[Strawbale] Once again the problem with those little white insects.

[Caï van Hoboken]

Hé Rikki,

To disencourage the reappearance of "them bugs' you could also make use of a
lime-wash,
once you`ve solved the moister problem.The alkalic surface is also resistant
to fungi,alge and bacteria.
 Good luck,Caï
Amsterdam,NL


2009/3/18 forum at lamaisonenpaille... <forum at lamaisonenpaille...>

> Hi Rikki,
>
> I don't remember the latin name. Some call them "plaster beetles".
> No use killing them (no idea how). They come out of the walls if the
> walls are moist and if there are cracks to come out through.
> So:
> - check out from which walls they come
> - vacume one or twice a day
> - check if there could be a humidity problem in those walls
> - check out where the cracks are (and fill them up once the invasion is
> over, so that the wall is a better insulator and will absorb less
> moisture from air passing through)
> Say: "thank you little beetles" (they are a 'nuisance', not a 'problem')
> If they come back again after a year (in the same building) then there
> defenitely is a moisture problem in straw!
>
> Bye,
> André
> France
>
>
> Rikki Nitzkin a écrit :
> > HI all,
> >
> > Just last year I remember asking about how to get rid of them little
> > white insects that sometimes appear in the plaster the first year
> > after building...
> >
> > There is another case of them and I want to send the contacts/info to
> > the person menaced with them, but I can't remember what they were
> > called (or the when we talked about them) to find them in the Straw
> > Archives. Can anyone help me?
> >
> > I seem to remember that the only solution was to kill them...but with
> > what? Any non-toxic/natural solution?
> >
> > thanks,
> > Rikki Jennifer Nitzkin
> > rikkinitzkin at earthlink... <mailto:rikkinitzkin at earthlink...>
> > 0034 657 33 51 62
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> >
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