Some years back the FTC tested these things and found their primary effect was
to
lighten the wallet of the purchaser.
Bill
Mike Sloane wrote:
> The county mosquito commission that I chair bought a bunch of them to try with
> mosquitoes, and they did absolutely nothing. I suppose you might have better
> luck with some other kinds of insects, but I doubt it. Most of the damage to
> paper and cardboard in my barn is caused by mice, not insects. They even made
> the start of a nest in the open part of a 3" 3-ring binder and ate the back
>edge
> of an I&T manual (but ignored the OEM manual!). Poison bait pellets liberally
> placed in dark corners seems to have helped a lot in recent years, but I still
> have to dispose of surprise carcasses (as when I reach for something in a
>drawer
> and come upon one). Aside from the damage they do, I am really more concerned
> about the deer ticks they carry and the potential for Lyme disease, although
>the
> guinea fowl I have around seem to have reduced that threat considerably.
>
> Mike
>
> Bill Barnett wrote:
>
> > Do those things really work?
> >
> > I have a lot of boxes of old car parts, etc. in my garage that appear
> > to be slowly eaten away by silverfish and whatever. I got into some
> > last weekend that hadn't been touched in 15 years and they
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