Pest Control

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Challenge #04112-K094: Data for the Experiments

They enter a swampy area where biting bugs are a real nuisance. The bridges keep people out of the waters, so people can stay dry, at least, but ergh, all the BUGS!! But this is a good test for the enchanted repellants, they were asked to test them after all.

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It was fascinating to watch, and Wraithvine watched it intensely. Biting bugs and midges approached hir and hir party, and veered away once they got too close. It was if they had an aura two inches from their skins that repelled the insect plague surrounding them.

Even Lilbit benefitted, never needing to scratch at a flea. Other animals that came into contact with her had a fountain of fleas and tics pouring off their bodies. Other animals, and people, soon noticed.

Those who eked out an existence there didn't care that the bands were experiments by a student. They didn't care that nobody knew how long the charms would last, including the maker themself. They just wanted to know how to order some. They scrambled to send gold, orders, and a courier to the prentice Artificer who had created the prototypes.

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Challenge #02758-G201: Organic Pest Control

A shipment of fruits and plants that had gone through a DeRegger station was opened in a very large Alliance station. The plants were bound for a new section that had been added to the botanical garden there. Unfortunately, an unwanted guest came along with it. Within a month or so, that dreaded high-pitched sound that all humans from Earth knew all too well was starting to be heard. An invasive pest that bred rapidly anywhere there were pools for it to

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Compost Hint: Empty Your Mulch Bucket Often

Composting and mulching is a natural process involving organic waste. And as such, it is almost inevitable to attract… little visitors.

Insect visitors.

That lay eggs in your mulch bucket.

I don’t want to be too gross about things [hence the lack of instructional pictures] but I’ve been a little too busy, sore and tired to go empty the mulch bucket into the compost bin, these last few days.

That bit me in the butt.

Big time.

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