It is a very old roofing method and has been used in.
Thatch roof spiders.
A wheat straw ridge is quite attractive to nest building birds and they will pull straw from the roof to make their nests.
As our name implies safari thatch specializes in thatching methods and products.
We are the largest supplier of thatch roofing in the united states with over 2 million square feet of thatch installed in hotels resorts theme parks zoos restaurants bars tiki huts and cabanas all over the world.
The resulting infestation attracts spiders geckos and scorpions which in turn may attract rodents bats birds and snakes.
It was only discovered in the nineteenth century that it was the black rat that carried the fleas that spread the plague but it is perhaps no coincidence that spiders were also found in those parts of a house occupied by the black rat e g thatched roofs.
Typically fleas mosquito flies moths beetles and small mite type bugs make their homes in thatch roofs and if not cleaned regularly can cause discomfort by falling out of the roof onto beds and floors.
Insects such as spiders live in thatch and are only a pest if you are scared of them.
Thatching is the craft of building a roof with dry vegetation such as straw water reed sedge cladium mariscus rushes heather or palm branches layering the vegetation so as to shed water away from the inner roof since the bulk of the vegetation stays dry and is densely packed trapping air thatching also functions as insulation.
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