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# RAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARRRRR!
my fucking room is infested with tiny little red mite things

the cunts are everywhere. i must have squashed about 100, hoovered up who knows how many, and still the little bastards are all over the place.

i have squashed 7 during the typing of this..

might be time to break out the old deoderant blowtorch trick.

lovely toad btw, wouldn't have calmed me!
(I helped save b3ta! dipdapdop, Tue 20 Apr 2004, 11:32, archived)
# how big?
(red mites)
(BadgerPirate, Tue 20 Apr 2004, 11:33, archived)
# um
really small.

about a millimetre

they smear red when you squish em
(I helped save b3ta! dipdapdop, Tue 20 Apr 2004, 11:35, archived)
# what you've got there is DEATHBUGS!


/scaremongering
(I helped save b3ta! summat to do with kittens, Tue 20 Apr 2004, 11:37, archived)
# HAHAHAHA
scare-MONG-ering

*snigger*
(I helped save b3ta! mostly harmless John Leslie raped me on, Tue 20 Apr 2004, 11:38, archived)
# *snigger*
(I helped save b3ta! summat to do with kittens, Tue 20 Apr 2004, 11:40, archived)
# have you got any bites on you?
(BadgerPirate, Tue 20 Apr 2004, 11:37, archived)
# nah i don't think so
just red smears all over my fingers

there's that many i'm sure i would have noticed the biting by now..
(I helped save b3ta! dipdapdop, Tue 20 Apr 2004, 11:39, archived)
# mm
soon will have then....
(BadgerPirate, Tue 20 Apr 2004, 11:40, archived)
# can't wait
(I helped save b3ta! dipdapdop, Tue 20 Apr 2004, 11:44, archived)
#
www.b3ta.com/board/3067830
(I helped save b3ta! Dr. Shambolic je suis charlie, Tue 20 Apr 2004, 11:45, archived)
# you reckon?
doesn't sound too bad that..

and it makes sense that there are so many of them

hahaha they will have no chance when they realise there is no greenery in here!

the cunts.
(I helped save b3ta! dipdapdop, Tue 20 Apr 2004, 11:47, archived)
# well the pic isn't quite national geographic quality
but they're common
and they could just have taken up residence in an old sprouting potato down the back of your sofa

(of course - if they eat you overnight then I am probably wrong)
(I helped save b3ta! Dr. Shambolic je suis charlie, Tue 20 Apr 2004, 11:54, archived)
# they came in
on an old plank from the garage
or possibly breezeblocks from outside

so i dunno, neither seem particularly likely aphid spots..

they are definitly thinning out though hehe..
(I helped save b3ta! dipdapdop, Tue 20 Apr 2004, 11:58, archived)
#
(BadgerPirate, Tue 20 Apr 2004, 11:54, archived)
# not if i see you first
(I helped save b3ta! dipdapdop, Tue 20 Apr 2004, 11:56, archived)
# ahhhhh
Have a great day squishing.
(BadgerPirate, Tue 20 Apr 2004, 12:01, archived)
# ah
red aphids
evil incarnate
burn your house down
(I helped save b3ta! Dr. Shambolic je suis charlie, Tue 20 Apr 2004, 11:39, archived)
# dont flame them!!!!

make a little commune for them out of an old fish tank, some top soil, sticky back plastic and old jazz mags, they will be overjoyed!
(I helped save b3ta! mostly harmless John Leslie raped me on, Tue 20 Apr 2004, 11:34, archived)
# Hmmm..
just make sure you don't set fire to anything, like carpet, PC or yourself....
(I helped save b3ta! Fudgebags will wear you like a glove, Tue 20 Apr 2004, 11:34, archived)
# No, no, no.
Set fire to all of the above, film it and send it to the newsletter.
(I helped save b3ta! mother inferior - now fully in compliance with the Trades Descriptions Act, being both a mother and inferior, Tue 20 Apr 2004, 11:35, archived)
# Or, alternatively,
send it into You've Been Framed!
(I helped save b3ta! Fudgebags will wear you like a glove, Tue 20 Apr 2004, 11:36, archived)
# Yes.
It's about time they showed a decent clip.
(I helped save b3ta! mother inferior - now fully in compliance with the Trades Descriptions Act, being both a mother and inferior, Tue 20 Apr 2004, 11:38, archived)
# Bout time they showed a decent clit as well.
*sorry*
(I helped save b3ta! magnum, Tue 20 Apr 2004, 11:39, archived)
# Bet they wouldn't even show it.
Cause an Old Grandad falling out a caravan door is much funnier*

