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SPIDERS!!! SPIDERS!!! Too many spiders in my house!! HELPFUL INFO PLEASE. | |
Almylo
(OP) User ID: 31326177  Canada05/07/2013 03:19 PM  Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Every Spring and throughout the Summer until freeze up Quoting: Almylo we have to deal with 'largish' black house spiders. Can't take it anymore! There must be a solution. I have cats and a dog, so the 'solution' must be safe for children & pets. I know there must be several GLPers who have dealt with this issue. Please help a household of squeamish 'girls' !! Eeeeeeeeeeeee. LOL.  You have a crawl space under the house? If so take some stuff called Boric Acid, you can buy at Lowes for like $3 a bottle, and do a line all around the foundation inside then start in the back corner and spray it into the air as you walk back to powder under the entire house. Once you're done you can then go into your home, again spray a perimeter line all around your home and then do a lite spray over your carpets (don't go high into the air to avoid getting it on counters and stuff) for 2-3 weeks then vacuum it up. I do the Boric Acid under the house/addict every single year to keep them out and I see no bugs/spiders at all. Boric Acid is a dehydrating agent so it's 100% safe for kids/animals to eat and even if they ate half the bottle they only NEED to have water at their disposal to prevent any harm. Spiders/ants/etc will get it on their feet and when they clean themselves off they can't get enough water and thus die. It wont kill mice or rats so it wont harm small children or lap dogs/cats. We have lap dogs (Maltese) and we never had any issues when we had to do it. I also did it when my Collie was 3 months old and she rolled in the stuff daily and no harm ever came to her (lived to be 15 years old) Check the stuff out...it's safer then anything you will ever find for this job. Wow Great INFO. Thanks so much for posting. There are so many goood ideas I don't know which one to pick! You are my sun, my moon & all my stars. ~E. E. Cummings |
| Almylo
(OP) User ID: 31326177 Canada05/07/2013 03:22 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | I recently found a brown widow and its egg sac in a bike that was in the living room - it was an old one I was beginning to fix-up for my son and there is nowhere to put the bike but the living room where we live. Sure was GLAD to find that before they hatched all over my house! Quoting: Geo777 Last time I moved, found black widows, and other spiders, just hanging out in my teen son's closet - not good - and also in there, were many rolls of gift wrapping paper - I happened to glance inside only to find a LOT of spiders like to nest in the dry cardboard wrapping paper tubes! Check your tubes or, yikes... Ohhh. You poor thing. Must have been awful. I will check........next month. shudder.  You are my sun, my moon & all my stars. ~E. E. Cummings |
| Anonymous Coward User ID: 39457726  United States05/07/2013 03:23 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | I had the same problem. Exterminator didnt get em all, so I bought 30 "bug bombs", set 6 off in the house every day for 5 days. no more steenking spiders. of course I lived elsewhere for two weeks and had a hell of a cleanup afterwards, but, like I said, NO MORE SPIDERS Quoting: TXtoasted lol That sounds like a war zone.  |
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| Anonymous Coward User ID: 39457726 United States05/07/2013 03:27 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | I have all kinds of spiders in and around my house. Black widows, brown recluses, other varieties. I don't like them, but I don't like the toxic solutions, either. Usually, they stay far enough away from me. I suppose we 'co-exist' or I'm in a healthy state of denial. |
| MagnetoFunk
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| Almylo
(OP) User ID: 31326177 Canada05/07/2013 03:27 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | OP, Quoting: Meadow1 Mix equal parts of confectioners sugar and boric acid in a plastic bag. Using a plastic spoon, place a small amount on little pieces of foil. Place the foil inside cabinets, and other places the pets can't reach. The boric acid will dehydrate them, and the sugar will clog their legs and bodies. Sure death. It will kill ants and roaches as well. Also, you might try this: Most house pests hate eucalyptus oil, peppermint oil, and citrus oils like orange or lemon. Add a few drops to a spray bottle, add water, shake and spray around doors, cracks and crevices. Repeat twice a week. Anything harsh smelling that we don't like, the spiders will not like as well. They don't like the smell of apple cider vinegar. Spray ac vinegar around the kitchen or places you see the spiders. Some of the smaller roach baits will attract spiders, pick up a few of those and place them up in high areas. On the fridge or behind the stove. Finally, buy some sticky tapes for insects. The spiders will crawl on the tapes, become stuck there, and you can bag the whole thing and throw it away. You can make your own sticky tapes from masking tape. Just place the tape sticky side up, and trap the spiders. Good luck. Great IDEAS !!!!! I can do all that stuff. Ahhhhhhhhh Sigh. I feel alot better about my spidey sitiation now. I get pretty hyped up about the whole thing. I just knew GLPers were the answer. As usual: YOU GUYS ROOOOCK !!!!!     You are my sun, my moon & all my stars. ~E. E. Cummings |
