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Spiders
Posted: Tue Jun 18, 2013 11:51 pm
by jjmartin349571
They're over running my garage, to the point I'm too scared to go in there
Does anyone know a good way to banish the bastards back outdoors? I won't kill them under any circumstance (don't ask

) so that's not an option. Anyone had any good results through peaceful methods?
Tbh I can cope with smaller ones, but it would appear the large, brown, fast variety have arrived. I've had one that was too big to go in a pint glass drop on my face before

they put the shitters up me those ones do and until they're gone I can't see much work being done on the cars
And yeah I know spiders eat all other nasty things, but tbh I find the cure scarier than the problem so I'd prefer them back outdoors!
Cheers,
Josh
Posted: Tue Jun 18, 2013 11:54 pm
by paul bristol uk
Clean it out, you don't find many spiders in a clean house!
Posted: Tue Jun 18, 2013 11:58 pm
by kris_aka_edu
This was in our house the other day.
As to helping you, just Hoover it and insulate around the bottom of the doors?
Posted: Wed Jun 19, 2013 12:00 am
by indigolemon
Don't you get plug in ultrasonic things for this purpose?
Posted: Wed Jun 19, 2013 12:05 am
by Gayno
indigolemon wrote:Don't you get plug in ultrasonic things for this purpose?
Isn't that for cats?
Posted: Wed Jun 19, 2013 12:11 am
by jjmartin349571
paul bristol uk wrote:Clean it out, you don't find many spiders in a clean house!
The garage is hard to keep clean though, not in a dirt sense but in a clutter sense. All my car parts are in there

the rest of the house is mercifully spider free

I Hoover every day as a result of the dog hair generated by 1 black lab, and he does his bit by consuming any spiders that walk in
Kris, that thing looks like it's waiting to drag someone away

Those are the horrifying running/face jumping ones I've been driven out by! I've hoovered all the cobwebs out once, so I guess I'll try again. And like you say, I'm going to seal the edges of the door, and I'm also going to patch any gaps in the stud walls
indigolemon wrote:Don't you get plug in ultrasonic things for this purpose?
I saw those earlier, but I'm not convinced spiders can hear ultrasound? I just never had spiders down as being able to hear things.
Posted: Wed Jun 19, 2013 12:13 am
by jjmartin349571
Gayno wrote:indigolemon wrote:Don't you get plug in ultrasonic things for this purpose?
Isn't that for cats?
Apparently they deter roaches, mice and spiders too
Thinking about it, my last cat was effective at controlling spider numbers. Unpleasant to watch the legs poking through his lips and twitching though.
Posted: Wed Jun 19, 2013 12:34 am
by Doggo
It's a territory thing. You need to dress up in a big feckoff spider costume and make growling noises and shake your legs menacingly. Intimidate the muffins.
Posted: Wed Jun 19, 2013 12:35 am
by Sailor
Get some frogs. Or shrews.
Failing that, you could get a pet Cambodian and not ask what he's frying in oil and garlic. (And no, this isn't a racist comment: spiders are a regional delicacy.)
Posted: Wed Jun 19, 2013 12:51 am
by Doggo
Sailor wrote:Get some frogs. Or shrews.
Failing that, you could get a pet Cambodian and not ask what he's frying in oil and garlic. (And no, this isn't a racist comment: spiders are a regional delicacy.)
More of a breast man myself
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