*(May or not be true - just depends on my mood)
(I helped save b3ta! Fudgebags will wear you like a glove, Tue 20 Apr 2004, 11:41, archived)
# Paint them blue.
Problem solved.
(I helped save b3ta! Comma, Tue 20 Apr 2004, 11:34, archived)
# twas possibly
part of the nightmares that woke me...though it does seem jolly, and not nightmarish mostly.
thanks all for the doubly calming woos and compliments :)
/hugs
/goes back to bed
(AmishPolerbear, Tue 20 Apr 2004, 11:34, archived)
# burn the house down
it's drastic but hey
(I helped save b3ta! summat to do with kittens, Tue 20 Apr 2004, 11:35, archived)
# you may be interested to know
my eye is better now
(I helped save b3ta! rabid peanut - s'fucking right, Tue 20 Apr 2004, 11:35, archived)
# Not evil
bedbugs, I hope. It's all over the news that the bastards have made a comeback. They're everwhere, like those legless insects that live on everyone's eyelashes.*

*100% true.
(Small Beer, Tue 20 Apr 2004, 11:35, archived)
# if they've got eight legs
(actually ... if they're big enough to count the legs) then they're money spiders
which are a "good thing" as they eat aphids
if they're really really ickul then they could be aphids - in which case they're a "bad thing"

(entirely from a houseplant perspective)
(I helped save b3ta! Dr. Shambolic je suis charlie, Tue 20 Apr 2004, 11:37, archived)
# If you sell the decks
you will then have money to buy some records.
(I helped save b3ta! magnum, Tue 20 Apr 2004, 11:38, archived)
# genius!
and if he swallows a bird to catch the spider ...
(I helped save b3ta! Dr. Shambolic je suis charlie, Tue 20 Apr 2004, 11:40, archived)
# Crikey
that's twice in less than an hour, I'm beginning to think it's true.

http://www.b3ta.com/board/3067717
(I helped save b3ta! magnum, Tue 20 Apr 2004, 11:42, archived)
# Sounds like red spider mites.
harmless, and almost bright orange. I think they're cute. I used to get hundreds in my back garden as a kid.



Yeah, that looks like your fella.
(BeAst - did it wrong on:, Tue 20 Apr 2004, 11:53, archived)
# dunno..
right kind of shape, but they are pretty red..

and not shiny.
(I helped save b3ta! dipdapdop, Tue 20 Apr 2004, 12:00, archived)
#
Recognition:

The Red Spider mite is 0.75mm long with an oval body. Their colour is of ten darkened, olive green or rusty brown. Despite their glorious red appearance the red spider mite feeds on plants only when they haven?t fed for a period maybe from migrating into a home they turn into a dirty brown colour.

Biology:

Clover mites are active during the mild summer days when they can enter buildings structures in enormous numbers invasion is typically through cracks around windows and doors or through masonry cracks. These mites will leave a reddish spot/smear /stain if crushed. This can cause problems on wallpaper, curtains and furniture etc. An 18? grass free strip around the perimeter of a property can reduce the number of invaders by around 90%.
(I helped save b3ta! jsut peopel, Tue 20 Apr 2004, 12:02, archived)
# aah
nice one!

b3ta always answers my bug questions - i have had 3 seperate species identified on here!

heh
(I helped save b3ta! dipdapdop, Tue 20 Apr 2004, 12:06, archived)
# actually..
these look kind of familiar..

www.thewaterwisegarden.com/images/redspw02.jpg
(I helped save b3ta! dipdapdop, Tue 20 Apr 2004, 12:02, archived)
# they are
red spider mites
(I helped save b3ta! jsut peopel, Tue 20 Apr 2004, 12:00, archived)