Recent content by beatnik

Ok, so I have to run a dehumidifier in the basement, and I have to empty it every couple of days, since I'm lazy and haven't gotten to installing it properly with a drain... ...and I came up with the idea of using the water that I'm grabbing out of the air and using it for my CP's. Now, I'm...

That would be the "urban legend" bit. http://www.urbanlegends.com/animals/daddy_long_legs_poisonous.html http://www.ufsia.ac.be/Arachnology/Pages/Opilio_QandA.html#F http://spiders.ucr.edu/daddylonglegs.html BEATNIK

I think that's what I may end up doing, but then again, I haven't done it before either. It may not work either. The only window in my basement where it could get moderate light is pretty close to the boiler. Anyone else know? BEATNIK

Sorry, ladies and gentlemen, I fell prey to an urban legend.  I've done my homework, though. The "spider" daddy long legs to which I was referring is a member of order Opiliones- which is also an arachnid, but a non poisonous one.  They are apparenlty also called Harvestmen, though I've never...

Actually, it's the "spider" daddy long legs that I'm talking about (although I've heard too that they're not really spiders) and I'm pretty glad to have them get eaten... I really don't like them. I've heard the winged ones called both crane flies and mosquito eaters. I wonder if they are...

I got a double VFT from this site about four months ago, and it's doing pretty well, it seems. I've been going well so far without too much more advice than the initial stuff, but I have a couple more questions. First, it seems that my plant is fond of daddy long legs. I don't know how the heck...

I don't have a problem with insects yet, and I do have a sundew on the way. Once my nepenthes opens a pitcher, I'll have that too. I just wanted to ask because I had to get something right away for an aloe plant which is ant infested, and was wondering just how intolerant of chemicals VFTs are...

I was at the Home Despot last night, looking for fungicide, and as everyone might expect there was only one option. It's listed as a fungicide/ insecticide, which relies on copper for the active ingredient. First of all, I don't know what insecticide is going to do to the plant. I assume that...

I've read on this board that ants are a bad idea, but I never got the why. I'm assumuing it's because they're strong insects with strong jaws and a tendency to bore through things, and probably don't take too kindly to being eaten. -BEATNIK

I know that all of this has probably been covered already in other posts, but I only get so long for lunch... So I just ordered two flytraps yesterday. I already know most of the rules (distilled water, sphagnum peat moss only, no people food, direct light 8 hrs a day, water daily), but there...