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Wow, I thought theese lady bugs were a problem. Maybe you guys could package them and sell them to one of those reality TV shows.
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What are the Mormon Crickets? I don't think I have seen them unless they wear white shirts and ride bicyles. Can we export some of these to Tom also?
A little honey on the tires, a few miles of riding through the bear infested woods and our infestation may dissappear.
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I'll reply to it Billy. If you want something to suck up the bugs you need Monica. Bill and Hillary only want to suck up you wallet.
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Based on the evidence Monica wont work. She apparantly spits them bugs back out, well at least when wearing a blue dress.
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It looks like the moths may have subsided somewhat. We have a central vacuum in the house which is like a shop vac with the plumbing in the walls. We have been sucking up moths and every week or so I need to empty out the canister. About half of them are still alive.
On Sunday we got our first centipede in the house. They can also squeeze through about any crack and can force their way under weatherstripping. This one was about four inches long, and they do have a nasty bite. I sucked that guy up in the central vac also.
I think that centipedes eat other bugs, so this guy should have a feast in the canister with all those moths. I just hope that it is not the size of a king snake when I empty it out this weekend.
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The only critters I have seen that can survive the E-ticket ride though the vacuum hose and the sudden stop at the other end are lizards. They even survive the negative pressure in the cannister when the hose is plugged.
You would think their little eyeballs would bulge out or something. Instead they wait patiently, sometimes for weeks, to be let out.
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How about PITA members and anti-gunners ?
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The central vac is like a whole house shop vac, so the critters don't go through the motor/blower. I am sure that the moths get banged up a bit during the trip, but they can still move. Centipedes on the other hand are tough sons-a-guns. I lay down those sticky traps for mice, centipedes and other vermen. I have seen centipedes get caught on these and drag them around with the legs that are still able to grab the floor.
I have a long set of medical forceps to grab them and they will attack the metal, so I know they would do the same thing to your hand.
As far as the vacuum is concerned, most shop vacs and this central vac are going to be able to sustain a vacuum of less than 1/2 atm. That is equivalent to 15,000 ft in altitude or less, so the vacuum "event" should be survivable for most animals. The 40 MPH right angle turns and abrupt stops are another thing, but I will bet that the centipede is still alive. I guess that I am going to have to empty the canister tonight just to see.
I do know for a fact that centipedes are not very durable in the average garbage disposal unit.
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We don't get many insect plagues here. Sounds like the chickens must be feasting.
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We have a lot of wild birds that fly up next to the house and pick the bugs off of the stucco. Perhaps the moths think that they are hidden, but they stand out like sore thumbs on the tan stucco.
The moth plague seems to have ended. We have started to have some small rains. I don't know if that did it, but they are thankfully gone for this year.
Some parts of NM have had crickets and grasshoppers, but not directly where I live. I drove into work one day, and there were grasshoppers/locusts in about every square foot of the parking lot at work. They parted in a wave like water when you drove or walked through the area. Thankfully that was a one day event and they have not returned.
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