Re: Earwigs
- To: s*@hotmail.com, l*@ozemail.com.au
- Subject: Re: Earwigs
- From: "* G* <s*@hotmail.com>
- Date: Sun, 08 Nov 1998 16:28:00 PST
Yes you are right snail bait and poisoned snails can/do kill blue tongue
lizards. We used to have them but as people have moved in (now
development goes up Arthurs Seat to the boundaries of the National Park)
the lizards have moved out. It is very sad and I miss them very much -
so I am quite envious of anyone who still has them in their garden -
they are such wonderful beasts.
As to possums - well what a vexed question - I love them but they can do
terrible damage - I personally don't bother with any deterrents as there
don't seem to impact very much on my garden (don't know why because we
have enough about) - but some of my friends have become desperate people
(one has over 100 roses and didn't see a flower last summer). The
consensus so far seems to be that mustard can work but needs to be
regularly applied to branches, arches, fences etc (but readily washes
off) - but that Vicks Vapour Rub (with its oil base) seems to be more
effective and longer lasting. Nobody I know has come up with the perfect
solution - good luck!
Susan George
McCrae, Victoria, Australia
>Hello Susan
>
>I think I'll just continue ignoring them, and
>simply push them off the plant in question! My
>REAL problem is possums. I find that one can
>control snails and slugs fairly effectively by
>going out at night and squashing them. I am
>afraid of using poisons because of the blue tongue
>lizards. Although I have no evidence I am sure
>they are killed by eating poisoned snails.
>
>Regards
>
>Liz
>
>
>At 03:03 PM 10/29/98 PST, you wrote:
>>According to my reference books they can chew holes in flowers, leaves
>>etc and can cause young shoots and buds to die off - I don't seem to
>>have them in great numbers so I have never worried about them myself -
>>but the books suggest a range of reasonably toxic treatments
(malathion,
>>carbaryl etc) and one book suggested either pyrethrum mixed with
>>eucalyptus or trapping them but placing rolled/ crumpled up newspaper
>>around infestation sites (they congregate in dark places during the
day)
>>and simply throwing the newspaper away the next day! Never tried any
of
>>these things so cannot comment on the likely effectiveness.
>>
>>Susan George
>>McCrae, Victoria, Australia
>>
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>>>From: Liz Runciman <lizr@ozemail.com.au>
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>>>As I'd always thought slaters did no damage, am
>>>I under the same misapprehension about earwigs?
>>>I find them on my nightly prowls with the torch
>>>especially on the roses. What are they doing?
>>>
>>>Liz
>>>
>>>Liz Runciman
>>>3a The Crescent
>>>Marryatville SA 5068
>>>Australia tel: 61 8 8332 9035
>>>fax 61 8 8331 9041
>>>
>>>
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