouse survive..

In my part dirt, part concrete crawl space, I have a resident(s) I
cannot get rid of. Based on the lack of success of mouse traps and the
shredding of the sticky traps, I have concluded that it is a rat. With
multiple ineffective products, traps, and poisons, I finally resorted

How many treatments will I need, spaced over what time period, to
completely eradicate the bed bugs?  My understanding is that the
treatment only kills the hatched bugs, not the eggs, and that when the
eggs hatch there will be new bugs that need to be treated again.  So

Well, my bed bugs still aren't gone (as evidenced by the dozen fresh
bites on my abdomen and thighs this morning) despite two visits from
the eco-friendly exterminator.  So at this point I'm ready to say
screw the environment, just kill the damn things -- I haven't been

Hi, the flat upstairs has been infested by Indian meal moth, and now
some have flown down to my place.
The people upstairs were initially afflicted by the maggot-like
larvae.