On Sat, 19 Aug 2006 16:05:55 +0100, Trevor wrote
(in message ):

Remeber to do it at dusk or dawn when they're least active.


It might be worth asking on a natural history newsgroup. I can think of two
things that could help- insects become a lot less active when cold, and if
cold enough they become totally immobile. So squirting something VERY cold in
there, if feasible, might slow them down enough to make them less of a danger
while you do something else. The other thing is that insects need to breathe
oxygen and will die from lack of it much quicker than mammals do, so maybe
squirting carbon dioxide in there for a minute or two (so that there is no
oxygen to breathe) would solve the whole problem. Just brainstorming- now
back to the sensible replies....

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