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"Tamzen Cannoy" wrote in message
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> In article <9re2h.2814$Qn2.2498@tornado.texas.rr.com>,
> "Frank F. Matthews" wrote:
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>> Since the issue is a simple week trip (usually) I wonder how an ordinary
>> can of household bug spray would do. For most cabins one can would be
>> fine. We don't need to clean the things out just knock down the density
>> so that they are not a problem in the short term.
>>
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> probably would do nothing since the reason they are making a comeback is
> that things like DDT are prohibited and were the only peciticides that
> could kill them.
What is your source for the above statement. my thinking was similar to
Frank's, a simple spray to keep them in check. I can not for one second
believe that only DDT will kill them.
Paul
Paul Hoffman
Burlington ON
phoffman@cogeco.ca or hoffmanp@mcmaster.ca
"Nothing is so firmly believed as that which is least known" Montaigne
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