If you have an ant infestation then you need to move it, pronto. The best thing to do is to call your local pest control professionals as they can totally remove the infestation. However, if you want to do it yourself then there are a number of ways of going about this.
The best way involves a number of different tasks. The first thing you want to do is to find the ant colony. This is not too hard, all you have to do is follow the trail of ants back from the food.
Generally, the colony will be outside, or at least under your house. Then you need to seal your house up as best you can. Use some form of silicon to seal any cracks or openings you can find.
Then you need to make up a mixture of vinegar and water and put it in a spray bottle. Use this liberally around the entire outside perimeter of your home, especially on any windows or door lintels. Then spray it on all your kitchen surfaces. Once you have done that, go out to the ant colony and pour pure vinegar down into it.
Not only is this method effective, but it does not use any harsh chemicals and it is relatively humane.
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Tuesday, April 26, 2011
Sunday, April 24, 2011
Why Roaches Love Beer
Everyone knows a couple of interesting and quirky facts about cockroaches. There are so many of them out there, from the spooky but true fact that they can survive a nuclear holocaust right through to them being one of the oldest species of insects on the planet.
You might know these and many other crazy cockroach facts, but did you know that they love beer? That is right, beer. Cockroaches, American cockroaches, not German ones, love beer. Just like Australians.
The exact reason they love beer is unknown, though it is speculated that it is a combination of the alcohol itself and the mixture of hops and sugar that attracts them. Whatever it is, they love it. While this is an interesting fact on its own, it is also a useful piece of information in the war against cockroaches, for, as Sun Tsu said, know your enemy.
One way of capturing and killing roaches is to use deep jars with beer in the bottom of them. All you do is place the jar so that a cockroach can access the opening, by having something running up to the rim or over it, and pouring a couple of centimetres of beer in the bottom. The roach will want to get the beer and will jump in the jar, where it will drown in the beer.
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You might know these and many other crazy cockroach facts, but did you know that they love beer? That is right, beer. Cockroaches, American cockroaches, not German ones, love beer. Just like Australians.
The exact reason they love beer is unknown, though it is speculated that it is a combination of the alcohol itself and the mixture of hops and sugar that attracts them. Whatever it is, they love it. While this is an interesting fact on its own, it is also a useful piece of information in the war against cockroaches, for, as Sun Tsu said, know your enemy.
One way of capturing and killing roaches is to use deep jars with beer in the bottom of them. All you do is place the jar so that a cockroach can access the opening, by having something running up to the rim or over it, and pouring a couple of centimetres of beer in the bottom. The roach will want to get the beer and will jump in the jar, where it will drown in the beer.
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Monday, April 11, 2011
Mice Sniff Better Than Dogs
We are all accustomed to the sight of sniffer dogs working at airports looking for explosives, drugs and contraband foodstuffs, or on the job in disaster zones and in the bush looking for people who need help. The canine olfactory capacity is legendary, yet a little known fact is that mice are actually more accurate when it comes to detecting scent. While dogs have 756 olfactory receptor genes, mice have 1120, giving them a more acute sense of smell.
This was not known until recently when a group of Israeli scientists began testing mice. They found that mice had incredibly sensitive and discerning olfactory capabilities. This has led to the adoption of mice at airports, where they use them to sniff for explosives.
An Israeli company has begun selling an arch much like the ones we are all used to walking through, though instead of containing electronics and chemical detection agents, it has three cartridges with eight mice each. When the mice sniff explosives, they move from the central chamber through to another chamber. If a mouse from each cartridge moves through to the second chamber, the alarm is tripped and a closer inspection of the individual is required.
Not only are the mice more accurate, they are also easier to look after, requiring less handler care than dogs.
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This was not known until recently when a group of Israeli scientists began testing mice. They found that mice had incredibly sensitive and discerning olfactory capabilities. This has led to the adoption of mice at airports, where they use them to sniff for explosives.
An Israeli company has begun selling an arch much like the ones we are all used to walking through, though instead of containing electronics and chemical detection agents, it has three cartridges with eight mice each. When the mice sniff explosives, they move from the central chamber through to another chamber. If a mouse from each cartridge moves through to the second chamber, the alarm is tripped and a closer inspection of the individual is required.
Not only are the mice more accurate, they are also easier to look after, requiring less handler care than dogs.
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Thursday, April 7, 2011
Are Mice And Humans Really Similar?
As much as many people may not like to hear it or think about it, humans and mice are actually very similar. We are both mammals, meaning we belong to the same class of air breathing vertebrate animals characterized by having hair, three middle ear bones and mammary glands, but our similarities go further than that.
Homology is a structural correspondence between species that is derived from a common ancestor. One of the most obvious homologous traits across the mammalian class is the bones of the hand and foot. From the minute mouse through to the massive blue whale, the hand and foot have the same number of bones in similar structures that perform similar tasks. Humans and mice have a huge number of homologous traits, including the entire skeletal system, all our organs and an enormous number of other traits.
Genetically, we are extremely close. In fact, out of the roughly 30,000 genes that each species has, only about 300 are unique to either organism. We even have the same gene for a tail, though ours is obviously turned off while the mouse’s is clearly turned on.
Although we look different, mice and men have more in common than they have that sets them apart.
Friday, April 1, 2011
How To Kill Mice Too Light To Trigger A Mousetrap
If you have a mouse problem then the solution seems easy enough, go out and buy some traps, set them and sit back to wait for the snap. It is not always that easy though, unfortunately. Often you will come back to the trap to find it has been sprung and the bait is gone, but so has the mouse. All you seem to be doing is providing them with food and a challenge.
If you are having this problem, then there are a few things you can do. First, if you still want to use the mouse trap then you need to get smarter about how you set it and what you use as bait. For starters, the bait should be as far from the spring as possible, as it will require less force to set it off. Also, you should use sticky or tacky bait, as they will have to work harder to get it off, thus increasing the chances of it springing.
If you have featherweight mice, and need a new method of extermination, then poison is probably the best way to go. You do need to be careful if you have young children or pets though. The major disadvantage with poison is that the mouse may die somewhere inconvenient, leaving you with a considerable stench for some time.
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If you are having this problem, then there are a few things you can do. First, if you still want to use the mouse trap then you need to get smarter about how you set it and what you use as bait. For starters, the bait should be as far from the spring as possible, as it will require less force to set it off. Also, you should use sticky or tacky bait, as they will have to work harder to get it off, thus increasing the chances of it springing.
If you have featherweight mice, and need a new method of extermination, then poison is probably the best way to go. You do need to be careful if you have young children or pets though. The major disadvantage with poison is that the mouse may die somewhere inconvenient, leaving you with a considerable stench for some time.
For more information about building inspections Gold Coast and commercial pest control, including termite inspections Brisbane, Fleas and White Ants visit http://www.cureallpest.com.au
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