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03-14-2011, 12:59 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: California | | | Black Widows in My Bedroom -- Thoughts?
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Again.
They showed up last year, now I see a tiny little one coming down from the ceiling the day before yesterday...flip him over and there's the little blood-red hourglass. Squash.
I see none of their distinctive webs -- which are unmistakable -- and no more of them. I sprayed a bunch of Grant's spider spray around and moved myself and the cat into the studio away from the fumes until I come up with the next move.
I'm not so much concerned about me, but a black widow could mess up the kitty bad.
Any simple solutions?
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03-14-2011, 01:06 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: Phoenix / Kansas City | | Around here we use hedge apples and just slice them open and let them sit around, spiders don't come near them.
Of course, unless you're in California, Missouri, that probably won't help. Maybe you can get them online? Every season we get hundreds of them just laying around rotting in our spider-free yards. |
03-14-2011, 01:12 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: California | | I dunno...from your link:  Today, the fruit is sometimes used to deter spiders, cockroaches, boxelder bugs, crickets, fleas, and other arthropods. An article posted by the Burke Museum in Washington State claims that this usage, in the case of spiders, has no evidence to support it
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03-14-2011, 01:14 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: Tokyo | | | The "daddy long leg" spiders hunt and eat other spiders. You could bring a few of them into the house, if you don't already have some, as long as you don't mind spiders in your house. I usually let them stay in my apartment as long as they stay away from my "hangout spots", like sofa, bed, computer and music equipment.
My mother was afraid of spiders, so I don't like spiders. But they serve a useful function so I tolerate them if they keep their distance. |
03-14-2011, 01:31 AM
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Originally Posted by Bongolation  I dunno...from your link: Today, the fruit is sometimes used to deter spiders, cockroaches, boxelder bugs, crickets, fleas, and other arthropods. An article posted by the Burke Museum in Washington State claims that this usage, in the case of spiders, has no evidence to support it | You take your articles, I'll take my been-doing-it-for-years-and-seen-it-work evidence. |
03-14-2011, 04:11 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Tennessee | | | You're best bet is to have a clean and clutter free house, and to eliminate any possible food sources.
Yellow light bulbs and dehumidifiers can make your home less susceptible to insects and spiders because insects need humidity and the yellow lights aren't attractive to insects eyes (which are often geared towards seeing ultraviolet light).
If you have a pretty good size infestation, your bet bet may be an exterminator, followed by preventative measures in the future.
Good luck.
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03-14-2011, 09:16 AM
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03-14-2011, 09:25 AM
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Originally Posted by spade2you KILL THEM WIH FIRE!!!! | +1 A flamethrower should work. |
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Originally Posted by PSPookie Whatever you do, DON'T MATE WITH THEM!!! | or discriminate against them! 
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03-14-2011, 10:58 AM
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03-14-2011, 11:38 AM
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Originally Posted by MIJ-VI | Interesting to see that there's no consensus and much contradiction there, though there are more annoying and useless class-clown posts here. 
The room desperately needs a good clean and I think I'll start from there. There are daddy-long-legs webs as I let them have the run of the place if they'll kill other insects, but it looks like these are inactive.
The Grants stuff does kill them, as I've sprayed it and found them dead the next day, but I'm hesitant to go too nuts with it for fear of the consequences for me and the cat.
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03-14-2011, 11:43 AM
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Pyrethrin is safe, just keep the kitty out of the room for a few hours after spraying. We've got two cats and that's what we generally use for zapping creepy-crawlies.
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03-14-2011, 12:03 PM
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Originally Posted by Bongolation Interesting to see that there's no consensus and much contradiction there, though there are more annoying and useless class-clown posts here. | What, exactly, did you expect when you decided to post this thread in TBOT?
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03-14-2011, 12:22 PM
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Originally Posted by UncleFluffy Permethrin is very very bad for cats | That's what's in the stuff I used, though sparingly and three days ago. Didn't let her in there.
It immediately started irritating my lungs, so I got out and closed up the room.
I don't know how long it takes for permethrin to not be a problem, but the plan is to roll everything out of the room that I can, launder the bedding and vacuum the living daylights out of everything with the new carpet vac and the doomsday shopvac and see what that accomplishes. Should remove some of the toxic residue as well.
Desperately overdue task anyhow. 
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03-14-2011, 12:29 PM
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