beasties

[paul.dev]

what are the most likey beasties you see in your house? How do you get rid of them?

[Lazy Cow]

Rarely a huntsman, more frequently nasty, horrible pests that arrive with a bang, eat everything in sight leaving horrific trails of food and cans, then bugger off leaving me with a scene of destruction and waste. But apparently I'm legally responsible for at least two of them, Kids! What can you do eh?

We're in SA, so perhaps we just don't get as many nasties in the house. We've had mice, a few huntsman (averaging out at one every four months, if that), one whitetail, no red backs in the house, a couple of lizards, and two brown/garden cockroaches that came in out of the rain. I don't like the Christmas beetles that come in gangs attracted by the lights (dogs leave the door open 'cos their paws can't reach the handle), and are here for perhaps a couple of weeks. Other than that, maybe the odd millipede, lots of flies and a few mozzies.

That list does cover nearly two years, and I've listed everything that I can think of, so really not a problem. Unlike the kids....
LC

[Lazy Cow]

Oh and as for the getting rid...we sprayed round the house the first year, but haven't bothered since. We just squash and dispose, or carefully carry them out...

[hedgehog]

Do you include the wife and kids under the heading beasties?

[paul.dev]

thanks for the reply, put the wife at ease but from what you said might leave the kids back in the uk ha ha .

[Stuju]

It´s not the house you have to worry about its the roof space !!!!
Some friends of ours just recently knocked down their house to rebuild and in the loft was 5 snake skins (snakes shred a skin once a year) and yep there was a 8ft Diamond Python in the other corner - they had to get the local wildlife center in to get rid of it - after being in the roof for 5 years they were told that they were lucky that the urine from the snake after its hybanation could of come through the ceiling into the house.

Along with this its not much fun when you open the curtains in the morning and there starring at you is a massive cockroache or yukey spider, also i have had cockraches in my tin foil - pulled the tinfoil out of the cupboard and in the tube was one which fell onto to me yuk yuk along with them in the cereal box so now everything is in plastic containers and i have found the odd one or two in the frying pan & saucepan in the cupboard.

Its not much fun believe me but its a way of life !!!!

[paul.dev]

cant wait for all that then gizmo ha ha , but worth moving over i hope

[dunnarunna]

sorry to do this but i found this pic someone put on adelaidebrits his name is harry (who the fudge names a huntsman) and if he really is as big as he looks i hope i never meet one like him!
donna

[Tyke]

I think it depends on where you live as well.

Most suburban areas just see the odd huntsman/Redbacks/White tips.

Try living a little more rural like we do.

We do see the odd snake in summer, one actually visited inside the house a few years ago

Huntsman spider don't really do any harm,they are just scary looking.
As I was harvesting the olive grove last week I had one fall onto my face as I was in the tree!!I could not wipe it off as I was holding on - try blowing away a big hairy Huntsman that is clinging to your nostrils!!!!

I do think that you become used to such things pretty quickly.

Nothing is aggressive here - just use common sense like wear gloves when gardening and don't leave clothes piled up on the floor (White Tip spiders love climbing in!)

[thekeg95]

Get a couple of pest xit duo's and plug them in to opposite ends of the house and no more crawlies.
A cricket bat is best for the bigger ones like unwanted boyfriends
STEVE