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Old 11-11-07
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I will have to see if I can find some of that oil. I am with the above poster when it comes to killing the cockroaches. That sound gives me the heebie jeebies.
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We haven't had those for over 5 years at our house. We did have a person spray for termites. They went away and stayed away. They keep those spikes in the ground around your house.
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Old 18-11-07
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What kind of spikes are those? What do they do?
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These spikes are driven into the dirt around the house. They keep the termites away from our house. We have a wood pile behind our shed in the backyard. That had termites on it. So they treated the wood, and we got rid of the pieces with termites in them.
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How do they work? Are the spikes treated with a scent or anhything?
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They have an insecticide on them. It kills adult termites, and also their eggs. They technicians keep coming to the house to make sure they are gone completely.
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I usually stock up on tins of Diptox or Choc - sprays for killing mosquitos and any insects. there is also a very good plug in called Mortein that is very effective. They also do a spray.
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Hi All,

Hope that this post gets to you all in good health !
I don't seem to get bites during the summer but come say end of september/october and say its still warm but rainy thats when i seem to get bites........maybe i'm a bit abnormal...........................
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Hi Roulla, I was visiting friends in November in H Sousse and there seemed to be loads of big mosquitos around - I got bitten twice and the one on my arm was so bad it left a mark - first time this has happened!
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Hi Roulla, I was visiting friends in November in H Sousse and there seemed to be loads of big mosquitos around - I got bitten twice and the one on my arm was so bad it left a mark - first time this has happened!
..and when I was in Sousse the last week in oct-first in nov there was loads of ordinary flies, the black ones..people told us that it´s normal this time of year and about for 2-4 weeks..
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