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Old 14-05-2008, 12:11 PM
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Originally Posted by beccabunga View Post
I put insect killer into a glass jar and shake the beetles into that. Has to be done at least once a day, and possible twice.
No need to pay for chemicals. Zoologists collecting specimens put some broken "laurel" (ie evergreen prunus) leaves in a jar and put insects in with them and the lid on and leave them for a while. The leaves give off enough cyanide to kill insects.