bugsyburrell Posted November 27, 2014 Report Share Posted November 27, 2014 Now the flies and crickets are coming out to play again and after a day of proceeding to swallow a fly while laughing at a customers joke(quite embarrassing), then being kept awake half the night by Jiminy Cricket playing a tune from under the tumble dryer( he's still going strong!!) has anyone found something that truly works to help rid these pests?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deb Posted November 28, 2014 Report Share Posted November 28, 2014 I went to Alice springs 7 years ago flies so bad I had to wear a net over my face.Hot face or a face full of flies. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lou8670 Posted November 28, 2014 Report Share Posted November 28, 2014 Awe I quite like Jimmy chirping outside my bedroom window Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
verystormy Posted November 28, 2014 Report Share Posted November 28, 2014 Never had an issue with crickets, but not a lot can be done about flies. I have a pic somewhere of me looking like I have a black shirt on. It was actually cream!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elfie Posted November 28, 2014 Report Share Posted November 28, 2014 Flies flies and more flies its only just started its going to get worse I also like the crickets Lou thought they were frogs the first year we were here opps Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deb Posted November 28, 2014 Report Share Posted November 28, 2014 We have frogs all nite,joys of been by a lake gets to the stage where we switch off to the noise Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shona7 Posted November 28, 2014 Report Share Posted November 28, 2014 We got our house sprayed for spiders, cockroaches and ants and the crickets went with them! Our garden is now nice and peaceful :-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Guest6235 Posted November 28, 2014 Report Share Posted November 28, 2014 We got our house sprayed for spiders, cockroaches and ants and the crickets went with them! Our garden is now nice and peaceful :-) How much does something like that cost @Shona7? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
portlaunay Posted November 28, 2014 Report Share Posted November 28, 2014 How much does something like that cost @Shona7? Please don't. There are many ways to control creepy crawlies without spraying nasty stuff everywhere. There are some great things you can do for little or no cost and with minimal environmental impact if you want to keep the bugs out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arwen Posted November 28, 2014 Report Share Posted November 28, 2014 Please don't. There are many ways to control creepy crawlies without spraying nasty stuff everywhere. There are some great things you can do for little or no cost and with minimal environmental impact if you want to keep the bugs out. I agree, we have been here 10 year and never sprayed a damn thing. The food chain (IMO) takes care of everything. Keep your place clean and tidy and you won't have any issues. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Akasully2 Posted November 28, 2014 Report Share Posted November 28, 2014 We did spray but I did it myself. So much cheaper than getting someone in to do it. I was told to expect $250. Bought the sachets from Bunnings, mixed with water and sprayed it through a thing I wore on my back. I wore protective goggles, mask and gloves but it was nasty stuff. The label's small print was scary. I have mixed feelings to be honest. I feel better because I can go out to the washing line late at night and feel pretty confident there aren't any red backs hanging around. Plus the cockroaches have touched it and died. I only put it around the entry to the house and under the eaves and by the washing line. However, I have seen harmless moths, stick insects and other things killed by it. I feel bad. The only way I can console myself is to say that insects are bred in vast numbers and that most of them are out in the bush/parks doing fine. I found a stick insect that looked more like a praying mantis, this week. I was worried it would go in the barrier spray so picked him up in the dust pan and brush and took him to safety. Fascinating creature. Took loads of zoomed in pics of him. A wonder of nature when studied closely. Remarkable. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shona7 Posted November 29, 2014 Report Share Posted November 29, 2014 Look, each to their own and yes my way isn't environmentally friendly, sorry. I am a very neat and tidy person so no mess outside or in. We didn't do aything last year as didn't see a thing but this year we were getting white tail spiders in our en-suite and lots of crickets outside and in the garage. Since we've had it done I've barely seen anything. On the day of spray they all came out. It was like something from a horror movie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elfie Posted November 29, 2014 Report Share Posted November 29, 2014 I have a problem with ants had a problem with them last year also. But now they have moved from one side of kitchen window to the other. Again they have appeared in the en-suit I am afraid I have tried every product on the market also the home made paste of icing sugar bicarb etc nothing works I am going to resort to having to call someone out. I can cope with the odd cockroach on the floor outside and occasionally inside and spider here and there but the ants all over my kitchen work top is a big no no. No matter how clean I think I have cleaned the little blighters still come back. I think its going to be worse this year than last. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Plimthing Posted November 29, 2014 Report Share Posted November 29, 2014 if you leave some of the spiders in the garden alone, the crickets will slowly get quieter. