[Rhodes22-list] Stuff that works - pest control solutions

[Michael D. Weisner]

John,

Wasps and spiders are fierce predators.  They eat other insects, including 
ants!  Man always screws up nature and then complains about it ...

Mike
s/v Shanghai'd Summer ('81)
Nissequogue River, NY

From: "John Lock" <jlock at relevantarts.com> Tuesday, July 28, 2009 2:28 PM
> Last year I had a couple of pest problems that many people responded
> too with helpful suggestions.  Here's what my results were -
>
> 1) Problem - spider webs in the rigging (especially masthead fly)
> Solution - WD40.  I had the mast down early this spring to fix several
> things.  Before raising again, I sprayed WD40 liberally on the
> masthead, Windex, VHF antenna, and diamond stays.  So far (5 months
> later) not a single web!  Still get them down lower where I didn't
> spray, so we know the spiders are still there.  But they don't want to
> (or can't) start webs on the WD40 treated portion.
>
> 2) Problem - paper wasps building nests under the cockpit coaming
> Solution - clothes drier sheets.  Middle of last summer I stapled a
> bunch of drier sheets into the wood backing up under the coaming on
> both sides.  No wasp nests have appeared in almost a year now.  I see
> some more wasp activity now, so I suspect it's time to renew the
> sheets.  But that's a cheap and effective control.
>
> Now if only I could figure out what to do about the ants coming aboard
> from shore....
>
> Cheers!
> John Lock
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> s/v Pandion - '79 Rhodes 22
> Lake Sinclair, GA
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