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Getting rid of midges

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  • 20-09-2009 2:25pm
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    Lockstep
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    my room is infested with midges, it's extremely hot here so I have to leave windows open or else I bake alive. This also means the midgets come in and feed off me at night like little vampires. They seem to have set up a little colony in my room and are too numerous to squash them all.


    Anyone know a way to get rid of them?


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    Rhyme
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    Bug spray or a hoover.


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    Lockstep
    Registered Users Posts: 9,030 ✭✭✭Lockstep


    I'm fairly impoverished. Are there any budget options?


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    Rhyme
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    Cover the open window with net curtain or something that will let in air but not bugs and then go on a killing/capturing spree on the bugs still in the room.


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    feylya
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    Homemade flame thrower


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    Lockstep
    Registered Users Posts: 9,030 ✭✭✭Lockstep


    Yeah, I'm using a curtain but the bugs are absolutely everywhere and way too fast for me to kill.


    Anyone know if Citronella/lavender work? Have heard rumours that they repel midges.


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    Irish Gardener
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    kickoutthejams wrote: »
    I'm fairly impoverished. Are there any budget options?

    A simple home-made trap perhaps....... Midge trap


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    star-pants
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    Yeh citronella usually helps with things like that, worth a shot


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    Podman
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    Swat with a frying pan


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    Aisling(",)
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    wow,this thread returned from extinction


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    big zeb
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    cant believe nobody mentioned gin & tonics. drink enough and ya cant hear the buggers. you'll wake up feelin like you've got malaria tho!


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    Doctor DooM
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    kickoutthejams wrote: »
    little vampires.

    Damnit... don't have... heart... to move... thread...


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    Podman
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    Aisling(",) wrote: »
    wow,this thread returned from extinction
    yep, every summer
    Doctor DooM wrote: »
    Damnit... don't have... heart... to move... thread...
    :D

    I think they prefer to be called "little people" though.


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    Aisling(",)
    Registered Users Posts: 6,410 ✭✭✭Aisling(",)


    chompy wrote: »
    yep, every summer
    .

    but its december.....:confused:


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