Insecticides - What are some of your experiences with them?

PetcoPetco Join Date: 2003-07-27 Member: 18478Members, Constellation
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<div class="IPBDescription">Suggestions, stories to tell, what to avoid, etc</div>I was thinking of getting some <a href="http://www.killsbugsdead.com" target="_blank">Raid</a> products for flies, occasional bugs that appear, etc. Mainly those roach baits and a spray for flies and for roaches.

But what about other products, mainly the safer or organic types of bug killers. I've been looking around the internet and reading various safe bug killers such as <a href="http://www.bugsrdone.com" target="_blank">Bugs R Done</a>, <a href="http://www.greennest.com/index.php?cPath=68&osCsid=3f1c7fd5e6f365e82ed1c6c4c6ccd407" target="_blank">Green Nest</a>, <a href="http://www.orangeguard.com/" target="_blank">Orange Guard</a>, etc.

Any suggestions? Experiences? Stories to tell? Methods? And other stuff?
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  • JimmehJimmeh Join Date: 2003-08-24 Member: 20173Members, Constellation
    Deodorant + Petrol Lighter = Success.
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  • DepotDepot The ModFather Join Date: 2002-11-09 Member: 7956Members
    In Florida we call them Palmetto bugs, and I've seen them the size of my thumb. What keeps my home roach-free is those Combat things for large roaches. As for flies,

    <img src="http://images.orgill.com/200x200/0301572.JPG" border="0" alt="IPB Image" />

    As for flies, preventitive maintenance works best (no holes in your screens, and open/close doors fast) but these sticky fly strips work quite well.

    <img src="http://www.saferbrand.com/new_images/m510.jpg" border="0" alt="IPB Image" />

    Story to tell: one morning I hopped in the shower, and a huge Palmetto bug was staring at me. I smashed him (in half I think) and he scampered off. That night I checked in the shower, and half of him was still trollin around. Really.
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  • DiscoZombieDiscoZombie Join Date: 2003-08-05 Member: 18951Members
    Bugs are tenacious. I feel that if you've got a bad problem, you probably need an exterminator, and even then, the bugs will be back. My mother lives in an apartment building where the big ole' roaches crawl up through the walls or pipe spaces or god knows where. She just got two kittens. One of them catches these palmetto bugs and leaves them on her pillow as gifts. so adorably disgusting. <img src="style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/asrifle.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid="::asrifle::" border="0" alt="asrifle.gif" /> <img src="style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/tiny.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid="::onos::" border="0" alt="tiny.gif" />
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  • RedfordRedford Monorailcatfjord Join Date: 2002-04-28 Member: 528Members, NS1 Playtester
    Bugs are stupid and have a segmented heart and nerve system. Most don't even have proper brains. They have a nerve cluster in the head that is "in charge", but many species of bugs do not die instantly if they lose that bundle. Many can, in fact, survive decapitation or removal of legs or other parts of their bodies without a care in the world - until the reduced movement (or lack of a mouth) causes them to eventually die of starvation or dehydration. Asphyxiation is not an issue, I fear - they also have segmented oxygen delivery systems that are spread all over their bodies.

    They really are an evolutionary marvel when it comes to survival and hive mentality.
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  • RoverRover blargh Join Date: 2003-09-23 Member: 21139Members
    <!--quoteo(post=1627662:date=May 19 2007, 05:14 AM:name=Redford)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Redford @ May 19 2007, 05:14 AM) [snapback]1627662[/snapback]</div><div class='quotemain'><!--quotec-->
    Bugs are stupid and have a segmented heart and nerve system. Most don't even have proper brains. They have a nerve cluster in the head that is "in charge", but many species of bugs do not die instantly if they lose that bundle. Many can, in fact, survive decapitation or removal of legs or other parts of their bodies without a care in the world - until the reduced movement (or lack of a mouth) causes them to eventually die of starvation or dehydration. Asphyxiation is not an issue, I fear - they also have segmented oxygen delivery systems that are spread all over their bodies.

    They really are an evolutionary marvel when it comes to survival and hive mentality.
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    "<i>Hold em off a little longer guys, I've almost gestated into a cockroach!</i>"
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  • DepotDepot The ModFather Join Date: 2002-11-09 Member: 7956Members
    edited May 2007
    <!--quoteo(post=1627662:date=May 18 2007, 11:14 PM:name=Redford)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Redford @ May 18 2007, 11:14 PM) [snapback]1627662[/snapback]</div><div class='quotemain'><!--quotec-->
    Bugs are stupid and have a segmented heart and nerve system. Most don't even have proper brains. They have a nerve cluster in the head that is "in charge", but many species of bugs do not die instantly if they lose that bundle. Many can, in fact, survive decapitation or removal of legs or other parts of their bodies without a care in the world - until the reduced movement (or lack of a mouth) causes them to eventually die of starvation or dehydration. Asphyxiation is not an issue, I fear - they also have segmented oxygen delivery systems that are spread all over their bodies.

    They really are an evolutionary marvel when it comes to survival and hive mentality.
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    ... as evidenced by my story of the Palmetto bug who stalked me in my shower 12 to 14 hours after I cut him in half.

    Tried drowning one the other day. These guys could easily qualify on the elite Navy Divers Team, as long as they last under water. That, or they're really a fish in disguise, with gills.
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