Pill Bug
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Topic: Pill Bug
Posted By: Roksana
Subject: Pill Bug
Date Posted: 06 October 2008 at 9:28pm
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or Rolly Polly bugs...what ever they are called...you know the hard shell ones that go on their back roll up and die!!
Well when we came back from Fiji we saw a few dead ones next to our sliding door.....I cleaned them up yay...next day another few so I cleaned them up ...and every damn day they are there. DEAD!! I never had these inside the house before.....outside the slising doors we have semi tiled BBQ area and then barked area with two huge trees...DH has got rid of the trees since as I always hated them and pulled the Yucky weedmat out and he said he saw many then...but how on earth are they coming in side the house? I saw one on my kitchen floor (we have open plan house and sliding door is not to far from Kitchen... This is really grossing me out....what can I do? how can I stop them from coming in? I mean all they do is roll over and die!!?? My house is dry as I have a dehumidifier going and any ways its a dry house!! PLEASE HELP!! ------------- http://lilypie.com"> 
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Posted By: .Mel
Date Posted: 06 October 2008 at 9:33pm
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Ohhh how was Fiji? and OMG when did you get to 30wks!
I have absolutely no idea what bugs are talking about.....what if you put some kind repellant at the door that they are coming too???? ------------- Mr Mellow (16) Miss Attitude (8) Destructa Kid (3) 
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Posted By: kakapo
Date Posted: 06 October 2008 at 9:40pm
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Is it possible you brought the bugs back with you from Fiji? You never know what might have crawled into your bag while you were there. Happened to some friends recently - she found them in her laundry, where she'd left a pile of washing on the floor for a few days after arriving home from holiday. ETA - do you mean woodlice/slaters?
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Posted By: kebakat
Date Posted: 06 October 2008 at 9:41pm
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Posted By: MissAngel
Date Posted: 07 October 2008 at 8:00am
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Slaters! I love them :D ------------- Alex, Thomas and Lily http://lilypie.com" rel="nofollow"> 
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Posted By: Bizzy
Date Posted: 07 October 2008 at 9:36am
i'll say!!!! 
they may have come from the tree and weedmat and are dying cause you destroyed their home. ------------- http://www.myfitnesspal.com/weight-loss-ticker"> 
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.Mel wrote:Posted By: Roksana
Date Posted: 07 October 2008 at 1:49pm
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YAP Its like the pics you attached Kakapo...mind you I didnt really look at them closely. However if you touch them they roll up in a ball...
This morning I found them next to the sliding door and the front door...and some are walking around next to both doors and I cleaned up before I left home...I wont be surprised to find more when I come back! I dont think I brought them back from Fiji as I found them next to sliding door after I walked in from Holiday....  .
Deb - Yah I think it could be that...but how the hell are the getting in?? Mel and Deb - Yah Fiji was great! Zaara loved it!! more so than any one else I think...LOL As for 30 weeks.....  ....I know, I cant believe I have 9 weeks to go.....It just flew by, since I have been sooo busy with every thing!!
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Posted By: kakapo
Date Posted: 07 October 2008 at 10:54pm
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Hi again Roksana I found some more info on slaters/woodlice and how to control them. The good news is "Although they sometimes enter in large numbers, they do not bite, sting, or transmit diseases, nor do they infest food, clothing or wood. They are simply a nuisance by their presence." http://www.ca.uky.edu/entomology/entfacts/ef439.asp - Control of woodlice sounds a little difficult All the best for your birth - not long to go now! |
.Posted By: Roksana
Date Posted: 08 October 2008 at 10:57am
Thanks for the Info Kakapo...this morning I had to clean up and I hate that they are walking around the house....I hate the fact that this is just before my baby arrives! I honestly need to do some thing...its just gross! I hate all insects and this is driving me NUTS!!! 
I will tell DH that he needs to clean up that garden thingie outside as I believe thats themain problem! I was planning to put sand and then stones in that area so hopefully that will cut the problem down a little...but how do you avoid these guys since in NZ its raining all the damn time! Its horrid as they do turn upside down and die!! 
Oh and thanks...I know only 9 weeks to go....its a bit freaky!! ------------- http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: nikkitheknitter
Date Posted: 08 October 2008 at 12:01pm
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I think they come inside when it rains... or something.
We get them coming in to our shower at times. Grooooooosses me out. |
Posted By: kakapo
Date Posted: 08 October 2008 at 8:54pm
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No worries Roksana, hope you manage to train them to stay outdoors soon. Eeew, last night DH turned on the light and 4.40am and leapt out of bed. Still half asleep I was still lying there saying, huh, what's happening? He says "something just crawled over me" so I leap out too. He hunts around under his pillows and a rather large spider crawls out |
Posted By: Roksana
Date Posted: 08 October 2008 at 10:39pm
OMG ....Eeeewww if I hate some think with a vengence is SPIDERS....Eeeeewww ....Man I hope you can sort your spider problem...We also occationally get those really small spiders and Daddy long legs.....I always have a spray handy!!  ------------- http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: Shezamumof3
Date Posted: 08 October 2008 at 11:13pm
lol I was just going to say that. Yeah slaters SUCK!! We get them in winter, once we had SO many of them I was killing the damn things everyday! ------------- |
Posted By: Roksana
Date Posted: 09 October 2008 at 10:48am
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Sheena thats what I am doing every day....I hate the damn things!! ------------- http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: blondy
Date Posted: 09 October 2008 at 11:17am
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Eew slaters! I have something worse though - I grew up in Titirangi (very bushy part of Auckland), and we used to get Avondale spiders coming into the house (aka Huntsman spiders in Aussie, the ones they used in the Arachnaphobia movie). They were about 10cm from leg to leg and hairy, and once we saw one carrying a huge egg sac with it! They are completely harmless, but I'm really glad we don't live as close to the bush anymore. We also found a few enormous wetas outside from time to time....
Good luck though!  -------------  
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Posted By: MrsMojo
Date Posted: 09 October 2008 at 11:34am
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Gross blondy, I won't tolerate big spiders inside my house. DH had a "pet" tunnel web for awhilen until I found out they like to hang out in bathrooms during the winter months, I made him get rid of it - the little bugger was hard to kill too (I'll find the photos if you're interested). -------------  
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Posted By: blondy
Date Posted: 09 October 2008 at 12:07pm
I've never understood the desire to have insects (or arachnoids!  ) for pets! My sister had pet mice as a child, and that was bad enough!
and I'm glad it was always up to Mum or Dad (usually Mum!) to get rid of the avondale spiders.... -------------
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Posted By: MrsMojo
Date Posted: 09 October 2008 at 12:12pm
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It wasn't actually a pet, I just called it his pet. It just happened to live in the rockwall near our back door and once discovered DH wouldn't get rid of it because it fascinated him - until I mentioned that it might join him in the shower one morning, then he was pretty happy to kill it. -------------
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Posted By: Roksana
Date Posted: 09 October 2008 at 12:32pm
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When I was younger and lived in a diff country I use to go in to shower...take of my attire and as I walked towards the shower there it is ...a huge as Spider...I use to run out with out my attire....I was sooooooo scared of them! LOL....OK so I was about 7-10 yrs old....LOL I still hate them hate them hate them..... I hate Slaters too now!! I really do!!! ------------- http://lilypie.com">
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