tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6994425731906758290.post9104169879228679779..comments2023-05-05T01:09:51.306+12:00Comments on Life Is Endless: InfestationKaygerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01734123708037191756noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6994425731906758290.post-62367668543348722042015-09-21T22:59:56.853+12:002015-09-21T22:59:56.853+12:00You like praying mantises too?? Lol my mum does an...You like praying mantises too?? Lol my mum does and I just think it's weird, but I tell her she can like them but they still have to stay OUTside! haha :P <br />Spider? I'm shivering just looking at the word on the screen...:PBeehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09957199096650537987noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6994425731906758290.post-34220469232749458622015-09-17T19:32:04.319+12:002015-09-17T19:32:04.319+12:00Yeah, nah. Bugs give me the shivers.Yeah, nah. Bugs give me the shivers.Xj.https://www.blogger.com/profile/18296842168946873739noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6994425731906758290.post-52319305917068645692015-09-17T12:19:22.070+12:002015-09-17T12:19:22.070+12:00Hmm lighting petrol...why not? Should be fun! Haha...Hmm lighting petrol...why not? Should be fun! Haha no that's not an option - lighting the diesel that is. If it's where we thought it was last time, it's right beside the road - literally. So potentially wouldn't be all that safe!<br /><br />Familiar experience, huh? They're nasty little buggers aye? We used to have german wasps at the last farm, there were nests all over the posts, which gets a little freaky when you're trying to latch gates on the posts they're attached to!Kaygerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01734123708037191756noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6994425731906758290.post-32974321850843571722015-09-16T19:06:52.651+12:002015-09-16T19:06:52.651+12:00hen you could still get Cooper's Maggot dust, ...hen you could still get Cooper's Maggot dust, that was what everyone used. But it's not made any more... The hole becomes pretty obvious when you do find it. Petrol in if you can poor it down works, but if the nest doesn't go down, some Dust2Dust around the entrance and puffed up into it or some WaspOut sprayed into it may work... Or if your feeling brave, catch some in an onion sack, put fly strike powder on them, then release them. The theory is they go back to the nest and everyone licks it off them, but... :P<br />Also, diesel and then light it. that burns up nicely, but a wee bit of a fire hazard. And don't light petrol, could be dangerous... :P<br />Hehe, we had something like 5 nests we destroyed last year, it's becoming a familiar experience... :PAndrewnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6994425731906758290.post-36941479711455942422015-09-16T13:00:54.809+12:002015-09-16T13:00:54.809+12:00That's good! I love it when you have a sense o...That's good! I love it when you have a sense of spring huh? It's definitely a nice, motivating feeling - all I'd want to do is soak up the sun! :) I can't wait for summer either, but as per normal I'll hate it after a couple weeks hehe<br /><br />I'm not too keen on insects either, except for the monarch butterflies, and praying mantis. A heck of a lot of people I know treat the praying mantis like I'd treat a spider, with complete disgust. I'm not sure why, many people say they bite but I love them haha, but everything else....nope. Kaygerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01734123708037191756noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6994425731906758290.post-24684736018988519642015-09-16T12:52:23.689+12:002015-09-16T12:52:23.689+12:00Oh right. Yeah nah I'm not completely sure whe...Oh right. Yeah nah I'm not completely sure where the nest is, we thought it was in the ground in some flax last year, but not completely sure. We thought some insecticide might do the trick, but Dad reckons not, so not too sure how to kill them - other than with fuel? hmm it is annoying, yes.Kaygerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01734123708037191756noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6994425731906758290.post-25455753751058266432015-09-16T10:15:54.331+12:002015-09-16T10:15:54.331+12:00It has been really nice lately. The last couple da...It has been really nice lately. The last couple days we've had good weather. Pity it all had to crumble today. It's not cold though, just wet. It was...yesterday, I think...when I went outside to feed my horses and there was that real strong sense of that spring has finally arrived. You know, the sun was out, and it was really warm, and humid, I think it was the humidity that got me thinking that more than anything. Two days of warm, sunny weather has dried up a bit of the mud, but there' still a fair bit around. I can't wait for summer, though!<br /><br />Ouch, I severely dislike any insect that stings...or bites...or come to thing about it...any insect at all, except for butterflies. Fingers crossed no one gets hit!!Xj.https://www.blogger.com/profile/18296842168946873739noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6994425731906758290.post-363594932304753682015-09-15T07:47:30.583+12:002015-09-15T07:47:30.583+12:00Those wasps are annoying, thankfully they haven...Those wasps are annoying, thankfully they haven't arrived here yet, but they will soon. They eat the actual aphid itself, a willow aphid which arrived a few years back. Any chance of finding the nest nearby? It would be useful if you could...Andrewnoreply@blogger.com