[tcb] Re: Friday not bus related question for home owners

  • From: Brian Denning <i_am_cool_fred@xxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: <tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Fri, 2 May 2008 09:20:49 -0500

i guess they would keep the moth man at bay too.

i'll try that. is it just the odor that makes them go away or do they eat them 
and die?

> Date: Fri, 2 May 2008 09:11:14 -0500
> From: evilscientistboo@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> To: tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [tcb] Re: Friday not bus related question for home owners
> 
> After going to the Ft. Worth Arboretum and seeing the rare butterfly/moth 
> show I have no compunction about using mothballs.
> 
> especially considering one of the Moths is, literally, Mothra.  Now I know 
> why Godzilla wanted to kill that mofo.
> 
> That Atlas Moth.  It was sitting on a tree but it was at least 10 inches 
> across.
> 
> http://www.buginabox.com/acdub.html
> 
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> >From: Neil <nbmdude@xxxxxxxxx>
> >Sent: May 2, 2008 9:04 AM
> >To: tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >Subject: [tcb] Re: Friday not bus related question for home owners
> >
> >Buy a boat load of moth balls (yeah, I know...those
> >poor moths) and distribute them around the atic...
> >--- Brian Denning <i_am_cool_fred@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> >> 
> >> how in the heck do you get a living thing out of
> >> your attic? most likely a squirrel.
> >> 
> >> lemme give you some history. We used to have this
> >> 50' tv/cb/ham radio tower sticking through the roof.
> >> well the pest guy said that that is where the
> >> squirrel's are getting in. so we removed the
> >> antennae patched the hole in the roof on the top
> >> side and the bottom side. filled all crevasses with
> >> foam and metal and tar. there is no chance in hell
> >> the squirrels could be getting in or out of that
> >> area. i've walked all along the roof, don't see any
> >> spot where they could be getting in or out. the
> >> gabel end is in perfect shape with no holes in the
> >> screen that covers it. i don't know where they are
> >> getting in at, but they are still getting in 3
> >> months after removing the antennae. i have bought
> >> the pest spray that smells horrible that the
> >> squirrels, mice, cats, dogs, rodents of other sorts
> >> can't stand and it seemed to work for a month. i've
> >> also bought a couple of those sonar high pitched
> >> things that rodents can hear and makes them go away.
> >> that seemed to work for a month or so...but this
> >> morning while sitting on the crapper (you get all
> >> the gory details) i heard what sounded like the
> >> critter dragging something across the attic floor.
> >> 
> >> there is poison up there too. the thing won't die or
> >> go away. i am thinking about buying a live trap but
> >> that won't stop the next one from getting in. where
> >> do you think it could get in and what can i do to
> >> make there temptation of getting in stop?
> >> 
> >> sorry for the non bus content
> >> 
> >>
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