Skimmer Socks - Thoughts???

[NWMNMom]

Boy aren't Junebugs the worst? Those legs cling in a death clutch even when butts up and can't get them out by shaking or flipping, you gotta PICK them off - eww. Can you imagine all those flying ants getting in past the skimmer (those holes are big enough for them to get sucked in) - I was mortified to see how many small insects the skimmer sox caught, thinking all that went into my filter.

[AnnaK]

Yep! I'm not generally squeamish but the amount of flying ants in the sock that one morning did gross me out. I didn't use socks until mid-season last year so those creatures all wound up in my sand filter. No wonder I had to backwash so often!

My method of dealing with the Japanese beetles is to invert the sock and drop it into a plastic Folger's coffee can of strongish bleach water. They pretty much die. When I pull the sock out I peel off the matted dog hair and the bugs along with it and discard the mess. Rinse the sock and re-use.

Still, it's all pretty disgusting.