Pests and Electronic recycling

Well,

Just had the pest control service out today and signed a monthly contract for them to check and search for pests each month.

They have found evidence of some pests in my home and detached garage where i currently run my escrapping business from.



$39.95 Per month will cover everything they treat for.

I would suggest to many of you doing this to look into this option. After talking with the guy he said the largest e-recycler in the area is a client of theirs and they are onsite ever 2 weeks to spray.

The pests he's found for them include.
Bed bugs, roaches, mice, ants, silver fish, spiders and other. Every last one of them hitchhiked in on a PC.

Someone told me roaches love electronics (warmth).

Since then I've always made it standard practice to open anything up outside and blow it out before I bring it in the house because of that.

Never have found any though (yet), did find a few spiders, and scored an old desktop with a wasp nest in it one time.

Originally Posted by Curbside shopper

Someone told me roaches love electronics (warmth).

Since then I've always made it standard practice to open anything up outside and blow it out before I bring it in the house because of that.

Never have found any though (yet), did find a few spiders, and scored an old desktop with a wasp nest in it one time.

blowing it out wont dislodge any eggs.

If you bring them in you will soon have a problem

Originally Posted by Filthy

all summer long every appliance and electronic that had been left outside overnight had at least a dozen of these in it. very weird

Yep, those things (stinkbugs) are everywhere here too.

Originally Posted by Filthy

all summer long every appliance and electronic that had been left outside overnight had at least a dozen of these in it. very weird

I hate them stink bugs!!!!!!

at the last curb cleanup i did, i got alot of microwaves and they had waves of roaches.

I guess i've been lucky...havn't come across any pests. Yet.

Originally Posted by drozenski

Well,

Just had the pest control service out today and signed a monthly contract for them to check and search for pests each month.

They have found evidence of some pests in my home and detached garage where i currently run my escrapping business from.

$39.95 Per month will cover everything they treat for.

I would suggest to many of you doing this to look into this option. After talking with the guy he said the largest e-recycler in the area is a client of theirs and they are onsite ever 2 weeks to spray.

The pests he's found for them include.
Bed bugs, roaches, mice, ants, silver fish, spiders and other. Every last one of them hitchhiked in on a PC.

Hey Droz, (or anyone else) if you ever get a bug that you would like to have identified just post a picture. I'm actually an entomologist (insect scientist) by trade. Spent 5 years in college studying bugs.

I've been pretty nervous about bringing things into my house so I try not to let anything sit too long. Knock on wood I've yet to find anything living in my computers yet.

Originally Posted by bjybjy

Hey Droz, (or anyone else) if you ever get a bug that you would like to have identified just post a picture. I'm actually an entomologist (insect scientist) by trade. Spent 5 years in college studying bugs.

I've been pretty nervous about bringing things into my house so I try not to let anything sit too long. Knock on wood I've yet to find anything living in my computers yet.

We should call you, Grissom, from CSI. He was into bugs also. That was his thing.

Originally Posted by KZBell

I'm sure the whole bug thing can be very real but will also tell you from having dealt with bug guys as part of being a contractor over the years, they will tell you and show you just about anything to get your stomach to turn long enough to sign a contract.

I think you could do it yourself for cheaper than the 39.95 / month.

Originally Posted by hobo finds

I think you could do it yourself for cheaper than the 39.95 / month.

Doubt it.

It includes a full spraying on the outside of my garage and home.
Commercial grade rodent bait and traps.
Trained inspectors to mark trouble spots and note changes
Chemicals to treat anything that they find.

So it saves my time and just the trips back and forth between homedepot and applying the posion are worth the $40.

Not to mention they use special equipment to keep my pets safe. Cant get that from a spray bottle.

Originally Posted by drozenski

Doubt it.

It includes a full spraying on the outside of my garage and home.
Commercial grade rodent bait and traps.
Trained inspectors to mark trouble spots and note changes
Chemicals to treat anything that they find.

So it saves my time and just the trips back and forth between homedepot and applying the posion are worth the $40.

Not to mention they use special equipment to keep my pets safe. Cant get that from a spray bottle.

I agree I did it myself for two years successfully until one day that freaken stereo had hundreds of not the German, but they look like them... Can't think of the name... Some kind of roach. Even though I kept the radio outside they ended up thriving in the yard and woods. Eventually 6 months later I saw one in my house, then saw them once a month... Then once a week... Then I saw one a day and called a guy. $30 a month.... I have not seen one bug in my house in months!!! Well maybe a mosquito or fly, but nothing is moving in!! LOL

Things all Scrappers should have:

Bug Guy
Safety Gear
Magnet
Bigger Tools
Tetanus Shot

=)

Originally Posted by drozenski

Doubt it.

It includes a full spraying on the outside of my garage and home.
Commercial grade rodent bait and traps.
Trained inspectors to mark trouble spots and note changes
Chemicals to treat anything that they find.

So it saves my time and just the trips back and forth between homedepot and applying the posion are worth the $40.

Not to mention they use special equipment to keep my pets safe. Cant get that from a spray bottle.

Just a FYI on the commercial grade rodent bait and traps....It will be ineffective! In fact what you or they are really doing is putting out food for the rodents. Yes it might kill them, but at days end you cannot kill them all. To me, those exterior mouse traps are the ultimate con job. The exterminator can point to a dead rodent and say ":see, it's working" "let's put out more bait" Then next week the same result and so on...wash, rinse, repeat..............lol

Originally Posted by miked

From years of selling used junk at the flea markets I have battled bugs for years. I just found "Combat source kill max" which has worked far better than anything else I have ever used. Its packaged in a large plastic syringe. It has a brown jel. Requires small amounts to be applied. I think instructions stated a dap of about a nickel to quarter sized. Very happy with this product. Price was just under $8 as I recall, Mike.

This uses Fipronil as the active poison ingredient. Pretty much anything with Fipronil will work pretty well to kill roaches. MaxForce gel also contains Fipronil and I've used it with pretty amazing results in the past to control greenhouse roach pests. Take a piece of thin PVC pipe, an inch or so wide, cut it in 8-12 inch lengths and squeeze the poison as far into the tube as you can. This reduces/eliminates the risk of accidental contact with people, pets or objects and the roachs like it since it is free food in a nice comfy enclosed space. We went from having an infestation to no detectable roaches in just a few weeks. It also came close to eradicating our large cricket population in the greenhouse as well.