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<blockquote data-quote="Marguerite" data-source="post: 428186" data-attributes="member: 1991"><p>At least you've never had to deal with Bogong Moths. These things are soft and fluffy, about the size of your thumb joint. They swarm. They migrate generally along the eastern mountains from Queensland to Mt Bogong in the Victorian Alps, but sometimes winds and city lights draw them off course and Sydney cops a plague. Canberra generally gets a plague every year. They leave large yellow "fly specks" all over stuff, and you can't kill them except with a slipper. And when there are hundreds or more, it's tiring. Sprays don't work. These things like caves, they're actually looking for a cool dark cave to spend their summer in, so they will congregate near ceilings, in dark corners etc. NEVER leave the lid up on the toilet! It's a very odd and unpleasant sensation to sit on the loo and feel the startled moths fluttering around your bare backside... when you're an Aussie, you learn to always check before you sit down. </p><p>These things also can't be flushed - they are so 'fluffy' with moth dust on their wings, that they are unwettable. I've gleefully flushed thousands of them only to see them sitting dry on the surface of the water, ready to take off as soon as the turbulence subsides.</p><p></p><p>Best prevention - have a hermetically sealed house. Leave lights off or install a yellow bulb in the patio light. Sleep with ear plugs. Go round the bedroom before bed with a fly swat or a large shoe. Wonder why Aussies tend to wear thongs (as in, flip-flops) in summer? So we always have a handy weapon...</p><p></p><p>And don't let me get started on spiders...</p><p></p><p>Marg</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Marguerite, post: 428186, member: 1991"] At least you've never had to deal with Bogong Moths. These things are soft and fluffy, about the size of your thumb joint. They swarm. They migrate generally along the eastern mountains from Queensland to Mt Bogong in the Victorian Alps, but sometimes winds and city lights draw them off course and Sydney cops a plague. Canberra generally gets a plague every year. They leave large yellow "fly specks" all over stuff, and you can't kill them except with a slipper. And when there are hundreds or more, it's tiring. Sprays don't work. These things like caves, they're actually looking for a cool dark cave to spend their summer in, so they will congregate near ceilings, in dark corners etc. NEVER leave the lid up on the toilet! It's a very odd and unpleasant sensation to sit on the loo and feel the startled moths fluttering around your bare backside... when you're an Aussie, you learn to always check before you sit down. These things also can't be flushed - they are so 'fluffy' with moth dust on their wings, that they are unwettable. I've gleefully flushed thousands of them only to see them sitting dry on the surface of the water, ready to take off as soon as the turbulence subsides. Best prevention - have a hermetically sealed house. Leave lights off or install a yellow bulb in the patio light. Sleep with ear plugs. Go round the bedroom before bed with a fly swat or a large shoe. Wonder why Aussies tend to wear thongs (as in, flip-flops) in summer? So we always have a handy weapon... And don't let me get started on spiders... Marg [/QUOTE]
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