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A Few Thoughts on Tenants and Bedbug Infestations
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| 27 August 2019
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Posted on 08/27/2019 8:19:12 AM PDT by Sarcasm Factory
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To: Reeses
Permethrin is present in every single commercial pesticide on the market. Every single can of Raid has it. It'll kill any insect. If it will kill an ant it sure isn't going to be healthy for a fly.
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posted on
08/27/2019 12:12:50 PM PDT
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jmacusa
("If wisdom is not the Lord, what is wisdom?''.)
To: gunsequalfreedom
No. It was someone else's post. See the following thread. Thank you for your response.
Your post on this subject was removed by moderators and so you posted it again? Did I get that right?
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posted on
08/27/2019 5:01:54 PM PDT
by
Sarcasm Factory
(Being a friend of the Clintons is like being bosom buddies with a great white shark.)
To: Buttons12
I looked into diatomaceous earth too, but it's apparently not very effective against bedbugs. Even though boric acid is great for killing cockroaches, bedbugs evidently aren't affected much by that either. That's why I don't use those two, much cheaper, substances instead of Cimexa. The search results for diatomaceous earth that you see in Google are misleading. Some people just want to believe in "natural" pesticides, and others want to
sell them. :-)
BTW, it would appear that cockroaches eat bedbugs. That evokes entertaining images of an insect war, doesn't it? A disgusting, nasty war. Cimexa and Ortho Home Defense on the entire lot of them! Or a flame thrower. -_-
Roaches Eat Bedbugs, Toads Eat Roaches (New York Times)
Oh, yeah. It occurs to me to point out that you need the version of Ortho Home Defense formulated specifically for bedbugs, ticks, and fleas. It's the purple-white bottle, and it says "bedbugs" right there on the label. The cheaper stuff in the red-white bottle may not work nearly as well. I have to order the right version for store pickup. The top post has the correct link for Walmart. Amazon has it too. If you buy both versions, you'll see that the ingredients are different. I say again open all three of the safety chokes. Bottle choke, wand-tip choke, and the internal choke that opens when you flip up the wand.
https://amazon.com/dp/B01JYT16AA/
Also, Cimexa has to be kept dry, or it loses much of its potency. But if you apply it correctly, away from moisture and strong breezes, the ever so thin layer will cling for months, silently killing every bedbug that touches the stuff. Happy-happy-joy-joy!
And the heat gun is just fun. I love hearing the tiny screams of roasted bedbugs. Wait, no, I don't. The stink ... yeech. But die, die, die!
That is all.
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posted on
08/28/2019 4:10:36 AM PDT
by
Sarcasm Factory
(Being a friend of the Clintons is like being bosom buddies with a great white shark.)
To: Sarcasm Factory
The search results for diatomaceous earth that you see in Google are misleading. Some people just want to believe in "natural" pesticides, and others want to sell them.I hope you're not confusing me with a Google-reading gull for snake oil salesmen. Your mileage varies, fine.
To: Sarcasm Factory
It wasn't my post, dude. Well, your opening diatribe made it sound like you were personally offended by the mods.
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posted on
08/28/2019 8:27:25 AM PDT
by
Windflier
(Torches and pitchforks ripen on the vine. Left too long, they become black rifles.)
To: Windflier
I was being literal. Your interpretation of my brief description of events as being a "diatribe" is peculiar. Perhaps I should simply ignore your comments.
Well, your opening diatribe made it sound like you were personally offended by the mods.
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08/28/2019 9:07:38 AM PDT
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Sarcasm Factory
(Being a friend of the Clintons is like being bosom buddies with a great white shark.)
To: Buttons12
Ah I see the problem. I wasn't saying that
you are a gullible consumer of the marketing folderol surrounding diatomaceous earth. I meant only that enough people out there want to believe in "natural" pesticides that Google's secret algorithms have responded by pushing such websites to the forefront of search results.
I myself had to dig deeper to get past those overly optimistic endorsements of diatomaceous earth for insect control. I should have been more precise. :-)
I hope you're not confusing me with a Google-reading gull for snake oil salesmen. Your mileage varies, fine.
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posted on
08/28/2019 9:16:08 AM PDT
by
Sarcasm Factory
(Being a friend of the Clintons is like being bosom buddies with a great white shark.)
To: Sarcasm Factory
Your interpretation of my brief description of events as being a "diatribe" is peculiar. Perhaps I should simply ignore your comments. If you think my usage of the word 'diatribe' is peculiar, your time might be better spent acquainting yourself with a dictionary.
And yes, you can ignore my comments to your heart's content.
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posted on
08/28/2019 11:32:58 PM PDT
by
Windflier
(Torches and pitchforks ripen on the vine. Left too long, they become black rifles.)
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