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We Must Come Together And Kill The Spotted LanternFly (Before It Kills Us)

We Must Come Together And Kill The Spotted LanternFly (Before It Kills Us)

Be warned... the Pennsylvania Lanternfly is slowly making its way to New York City. There is no clearer way to say this, but if you see a Spotted Lanternfly, you are absolutely to destroy it.

Gothamist | Is This Revolting Dead Rat Soup The Future Of NYC Pest Control?

Warning: for the queasy among us — proceed with caution. This gets mighty real.

Originally published By Jake Offenhartz @ Gothamist.com

Sept. 5, 2019 4:58 p.m.

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Wow

David 'Dee' Delgado

In 1839, the naturalist John Jay Audobon was granted permission by Mayor Isaac Varian to begin shooting rats he spotted along the Battery. In the 1960s, following a series of nest-shaking tenement demolitions, the Daily News trained teenagers to lay rat poison. Mayor Rudolph Giuliani hired future subway boss Joe Lhota as his “Rat Czar,” while Mayor Bill de Blasio has toyed with removing trash cans to stamp out the unwanted rodents. David Lynch was even involved at one point. Still, there are rats.

On Thursday, Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams joined the pantheon of New Yorkers operating under the notion that the rats might be eradicated, if only we tried a new approach. In one of the more gut-churning press conferences in recent memory, Adams summoned the city’s reporters to Borough Hall to demonstrate a “cutting-edge” rat-killing device—part bait trap, part drowning tank—known as the Ekomille. We were promised dead rats, and goddamn did we get them.

Click here to read the full post at Gothamist. [CONTENT WARNING: SO MANY DEAD RATS]

Dave DIY pest solutions

Dave DIY pest solutions

What do lemon juice, chalk, cinnamon, cornmeal, and white vinegar have in common? All of these items can be used to rid yourself of ANTS! Check out this excellent post on DIY Solutions to keeping ants, fleas and roaches out of your apartment.

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