Not to break in on your thread, but what gets rid of spiders and ants???
Spiders from where?
Try cucumber peel for ants. This site also talk about spiders
http://www.planetnatural.com/site/xdpy/k...trols.html
Plants known to repel ants and
aphids include: spearmint, peppermint and pennyroyal. I wonder if making a strong tea out of one of these three and spraying it on your plants could help, would not kill but will repel?
I also heard if the ants will eat oatmeal or corn meal they will die when they drink as the substances expand and they kind of explode.
The spiders are hanging out in the corners of my pens, I squash them when I find them and flood them everyday. I will have to get some mint and plant it around the outside along with some other stuff I heard about (outside the pen). I will put some oatmeal in the pens tomorrow for the annoying pests.
Jen you might want to put it outside as if your torts eat it it will swell in their tummys too. sprinkle mint leaves the torts can eat them. Or if you can remove the torts put down the oatmeal or cornmeal let them feast then sprinkle the tort yards. I have never been able to get rid of spiders. I simply break down the webs in the corners every time I see them, like daily. And squish the big BW when I can. Only real thing I know of for spiders are lizards, frogs and birds. None of which are great housed with my torts.
Well then I will sprinkle mint leaves over the oatmeal and see if that works. Darn ants.
TestudoGeek Wrote:Itort Wrote:Just for reference on my feelings, as a child every summer I had a praying mantis living in my bedroom. Few flies though.
O_o !!!!
I would never fall asleep.....
Those are Green Aphids you see them a lot on house plants, from green houses, and outside as well. They are hard to get rid of as well. I see them a lot at the green house and plant nursery i work at. Dawn or mint or anything will not kill them, you need to get rid of the plants. The only thing that works is toxic to animals or seven dust.