need advice-palmetto bugs

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  1. ginger1989

    ginger1989 Well-Known Member

    Anyone know the best way to get rid of them. I HATE them and they seem to be everywhere. A few have made it into the house. I need safe extermination. 2 dogs, 2 cats, 2 kids.
    TIA
     
    ginger1989, Sep 28, 2011
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  2. dgsatman

    dgsatman Well-Known Member

    boric acid
     
    dgsatman, Sep 29, 2011
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  3. Resident

    Resident Well-Known Member

    What do you do with it?
     
    Resident, Sep 29, 2011
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  4. dgsatman

    dgsatman Well-Known Member

    Sprinkle it in cabinets, along baseboards, in closets.
     
    dgsatman, Sep 29, 2011
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  5. ZUMBAbyMARIE

    ZUMBAbyMARIE Well-Known Member

    Ah the lovely "Palmetto" bugs....aka GIANT Cockroaches that fly!!! I lived in Florida for 14 years and will never forget when one flew in my hair. I totally freaked out. :ack:
     
    ZUMBAbyMARIE, Sep 29, 2011
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  6. kdc1970

    kdc1970 Guest

    I was leaning on the balcony, enjoying the sunset at Topsail over the weekend and felt something tickling my arm. Yep, it was one of those #$%^@ things!!! Talk about freaking you out!!!
     
    kdc1970, Sep 29, 2011
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  7. elims

    elims Well-Known Member

    :ack:
     
    elims, Sep 29, 2011
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  8. CAROLINA SUN

    CAROLINA SUN Well-Known Member

    Mix a little sugar in the Boric Acid and they will be drawn to it, when it gets on them and they ingest the mixture it will kill them. They'll dry right up....I lived in Florida 20 years... YUK!
     
    CAROLINA SUN, Sep 30, 2011
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  9. ZUMBAbyMARIE

    ZUMBAbyMARIE Well-Known Member

    Oh yea. They eat the paint right off of your car!
     
    ZUMBAbyMARIE, Sep 30, 2011
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  10. 27577

    27577 Guest

    yeah thats safe...


    and they are called ROACHES


    and if you dont want bugs, I95 runs north. this is nc, we have bugs. sometimes one gets in the house. these roaches are attracted to light. make a dry line about 6" around the perimeter of your house. this will help alot. get all bushes that are touching the house, off the house. same with trees. if you have piles of trash, wood, leaves, natural debis..they live in this stuff, get rid of it. if you live close to woods, then you deal with the occasional bug.
     
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    27577, Oct 3, 2011
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  11. ginger1989

    ginger1989 Well-Known Member

    thanks!! I forgot about boric acid.


    I know where 95 is thank you very much :jester:

    the bugs freak my husband out more than me and I just wanted to use something safe.
     
    ginger1989, Oct 5, 2011
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  12. Sherry A.

    Sherry A. Well-Known Member

    I'm with you and your husband. These things freak me out and they are not like the roaches that come with filth. These are huge and they fly but they look like roaches.

    Sherry

    P.S. Been in the south forever, family is from the south and don't need someone telling me about the south.
     
    Last edited: Oct 5, 2011
    Sherry A., Oct 5, 2011
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  13. ginger1989

    ginger1989 Well-Known Member

    We have lived her for 6 years, I lived in SC for 9, So. FL for 3 so I am used to bugs AND snakes here (we don't have pit vipers up north). Again, I was just looking for some friendly advice regarding a safe way to get rid of them. The cold has pretty much gotten them.

    FYI: 95 doesn't go to Chicago :mrgreen:
     
    ginger1989, Oct 6, 2011
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  14. ZUMBAbyMARIE

    ZUMBAbyMARIE Well-Known Member

    I have a friend who lives in the Philippines and they have HUGE bugs there. He told me as long as it's not bigger than his flip flop he's okay. LOL
     
    ZUMBAbyMARIE, Oct 6, 2011
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