The Minnesota Weather Thread (Mankato, Ely: flood, mechanic, compared)

[Ghengis]

Originally Posted by DaninEGF

Another storm but this time a bit south....but does look to impact a large part of southern/central/eastern Minnesota. Models give a general 6-12 inch snow for St Cloud-Minneapolis-Rochester up toward Duluth and even back toward Marshall-Mankato.

Winter storm watches are out issued by NWS Chanhassen...

National Weather Service Twin Cities/Chanhassen, MN Forecast Office

I've decided to decline and will not be participating

[Govie]

Might get out to the park today to get a few full swings of the wedge in today after the Twins.


I...can't....believe...it.

[Govie]

Got my little butchery of the wedge in. I'm almost as happy that I haven't seen a centipede in the house...yet. This is awesome.

[Globe199]

Originally Posted by Govie

Got my little butchery of the wedge in. I'm almost as happy that I haven't seen a centipede in the house...yet. This is awesome.

So do they hibernate inside the house somewhere? They seem to disappear sometime during November, probably when other bugs disappear.

We have what I call winter spiders or ghost spiders. It's pretty much the only bug I see during the winter. I usually leave them alone, but I start dispatching with every bug once centipede season arrives. I figure it's less food for those damn things. I don't know if my efforts make any difference though.

[Govie]

Originally Posted by Globe199

So do they hibernate inside the house somewhere? They seem to disappear sometime during November, probably when other bugs disappear.

We have what I call winter spiders or ghost spiders. It's pretty much the only bug I see during the winter. I usually leave them alone, but I start dispatching with every bug once centipede season arrives. I figure it's less food for those damn things. I don't know if my efforts make any difference though.

I don't know if they hibernate inside the house or not. My strategy the last couple years has been to clean every room thoroughly, remove furniture, and douse all crevices with Home Defender and then bomb the rooms (basement, trouble rooms) with Raid Fogger. I think it works, or at least aleviates most of the issues.


From brief Googling research I've found that dealing with foundation (inside and out) of house is critical in dealing with these vermin. Go around the outside of your house and deal with the foundation to keep them from coming in.


EDIT. This link says this:

The House Centipede is a common pest in many parts of the United States. Unlike most other centipedes, this species generally lives its entire life inside a building.

In homes, the house centipede will prefer to live in damp areas such as cellars, closets, bathrooms, attics (during the warmer months) and unexcavated areas under the house. Eggs are laid in these same damp places, as well as behind baseboards or beneath bark on firewood. They develop by gradual metamorphosis, so immatures have a similar appearance to adults but are smaller. All life stages can be observed running rapidly across floors or accidentally trapped in bathtubs, sinks, and lavatories.

The house centipede forages at night for small insects and their larvae, and for spiders. From an entomological point of view, they are thus beneficial. Although this centipede can bite, its jaws are quite weak. There usually is not more than a slight swelling if a bite occurs. Most people, however, usually take a different point of view and insist that they be eliminated.

House Centipede control is a relatively simple operation if conducted with thoroughness. Residual treatments of Demand or Demon WP applied to cracks, crevices and other hiding places will give good control both indoors and outdoors. Dust formulations of Borid or Drione are very useful for treating wall voids and crawl spaces. Non-residual or contact sprays of CB80 or Invader will also give rapid control when used indoors. When treating outdoors it is necessary to treat thoroughly around the foundation and to treat the mulch in flower and shrub beds. Demon WP or Talstar is effective.

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Centipedes - how to kill and get rid of centipedes, millipedes and thousand leggers


There you go.

[tvdxer]

A daily record for snow fall was beat yesterday in Duluth, 4.3", beating the former record of 3.7" set in 1950.

Video:


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oJ6J8fPodGA

[demtion35]

Very windy again today. Third day in a row, yesterday trees came down in International Falls cutting power to many.

[Ghengis]

the snow coming down over "Lake Backyard" looks kinda pretty right now

[demtion35]

Very windy, heavy slanted rain, thunder, lightning, and of course hail, looks to not last long though hopefully.

[Globe199]

Originally Posted by Govie

I don't know if they hibernate inside the house or not. My strategy the last couple years has been to clean every room thoroughly, remove furniture, and douse all crevices with Home Defender and then bomb the rooms (basement, trouble rooms) with Raid Fogger. I think it works, or at least aleviates most of the issues.

Saw the first one two nights ago and another one last night. Fairly late start, although this is a higher frequency than I've seen in years past (although two points don't make a line); I wonder if it's due to all the precipitation we've gotten. We have a walkout basement and I'm sure that doesn't help.

At this point I'm not all that interested in a chemical solution. I'm more into a mechanical solution There are two main areas of our lower level where I see them, and it's almost always at the same time, between 9pm and 11pm. I now expect to see one when I go downstairs, so I've got a flip-flop at the ready, and I leave my shop-vac plugged in right in the area. This two-stage attack induces shock and awe.

I do wonder where they hide during the day. The only cool/damp area is our crawl space, but I have a fan that cycles on and off in there, which they can't possibly like.