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Fleur @Fleura (34935) • United Kingdom 24 Feb

Everyone hates rats, right? Unless they have pet rats of course. My partner in particular is totally paranoid about rats and if he ever glimpses any unidentified furry thing he immediately suspects a rat Yesterday I...

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Caught another RAT today

LK2018 @Letranknight2015 (52665) • Philippines 29 Jul

The entire weeks storm caused other side of the house to have water leaks. But because of the rotten gutter, it has also broke our ceiling near it. Which allowed big rats to come in and wreck the place. I caught one before, but...

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Sticky mouse traps.

Fleur @Fleura (34935) • United Kingdom 12 Nov 24

A post by @LindaOHio just brought this to mind. Years ago when I lived in the USA, I had an office desk next to a doctor and we were friendly, she used to tell me about the goings-on in her family life etc. Once she told me that...

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Three seems to be the magic number

Fleur @Fleura (34935) • United Kingdom 4 Mar 24

We have plenty of grey squirrels around here – the invasive ones some short-sighted people imported from America and released almost 150 years ago. They have carried a deadly disease to the native red squirrels and they cause a...

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Who’s been eating my beetroot?

Fleur @Fleura (34935) • United Kingdom 14 Aug 23

My beetroot were doing well this year, and since we like beetroot either fresh or pickled, and there has been some recent evidence that eating beetroot is really good for you and even enhances performance during exercise, I...

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Dog has ticks again

lady Di @lady1993 (27221) • Philippines 2 Jul 23

Is it tick season? It is summer to rainy season now. My dog has not had ticks in over a year, I am still trying to find where to buy the medicine I got him last time. I get more or less 7 ticks per day from him, I...

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Marigolds Are Beautiful

@acelawrites @acelawrites (19272) • Philippines 5 May 23

So happy to see my marigolds blooming! The golden and light yellow variants offer a beautiful sight, that even passers-by take notice. Marigolds are easy to maintain, just water it regularly to enhance growth and flowering. If...

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Before that pest hogs it

Always smiling @allknowing (153544) • India 14 Oct 22

We have this pest that only attacks our ficus palms. The only time these palms are safe is when it rains heavily. The pest looks like a moth but it is not a moth It is yellow in colour and unlike the moth it is very active....

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What’s eating my brassicas?

Fleur @Fleura (34935) • United Kingdom 18 Jun 22

A couple of months ago I was very busy sowing seeds of all sorts, mainly vegetables, to stock my plot. Among the seeds I sowed were Brussels sprouts, summer cabbages, ‘Cavalo nero’ kale, purple-sprouting broccoli and cauliflowers....

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Dogs dealing with pest

LK2018 @Letranknight2015 (52665) • Philippines 28 Apr 21

Looks like they caught another one. I really noticed that plant pots are tumbled every morning. But thats because dogs messed with it. I never know the reason until I saw these pest. My thoughts were that my dogs finally got their...

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Some of the old books left

[eds] @ZedSmart (19839) • Philippines 23 Jan 21

Our former home back then was infested with termites and some of the files were damage including text and other books. I manage to salvage some of them. I did not also let go those partially damage books even the side parts were...

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Disturbed

[eds] @ZedSmart (19839) • Philippines 9 Jan 21

I blame it to the mosquitoes why I did not get my sleep immediately. I almost fall asleep but they're ringing on my ears prompting me to stand up and spray my room. Do you have problems with mosquitoes too?

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Sparrows are pest

nawala @nawala123 (20871) • Indonesia 3 Aug 20

Farmers are often annoyed by this one pest. Birds, these pests often make it difficult for farmers, especially during the pre-harvest rice period. Birds cause severe damage if there is a significant difference in planting time...

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Dealing with rats

LK2018 @Letranknight2015 (52665) • Philippines 23 Jun 20

Finally had it with these rats roaming around and eating what they could salvage. So I brought a few fly papers and for the moment I was able to get 18 small rats since yesterday. So far no big one hasn't entered our home...

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Those Gnats are Nuts

[eds] @ZedSmart (19839) • Philippines 31 Mar 20

I'm gathering soil for the pot of plant I repaired the other day. I'm going to transfer the seedling of chili pepper that grow up in one of the flower pots. The temperature is still a little up so I try to relax at one shaded...

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Cockroach bait?

lady Di @lady1993 (27221) • Philippines 20 Oct 18

I did not get much sleep yesterday because i saw a cockroach in my room as i was turning on the lights to go to the bathroom. I just hate cockroaches... i could have killed it if i wasn't so creeped out by it. But i missed it and...

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My Greatest Fear...

Raine38 @Raine38 (12387) • United States 13 Jun 18

Is to have a flying cockroach in the room! I don't care if I looked silly running around and screaming for dear life, but I will not enter that room again until I saw with my own eyes that the cockroach has been eliminated and...

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Can you tell what insect or pest is this?

hotsummer @hotsummer (13919) • Philippines 23 Apr 18

I have been seeing this quite often on my home on the walls sometimes i can see it moving. Most of the time it's not moving at all. It's like there's a small worn inside it like inside a cocoon. I'm not sure what they actually do...

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My Cat Loves My Garden

@acelawrites @acelawrites (19272) • Philippines 5 Mar 18

My cat always follow me whenever I am working in my little garden. I noticed he steps on my newly-sprouted seedlings, so I always shoo him away because he might destroy the very young plants. I have chives, red lettuce and okra,...

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Do cockroaches visit your home during hot weather?

peachpurple @peachpurple (13961) • Malaysia 18 May 17

Two days ago, I saw a grandfather cockroach flew past me that had scared my heart out. I knew it was a grandfather pest because its movement was very very slow. Today, I saw a teenager cockroach that was running around outside...

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