Thread: cockroaches in melbourne

Originally Posted by Barry Hicks

Don't laugh, but I have heard of mixing something cockys eat like powdered spud, icing suger etc with dry plaster of Paris.

The story goes that the plaster of Paris blocks up the works when it sets and the cockys can't eat and we all know what happens when you don't eat.

Not sure plaster of "Paris" would work here, you may need plaster of Melbourne, or Sydney etc to really kill them off. Or maybe plaster of America or Germany??

Found a size 9 safety boot works well, all I need to know is how to get rid of red backs have hundreds of them and they are big buggers in the shed and under the cars.

The mechanic craps him self when I put the cars in for service, odd thing is the cockroaches don't seem to be bothered with them.

Originally Posted by astrid

Ive got borax in the shed.
Thats the bottle with the little scull and crossbones on it?.
i inject into borer holes.

HB i think our borax might be different. or am i confusing the names?
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Astrid
PS my comment re the active ingredient was a joke

No, you are right on. A little boric acid in their environment and they will fall over [eventually].

Originally Posted by LGS

Not sure plaster of "Paris" would work here, you may need plaster of Melbourne, or Sydney etc to really kill them off. Or maybe plaster of America or Germany??

Plaster of OZ will kill most anything. Plaster of Melbourne is fairly toxic. I think you need plaster of Drop Bear. But it's late and I digress.

Originally Posted by Phil Spencer

Found a size 9 safety boot works well, all I need to know is how to get rid of red backs have hundreds of them and they are big buggers in the shed and under the cars.

The mechanic craps him self when I put the cars in for service, odd thing is the cockroaches don't seem to be bothered with them.

I recieved a bill for the the service of my car a couple of years ago, it included the item of "removeal spider from transmition, replacement not installed". The funniest part was they had even got a part number for the spider...