Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1895-03-28
NOTORIOUS HOUSEHOLD PESTS.
How Buffalo Beetles, Moths and Ants Ma,
BE ENtsrminated,

How Bunalo Beetles, NJ oths and Ants MAY
BE ENterminstcd.
Those notorious household pests,
buffalo beetles, moths and ants, fur
nlshCd material for n report by State
EntomOlogist c. ii. Fernald, an alb
Stract from which will be of great
interest to all houSckcepers:
Il havo tried many methods for
tho destruction of the buffalo beetle
and find no moro successful way of
keeping house FREQ from them than
by very careful watch for the bee
ties on the windows in February and
March, frequent inspection of all
WOODEN clothing not in constant use,
Il daily examination of pieces of red
CarpCting on the floors which are liza
bic to be infested and carefully OK
Guiding tho beetles from flowers
! brought into tho house. 1t is desir-
able, before putting down n carpet,
/ to Saturate tho cracks with benZine
and cover the floor very carefully
! with carpet parcr, or even with
newspapers, in such n way that tho
larvae cannot find access to the car
! pet from beneath.
Tho beetles usually lay their eggs,
and tho larvae attack tho carpets
under thoir exposed edges, and these
! parts may be protected by washing
oTOr the edges and few inches of
tho undcrSidCS with solution of
corrosive Sublimatc in alcohol in the
proportion of 60 grains to one pint.
Tho alcohol quickly evaporates, leav-
ing the corrosive sublimate over ell
tho fibcrS of the carpet where tho zap
pliCatiOn has been made. 1t must
DO remembered that corrosive subj.
mato Is u poison and cannot DO safely
used where children play upon the
carpet.
Tho larvp of tho pitchy carpet
beetle arc often found feeding on car.
pets in tho Same manner as the buf
falo carpet beetle and sometimes as
SoCiatCd with it. There is but ono
generation in year, Us indicated by
those which l have bred, for larva
found i'll Juno did not transform tc
perfect beetles until tho following
May. The remedies for this pest are
tho Same as for tho buffalo beetle.
1T is desirable where rugs arc
used instead of carpets to take then
up and shake them out of doors fire
Qucntly during the spring and sum
NOR. If carpets are used, and they
become infested, it is we'll to lay we
cloths along the edges and use ho
flatiron on them. If this is properly
done, it will forCo the steam down
through the carpets, killing not only
moth, but also any carpet beetles
that may be feeding beneath.
All garments Liable to he attacked
, by carpet beetles or clothes moths, i
not to be used during the summer
should be thoroughly shaken ant
then packed away in tight paper
bags or in pastcboard boxes, with s
strip of paper pasted around the edg,
of the cover, SO as to leave no crack
"Small rcd ants often infest dwell
, ing houses and become an intolerabl,
nuisance. The important thing is t,
find their nests, for it is then a com
paratively easy matter to destroy tn,
r whole colony. 1t may be that tho re
| mOval of board where they com,
into room will expose their head
quarters, when little kerosene pour
} cd over it will destroy all the inmates
If they como from some ant hill out
; side of the house, they can be de
Stroycd by making holes foot aDar
, in tho hill and pouring a tablespoon
} full of bisulphido of carbon into eacl
. and stamping down. Tho bisulphid
2 of carbon quickly evaporates, an,
, pcrmeating the ground destroys al
. in tho colony. Boston Transcript