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Nope, no red streaks, just the red spot where I got stung and that's right on the edge of the tan line from wearing "no show" socks. I know what red streaks mean and am always on the lookout for them being I always seem to nick and cut myself while working. I was talking with my son, yesterday, and he was working in a crawlspace that had hobo spiders in it, another pain if they bite/sting you.
 

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I freaking hate nature. I'm allergic to bees/hornets/wasps, been almost killed by those, once when I was a kid & then once when I was a teenager & run over a nest with a lawnmower, not being able to breathe is a horrible thing to experience. Now I live in a forest & got scars from being bitten by 2 brown recluse and ofc the bees. If I see any bug I terminate it with extreme prejudice. idc what it is.

This is my backyard, we moved in here a year ago to help my cousin with expenses on this house which he inherited from our grandmother. But I've never seen more creepy insects in my life. Couple of nights ago a brown recluse got away from me while I was finishing up some work on my laptop in bed, no idea where it is, actually considered moving that night lol.
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Still might, but my gf really loves it here. There's not a lot of forest, or trees for that matter, where I live. That's probably part of the reason why there's so many insects here.

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I freaking hate nature. I'm allergic to bees/hornets/wasps, been almost killed by those, once when I was a kid & then once when I was a teenager & run over a nest with a lawnmower, not being able to breathe is a horrible thing to experience. Now I live in a forest & got scars from being bitten by 2 brown recluse and ofc the bees. If I see any bug I terminate it with extreme prejudice. idc what it is.

This is my backyard, we moved in here a year ago to help my cousin with expenses on this house which he inherited from our grandmother. But I've never seen more creepy insects in my life. Couple of nights ago a brown recluse got away from me while I was finishing up some work on my laptop in bed, no idea where it is, actually considered moving that night lol.
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Still might, but my gf really loves it here. There's not a lot of forest, or trees for that matter, where I live. That's probably part of the reason why there's so many insects here.

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Had a friend die from a brown recluse bite, he had other health complications that factored into it and he would have survived otherwise but I now hate all spiders with a passion. They are common here, I bug bomb on a regular basis now, especially in my basement, attics, garage, sheds and under the porches. Tics are the other big summer concern, deet, insect glue traps and bug bombs are your friends. I've gotten in the habit of wear Mechanic brand work gloves when working in the shop and around the house to protect from bites, many times I've picked thing up in the shop and will see a spider that was hiding under it take off running.

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w3wt, my K1 shipped.

Now I gotta remember where I put all my 18650s...

OR should I just buy a couple of new ones? Have new more uber 18650s come out over the past couple of years?
Try your old ones first, the 18650 market hasnt changed much.
 

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I freaking hate nature. I'm allergic to bees/hornets/wasps, been almost killed by those, once when I was a kid & then once when I was a teenager & run over a nest with a lawnmower, not being able to breathe is a horrible thing to experience. Now I live in a forest & got scars from being bitten by 2 brown recluse and ofc the bees. If I see any bug I terminate it with extreme prejudice. idc what it is.

This is my backyard, we moved in here a year ago to help my cousin with expenses on this house which he inherited from our grandmother. But I've never seen more creepy insects in my life. Couple of nights ago a brown recluse got away from me while I was finishing up some work on my laptop in bed, no idea where it is, actually considered moving that night lol.
fdddad09648b3a93ef2c129380d8fced.jpg

Still might, but my gf really loves it here. There's not a lot of forest, or trees for that matter, where I live. That's probably part of the reason why there's so many insects here.
 

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That's something I forgot to mention, if you have in window air conditioners spray around them once a month, damn spiders come in through the tiny cracks. Take a bright flashlight, look around the window area where the unit is at night, you'll find the spiderwebs and the spiders all around the area where they came in and set up house, ants come through there too.
 

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I freaking hate nature. I'm allergic to bees/hornets/wasps, been almost killed by those, once when I was a kid & then once when I was a teenager & run over a nest with a lawnmower, not being able to breathe is a horrible thing to experience. Now I live in a forest & got scars from being bitten by 2 brown recluse and ofc the bees. If I see any bug I terminate it with extreme prejudice. idc what it is.

This is my backyard, we moved in here a year ago to help my cousin with expenses on this house which he inherited from our grandmother. But I've never seen more creepy insects in my life. Couple of nights ago a brown recluse got away from me while I was finishing up some work on my laptop in bed, no idea where it is, actually considered moving that night lol.
fdddad09648b3a93ef2c129380d8fced.jpg

Still might, but my gf really loves it here. There's not a lot of forest, or trees for that matter, where I live. That's probably part of the reason why there's so many insects here.

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Bifen XTS (25.1%) is the answer to all our bug problems Kiba. Kills everything and is about 6 times cheaper than Ortho Home Defense Max (2.4%) once diluted with water. Safe for pets once allowed to dry.
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Bifen XTS (25.1%) is the answer to all our bug problems Kiba. Kills everything and is about 6 times cheaper than Ortho Home Defense Max (2.4%) once diluted with water. Safe for pets once allowed to dry.
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Wow, that looks like good stuff, oil based which is better and I looked at the Q&A's to see if it's pet safe and it is. Thank you for posting that, I'm going to get that ordered up today! :thumb:
 

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Wow, that looks like good stuff, oil based which is better and I looked at the Q&A's to see if it's pet safe and it is. Thank you for posting that, I'm going to get that ordered up today! :thumb:
Your welcome Willy. Pest control and herbicide chemicals from big box stores can be a huge rip off, especially when premixed. That DIY link in my last post has all types of pest control concentrates. When repairing floors and walls from termite damage my customers often ask if I can get rid of the termites and even though I'm not a pest control specialist I offer the service. I charge them about half of what Terminix or Orkin would charge and so far I've had no call backs for damage as long as they stay on schedule for treatments.
I did a carpenter bee extermination with a kit from the same DIY company in the link and so far no problems with returning bees.
It's become my goto company for pest control.
 

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