Y2K4 TSX

So I get home after a drive tonight and notice a big white moth on the rear seat. I try to "shoo" it out, but instead it just keeps flying around the inside (it must love my TSX, too!)

I continue to "shoo" it, and eventually it flies to the back of the window (where the rear shelf meets the rear window) and literally goes into that crack/space (and I'm talking a very, very narrow space) along the window.

I tried using a piece of paper to "extract" it from the crack, but it just went deeper.

Long story short, I opened the trunk to try to get to that area, but there's simply no way to get to the moth. ACK!!

Anyone know if moths smell as they decay?!

Anyone else with a similar crazy/OCD story or does anyone have any ideas on how I can get "extract" moth "out of" my less than 1 week old TSX?!

tehCOW

ah hahahahahahhahahaha, it so sucks to be you!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!












Heh, i'm just playing. The same thing happened to me the night I got my car. I had all the windows down and the neigbhors were checking out my car. I proceded to shut windows and close doors when i notice a slow as hell fly go into my car. I tried shoeing it out but it flew to the same area u described. i bet it died there

so... sucks to be us

BuddySol

My sister's 92 Prelude always attracted bees/wasps in the rear shelf/window crack area. She has 5 lodged in there...10 years later they are still intact, bodies all worn by the sun. Quite interesting if you ask me...

larchmont

Government regulations in both U.S. and Canada require moths to be biodegradable.

bheywow

try a vacume

Y2K4 TSX

A vacuum is not an option - the moth is located in the "crack" between the rear shelf and the rear window. There ain't a vacuum nozzle/attachment that could fit in the crack.

I really wish there was some way to "extract" the moth (like some way of lifting/removing the rear shelf, but there really doesn't appear to be.

tehCOW

i've tried vaccuming it, i dunno if it sucked the fly up... The only way to get it out is removing the plastic on top of the rear deck. I forgot I had a fly in my TSX until u remided me about my ordeal.
After a while, u'll forget about it

STC

iTrader: (1)

Same thing happened to me but it was a dead bee in my break light thing on my Type R.

::TSXLOVER::

Aren't those supposed to be detachable ?
I also had lady bugs on the back of my old Corolla between the rear window and brake light, found out the brake light was detachable (user manual), and got rid of them. Don't know if this applies to other cars.

GRAYTSX

I think the only time dead bugs smell is when they land on a halogen light and burn. I found this out when the house would smell like somethings burning but nothing is cooking etc. Finally realized it was a fly cooking on the halogen lamp in the living room.

I also have a dead bee in the 3rd break light. I'll have to take it apart one day to get at it.

LeeLee

Get a can of compressed air for dusting keyboards and such. Insert the nozzle *past* the moth and blow it out that way.

DEVO

A vacuum will work... you just need to be a bit creative. Find the narrowest attachment and a big towel. Use the towel to plug the are up so that a vacuum can be formed. Get as close as possible and there should be enough of a vacuum to dislodge the bug.

Brad

My cars have all been bug collectors--inside and out. If you can't see it, then leave it. Too bad Acura doesn't offer an official bug collector's kit.

What gets my goat are those kamikazee bugs that hurl themselves upon the windscreen when you're travelling on the highway. Grasshoppers are the messiest.

Count Blah

Yep, I was going to suggest the same thing.