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| PatrikC325
User ID: 1166101 United States05/07/2013 03:29 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Every Spring and throughout the Summer until freeze up Quoting: Almylo we have to deal with 'largish' black house spiders. Can't take it anymore! There must be a solution. I have cats and a dog, so the 'solution' must be safe for children & pets. I know there must be several GLPers who have dealt with this issue. Please help a household of squeamish 'girls' !! Eeeeeeeeeeeee. LOL. peppermint oil in water place in a mister and spray around. |
| Almylo
(OP) User ID: 31326177 Canada05/07/2013 03:30 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | You are my sunshine You are my sunshine You make me happy When you are dead, mwah ha ha ha ha. Sorry, I really am an animal lover.... it's just spiders are a definite 'work in progress' for me, lol You are my sun, my moon & all my stars. ~E. E. Cummings |
| Almylo
(OP) User ID: 31326177 Canada05/07/2013 03:32 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | I have all kinds of spiders in and around my house. Black widows, brown recluses, other varieties. I don't like them, but I don't like the toxic solutions, either. Usually, they stay far enough away from me. I suppose we 'co-exist' or I'm in a healthy state of denial. Quoting: YankeeRose555 Mine are the 'in your face' variety. Like I said earlier. They only come out at night and creep up the vents and terrorize then. Very nasty little creatures. You are my sun, my moon & all my stars. ~E. E. Cummings |
| Almylo
(OP) User ID: 31326177 Canada05/07/2013 03:34 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Every Spring and throughout the Summer until freeze up Quoting: Almylo we have to deal with 'largish' black house spiders. Can't take it anymore! There must be a solution. I have cats... what kind of cat doesn't hunt and kill all the spiders for fun and sport? tell the cat to shape up or ship out Yeah I've been wondering why the cats haven't been doing a better job. do you think they may have picked up my 'arachnaphobia' ??? You are my sun, my moon & all my stars. ~E. E. Cummings |
| Almylo
(OP) User ID: 31326177 Canada05/07/2013 03:36 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Every Spring and throughout the Summer until freeze up Quoting: Almylo we have to deal with 'largish' black house spiders. Can't take it anymore! There must be a solution. I have cats and a dog, so the 'solution' must be safe for children & pets. I know there must be several GLPers who have dealt with this issue. Please help a household of squeamish 'girls' !! Eeeeeeeeeeeee. LOL. peppermint oil in water place in a mister and spray around. I loooove that idea. Sounds so pleasant. Almost fun..........almost, hah! I definitely am going to try that first and see if it helps. You are my sun, my moon & all my stars. ~E. E. Cummings |
| Anonymous Coward User ID: 39457726 United States05/07/2013 03:37 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | I have all kinds of spiders in and around my house. Black widows, brown recluses, other varieties. I don't like them, but I don't like the toxic solutions, either. Usually, they stay far enough away from me. I suppose we 'co-exist' or I'm in a healthy state of denial. Quoting: YankeeRose555 Mine are the 'in your face' variety. Like I said earlier. They only come out at night and creep up the vents and terrorize then. Very nasty little creatures. Well, if mine start behaving that way, I will have to do something about them. My hope is that spiders never mutate and grow wings.  |
| Almylo
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| Rev StarGazer
User ID: 37891955 United States05/07/2013 03:41 PM  Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Revvvvv. You meanie, lol. It's okay I saw the movie. It was difficult to watch for me, ewww. How are you today  It's an absolutely beautiful day! We have HUGE cane spiders here in Hawaii but the centipede *shudder* is by far the evilest. "Satan's Pest" Not me in the video - I prefer dispatching them with a machete or a very large, sharp chef's knife. “If we are peaceful, if we are happy, we can smile and blossom like a flower, and everyone in our family, our entire society, will benefit from our peace.” Thich Nhat Hanh, Being Peace "But ask the animals, and they will teach you, or the birds in the sky, and they will tell you; or speak to the earth, and it will teach you, or let the fish in the sea inform you." - Job 12:7,8 "When the going gets weird, the weird turn pro." - Hunter S. Thompson revstargazer (at) hotmail.com |
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| Rev StarGazer
