02-08-2003 21:07									#1
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I ******* hate them!!! Ever since one flew into my t-shirt when I was a kid, I have despised them.

They seem to like the light, which sucks because they seem to enjoy flying into my north facing bedroom window when I'm trying to write in the early hours of the morning. Its not a big room, and my body heat and breathing, computer and monitor emmissions and of course the heat from a light bulb makes my room get stuffy quite fast. I cant open the window because of the bloody moths!!

When will they die?!?!*, and how can I stop them flying into my room?!!?

*East Midlands, UK (if the location affects when they die).

DEATH TO ALL INVERTEBRATES!!!

	02-08-2003 21:09									#2
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You could get one of those electrical bug-zapping things and hang it outside your window. They'd be attracted to the light and fried.

	02-08-2003 21:10									#3
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Dont stop them to go into your room, but when they are all in, you go outside with your stuff.

	02-08-2003 21:12									#4
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It's very simple. Turn off your computer and all other sources of light, and close your door if it is allowing light in. That will prevent moths from being attracted, and mostly solve the excess heat problem as well.

	02-08-2003 21:12									#5
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quote: Dont stop them to go into your room, but when they are all in, you go outside with your stuff

I dont want them in my room, it usually takes either a lot of bravery and a tea cup to get rid of them (humanely) or a can of deodorant and a cigarette lighter to burn inhumanely (but a lot more fun). Also, its a little much to take a computer and monitor outside at 2am.

	02-08-2003 21:14									#6
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I do need to get work done people!! Unlike you mortals, I dont sleep!!!

	02-08-2003 21:14									#7
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Why don't you just install a screen on your window

	02-08-2003 21:15									#8
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Oh yeah, that's right, suggest something sensible, why dontya?

	02-08-2003 21:16									#9
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Don't they have window screens in the UK?


EDIT: Damn you, Ming.

	02-08-2003 21:16									#10
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quote: Why don't you just install a screen on your window

That sucks for ventilation. I was toying with the idea of a mosquito net, but a) I cant find one, and b) same ventilation problem.

	02-08-2003 21:17									#11
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If they don't, my next suggestion would be mosquito netting and a mallet.

	02-08-2003 21:18									#12
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Sucks for ventilation? What kind cheapo, low-flow screens do you have over there, anyway?

	02-08-2003 21:18									#13
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Do you mean a screen like a curtain or a blind, or one of those pointless shutter things you have in the US? Either way, it wont work... I need air!!

	02-08-2003 21:19									#14
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quote: Originally posted by elijah That sucks for ventilation.

Eh? It's a screen you know - air goes through, insects don't.

EDIT: And you too, Mad Monk.

	02-08-2003 21:21									#15
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A window screen is a fine wire mesh that goes in your window, sort of like a net.

	02-08-2003 21:21									#16
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quote: Eh? It's a screen you know - air goes through, insects don't

What kinda screen are you thinking of?

	02-08-2003 21:21									#17
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I agree with elijah that moths should all die, the little ****ers. I think they should genetically engineer a virus to get rid of all evil bugs

	02-08-2003 21:23									#18
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quote: A window screen is a fine wire mesh that goes in your window, sort of like a net

Ah!!! Now that's an idea, though I'm not sure how fine it would have to be. It would be better for ventilation as the energy of the moving air would not be dissipated by a rigid wire mesh, unlike a flexible fabric .

	02-08-2003 21:23									#19
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If evolution is a fact, then moths will evolve into indoor-fearing animals.

	02-08-2003 21:23									#20
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http://www.hammerzone.com/archives/...e/scrnrepl.html

This talks about repairing the kind of screen I mean -- I'm putting it here because it includes close-ups.

	02-08-2003 21:26									#21
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BTW, I've never been in a house or building with openable windows that didn't have screens as standard equipment.

	02-08-2003 21:28									#22
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Mad Monk:

We don't have those screens and such in the UK. We've clearly been deprived. I dont think these are available in the UK specifically, so what could I use in its place?

	02-08-2003 21:29									#23
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quote: Originally posted by The Mad Monk BTW, I've never been in a house or building with openable windows that didn't have screens as standard equipment.

Neither have I. We leave our windows open on the nice days we don't need air conditioning... and if we didn't have screens, flying insects would rule our home

	02-08-2003 21:31									#24
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We're normally ok in the summer during the day, during the night the rest of my family keep their windows closed, but thats uncomfortable for me.

When will the bloody things die?? And another thing.. why are moths perpetually covered in dust?!?! Seems like everything they touch leaves dust everywhere .

	02-08-2003 21:35									#25
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That isn't dust.

See if your can find fibreglass mesh at your hardware store, build a frame that fits your window, and mount the mesh on the frame.

	02-08-2003 21:37									#26
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quote: That isn't dust

	02-08-2003 21:46									#27
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Scales.

	02-08-2003 22:41									#28
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quote: Originally posted by elijah Mad Monk: We don't have those screens and such in the UK. We've clearly been deprived. I dont think these are available in the UK specifically, so what could I use in its place?

*utter disbelief*

The only buildings I've ever been in that didn't have screens were ones where a screen was taken out to put in an air conditioner. I'm not sure that it would be possible to survive around here without screens, you'd be drained of blood when you woke up in the morning.

	03-08-2003 03:46									#29
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quote: Scales

That is unpleasant!!! On the other hand, it would explain why I have never seen them falling victim to a spiders web or sticky paper.

dv8ed: I think we're heading in that direction, global warming and all increasing the population of evil, evil insects. These screens may be more common in a few years, but I personally have never seen them in the UK.

	04-08-2003 06:26									#30
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Get a window fan and have it suck air out of your room. Provides ventilation, keeps moths out, keeps air cool.