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nutnudger Posted November 29, 2014 Report Share Posted November 29, 2014 All part of living here best not to waste your energy trying to kill any thing that moves, the only thing we have a problem with is ANTS and this year hasn't been as bad a last year yet, and we only do something about them if they are trying to get in to the house Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Akasully2 Posted November 29, 2014 Report Share Posted November 29, 2014 I must just add, that whilst I feel bad, I will be sprying again later in the year. The thought of White tips around the house or in the beds, fills me with horror. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Guest6235 Posted November 29, 2014 Report Share Posted November 29, 2014 I agree at @Shona7, it's all about opinions on here and everyone is different. Did you get your spraying done by somebody else or did you do it yourself? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
portlaunay Posted November 29, 2014 Report Share Posted November 29, 2014 Look, I didn't mean to start a war or make anyone feel bad, this is something I do feel very strongly about and of course I'm a hypocrite, I live in a modern world where it is impossible not to have negative impact on our environment but the mere fact that a liquid requires PPE and kills indiscriminately in seconds surely suggests it's worth investigating an alternative? I think Plimthing and Arwen have very valid points, the balance is already provided by nature. If you really do want to keep the creepy things out of your house then a lot of people say a chestnut in the corner of your room will keep the spiders out. I did this in London to great effect but there's not much scientific evidence to prove it. I've used clove oil here and our crevices are spider free. For ants and just about any other insect I use Diatomaceous Earth or DE. Make sure you buy the organic, food grade stuff, not the chemical laced version you get for swimming pools. DE is a very fine powder, similar to talc but is formed from the fossilised bodies of diatoms, a prehistoric crustacean. Although it feels soft it's composed of very fine, fragments that have very sharp edges. These sharp edges score an insect's exoskeleton causing it to dehydrate. Insects just don't like it and won't walk across it so we just brush a little around skirting, cracks in the floorboards, doorways and, as we have a dog, scatter it through her bed. Because insects don't like it they simply avoid it so it doesn't indiscriminately kill. It's completely harmless to us and the only precaution with it is to wear a particle mask while dusting with it simply because it's a very fine powder. Obviously if you spread a thick blanket of it everywhere it will kill everything but using it wisely means it will control with minimal impact. We dust our dog off with it too and she's never had a flea since we did this. Please give it a go folks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Guest6235 Posted November 29, 2014 Report Share Posted November 29, 2014 I wasn't getting at you so much Porty, it was a point back at somebody last week that had a go at me for having an opinion, which I then had to bite my tongue. It seems if you express an opinion and somebody has different views you do get shot down. I don't mind if it's straight forward help about a move to oz or having banter on the forum but when it's people's personal views and opinions or just expressing what they're up to right now then I leave them to it, whether or not others think it's right or wrong. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
portlaunay Posted November 29, 2014 Report Share Posted November 29, 2014 I wasn't getting at you so much Porty, it was a point back at somebody last week that had a go at me for having an opinion, which I then had to bite my tongue. It seems if you express an opinion and somebody has different views you do get shot down. I don't mind if it's straight forward help about a move to oz or having banter on the forum but when it's people's personal views and opinions or just expressing what they're up to right now then I leave them to it, whether or not others think it's right or wrong. Sorry, Amigo, I forget that there are still a great many people in the UK and haven't acclimatised to Aussie parlance. Beginning a sentence with the word 'look' in the UK can be seen as assertive, confrontational even. Here, saying 'look' when you start a sentence doesn't have the same connotation, it's far more chilled so I apologise, I didn't meant to suggest that you or anyone wasn't entitled to an opinion, I merely wanted to implore you all to try another way. It's all good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Deb Posted November 30, 2014 Report Share Posted November 30, 2014 The rental people just sent someone to spray, must be what they do dont know what they used but did not work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elfie Posted November 30, 2014 Report Share Posted November 30, 2014 The rental people just sent someone to spray, must be what they do dont know what they used but did not work. your lucky then Deb we have to do it ourselves so far have refused to shell out for someone else house Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shona7 Posted December 1, 2014 Report Share Posted December 1, 2014 I agree at @Shona7, it's all about opinions on here and everyone is different. Did you get your spraying done by somebody else or did you do it yourself? We got a company in to do it for us. They also gave me a guarantee that if ants reappeared within 2 weeks I think it was, then they would come back and spray for free. They went straight after the initial spray. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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