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bonzo65

04/9/2006 at 3:57pm
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OK, this might be a daft question but has anyone had or heard of insect damage to a tent once it has been packed away? We've just spent a week in our Monty 6 and had the odd visit from beetles, earwigs etc. The tent has been packed away for the rest of the season. It's been cleared of bugs as far as I can tell although it's quite possible there might be the odd critter still inside - I know moths can cause damage but can any others?

pauljacey

04/9/2006 at 4:09pm
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A mouse has nibbled away my sons egg box style sleeping mat and absoulutely ruined it. It had only been in the garage for a week after our camping trip and the blighter got at it, I would be in tears if it was my tent.

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Essexpaul

04/9/2006 at 4:15pm
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My Brother in law has just had his frame tent eaten by mice in his garage! We have lost a few Christmas decs etc to them. We now keep the tent in the house because I can't bear the thought of anything eating it. I don't think insects would damage the flysheet but they may damage the lighter fabric of bedroom pods. Perhaps you could spray the outer carry bag with some sort of insect repellent?

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pauljacey

04/9/2006 at 4:34pm
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I'm no expert but I don't think insectisides will be very long lasting, even the ones used by my local authority only last 3 weeks. We have been plagued by tropical ants or "crazy ants" in our flat but, thankfully, they don't seem particularly interested in our camping equipment.
Will moths eat canvas or cotton tent fabric like they do woolen clothes? Sorry to hear about your brother in law's tent.

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lynles

04/9/2006 at 6:20pm
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Our little 3 man tent had some lovely nibble holes in from a mouse good job it was nt our main tent we now make sure main tent is kept indoors.

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xyra

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We keep reptiles, along with the live crickets needed to feed them. When unpacking our tent at the weekend we discovered a very large, very fat cricket had managed to escape and found its way into our tent (it had been laid out to dry at home after pour last trip) and proceeded to nibble tiny holes right through the tent! I had to repair the tent in the drizzley rain before oitching it.

SimKaz

05/9/2006 at 3:39pm
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You could moth ball your tent when storing it

May pong a bit the 1st day of the next trip tho.

You could store your tent in one of those vacuumable storage bags, once its sealed, nothings getting in.

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Dafttart

05/9/2006 at 5:06pm
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We keep our tent in the house because we always seem to get a mouse in the garage over winter. Not the same one as we use poison. (sorry if I'm upsetting anyone here.)

I can't see that any earwig or like would do any damage once they have been squashed into the bag. I could be wrong and if I am, I'm sure there's lots of you to tell me.

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jdc110571

05/9/2006 at 5:33pm
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Quote: Originally posted by xyra on 05/9/2006
We keep reptiles, along with the live crickets needed to feed them. When unpacking our tent at the weekend we discovered a very large, very fat cricket had managed to escape and found its way into our tent (it had been laid out to dry at home after pour last trip) and proceeded to nibble tiny holes right through the tent! I had to repair the tent in the drizzley rain before oitching it.

the same happened to us a locust fed itself on the groundsheet lol i didnt sleep for weeks imagining bugs scaling the walls lol

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Yoga Girl

06/9/2006 at 9:40pm
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Quote: Originally posted by CathW2 on 05/9/2006
We keep our tent in the house because we always seem to get a mouse in the garage over winter. Not the same one as we use poison. (sorry if I'm upsetting anyone here.)

You're not upsetting me as I lost a very good tent to mice! A mouse family had nested in it and proceeded to shred my tent just to make things a little more cosy for themselves!

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