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Wow! That is very interesting. In the US there are pretty comprehensive "pest-control" measures taken in urban apartment complexes to ensure that there are abs
by ultimoo 13y ago
Wow! That is very interesting.
In the US there are pretty comprehensive "pest-control" measures taken in urban apartment complexes to ensure that there are absolutely no insects, spiders or geckos indoors. I probably see a really tiny "house spider" (which is probably a centimeter across in size) once or twice a year inside my apartment.
So my question is it common to not have pest control in OZ or is your house the exception (since you are nature lover maybe)?
- Nursie 13y agoAs a scaredy-cat brit, when I moved to Australia the first thing I did was spray the outside of my house with spider repellent :)
- itcmcgrath 13y agoWhy not? Well for the huntsmen will eat the smaller and harder to control insects (like cockroaches, of which there are plenty). Think of them as natural pest control. We used to have one in our apartment, which we named Fred. RIP Fred!
- girvo 13y agoI've never bothered, neither did my parents. Currently we have three baby geckos hanging out with their parents out the front of the house, a couple of hunstmans, and moths floating around from time to time. I think nature is awesome :) /from brisbane
- jfb 13y agoThe thing about geckos and (as much as it pains me to admit it) spiders is that they prey on much more noxious and difficult to control vermin, particularly the mosquito. This is pretty useful when spiders are basically harmless and Anopheles the most dangerous animal in the world.
- hartror 13y agoIn the tropics we had some pest control for cockroaches but down south we don't really bother.