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  1. 993RSR, Aug 15, 2020
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    993RSR

    993RSR Senior Member

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    Laying on the ground in the rain at night watching critters move about (two steppers, horned beatles..) became routine.

    Laying in my bunk on my beautiful yacht watching a palmetto bug scurry up the wall freaks me out!

    I am doing well on the targeted individual strikes but how do I get back to their base camp for an air strike?
  2. NYCAP123, Aug 15, 2020
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    Electric zappers and glue strips are wonderful things.
  3. dennismc, Aug 15, 2020
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    Home Hardware bug bomb, 2 hrs later, all toast.
  4. d_meister, Aug 15, 2020
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    +1 on the glue strips. Had a cucaracha problem on a yacht, and tried the bombs, sprays and "hotels". None worked for long. I learned that cockroaches carry hundreds of eggs on their bodies, and they hatch after mommy is dead. Using glue strips, I could see that there would be a "Halo" of just hatched Junior cockroaches around the late mother stuck in the glue. That "fixed" them! :rolleyes:
  5. NYCAP123, Aug 15, 2020
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    In our 1st apartment we had a neighbor who raised roaches (northern palmetto bugs) as pets. We bombed our apartment, aired it out for 8 hours, cleaned every dish, glass, pot and pan, then ordered a pizza. As we took our first bite the roaches came back from their vacation at the dirty apartment next door. They sell glue strips that attach to glass for flies (don't ask). I could see taping them around dock lines like rat cones for palmetto bugs.
    The electric fly swatter-zappers give great satisfaction for smaller populaions.
  6. Oscarvan, Aug 15, 2020
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  8. Oscarvan, Aug 16, 2020
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    No, only DOD has those.
  9. cleanslate, Aug 17, 2020
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    I had some sort of cockroach bug problem this summer kind a look like a lightning bug without the flicker light.
    Anyway I had success with borax from the hardware store and confectioners sugar from the grocery store.

    make a paste out of both roll them together in a ball place them on tinfoil and hide them in all kinds of areas in the boat ; behind panels , in the bilge , under bunks , behind drawers etc.

    Set the Bates on little pieces of tinfoil they are completely odorless and can stay there forever.

    My bugs disappeared almost immediately in just a couple of days it was amazing.
  10. 993RSR, Aug 17, 2020
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    Bugasalt, love it but too surgical. I have been reducing the fleet of bugs one at a time with no end in site. Thinking of running the boat to Maine in January and let the 20 degree temps get rid of them.
  11. Pascal, Aug 17, 2020
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    Get a pro. We ve had a few episodes over the years when critters hitched a ride in the few boxes we let aboard and a single visit from an exterminator solved the issue every time.
  12. 993RSR, Aug 17, 2020
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    Yes that is probably the solution. Palmetto bugs and boats may be new territory for Maryland exterminator companies.
  13. chesapeake46, Aug 17, 2020
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    MD Exterminators will prolly have no issues if you call them Roaches.
  14. 993RSR, Aug 17, 2020
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    emailed a local pest control company this morning. They scheduled a tech to swing by between 1:00 and 3:00 today. I waited until 3:45 changing my Racors. No show. To add insult to injury one very healthy P bug walked by on the bulkhead while I was knee deep in diesel fuel. He stopped briefly and we made eye contact.
  15. Oscarvan, Aug 17, 2020
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    Any tatoos?
  16. 993RSR, Aug 18, 2020
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    How did you know? Misplaced pet?
  17. Oscarvan, Aug 18, 2020
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    There's been an uptick in gang activity.
  18. Capt J, Aug 20, 2020
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  19. 993RSR, Aug 21, 2020
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    The local pest control company visited the boat and did exactly what you describe .
    Two days later I went aboard and found dead Palmetto bugs sprinkled all around the interior. Hopefully that is the end of the critter issue.