TelBoy

Do i need to be concerned about this? Where do they come from? What do they do? Where do they go? Don't seem to have much sense of direction as far as i can see, and they can appear at any time of the day.

What's the worst these critters can do, anybody know?


(Can i add this to the "Scoobynet thread titles you never thought you'd see" file?)

iain atkins

LOL Tel,

I get the same at my house, its a pretty old cotswold cottage (450ish yrs) with wooden paneling etc, and they seem to come from there.

I too have been a bit concerned about this, but they seem to do no harm - and get sucked up by the hoover.

I think they like damp wood, although the paneling shows no signs of dampness

Cheers



Iain

14,500rpm

Have a look Here for more Woodlice info...

Hammy Hamster

A friend of mine used to work in the pest control industry, and he told me that they only like damp, rotting wood and do no harm to 'healthy' wood. So, basically nothing to worry about unless they are hoards (collective name for lice?) of them coming from one particular point - like the Tom & Jerry ant sketch... boing, boing, boing, boing... BOING, BOING BOING BOING

Right, now get back in the hutch TB and don't let me catch you out here again

TelBoy

What's this, the quick and easy way to become a social outcast..??!!

Next, you'll be telling me to talk to 25,000 Scoobynet members about it!!

By the way, if a woodlice isn't very good, it it a woodlousy..?

14,500rpm

I found a site that tells you how to care for your Woodlice!

Check it out!

I wouldn't worry too much about them, I'd be more worried that theres something wrong with the house (i.e. rot) and get that looked at instead.

Fat Boy

You'll be fine unless they are hunting woodlice. If they are, don't let them form a circle around you.

BOB.T

Ah, I'm a specialist in this field

Get a legth of gaff tape, double it back on itself to form a loop. Stick said loop to the skirting board and the little critters will go mad for it, then they get stuck to it I set a few traps round the office and had a kill chart on the whiteboard...some times we were getting up to 20 overnight

We must of made a dent in the population cos my current trap, which has been in place for some 3 weeks has only atracted about 8 victims, it is early in the season though

m18use

lol at bob how the hell did you think of that

ian_sadler

Just charge 'em a toll for crossing the carpet. That'll soon get em to walk round the edge

daiscooby

An interesting Chemical Warfare game with insects is the Ring of Death. When an offending creepy crawly is on your desk, grab your Tippex thinners and form a circle around the bug. They either put a leg or anntennii into the liquid and osmosis does the trick and the die engulfed in the stuff, or they go beserk from the fumes and stagger into then stuff with the same result. With larger insects as found in tropical climates, use the air launch option of a spray of screen cleaner direct to the offender. Works great on big centi and millipedes, watch them wriggle and twist. Don't **** with scorpions they have no sense of humour at all, they are the skinheads of the insect world and just get mumpy.

TelBoy

I like the idea of a tollbooth Ian. But i'm assuming they don't carry "real" money, so how could i enforce payment?

Dai, you're a sadist! Scorpions have no sense of humour, just because they don't like being poisoned to death?! Well, who'd have thought it..??!!

Badger Stuffer

Couldn't you set up a paypal account for the toll booths and then they can use plastic money.

TelBoy

I reckon they're just armadillo wannabes.

But then, if i had troops of armadillos waltzing across my floor, i think the urgency stakes would be upped, just a little.

daiscooby

TelBoy

Look scorpions are just miserable sh1tes. Go on name one scorpion standup comedian ?. I rest my case
And insects bite me, its just retribution, I mean they all look alike, bloody coming over hear with there nests and there queens oh and don't get me started on those bloody workers. Send em back I say, not one has a British passport I see them walking around like they own the place.

TelBoy

No stand-up comedian Scorpions maybe, but one of the buggers can sing ok...


Sting.

daiscooby

TelBoy
Think again you said sing. And its just self interest he is just looking out for the rights of his " brothers " in the rainforest, seen the size of some of them, oh black as the ace of spades they are. We don't want them comming over here and sponging of us.
Let one of them in your street before you know it BANG, 10 million of the little sods running round and frightening old ladybirds at bus stops and knicking their nectar on OAP day (Old Age Pollen). Its a disgrace.

Huxley

PMSL @


Ian you crack me up


Huxley

Leslie

lol @ Ian, killing myself here

We live in a very old cottage too, get all sorts of creatures, spiders, beetles etc.We dont worry about them that much,they dont do any harm. I often get a field mouse or two sitting on my desk watching me in the evening. My other half who is an animal lover will put a bit of cheese down for them! We do have a very fast cat though, even if he is 17 years old and they sometimes come off worse. All part of life in the country, I love it.

Les

alcazar

iTrader: (2)

We have an old property in France, and it has mice, HUGE spiders, and a barn owl. The barn owl lives in the barn (surprise!!), and sh*ts all over the caravan I put in there so it would be clean:
Alcazar

AndiThompson

Yeurgh, I'm only ever buying new houses, hate any insects/bugs/anything else..