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Old July 18th 03, 06:54 AM
Betsy
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Hi. I haven't used a pesticide in years, but am getting frustrated to the
point that I feel I need to find a solution.

My basement is infested with camel crickets. I've tried a Bioganics spray,
which works, but the level of the infestation is well beyond that at this
point. Thousands of little tiny baby crickets have just hatched and I'm not
only grossed out, I am worried about what will happen when they grow to full
size. It will then be at the biblical plague level!

So, a google search of "safe + pesticide" yielded little only poisonous
pesticides. Does anybody have any links or suggestions where I might find
relatively safe foggers for use in the basement?

Thanks for your help.



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Old July 18th 03, 10:59 AM
Dwight Sipler
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How about a vacuum cleaner?
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Old July 18th 03, 10:59 AM
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How about a vacuum cleaner?
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Old July 18th 03, 02:14 PM
Beth Pierce
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Try changing your search to organic+pesticide and you might
come up with something. Also, you might want to use
camel+crickets in your search. I did a search for cluster
flies as that is a problem I have and found all kinds of
organic pesticides, including boric acid.

Betsy wrote:
Hi. I haven't used a pesticide in years, but am getting frustrated to the
point that I feel I need to find a solution.

My basement is infested with camel crickets. I've tried a Bioganics spray,
which works, but the level of the infestation is well beyond that at this
point. Thousands of little tiny baby crickets have just hatched and I'm not
only grossed out, I am worried about what will happen when they grow to full
size. It will then be at the biblical plague level!

So, a google search of "safe + pesticide" yielded little only poisonous
pesticides. Does anybody have any links or suggestions where I might find
relatively safe foggers for use in the basement?

Thanks for your help.




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Old July 18th 03, 02:14 PM
Beth Pierce
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Try changing your search to organic+pesticide and you might
come up with something. Also, you might want to use
camel+crickets in your search. I did a search for cluster
flies as that is a problem I have and found all kinds of
organic pesticides, including boric acid.

Betsy wrote:
Hi. I haven't used a pesticide in years, but am getting frustrated to the
point that I feel I need to find a solution.

My basement is infested with camel crickets. I've tried a Bioganics spray,
which works, but the level of the infestation is well beyond that at this
point. Thousands of little tiny baby crickets have just hatched and I'm not
only grossed out, I am worried about what will happen when they grow to full
size. It will then be at the biblical plague level!

So, a google search of "safe + pesticide" yielded little only poisonous
pesticides. Does anybody have any links or suggestions where I might find
relatively safe foggers for use in the basement?

Thanks for your help.




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Old July 18th 03, 02:18 PM
Cheryl
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"Betsy" -0 wrote in message
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Hi. I haven't used a pesticide in years, but am getting frustrated to the
point that I feel I need to find a solution.

My basement is infested with camel crickets. I've tried a Bioganics

spray,
which works, but the level of the infestation is well beyond that at this
point. Thousands of little tiny baby crickets have just hatched and I'm

not
only grossed out, I am worried about what will happen when they grow to

full
size. It will then be at the biblical plague level!

My parents house gets those, too. My dad accidentally discovered that those
crickets are attracted to the glue on duct tape. He puts strips around the
edges of the basement floor sticky-side up and they go right to it and get
stuck and he then disposes of them. That's all they've had to use for those
ugly creepy bugs.


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Old July 18th 03, 02:18 PM
Cheryl
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"Betsy" -0 wrote in message
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Hi. I haven't used a pesticide in years, but am getting frustrated to the
point that I feel I need to find a solution.

My basement is infested with camel crickets. I've tried a Bioganics

spray,
which works, but the level of the infestation is well beyond that at this
point. Thousands of little tiny baby crickets have just hatched and I'm

not
only grossed out, I am worried about what will happen when they grow to

full
size. It will then be at the biblical plague level!

My parents house gets those, too. My dad accidentally discovered that those
crickets are attracted to the glue on duct tape. He puts strips around the
edges of the basement floor sticky-side up and they go right to it and get
stuck and he then disposes of them. That's all they've had to use for those
ugly creepy bugs.


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Old July 18th 03, 02:22 PM
Sherry
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My parents house gets those, too. My dad accidentally discovered that those
crickets are attracted to the glue on duct tape. He puts strips around the
edges of the basement floor sticky-side up and they go right to it and get
stuck and he then disposes of them. That's all they've had to use for those
ugly creepy bugs.

Oh, ugh. I'd forgotten about cricket season. It's late Aug.-Sept. for us.
Hordes of big black crickets, so many you have to get a broom and sweep them
away from the door before you open it. Enough of them manage to get in the
house the cats get bored withh him them and ignore them. Fortunately, they are
mostly outside, so we just wait for a cold snap and they go away. I hate
pesticides of any kind and avoid them if I can.

Sherry
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Old July 18th 03, 02:22 PM
Sherry
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My parents house gets those, too. My dad accidentally discovered that those
crickets are attracted to the glue on duct tape. He puts strips around the
edges of the basement floor sticky-side up and they go right to it and get
stuck and he then disposes of them. That's all they've had to use for those
ugly creepy bugs.

Oh, ugh. I'd forgotten about cricket season. It's late Aug.-Sept. for us.
Hordes of big black crickets, so many you have to get a broom and sweep them
away from the door before you open it. Enough of them manage to get in the
house the cats get bored withh him them and ignore them. Fortunately, they are
mostly outside, so we just wait for a cold snap and they go away. I hate
pesticides of any kind and avoid them if I can.

Sherry
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Old July 18th 03, 02:53 PM
Lar
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In article ,
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Hi. I haven't used a pesticide in years, but am getting frustrated to the
point that I feel I need to find a solution.


The insecticides in foggers won't have a residual so
they only will be good as a contact kill. The best
solution to clean them out would be to have the space
under the house lightly dusted with an insecticidal dust
such as a product from ECOPCO though Drione or
Deltadust will give quicker results. And if you don't
want an insecticide on the basement floor, place glue
boards around the baseboard.
--
We child proofed our home,
but they are still getting in.

Lar. (to e-mail, get rid of the BUGS!!


 




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