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Dr. Jack,
How about this suggestion: Disassemble the glider, put it in the trailer, and spray insecticide in the trailer. Or, leave one of the 'insecticide bombs' in the closed trailer. After a couple of days, shouldn't that take care of them? Assuming the insecticide doens't damage the ship or trailer... Ray Lovinggood Carrboro, North Carolina, USA At 19:00 10 October 2003, Tony Verhulst wrote: She seemed to be doing okay in the front seat of the L-13 on tow, so I did not have the heart to tell her about the mouse that was perched on her left shoulder. He eventually ambled back to his abode somewhere in the ship and the flight continued. When a student opened the air vent on a 2-33 at about 3K, a wasp was blasted out and landed on his crotch right, at the seat level. He din't get stung but his dance, as seen from the back deat, was interesting. Tony V. |
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Stewart Kissel wrote:
It could be worse. I hope to someday get the chance to be able to say those same words to _you_ ;-) |
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"Martin Gregorie" wrote in message ... On Fri, 10 Oct 2003 08:55:11 GMT, Jack Glendening wrote: The other group had found ants living inside the box girders that form their Landrover's chassis. They drove them from one end of the vehicle to the other three times, using boiling water and insecticide and completely stripping their stuff out each time, before they were able to get rid of them. Are you sure your ants are confined to your tail group and not getting into the wheel box or under the seat pan? -- martin@ : Martin Gregorie gregorie : Harlow, UK NEWS FLASH! UPI, Normally disingenuous but otherwise unreliable sources report that a glider pilot has been eaten alive by an army of army ants while flying in wave at Minden. The FAA has issued emergency AD-101003-ANT-1 grounding all gliders until spring (PW5s were excluded for cosmetic reasons as they were deemed unlikely to attract ants). .. -- bumper - ZZ "Dare to be different . . . circle in sink." to reply, the last half is right to left --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.521 / Virus Database: 319 - Release Date: 9/23/2003 |
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Getting off the topic a lttle bit, there was a grade B Sci-Fi movie in the
early 70's called "Phase Four" or "Phase IV" about an ant colony that developed heightened intelligence and was adapting rapidly to poisons used to eradicate it. Each poison in turn was a different color and resulted in ants breeding to match that color, the movie ended with the hero scientist being eaten by the ants he was trying to destroy. The feeling of paranoia pervades the entire movie, definitely worth a rental. - Mark Navarre ASW-20 OD California, USA - |
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Dr. Jack,
Having fought the ant wars at my trailer about 50 feet away from your ship, I was only able to eliminate them (for the time being) by throwing a (thin) layer of Diazanon around the areas where they entered. Those being the 5 ground contact points (2 wheels, one front wheel and the two rear jacks. They have plagued my trailer since June. I had used many things against them before but only the Diazanon worked. Plus I sprayed the weeds around the trailer with Roundup to prevent other access means. Terribly politically incorrect, but hey, it's them or me. I believe they are attracted not to any food I've left in the cockpit (although that has happened before), but to the condensation around the trailer upper half lid. The bug wars never end. A couple months ago, I flew the glider from Tonopah to Santa Barbara, stayed for three days, then flew back to Hollister. Upon lifting my seat cushion to wipe out the dust, there sat one of those 4 inch long nasty semi-scorpion Tonopah spiders. After killing it, I flashed on the ending scene of the first "Alien" when Sigourney Weaver though she was rid of the monster, only to find it was traveling with her. Ack! But I digress......... Kemp |
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Living in Southern California we gets lots of ants looking for water.
