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spiders #11627 November 14th, 2003 at 01:45 AM
Joined: Jun 2003 South Carolina E esor105 OP Member
OP esor105 Member E Joined: Jun 2003 South Carolina	Hi, I don't know who to ask but my son just moved into an old farm house that has spiders.(granny long legs) and I don't know how to get rid of them? Can anyone help?

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Re: spiders #11628 November 14th, 2003 at 05:54 AM
Joined: Oct 2003 Gainesville, FL B boxmonkey Member
boxmonkey Member B Joined: Oct 2003 Gainesville, FL	This is probably not what you want to hear, but why do you want to get rid of them? Daddy long legs/harvestmen are not actually spiders, cannot bite people, and they eat numerous insects and spiders. They might be doing you more of a favor just by being there than you realize.

Re: spiders #11629 November 14th, 2003 at 02:41 PM
Joined: Apr 2003 N.Y. weezie13 Compost Queen!
weezie13 Compost Queen! Joined: Apr 2003 N.Y.	Hello Esor, I have to say it too, I'm a spider saver, as long as they stay in a corner, I'm fine with them. But, I know that some people do not like them. Do you mind going after them and taking them outside?? If something like a big, black spider bugs me or a bee or wasp gets in the house I take a plastic see~through cup and piece of stiff cardboard.... Take the cup put it over the bug real quick and slide the card board between the cup and the say wall or light fixture, etc. what ever it may be. Then the animal is in the cup and I don't have to touch it, I don't have to keep it in the house or have to hurt it... I'm a big believer in if it isn't hurting you, leave it alone. With having boys and visiting boys, they always want to squwish the bugs, and told them while they're visiting this is a bug sanctuary, NO SQUWISHING ALLOWED!!!! Weezie How many do you have??? Lot's?

Re: spiders #11630 November 14th, 2003 at 02:57 PM
Joined: Jul 2003 SE TX`in the yard somewhere mo... njoynit Member
njoynit Member Joined: Jul 2003 SE TX`in the yard somewhere mo...	I have tons on TONS of them out here.i gave up trying to rid them.I do wish they would get rid of ALL the recluse spiders so my hubby will stop getting bit by them... * little known fact...once bitten by a recluse spider it leaves an antivenom that they can sence and you WILL be bit again* but daddy-long-legs are harmless.i have them in huge groups and they pile up on each other like a big party in a room too small.I spray painted some this summer(yellow) then for months on end& do still see some ...i see yellow spider here& there.I have noticed they are different colors(no not SPRAYPAINTED ones :p ) I'd leavethem...if they are their is because is a good insect supply there for them to eat on

Re: spiders #11631 November 15th, 2003 at 03:39 PM
Joined: Jun 2003 northern iowa I iowadahlia Member
iowadahlia Member I Joined: Jun 2003 northern iowa	wow i did'nt know that about the recluse, my brother was bitten by one and had to go and get the wound scraped out everyday. and then my sister-in-law was bitten too and she had to spend 3days in the hospital. most people don't even know we have recluses in iowa.

Re: spiders #11632 November 15th, 2003 at 04:22 PM
Joined: Jul 2003 Northern California, Zone 9b P papito Member
papito Member P Joined: Jul 2003 Northern California, Zone 9b	Info on Brown Recluse & Other Recluse Spiders http://www.ipm.ucdavis.edu/PMG/PESTNOTES/pn7468.html http://www.emedicine.com/emerg/topic547.htm

Re: spiders #11633 November 15th, 2003 at 06:07 PM
Joined: Oct 2003 Los Angeles - Hollywood Hills jc2weho Heaven's Gardener
jc2weho Heaven's Gardener Joined: Oct 2003 Los Angeles - Hollywood Hills	Oh, man! Instant shivers !

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Re: spiders #11634 November 15th, 2003 at 06:09 PM
Joined: Apr 2003 N.Y. weezie13 Compost Queen!
weezie13 Compost Queen! Joined: Apr 2003 N.Y.	Ditto Another reason to live were it gets cold 6 months out of the year!!! <img border="0" alt="[clappy]" title="" src="graemlins/clappy.gif" /> Weezie

Re: spiders #11635 November 15th, 2003 at 08:55 PM
Joined: Jul 2003 Northern California, Zone 9b P papito Member
papito Member P Joined: Jul 2003 Northern California, Zone 9b	Not trying to scare anyone, but look at the three pictures below: Effects of Brown Recluse Bite http://home.texoma.net/~linesden/spider.htm

Re: spiders #11636 November 16th, 2003 at 03:23 AM
Joined: Jun 2003 Memphis, TN z8 Nikkal Member
Nikkal Member Joined: Jun 2003 Memphis, TN z8	Thanks for the links, Papito. I checked them out to make sure my recluses really were brown recluses, and they are. You don't know how hard that was, I have a serious case of arachnaphobia, can't even look at a live spider on TV! Although I seldom find one in the house, I take all the suggested precautions (banging shoes out before putting them on, shaking out clothes that have been stored, checking the shower before I step in, not reaching into dark places, etc.) I have a few friends that have been bitten, not only the bite, but the treatments, were a horrible experience for them! Sorry, Weezie but spiders around here have 2 choices - run really fast, or it's all over for them!! Okay, gotta stop talking about this, I'm getting all creepy crawly! Nikkal

Re: spiders #11637 November 16th, 2003 at 05:22 AM
Joined: Apr 2003 N.Y. weezie13 Compost Queen!
weezie13 Compost Queen! Joined: Apr 2003 N.Y.	Yes, Nikkal, I fully agree with you on that one, I was talking about the daddy long legs, and the spindal spiders, harmless here, I live in the cold place, and we don't get any one's that bite, I have posted before my hat is off to anyone who lives in an area where there's an animal that bites or strikes or stings!! I could not nor will I live in and area like that. I walk out my back door and go, I couldn't take a stick every and check stuff, I'd forget all the time... I'm a big chicken!! Weezie

Re: spiders #11638 November 16th, 2003 at 05:29 AM
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Anonymous Unregistered A	Nikkal I am with you on this one....even if their is a tiny spider in my bedroom I will be up forever until I find it...The thought of them crawling on me at night, possibly on my face freaks me out!!! I attribute my spider fear to my sister having a pet tarantula when I was a little girl!! That she used to make me pet...talk about disgusting.....Spiders don't have much of a chance in this house.... I have had an infestation of ladybugs for the past months....I mean I've probably caught a hundred of them....it's really gotten cold now and there are only maybe 2 left....I don't know why we have so many get in the house...my mom lives across the st and I never remembered seeing any in her house growing up....someone told me they bite...I didn't believe it until one landed on my leg and bit me!!!

Re: spiders #11639 November 16th, 2003 at 09:07 PM
Joined: Mar 2003 California catlover The Cheetah!
catlover The Cheetah! Joined: Mar 2003 California	I say fumigate/squish/smash/be rid of them all!!!! We have many, many black widows here and there are some with long legs that are almost translucent that bite! Get rid of them ALL!!!! After dark I am out with a flashlight and I am spraying/smashing black widows and smooshing snails/slugs. I usually leave the big garden spiders alone or keep after the webs that are in my walkway and they usually move to another area! Nothing is worse than walking to the front door in the middle of the night and putting your face right into the middle of the web....RIGHT WHERE MR. SPIDER is waiting!!!! Invade MY house they are a gonner! Ewwwwwwwww! 5 cats help out alot....even if it is to just spot the spiders for you as they crawl across the floor!