Showing posts with label Pest control. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Pest control. Show all posts

Monday, September 5, 2011

Glueboards are wonderful things

When we lived in Southern California, we caught scorpions, small snakes and of course a wide assortment of insects and spiders on glueboards, also known as "sticky traps". They don't involve pesticides, so you can put them anywhere. In addition to catching creepy-crawlies, you are monitoring the pest population, so you'll know what's around before it's become a major problem. Then just throw 'em in the trash. This glueboard in the laundry room caught a large spider, with just the body about an inch long:


We also realized that one or more cats were getting into the laundry room at night through the metal security door that has bars at the top. I just installed a screen to keep them out. No kitties were harmed.