They’re not known to transmit any diseases, but people sometimes have an allergic reaction to their bites. Entomologists say the pests are appearing on a scale not seen since before World War II and cite increases in global travel and the elimination of …
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Canola yields were not reduced in Western Australian trials when less insecticide was applied under an ‘integrated pest management’ (IPM) approach involving increased monitoring of crops. … A young Australian mother stabbed her newborn baby to death …
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 New York Daily News |
No winners in boro's rat race Health Department says CB7 has the most rodents
New York Daily News "They have cut their pest control inspectors so it makes it very difficult when we have an obvious problem to address when the city doesn't consider this a priority." Sixty-three pest control jobs have been terminated under the city's budget cuts. … |
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Residents call for cull of pigeon pests
Northamptonshire Evening Telegraph Households in Tennyson Road, Kettering, have had to fortify their roofs and window sills with spikes and nets in a bid to stop the flying pests which used to roost in the Hog's Head from coating their homes in droppings. … |
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Possible pest problems loom as year develops
Evansville Courier & Press Another pest problem is the Callery (Bradford) pear. I'm not going to rant about the overplanting of this tree, its weak branch structure or its tendency to break during storms. Instead, I'm more concerned with its ability to reproduce and spread. … |
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Invasion of the stink bugs! Pests threat to Michigan crops
Detroit Free Press Pests threat to Michigan crops A stink bug is seen through a microscope at the AJ Cook Arthropod Research Collection at Michigan State University. Its existence in Michigan has been confirmed in at least four counties. / KEVIN W. FOWLER/Special to the … |
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Caterpillars Invade Bali Villages
Jakarta Globe The insects have also found their way into people's houses. “Caterpillars' hair will cause intense itching of the skin," he said. Putu said agricultural officers will use strong pesticides to exterminate the caterpillars. Villagers will also conduct a … |
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Man contracts insect-borne virus and sexually transmits to wife
DigitalJournal.com Fort Collins – Scientists say it's probable that they may have documented the first case of a virus, contracted by a man who was bitten multiple times by insects, and then sexually transmitted to his wife, according to a study published in Emerging … |
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Insects such as silkworms and grasshoppers could feed the world’s growing population In the common consciousness, a fly in your soup is considered a bit of a no-no. Imagine my surprise, then, to arrive at Oxford’s museum of natural history and find some of society’s finest — from broadcaster Martha Kearney to Comic Relief chairman Peter Bennett-Jones — guzzling a lunch of creepy crawlies …
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QUESTION:
How would you control a rat in a car?
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Rodent damage is common when these animals decide to get into vehicles, either inside the car itself or up into the engine compartment. They do what they do best, and gnaw on anything available, including wires and hoses. I have a friend who recently has a couple thousand dollars of damage done to their car by rats, although squirrels and other rodents are also well known for doing this. I will assume that in your case you are not dealing with a single rat that is entrenched in this car, and needs to be removed, but as is most common you have the rodent(s) coming and going and need to prevent this from happening. This is really tough, because it is almost impossible to seal the vehicle up such that the rodents cannot get into it. If the car is kept within a garage that could be sealed to exclude the rodents, that is the effort that should be made. But, cars kept outside remain vulnerable.
There is one repellent that you might try, and this is called DeTour For Rodents. I combines white pepper and garlic oil to create what the manufacturer calles a contact repellent, meaning the rodents have to come into contact with the material, so it has to be applied where you can be sure they will get onto it. It comes in a caulking tube and is applied as a paste. It is supposed to last up to 30 days if it remains in place, and hopefully will also leave some lasting reminder to the rodents that this location is undesirable. Because of its ingredients it is a Minimum Risk pesticide.
Other than this one possible repellent, you may be looking at attempting to kill the rat or rats with traps, and these can be placed in strategic places and baited with something tempting. Since the rat is unlikely to be finding things to eat within this car, it should be leaving it nightly to forage for food, and placing the traps where you suspect the rat to travel will increase the odds of capturing it. If this is a car used daily then obviously the traps would need to be removed each day, and this is going to be a real bother.
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