User ID: 37891955 United States05/07/2013 03:45 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Are you suggesting she needs an owl? "weaving spiders come not here" [link to foundsf.org] Last Edited by Rev Woo-Woo on 05/07/2013 03:46 PM “If we are peaceful, if we are happy, we can smile and blossom like a flower, and everyone in our family, our entire society, will benefit from our peace.” Thich Nhat Hanh, Being Peace "But ask the animals, and they will teach you, or the birds in the sky, and they will tell you; or speak to the earth, and it will teach you, or let the fish in the sea inform you." - Job 12:7,8 "When the going gets weird, the weird turn pro." - Hunter S. Thompson revstargazer (at) hotmail.com |
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| Almylo
(OP) User ID: 31326177 Canada05/07/2013 03:49 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | |
| Anonymous Coward User ID: 1502149 United States05/07/2013 03:51 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | I have a rule with spiders. If they stay on the ceiling, they can live. If they come down any closer to me than that, they are a goner. I see them on a regular basis, but not enough to warrant gassing the house. The sugar ants are the bane of my existence, though. |
| Anonymous Coward User ID: 1502149 United States05/07/2013 03:52 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | I have all kinds of spiders in and around my house. Black widows, brown recluses, other varieties. I don't like them, but I don't like the toxic solutions, either. Usually, they stay far enough away from me. I suppose we 'co-exist' or I'm in a healthy state of denial. Quoting: YankeeRose555 Mine are the 'in your face' variety. Like I said earlier. They only come out at night and creep up the vents and terrorize then. Very nasty little creatures. Well, if mine start behaving that way, I will have to do something about them. My hope is that spiders never mutate and grow wings. True. Those flying cockroaches are bad enough. |
| Almylo
(OP) User ID: 31326177 Canada05/07/2013 03:55 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | I have all kinds of spiders in and around my house. Black widows, brown recluses, other varieties. I don't like them, but I don't like the toxic solutions, either. Usually, they stay far enough away from me. I suppose we 'co-exist' or I'm in a healthy state of denial. Quoting: YankeeRose555 Mine are the 'in your face' variety. Like I said earlier. They only come out at night and creep up the vents and terrorize then. Very nasty little creatures. Well, if mine start behaving that way, I will have to do something about them. My hope is that spiders never mutate and grow wings. True. Those flying cockroaches are bad enough. I didn't know they had flying ones. Scary. You are my sun, my moon & all my stars. ~E. E. Cummings |
| Almylo
(OP) User ID: 31326177 Canada05/07/2013 03:58 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | A little off topic; but can anyone tell me why threads about SPIDER DOOM don't get any stars??? It might not be doomy enough for some people, but it's up there on my list. You are my sun, my moon & all my stars. ~E. E. Cummings |
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| QuantumKev
User ID: 632713 United States05/07/2013 03:59 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Every Spring and throughout the Summer until freeze up Quoting: Almylo we have to deal with 'largish' black house spiders. Can't take it anymore! There must be a solution. I have cats and a dog, so the 'solution' must be safe for children & pets. I know there must be several GLPers who have dealt with this issue. Please help a household of squeamish 'girls' !! Eeeeeeeeeeeee. LOL.  Haha! I do hope you get some good info friend. I honestly have never dealt with anything like that. Of course the best solution would be something that would be non-harmful to them but would simply 'drive' them away - wondering about the post from someone above talking about peppermint oil, and how effective that might be... Here is what I do when confronted with such an issue: I say a little 'prayer', talk to the insects if you will, telling them that I would like them to leave (I know, sounds silly, but for me, essential for spiritual sense of peace about it), and that if they don't, I will have to take measures to convince them to. I usually send out that thought for a couple of days, and if I don't see any change by then, I will take drastic measures against one of the suspects, in a manner that is quick and hopefully painless, leaving the body behind as a "sign" to the rest that I mean business. After another day or 2, if they have not gone, then I feel as though I have done my part as a conscious living being to let them know of my intention and take whatever measures necessary to remove them. One exception to this is extremely poisonous or dangerous spiders/insects, like black widows and brown recluses : I will kill them (with a prayer for forgiveness) if they are anywhere inside the house, as I too have pets and children and can't risk them being bitten. Best of luck with your situation Almylo!  "It is better to be silent and thought a fool than to speak up, and remove all doubt." ~ Abraham Lincoln |
