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Help! African Mask is alive!
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We brought back a mask from Gambia but I think it's actually from Mali. All well for 4 months but I am now getting small piles of sawdust under it so reckon there is a larvae of some sort in there. Fortunately I can't see or hear anything :eek::rotfl:
Can anyone recommend a treatment? I assume I'd be better with one I can soak the mask in rather than a spray? I can't see any holes (tbh a bit afraid to look too closely in case something is looking back at me
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Can anyone recommend a treatment? I assume I'd be better with one I can soak the mask in rather than a spray? I can't see any holes (tbh a bit afraid to look too closely in case something is looking back at me

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I'd bin it if I were you... There are some freaky insects and if they hatch / breed you could end up with an infested house. I have heard of flight attendant that didn't realize she had brought a spider home in her suitcase until her house was infested!!!
If you can't bare to get rid, bleach tends to kill woodworm.24.06.14 12 st 12 lb (waist 45" at fattest part of belly)
7.10.14 11 st 9 lb
26.02.15 12 st 5 1/2 lb
27.05.15 11 st 5.6 lb
4.8.17 11 st 1lb
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You could try sticking it in the freezer for an hour.0
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gardenroute wrote: »You could try sticking it in the freezer for an hour.:cool:0
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We brought back a mask from Gambia but I think it's actually from Mali. All well for 4 months but I am now getting small piles of sawdust under it so reckon there is a larvae of some sort in there. Fortunately I can't see or hear anything :eek::rotfl:
Can anyone recommend a treatment? I assume I'd be better with one I can soak the mask in rather than a spray? I can't see any holes (tbh a bit afraid to look too closely in case something is looking back at me)
No as we don't know what it could be.
Burn it. Fast.If you haven't got it - please don't flaunt it. TIA.0 -
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gardenroute wrote: »If its dirty it could be put in a plastic bag or wrapped in cellophane.:cool:0
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Burning it doesn't seem to be very Moneysaving,
Put it on Ebay, then it's someone elses problem.Liverpool is one of the wonders of Britain,
What it may grow to in time, I know not what.
Daniel Defoe: 1725.
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Sambucus_Nigra wrote: »...or your windows reglazed when the ebay buyer works out what happened.:cool:0
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