God damned pests.

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Sir-Mix-Alot

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I know that nobody particularly likes pests of any kind. Rodents, insects, snakes, etc. But I'm fed up with these mother fuckers.

I live in a basement, in rural Ohio. We don't have too many crazy deadly animals around here, or at least not typically. But even if they're not lethal, they're still annoying as all hell. I've been realizing that I've got spider bites all over me from when I'm sleeping, and there are a few mice running around. In the late summer of last year, I had epic huge houseflies, and in the fall, the flies moved out and those fuckin' asian beetles(they look like ladybugs, but they're orange, not red) came in like the plague.

I plan on using some of those bug bombs this spring to kill alot of the insects, but I dunno if those kill mice and other things. Any tips for keeping infestation the fuck out?
 
You can kill them if you play something at about 90 decibles. Just play a guitar on a huge amp. It will kill them, and it is cheap ^_^


Edit: More than 90^ less than 110
 
Eh, I read somewhere that to damage human ears you have to have sustained noise above about 130 decibels. So 90 isn't bad.

Seriously though, mousetraps with peanut butter or cheese whiz or something. You may have to mess around a bit to find a bait that works good. I know my dad has consistently used peanut butter, but when I suggested it to someone else it didn't work. And I can't remember who it was or what they found did work.

That should take care of the mice...and the spray you talked about should take care of the spiders or beetles or whatever they are. Anything else, specifically?
 
None to speak of now. We've had the occasional snake, like I said, but they're far and few in between, and if they slither out, I just give them the shovel to the neck...Wait. Do snakes have necks?

Peanut Butter and mousetraps works, yes. I'm more or less looking for repelling them, not just executing this wave and letting the next move in.

As for the conditions, like I said, I'm in Ohio, so we use a wood burner during the winter months, and the wood burner, as well as the stockpile of wood, is in my basement. This makes for a shitton of bugs that hang out underneath the bark of dead trees. Other than the typical beetles, potato bugs, and the occasional centipede, that's about it for insects.

I heard a rumor that if you take some Boric Acid and drizzle it around the perimeter, it helps to keep pests out. Any truth to be spoken about this?
 
The Amnityville murders took place on 112 Ocean Avenue, in Amnityville, New York. I live in Ohio.

That does bring up an interesting point though. I used to have a Ouija board. We were fucking with it until I heard some pretty weird shit, in which case I tossed the Ouija board in the wood burner for proper disposal.

Apparently, burning a Ouija board, and not performing the proper closing spell, leaves a rift open for evil spirits to travel into this world. Of course, I think it's all bullhockey, but eh.
 
Get a cat or an iguana. They'll rid your place of all that crap. Best part is you won't have to feed them. Maybe pick up a little crap... but if you get a cat you can train it to use a liter box.
 
You are not supposed to just burn Ouija boards. But I wouldn't worry too much about it, its not like am inter-dimensional rift would attach to you, personally, more likely to the location, and then it would likely only be large enough for small dribbles of evil to get through.

More likely you just need to spray for bugs.

Or find the dead body and give it a proper burial before you really start going crazy.

As for spiders and other bugs, especially ants:

1/4 Vinegar to 1 water sprayed around usually deters most bugs.

Clover is supposed to deter spiders but I don't know about that and I think it attracts other bugs.

Also this mineral http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diatomaceous_earth

And those round bumpy things that are like little green mutant apples. http://hedgeapple.com/ if you put them around the house/entry ways, its supposed to repell bugs.

But you should still get an exorcism done, just in case.
 
Can you built a small shelter for the wood against a wall outside of your house?
Edit: Don't put it against your house.
It shouldn't take more than a couple hours, All you need is something like this to keep the wood dry:
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Maybe hang a tarp over the sides.

I would imagine getting that wood out would help with many, if not most of the bugs.

I second Chaos' idea of getting a cat if you can.

I'm sure you've thought of trying to seal the holes the mice are coming thru...But if you haven't, and you have any appliances down there with you (washer/dryer...anything with a large hole in the wall for water/power) it's likely they'll be coming in thru the hole in the wall behind it.

You live out in the middle of nowhere, so I'm sure you've got a .22 laying around somewhere. Load it up with some of these:
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Then again, shooting a gun in a basement might not be a great idea... Although, if it's just cinder block walls or something else that's pretty strong, soft lead pellets won't do any damage, and they won't ricochet either. But wear glasses just in case.
 
I'd be hunting for all the nooks and cracks that these pests are entering in first. Seal that shit up, then go to town on killing it.

I've no clue how to kill them other than squashing the bitches and catching them in traps or resorting to RAID!
 
And dont put the wood pile next to your house. That will invite termites. You always want to have bare wood outside and at least 20 ft from any portion of the house.

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Yes boric acid works. At least it does here in the south. I dont know if it helps with all bugs... perhaps you can talk to a farmer or get a homesteaders book that could help with the subject.
 
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