Crickets in drop ceiling

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Hi folks-

Here's a fun one: about two years ago I remodeled the basment of my 30-
year-old basement. Of relevance to this discussion is the drop ceiling
that went in. Previously the ceiling joists open to the air.

Last fall I had to take out one of the ceiling panels to get access to
some of the wires up there, and found that there was a great deal of
cricket poop resting on the panel. This panel happens to be in the
corner of the basement, adjacent to two exterior walls.

I started using glue traps to catch the critters, and that did reduce
the number of crickets around. There were fewer crickets for the cat to
play with.

One day I checked the glue trap and found a dead mouse in there. YUK!!

Over the summer, there weren't many crickets in there.

Now that fall is upon us, the crickets are back, and I found a mouse
dropping up there.

I've tried spraying some general insecticide labeled for crickets in the
space up there, and just today blew some boric acid dust into the area.

Is there some good way to eliminate the problem? Presumably if I get rid
of the crickets, the mouse will find some other home.

Suggestions appreciated!

Marc
 
1.Ripe out the entire ceiling and use the regular ceiling.
2.Sell the house and move.
3.what does this have to do with windows XP software?
 
Hi folks-

Here's a fun one: about two years ago I remodeled the basment of my 30-
year-old basement. Of relevance to this discussion is the drop ceiling
that went in. Previously the ceiling joists open to the air.

Last fall I had to take out one of the ceiling panels to get access to
some of the wires up there, and found that there was a great deal of
cricket poop resting on the panel. This panel happens to be in the
corner of the basement, adjacent to two exterior walls.

I started using glue traps to catch the critters, and that did reduce
the number of crickets around. There were fewer crickets for the cat to
play with.

One day I checked the glue trap and found a dead mouse in there. YUK!!

Over the summer, there weren't many crickets in there.

Now that fall is upon us, the crickets are back, and I found a mouse
dropping up there.

I've tried spraying some general insecticide labeled for crickets in the
space up there, and just today blew some boric acid dust into the area.

Is there some good way to eliminate the problem? Presumably if I get rid
of the crickets, the mouse will find some other home.

Suggestions appreciated!

Marc
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Enable debugging. ;)
 
Hi folks-

Here's a fun one: about two years ago I remodeled the basment of my 30-
year-old basement. Of relevance to this discussion is the drop ceiling
that went in. Previously the ceiling joists open to the air.

Last fall I had to take out one of the ceiling panels to get access to
some of the wires up there, and found that there was a great deal of
cricket poop resting on the panel. This panel happens to be in the
corner of the basement, adjacent to two exterior walls.

I started using glue traps to catch the critters, and that did reduce
the number of crickets around. There were fewer crickets for the cat to
play with.

One day I checked the glue trap and found a dead mouse in there. YUK!!

Over the summer, there weren't many crickets in there.

Now that fall is upon us, the crickets are back, and I found a mouse
dropping up there.

I've tried spraying some general insecticide labeled for crickets in the
space up there, and just today blew some boric acid dust into the area.

Is there some good way to eliminate the problem? Presumably if I get rid
of the crickets, the mouse will find some other home.

Suggestions appreciated!

Marc
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Stop looiking in the ceiling.
 
Hi folks-

Here's a fun one: about two years ago I remodeled the basment of my 30-
year-old basement. Of relevance to this discussion is the drop ceiling
that went in. Previously the ceiling joists open to the air.

Last fall I had to take out one of the ceiling panels to get access to
some of the wires up there, and found that there was a great deal of
cricket poop resting on the panel. This panel happens to be in the
corner of the basement, adjacent to two exterior walls.

I started using glue traps to catch the critters, and that did reduce
the number of crickets around. There were fewer crickets for the cat to
play with.

One day I checked the glue trap and found a dead mouse in there. YUK!!

Over the summer, there weren't many crickets in there.

Now that fall is upon us, the crickets are back, and I found a mouse
dropping up there.

I've tried spraying some general insecticide labeled for crickets in the
space up there, and just today blew some boric acid dust into the area.

Is there some good way to eliminate the problem? Presumably if I get rid
of the crickets, the mouse will find some other home.

