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re: Does anyone you know still use moth balls?
Posted on 9/16/15 at 7:03 pm to shutterspeed
Posted on 9/16/15 at 7:03 pm to shutterspeed
I throw them in the outside trash can in summer. They keep the flies out, which means no maggots. I loathe maggots.
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Posted on 9/16/15 at 7:05 pm to SharpDressedMan
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Just as snake repellant
It makes you feel better, but doesn't work. For years I thought they worked.
There are snake repellent granules though.
This post was edited on 9/16/15 at 7:07 pm
Posted on 9/16/15 at 7:07 pm to shutterspeed
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Old people love some damn moth balls.
True, but a lot of their clothing was wool and moths love them some wool.
If you are using a outside storage facility for a move these are still advised if you have expensive silks and drapes that are going to be in shipment for sometime.
Posted on 9/16/15 at 7:12 pm to LSUcjb318
fricking past time lounge reeked of moth balls this afternoon. Smelled like the first the weekend at my camp after summer.
Posted on 9/16/15 at 7:56 pm to LSUcjb318
I use them and I'm in my thirties.
Keeps bow bugs out of my horse hair.
Keeps bow bugs out of my horse hair.
Posted on 9/16/15 at 8:00 pm to LSUcjb318
YES!!!
I taped them to the foam rubber hose from the A/C unit to the house that skunks were chewing on
they stopped....
I taped them to the foam rubber hose from the A/C unit to the house that skunks were chewing on
they stopped....
Posted on 9/16/15 at 8:02 pm to CoastLSUFan
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I throw them in the outside trash can in summer. They keep the flies out,
good idea
Posted on 9/16/15 at 8:05 pm to REB BEER
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I've had it for 6 years and it still reeks of moth balls
ozone man, ozone!
rent an ozone machine....it'll kill that stank....
Posted on 9/16/15 at 9:02 pm to fightin tigers
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It makes you feel better, but doesn't work. For years I thought they worked. There are snake repellent granules though.
The granules are sold under the name Dr, T's Snake Away. It is about $10 a quart. They claim that a 1 yard wide patch of it will keep a snake from crossing it. It is about 28% naphthalene, 7% sulfur and 65% inert ingredients.
Mothballs are naphthalene.
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Posted on 9/16/15 at 10:16 pm to Hangit
I never knew what mothballs smelled like until one day we had a snake in the house (about the size of a small zip tie but you'd have sworn it was an anaconda if you ask my wife).
Anyway, I saw online that mothballs kept snakes away so I went to walmarks to get some. As soon as I smelled them I said "OLD PEOPLE!!!" At that point I decided to just put up with the potential future snake issues...
Anyway, I saw online that mothballs kept snakes away so I went to walmarks to get some. As soon as I smelled them I said "OLD PEOPLE!!!" At that point I decided to just put up with the potential future snake issues...
Posted on 9/17/15 at 2:01 am to poochie
The hole in the wall bar I frequent uses them as urinal cakes.
Posted on 9/17/15 at 2:18 am to poochie
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I decided to just put up with the potential future snake issues...
You name the issue and I would deal with it before a potential snake issue.
Posted on 9/17/15 at 2:33 am to Karnac
Nah, weevils don't fly.
Posted on 9/17/15 at 11:55 am to Winkface
Posted on 9/17/15 at 12:27 pm to Guess
Moth balls don't keep snakes away.
They will keep insects away which small snakes feed on. So by eliminating the insects, the insect feeding type snakes don't come around.
They will keep insects away which small snakes feed on. So by eliminating the insects, the insect feeding type snakes don't come around.
Posted on 9/17/15 at 1:02 pm to Karnac
These weren't weevils. Sorry.
Not this:
But this (meal moths):
Not this:
But this (meal moths):
This post was edited on 9/17/15 at 1:05 pm
Posted on 9/17/15 at 1:40 pm to LSUcjb318
I use them at our camp to keep snakes away.
Posted on 9/17/15 at 2:54 pm to LSUcjb318
We use the shite out of moth balls around our camp in the woods in Bama. We spread a few boxes around the permiter of the camp to keep the snakes away.
Posted on 9/17/15 at 3:18 pm to Hangit
Western Diamondback crawling across Snake-Away and mothballs.
I know of a farmer who tried mothballs to keep them out of his chicken houses. One morning he opened the locker where he kept the mothballs and found a damn snake sitting on top of the boxes
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More evidence:
I know of a farmer who tried mothballs to keep them out of his chicken houses. One morning he opened the locker where he kept the mothballs and found a damn snake sitting on top of the boxes
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More evidence:
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The efficacy of naphthalene, sulfur, and a commercial combination of these chemicals as a repellent against the plains garter snake (Thamnophis radix) was investigated. Behavioral tests were conducted using 96 recently captured snakes to determine whether significant avoidance results from the presence of these chemicals. Field tests were performed at 24 locations in the snakes' home range and in unfamiliar habitats. In both home ranges and unfamiliar habitats application of potential repellents did not result in significant avoidance behavior. The snakes may be able to sense these volatile chemicals, but the stimuli were unable to alter their behavior. Based on this study, tendency to seek cover, refuge, familiar habitat, or to investigate unfamiliar areas was stronger than deterrence of the chemicals. Because the substances tested did not elicit avoidance behavior in the plains garter snake, usage of these repellents should be discouraged. Habitat modification for snake management is discussed as an alternative to the application of chemical repellents
Posted on 9/17/15 at 3:28 pm to HarryBalzack
The neighbor at our rental property was a huge cat lady. She fed probably 12 cats. We spread the moth balls all along the property line and throughout the yard until we could get the spca to pick them up. Worked like a charm.
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