Caterpillar Pure

danielj

November 21st, 2006 at 1:00 am

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Reducing Bug Carnage
What a truly interesting site. I came here attempting to identify a critter I found in the house that I was unable to identify. Things like that worry me a bit now because my son lives in a group home that recently had to be fumigated for bed bugs. My wife was outraged that I would not allow him to spend overnight here while this task was undertaken. Her attitude quickly changed when I provided a mountain of information showing how insidious and infectious these creatures are and how easy it is to become infested with them. The bottom line was that within 30 seconds I had my sinister beast positively identified as a sow bug. I imagine you heard the sigh of relief all the way there. What blew me off my chair though is who you actually are.graphic designers. Is there no rock that remains unturned or mayhem we won’t commit in the name of creativity? I just roared until the tears ran down my cheeks. I think my pants need changing now too. Well done! I’ve been pretty creative too, but nothing like this. The only complaint I can lodge is that some of the pages are rather long, so it might be a good idea to insert a “back to top” link so that one does not have to scroll forever to get back to the other links at the top. It’s easy enough to do with some quick coding in simple HTML. After the first one it’s simple copy and paste in the coding until you go insane. Either that or you write a CSS style sheet that will do it automatically on every page.
And now, the real reason I’m emailing is to provide you with a very effective (although rather ugly) way of dealing with tent caterpillars and their ilk. This REALLY works, but it’s not for those who are squeamish. You’re not gonna like this…but it really works for these and other creepies like tent worms, army worms and cabbage worms. First of all you need to go to a garage sale and find a blender. You’ll get killed if you use the one in the kitchen for this. Collect a cup of the critters from your tree when they clump up in the tree for overnight warmth. Dump them in the blender and add 2 cups of water. Turn it to “puree” and leave it run for about 30 seconds. The water will turn green. Strain the resulting liquid through a coffee filter into a jar with a tight fitting lid. You’ll get about 2 cups of this delightful cocktail. It can be frozen for up to 6 months without any loss of potency. Mix at a ratio of 10 parts water to 1 part concentrate. Add a couple of drops of dish soap to make it stick to the leaves better. This can now be put in a sprayer and the afflicted plant sprayed. Aim at the leaves that are being eaten. Kills the worms dead and it won’t hurt anything else! Why does this work? Well, apparently they are not immune to their own gasto-intestinal gut bacteria and it is poisonous to them. Cheers!
Otter Brighteyes
www.members.shaw.ca/otterlimits/home.html
(This site addie will soon change as I have bought my own domain and private web space. The entire site is being rebuilt in proper XHTML Transitional. Does this matter?)

Dear Otter,
While we are happy to post your Pure

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