Suggestions appreciated!

Marc
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I believe this might help :)

There was an old lady who swallowed a fly.
I dunno why she swallowed that fly,
Perhaps she'll die.

There was an old lady who swallowed a spider,
That wriggled and jiggled and wiggled inside her.
She swallowed the spider to catch the fly.
But I dunno why she swallowed that fly -
Perhaps she'll die.

There was an old lady who swallowed a bird;
How absurd, to swallow a bird!
She swallowed the bird to catch the spider
That wriggled and jiggled and wiggled inside her.
She swallowed the spider to catch the fly.
But I dunno why she swallowed that fly -
Perhaps she'll die

There was an old lady who swallowed a cat.
Imagine that, she swallowed a cat.
She swallowed the cat to catch the bird ...
She swallowed the bird to catch the spider
That wriggled and jiggled and wiggled inside her.
She swallowed the spider to catch the fly.
But I dunno why she swallowed that fly
Perhaps she'll die

There was an old lady who swallowed a dog.
What a hog! To swallow a dog!
She swallowed the dog to catch the cat.
She swallowed the cat to catch the bird ...
She swallowed the bird to catch the spider
That wriggled and jiggled and wiggled inside her.
She swallowed the spider to catch the fly.
But I dunno why she swallowed that fly
Perhaps she'll die.

There was an old lady who swallowed a goat.
Just opened her throat and swallowed a goat!
She swallowed the goat to catch the dog ...
The swallowed the dog to catch the cat.
She swallowed the cat to catch the bird ...
She swallowed the bird to catch the spider
That wriggled and jiggled and wiggled inside her.
She swallowed the spider to catch the fly.
But I dunno why she swallowed that fly
Perhaps she'll die.

There was an old lady who swallowed a horse -
She's dead, of course.
 
According to the attached link, mice eat grain.
And according to the attached link, to keep the
proper balance of things, you should probably
consider eating the mice (where there's one mouse, there's
several more
lerking).http://www.lme.mankato.msus.edu/ci/June/Why.html
If that doesn't seem to suit you, here's what i suggest:
contact microsoft and inquire of the following:
1) Do you have any reports of a missing mouse
2) Do mice eat crickets
3) Is there any software that isn't made by microsoft
4) If so, where can I buy it
5) What can I do about crickets and mice in my ceiling

If you are able to get a respone to questions 3 and 4,
please be sure to post they're reply, we'd all be
interested.
You're right, this is a fun one.
 
Hi folks-

Here's a fun one: about two years ago I remodeled the basment of my 30-
year-old basement. Of relevance to this discussion is the drop ceiling
that went in. Previously the ceiling joists open to the air.
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Oops! Sorry folks!

I'd like to claim the insect mispost was the result of a "bug" but in
this case it's just user error.

Thanks for some funny rejoinders.

Peace.

Marc
 
MAG said:
Here's a fun one: about two years ago I remodeled
the basment of my 30-year-old basement. Of
relevance to this discussion is the drop ceiling
that went in. Previously the ceiling joists open to the
air.

Last fall I had to take out one of the ceiling panels
to get access to some of the wires up there, and
found that there was a great deal of cricket poop
resting on the panel. This panel happens to be in
the corner of the basement, adjacent to two
exterior walls.

I started using glue traps to catch the critters, and
that did reduce the number of crickets around. There
were fewer crickets for the cat to play with.

One day I checked the glue trap and found a dead
mouse in there. YUK!!

Over the summer, there weren't many crickets in there.

Now that fall is upon us, the crickets are back, and I
found a mouse dropping up there.

I've tried spraying some general insecticide labeled for
crickets in the space up there, and just today blew
some boric acid dust into the area.

Is there some good way to eliminate the problem?
Presumably if I get rid of the crickets, the mouse will
find some other home.

Suggestions appreciated!
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Buy a Macintosh! Hey, I don't know why - it's just what the Mac users
always offer as a solution for everything. If you prefer, try UNIX instead
(those users are getting almost as bad about this as the Mac users).


Dwight Stewart (W5NET)

http://www.qsl.net/w5net/
 
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