Insect & Pest Control

Our Pesky Rats Must Wear Earplugs!!

Advantages: It's humane
Disadvantages: It simply doesn't work

...in something she needs for the tea, he’ll moan that “the bloody rats are at it again”, i.e. nibbling away at his sacks and into his prized vegetables. He’s been trying to catch the little blighters for absolutely ages by laying traps with tempting food such as cheese (which they don’t seem to care for much) and chocolate (which they love!), especially Snickers Bars. Lately though, they don’t seem to be tempted much and dad’s getting more and more ...
...scurrying around the garage floor when I’ve gone in there to get stuff out of our freezer. I actually don’t mind rats (or mice) but I do hate it when they nibble away at our stuff and they do cause a lot of damage to other things dad has stored away in the garage, such as wires, rope and my wet suit (which was really expensive, and now I have to hang it from the rafters in the ceiling). It was nan to the rescue again though. She bought dad (second-hand, ...

pennywa 10.10.2009 · Read full review
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Review of The Big Cheese Mouse & Rat Repeller

The Executioner's Song

Advantages: Relatively humane way of killing mice, more palatable to deal with than traditional traps
Disadvantages: Initial outlay is relatively high, needs batteries

...browsing Amazon, came across the Rentokil electronic mousetrap. The Device I suppose you could say this is the mouse equivalent of the electric chair - except it obviously needs far less volts to see the condemned off, and mice are not renowned for sitting down. The mousetrap is black plastic and rectangular. It has an entry point which you should bait - apparently peanut butter or chocolate spread are better baits than cheese - and a large battery ...
...when the battery is low. Rentokil claim that you can get up to 50 kills with just the four batteries. You need to place this on the floor with the entry point running beside the wall - mice have pretty poor eyesight and like to have a side surface close to them when running around - and wait for it do its job. Once a mouse enters this, it will be electrocuted as soon as it hits the two wired plates in the part of it I call the execution chamber - ...

rosebud2001 23.07.2009 · Read full review
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Review of Rentokil Electronic Mouse Trap FE35

Moths For Breakfast Anyone? (Aeroxon Food Moth Trap)

Advantages: Works Perfectly.
Disadvantages: Cruel and Better Not To Be Needed By Using Vigilance

...wasn't enough. The Aeroxon Moth Trap ------------------------------- I found a product called the Aeroxon Food Moth Trap online and decided it was my only option. The little traps are sticky pieces of card impregnated with a pheromone which attracts the males, and then sadly they stick to it and pass on. Well this mortified me as I don't kill anything Still I knew it had to be done so I purchased these traps on line, and I went through Amazon, but ...
...-------------- This Aeroxon trap is very successful and has eliminated the problem. It is a brilliant product so I will award it 5 Ciao stars, but it has left me feeling dreadful and certainly extremely cautious now when I purchase anything in the muesli/oats/flours food groups. It only takes one little bag to contaminate an entire kitchen. Summary: A good product which eliminates the problem. This review is also posted on Dooyoo under my user name ...

Violet1278 22.10.2009 · Read full review
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Review of Aeroxon Xon071 Food Moth Trap

Raid Spray- Kill those wasps!!

Advantages: See Review
Disadvantages: See Review

I'll start this review by declaring my huge fear of wasps! They really do scare me so much- not really sure why as I have only been stung once as a child and I don't really remember it hurting that much, but nevertheless I am petrified of the tiny little fliers! So I bought this product as my defence against them as I can't handle a swatter as I have to get too close to them. And this product has proved pretty effective. You simply just hold down ...
...is toxic to the insects (including gross moths too- yes I do enjoy killing insects!) and kills me them =] It does take around 5-10 seconds for a wasp to be effected by the spray, it appears to stop them from flying to start with and they will fall to the ground and then after a while they will die and you can just pick them up with a tissue. The good thing about the spray is that you can stand quite far away from the wasp to avoid getting stung and ...

treesaregreenandtall 10.10.2009 · Read full review
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Review of Johnson Wax Raid Fly and Wasp Killer

Johnson Raid Fly & Wasp Killer

Advantages: Pleasant smell
Disadvantages: Does not kill flies in seconds; often not at all.

I am very disappointed with Johnson Raid Fly & Wasp Killer. It is quite useless at getting rid of house flies in my area. Far from killing flying insects in seconds, you have to spray very long bursts at individual flies to have any effect on them. Then they often just get up again! The scent is nice. Have the makers put air freshener in the aerosols by mistake? In the area where I live, it has been reported and acknowledged by the council that ...
...summer. My environment is clean and waste disposal and recycling services are efficient. This particular brand of fly spray seems to be the only one available in local stores and supermarkets that I frequent. Is it the case that for health and safety reasons the power and effectiveness of products like this has been drastically curtailed? If so there can be no point in manufacturing it if it doesn't work. ...

ThePhilipFrom1957 15.09.2009 · Read full review
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Review of Johnson Wax Raid Fly and Wasp Killer