No time to read 3 pages so this may have been said.

The fact that you wrote 'dead carcasas' would mean to me that what ever you used, cloves etc...worked and that you had the bugs when you put them in thebags or boxes with the cloves and cedar stc. So, I would say, it did it's job.

I have used cloves for years and have never had a problem. I do stay away from road kill pretty much except for porcupine quills and guard hairs, and I keep that separate after cleaning.. Bob