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G. Morgan

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Jun 16, 2010, 10:26:26 AM6/16/10
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These things look like ants, but they're not. They have a fat lower section
unlike an ant I've seen. They are very tiny, and can be found only around the
kitchen sink area. Any ideas what they are and how to kill them?

Here is the best pic I could get.
http://i50.tinypic.com/2nuiyjq.jpg

Thanks

dpb

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Jun 16, 2010, 10:52:19 AM6/16/10
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Too out of focus to see anything but a blob. Are they hard-shelled like
a small beetle? Potentially flour weevil or similar; check any dry
stock in cabinets like rice, pasta, flour, etc., carefully; if so one of
those may be how you introduced them.

Just a guess--as say can't see clearly enough to tell anything at all
from picture.

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HeyBub

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Jun 16, 2010, 12:25:34 PM6/16/10
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Do they fly?

If so, gnats?


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Smitty Two

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Jun 16, 2010, 12:52:10 PM6/16/10
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In article <5jnh16d2ib5i18skb...@4ax.com>,
G. Morgan <usenet...@gawab.com> wrote:

I don't know what they are, but putting them in a salad and eating them
will probably kill them.

Chris (SilverUnicorn)

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Jun 16, 2010, 1:00:46 PM6/16/10
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On Jun 16, 12:52 pm, Smitty Two <prestwh...@earthlink.net> wrote:
> In article <5jnh16d2ib5i18skbsib78a7vomnuvh...@4ax.com>,

>  G. Morgan <usenet_ab...@gawab.com> wrote:
>
> > These things look like ants, but they're not.  They have a fat lower section
> > unlike an ant I've seen.  They are very tiny, and can be found only around the
> > kitchen sink area.  Any ideas what they are and how to kill them?
>
> > Here is the best pic I could get.
> >http://i50.tinypic.com/2nuiyjq.jpg
>
> > Thanks
>
> I don't know what they are, but putting them in a salad and eating them
> will probably kill them.

I'm sorry, but that was really funny :)

We have small moth-like bugs in our kitchen that seem to get T the
grains. Not sure what they are wither, and I am not in the mood for
salad, so I will have to find another way to rid of them.

Chris

GROVER

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Jun 16, 2010, 2:01:26 PM6/16/10
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On Jun 16, 10:26 am, G. Morgan <usenet_ab...@gawab.com> wrote:
> These things look like ants, but they're not.  They have a fat lower section
> unlike an ant I've seen.  They are very tiny, and can be found only around the
> kitchen sink area.  Any ideas what they are and how to kill them?
>
> Stephen Gould the late anthropologist said on one end of the scale is bacteria and on the other end the blue whale, with all those beatles in between.

Joe G

Foo man

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Jun 16, 2010, 3:22:48 PM6/16/10
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"G. Morgan" <usenet...@gawab.com> wrote in message
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No idea on how to kill mouse poop. You can try hitting it with a hammer, or
maybe stomping on it.

Good luck!


Dottie

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Jun 16, 2010, 7:24:47 PM6/16/10
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On Jun 16, 3:22 pm, "Foo man" <n...@invalid.net> wrote:
> "G. Morgan" <usenet_ab...@gawab.com> wrote in message


I think they are ants. I had some last year about that size ... I
used Terro . It got rid of them.

Stormin Mormon

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Jun 16, 2010, 7:36:03 PM6/16/10
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Discard old bannannannannannas.

Once I get started, it's hard to stoppppppp.

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VM

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Jun 16, 2010, 8:14:51 PM6/16/10
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If eating them is out of the question, you could probably roll up a
$100 bill and snort them out of the air. It's a good aerobic exercise.

To the OP: They probably rode in on some kind of grain or whatever.
Check all cereal or any other loose food on your shelves.

nor...@earthlink.net

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Jun 16, 2010, 8:21:17 PM6/16/10
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Those are probably some kind of weevil...I can't recall the name. They
arrive as eggs or larva in grain, pasta, etc. If stored long enough,
they will hatch. I had a bad infestation and couldn't find the problem.
Cleaned out, I thought, all the suspect packages. What I missed, in
the very back of a top shelf, was a very old partially used pkg. of
couscous. It was loaded and had produced enough little critters to get
into another pkg. of pasta.

Proteus IIV

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Jun 17, 2010, 3:11:59 AM6/17/10
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On Jun 16, 10:26 am, G. Morgan <usenet_ab...@gawab.com> wrote:

THEY LOOK LIKE FLEAS

THE BEST WAY TO IRRADICATE THEM HUMANELY FOR YOUR FAMILY AND PETS IS
TO GET LISTERINE OR A COMPARABLE QUALITY ASTRINGENT- POUR SOME IN A
SPRAY BOTTLE OR MISTER AND SPRAY THEM AND ANY AFFECTED AREAS IN YOUR
HOUSEHOLD

I AM PROTEUS

Proteus IIV

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Jun 17, 2010, 8:33:23 AM6/17/10
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CORRECTION

