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Posted by on July 3, 2006, 1:52 pm
szeik@hotmail.com wrote:
> Hi,
>
> A week ago I noticed some small bugs crawling in our basesment which is
> partially finished and carpeted.
>
> Well, they are increasing in number and I am sitting here looking at a
> few of them crawling on a white sheet of paper. At first I thought
> they were fleas, but they don't seem to jump as far as fleas and these
> are pretty easy to catch and squash with my finger. My recollection of
> fleas is that they are not easy to catch, jump pretty far, and are hard
> to crush with the finger. I think a flea is smaller than these things
> I am seeing. I'm not sure though. I hope these are not baby termites.
> These things definitely hop about an inch or two when i disturb them.
> They are blackish in color with little antennaes in the front. One of
> them just hopped all on its own without me even touching it.
>
> This sucks! Do these things sound like springtails? They are about
> 1/8 inch long.
>
> Time to call the exterminator here?
>
> Thanks for any info,
> Steve
They do sound like springtails. We had them bad for a while. Read up
about them on the Internet before paying for an exterminator. You have
to get rid of the cause. Just killing what you have won't do it. Our
problem was a badly worn cement mop sink in the basement that also
handles water from the washing machine. Water and lint would pool in
some of the deeper cracks and crevices. I allowed the sink to dry real
well, filled in the holes and cracks and sealed it up. They came back
for a while afterwards, but not for long because their food and water
source was gone. Haven't seen them in about a year.
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