sydbotMB to SydneyEnglish · 9 months agoSydney discussion thread for the week of Mon Feb 26 2024message-squaremessage-square23fedilinkarrow-up15arrow-down10
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minus-squaremaniacalmanicmanialinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·9 months agoI caught another little one before heading to bed. As I went to throw it out the window there was another big one splayed out and jiggling around on the ground like it was in a trance.
minus-squareAJ Sadauskas@aus.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up2·9 months ago@maniacalmanicmania The joys of Sydney! Do you know how they’re getting in? Also, getting in the habit of wiping down all kitchen surfaces and taking the rubbish out every night can help.
minus-squaremaniacalmanicmanialinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·edit-29 months agoProbably because we have our windows open all the time with no screens and have a lot of indoor plants plants for them to take refuge in. We keep a clean house. There’s not so many that we need to bait them but enough of them that it’s time for me to go plant to plant to catch them all.
minus-squareAJ Sadauskas@aus.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up2·9 months ago@maniacalmanicmania Open windows is just asking for them to come in! You definitely want those fly wire screens if you’re keeping your windows open overnight (and there are workarounds if you’re renting).
minus-squareAJ Sadauskas@aus.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up2·9 months ago@maniacalmanicmania It will depend on what types of windows and frames you have, and also whether you’re an owner-occupier or renting. But something like this might be a good option? https://simplescreen.net.au/?utm_source=googleshopping&utm_medium=shp&utm_network=x&utm_mobile=01&utm_creative&utm_position&utm_random=13273224148328605353&gclid=EAIaIQobChMIyYHViO3MhAMVwuEWBR1CdQWrEAAYASAAEgIDl_D_BwE&utm_campaign=australia%20-%20window%20%24150&utm_ad_group_id=585611&utm_campaign_id=697738&utm_prod_id&gad_source=1
I caught another little one before heading to bed. As I went to throw it out the window there was another big one splayed out and jiggling around on the ground like it was in a trance.
@maniacalmanicmania The joys of Sydney!
Do you know how they’re getting in?
Also, getting in the habit of wiping down all kitchen surfaces and taking the rubbish out every night can help.
Probably because we have our windows open all the time with no screens and have a lot of indoor plants plants for them to take refuge in.
We keep a clean house. There’s not so many that we need to bait them but enough of them that it’s time for me to go plant to plant to catch them all.
@maniacalmanicmania Open windows is just asking for them to come in!
You definitely want those fly wire screens if you’re keeping your windows open overnight (and there are workarounds if you’re renting).
What are the workarounds?
@maniacalmanicmania It will depend on what types of windows and frames you have, and also whether you’re an owner-occupier or renting.
But something like this might be a good option? https://simplescreen.net.au/?utm_source=googleshopping&utm_medium=shp&utm_network=x&utm_mobile=01&utm_creative&utm_position&utm_random=13273224148328605353&gclid=EAIaIQobChMIyYHViO3MhAMVwuEWBR1CdQWrEAAYASAAEgIDl_D_BwE&utm_campaign=australia%20-%20window%20%24150&utm_ad_group_id=585611&utm_campaign_id=697738&utm_prod_id&gad_source=1