They will go hundreds of feet for water. No amount of caulking is sufficient to keep them out. Being an avid ant hater, I have found the only way to have a shot a chasing them off is to apply a residual insecticide like Ortho Home Defense which includes a long lasting agent. These agents work by having the ants get the agent on their feet which they then track back to the colony where it kills the carrier (and their cleaners) and it disrupts reproduction. It is of course not environmentally friendly. So use it sparingly--which to me means anywhere the ants might walk. I would put it outside the trailer at all points where the ants might approach the trailer or climb up. I would also put it all over the floor of the trailer (while the ship is outside). I don't think I would put it in the ship itself or on the ship as I have no idea what it would do t the finish. Even though they say it lasts six months, I would apply it monthly until the ants don't come back, and then every 2-3 months. The only other solution is to move north where the ants get killed by the cold and they don't regroup for the two months you have good soaring. Happy hunting! (Kizuno) wrote in message ... Dr. Jack, Having fought the ant wars at my trailer about 50 feet away from your ship, I was only able to eliminate them (for the time being) by throwing a (thin) layer of Diazanon around the areas where they entered. Those being the 5 ground contact points (2 wheels, one front wheel and the two rear jacks. They have plagued my trailer since June. I had used many things against them before but only the Diazanon worked. Plus I sprayed the weeds around the trailer with Roundup to prevent other access means. Terribly politically incorrect, but hey, it's them or me. I believe they are attracted not to any food I've left in the cockpit (although that has happened before), but to the condensation around the trailer upper half lid. The bug wars never end. A couple months ago, I flew the glider from Tonopah to Santa Barbara, stayed for three days, then flew back to Hollister. Upon lifting my seat cushion to wipe out the dust, there sat one of those 4 inch long nasty semi-scorpion Tonopah spiders. After killing it, I flashed on the ending scene of the first "Alien" when Sigourney Weaver though she was rid of the monster, only to find it was traveling with her. Ack! But I digress......... Kemp |
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Living in Southern California we gets lots of ants looking for water.
They will go hundreds of feet for water. No amount of caulking is sufficient to keep them out. Being an avid ant hater, I have found the only way to have a shot a chasing them off is to apply a residual insecticide like Ortho Home Defense which includes a long lasting agent. These agents work by having the ants get the agent on their feet which they then track back to the colony where it kills the carrier (and their cleaners) and it disrupts reproduction. It is of course not environmentally friendly. So use it sparingly--which to me means anywhere the ants might walk. I would put it outside the trailer at all points where the ants might approach the trailer or climb up. I would also put it all over the floor of the trailer (while the ship is outside). I don't think I would put it in the ship itself or on the ship as I have no idea what it would do t the finish. Even though they say it lasts six months, I would apply it monthly until the ants don't come back, and then every 2-3 months. The only other solution is to move north where the ants get killed by the cold and they don't regroup for the two months you have good soaring. Happy hunting! (Kizuno) wrote in message ... Dr. Jack, Having fought the ant wars at my trailer about 50 feet away from your ship, I was only able to eliminate them (for the time being) by throwing a (thin) layer of Diazanon around the areas where they entered. Those being the 5 ground contact points (2 wheels, one front wheel and the two rear jacks. They have plagued my trailer since June. I had used many things against them before but only the Diazanon worked. Plus I sprayed the weeds around the trailer with Roundup to prevent other access means. Terribly politically incorrect, but hey, it's them or me. I believe they are attracted not to any food I've left in the cockpit (although that has happened before), but to the condensation around the trailer upper half lid. The bug wars never end. A couple months ago, I flew the glider from Tonopah to Santa Barbara, stayed for three days, then flew back to Hollister. Upon lifting my seat cushion to wipe out the dust, there sat one of those 4 inch long nasty semi-scorpion Tonopah spiders. After killing it, I flashed on the ending scene of the first "Alien" when Sigourney Weaver though she was rid of the monster, only to find it was traveling with her. Ack! But I digress......... Kemp |
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I hadn't gotten a chance to update this thread previously, in part
because I'm actually spending time soaring again after an enforeced hiatus! But I later found a water bottle on its side behind the pilot's seat, half full up to its nozzle, with dozens of dead ants floating inside and now theorize that the water leaked out and was found by the ants (as suggested by another poster) with the water likely flowing back to the lowered tail. The animals do seem to love my glider. On my last visit I arrived to find one wing loose. I first thought I might not have tied it down correctly or that its stake had pulled out, but instead I found that its rope had been severed in three places, fairly cleanly as with a knife. All I can think is that one of the rodents out there thought it might be good to eat and started chomping on it with his teeth. |
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