THE PROPER HUMANE AND PET SAFE FLUID IS AN "ANTISEPTIC"
NOT AN ASTRINGENT


I AM PROTEUS

jamesgangnc

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Jun 17, 2010, 8:35:33 AM6/17/10
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Learn to use the caps lock key. Or go away.

homer

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Jun 17, 2010, 10:33:22 AM6/17/10
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On Wed, 16 Jun 2010 09:26:26 -0500, G. Morgan <usenet...@gawab.com>
wrote:

spider beetles?
http://www.whatsthatbug.com/category/beetles/pantry-beetles-grain-weevils-spider-beetles-meal-worms-carpet-beetles-and-cereal-moths/

hr(bob) hofmann@att.net

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Jun 17, 2010, 3:36:56 PM6/17/10
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If they are still there, get someone with a good camera to get us
better pictures

fitbritchick

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Jan 9, 2016, 12:44:05 PM1/9/16
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replying to G. Morgan, fitbritchick wrote:
I have them too around the skirting boards/base boards and on my dryer.

Did you find a cure for them?

Thanks
Sarah
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mike

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Jan 9, 2016, 3:31:26 PM1/9/16
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Can't tell much from the picture.
My neighbor had an infestation of these:
http://bugs.ufl.edu/bug-of-the-day-psocids/

Every morning, there were thousands of them on his kitchen counter.

Turns out that his sewer pipe had rusted thru and there was a big
puddle of sewage under his house.
Fixing the pipe and an exterminator fixed the bug infestation.

DerbyDad03

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Jan 9, 2016, 4:57:30 PM1/9/16
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I sure hope the OP found a cure. Otherwise she's been living with the bugs for
over 5 years. Yuck!

Oren

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Jan 9, 2016, 5:32:58 PM1/9/16
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On Sat, 9 Jan 2016 13:57:21 -0800 (PST), DerbyDad03
<teama...@eznet.net> wrote:

>I sure hope the OP found a cure. Otherwise she's been living with the bugs for
>over 5 years. Yuck!

Boll weevils? They get into the flour in your pantry or warehouse.

Some over educated administrator decided to spray bags with chemicals.
He could have killed a thousand prisoners. Twice I worked with the
idiot :)

Uncle Monster

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Jan 11, 2016, 5:10:01 AM1/11/16
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The bugs grew in greater and greater numbers until they had eaten the house and the occupants. It was in all the papers 3 years ago. ヽ(•‿•)ノ

[8~{} Uncle Bug Monster

Uncle Monster

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Jan 11, 2016, 5:11:08 AM1/11/16
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Bugs, prisoners, what's the difference? o_O

[8~{} Uncle Prison Monster

Tekkie®

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Jan 11, 2016, 8:18:25 PM1/11/16
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Oren posted for all of us...
He should have given it a taste test. Some don't learn the first time, he
get promoted?

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Tekkie

Bob F

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Sep 8, 2016, 7:44:05 AM9/8/16
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replying to G. Morgan, Bob F wrote:
What do you do to get rid of them

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FromTheRafters

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Sep 8, 2016, 9:35:52 AM9/8/16
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Bob F pretended :
> replying to G. Morgan, Bob F wrote:
> What do you do to get rid of them

In this case, G. Morgan is no longer with us. Really, no gerbils
involved to the best of my knowledge.

burfordTjustice

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Sep 8, 2016, 11:22:44 AM9/8/16
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On Thu, 08 Sep 2016 11:44:02 +0000
Bob F <caedfaa9ed1216d60ef...@example.com> wrote:

> replying to G. Morgan, Bob F wrote:
> What do you do to get rid of them
>

Your reply to a 2010 post is a bit late..morgan is dead.

Ed Pawlowski

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Sep 8, 2016, 3:14:09 PM9/8/16
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On 9/8/2016 7:44 AM, Bob F wrote:
> replying to G. Morgan, Bob F wrote:
> What do you do to get rid of them


From the photo, they look like dimes. You can use them in vending
machines.

Dora Geran

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Apr 9, 2018, 8:14:06 AM4/9/18
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replying to G. Morgan, Dora Geran wrote:
I have the very same problem and the black things look the same as your
picture. I have had bug men to come and help me and they will not service
me.. One told me it is an health issue and I can not service you.. The black
material does not move, I pick them up and it is not long until they are back
, this goes on all waking hours..They inbed in my skin and cause a sore. I
have been fighting this for 2 years after taking a heart medication.I was told
by a doctor it is your medication and I cannot doctor you unless he signes a
release..Well the doctor did not want to take me off the medication and I am
still living with this .allergy. I cannot get anyone to tell me what it
is...The exterminators just will not service me for bugs they tell me because
it is a health issue...I had another bug man to come the other day all he told
me I wish I coiuld help and left........

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Dora Geran

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Apr 9, 2018, 8:14:07 AM4/9/18
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replying to Chris (SilverUnicorn), Dora Geran wrote:
Well if you would have to live the hell that Ihave for a long and it never
stops you would not think it to be funny I am a 88y.o lady and it is a
horrible experience that never goes a way.. I have to keep my drinks covered
to keep the black material from falling into my drinks.
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