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[#1] Posted: 07/08/2012 - 7:06:30 PM		Reply with Quote
I always move drop ceiling panels in basements to check sills and rims for WDI evidence but I'm not used to finding this. The first panel under the front stoop revealed this large sticky trap.



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 [#2] Posted: 07/08/2012 - 7:21:06 PM		Reply with Quote
Dead skinks in the middle of the road glue trap...
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 [#3] Posted: 07/09/2012 - 06:33:04 AM		Reply with Quote
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 [#4] Posted: 07/09/2012 - 12:47:58 PM		Reply with Quote
That's nasty.
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 [#5] Posted: 07/09/2012 - 1:08:41 PM		Reply with Quote
Holy sh.... Did you find a moisture problem near it?
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 [#6] Posted: 07/09/2012 - 1:43:32 PM		Reply with Quote
Quote: Originally posted by Ben H

Holy sh.... Did you find a moisture problem near it?


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 [#7] Posted: 07/09/2012 - 3:17:44 PM		Reply with Quote
I couldn't even look at the photo long enough to figure out what that was... before I puked...
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 [#8] Posted: 07/09/2012 - 5:34:01 PM		Reply with Quote
They are effective but those sticky traps are cruel.
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