| Almylo
(OP) User ID: 31326177 Canada05/07/2013 04:15 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Every Spring and throughout the Summer until freeze up Quoting: Almylo we have to deal with 'largish' black house spiders. Can't take it anymore! There must be a solution. I have cats and a dog, so the 'solution' must be safe for children & pets. I know there must be several GLPers who have dealt with this issue. Please help a household of squeamish 'girls' !! Eeeeeeeeeeeee. LOL. Haha! I do hope you get some good info friend. I honestly have never dealt with anything like that. Of course the best solution would be something that would be non-harmful to them but would simply 'drive' them away - wondering about the post from someone above talking about peppermint oil, and how effective that might be... Here is what I do when confronted with such an issue: I say a little 'prayer', talk to the insects if you will, telling them that I would like them to leave (I know, sounds silly, but for me, essential for spiritual sense of peace about it), and that if they don't, I will have to take measures to convince them to. I usually send out that thought for a couple of days, and if I don't see any change by then, I will take drastic measures against one of the suspects, in a manner that is quick and hopefully painless, leaving the body behind as a "sign" to the rest that I mean business. After another day or 2, if they have not gone, then I feel as though I have done my part as a conscious living being to let them know of my intention and take whatever measures necessary to remove them. One exception to this is extremely poisonous or dangerous spiders/insects, like black widows and brown recluses : I will kill them (with a prayer for forgiveness) if they are anywhere inside the house, as I too have pets and children and can't risk them being bitten. Best of luck with your situation Almylo! Hi Kev, I have missed you. Left a couple messages on your thread. Haven't seen you on my other thread either. Nice to hear from you again. As usual, great insightfulness and excellent info. I will follow your lead my kind friend You are my sun, my moon & all my stars. ~E. E. Cummings |
| alexisj9
User ID: 1376880  United Kingdom05/07/2013 04:16 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | I have all kinds of spiders in and around my house. Black widows, brown recluses, other varieties. I don't like them, but I don't like the toxic solutions, either. Usually, they stay far enough away from me. I suppose we 'co-exist' or I'm in a healthy state of denial. Quoting: YankeeRose555 Mine are the 'in your face' variety. Like I said earlier. They only come out at night and creep up the vents and terrorize then. Very nasty little creatures. Well, if mine start behaving that way, I will have to do something about them. My hope is that spiders never mutate and grow wings. Do you guys get crane flys over there? [link to www.google.co.uk] Not technically spiders, but I've seen plenty of people run from these because of the resemblence lol. |
| INK3
User ID: 38549259 United States05/07/2013 04:19 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Every Spring and throughout the Summer until freeze up Quoting: Almylo we have to deal with 'largish' black house spiders. Can't take it anymore! There must be a solution. I have cats and a dog, so the 'solution' must be safe for children & pets. I know there must be several GLPers who have dealt with this issue. Please help a household of squeamish 'girls' !! Eeeeeeeeeeeee. LOL. You have a crawl space under the house? If so take some stuff called Boric Acid, you can buy at Lowes for like $3 a bottle, and do a line all around the foundation inside then start in the back corner and spray it into the air as you walk back to powder under the entire house. Once you're done you can then go into your home, again spray a perimeter line all around your home and then do a lite spray over your carpets (don't go high into the air to avoid getting it on counters and stuff) for 2-3 weeks then vacuum it up. I do the Boric Acid under the house/addict every single year to keep them out and I see no bugs/spiders at all. Boric Acid is a dehydrating agent so it's 100% safe for kids/animals to eat and even if they ate half the bottle they only NEED to have water at their disposal to prevent any harm. Spiders/ants/etc will get it on their feet and when they clean themselves off they can't get enough water and thus die. It wont kill mice or rats so it wont harm small children or lap dogs/cats. We have lap dogs (Maltese) and we never had any issues when we had to do it. I also did it when my Collie was 3 months old and she rolled in the stuff daily and no harm ever came to her (lived to be 15 years old) Check the stuff out...it's safer then anything you will ever find for this job. Boric acid sounds good. I'm also a fan of diatomaceous earth. Won't harm the kids or pets, but has to be food grade. "When tyrants tremble in their fear, and hear their death knell ringing, When friends rejoice both far and near, how can I keep from singing" page7 |
