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.. what's the best spider deterrent?

Just had to deal with possibly the biggest house spider I've seen and I think I vomited in my mouth slightly.

The other alternative was to charge it rent and let it have one of the bedrooms.
 
Bengal cat.

.....but you do have to put up with the trail of destruction that occurs before they catch it. :D

....and look at the legs hanging out of its mouth before it eats it! :puke:



Heather
 
Just let them wander around and earn their keep that's what I do :thumbs:
 
Tigger.ufo said:
Bengal cat.

.....but you do have to put up with the trail of destruction that occurs before they catch it. :D

....and look at the legs hanging out of its mouth before it eats it! :puke:



Heather
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watching maine coons trying to climb walls when they sit on the ceiling... :nuts:
 
Or you could just stop being a big girl's blouse. :)
 
And they normally travel in pairs.....................:)

Spiders are supposed to not like horse chestnuts, so a few conkers placed in the corners of the rooms - there are several sprays you can get that deter spiders that have horse chestnut extract or peppermint oil which I am told also works.
 
What you need my old mucker is one of them Bird eating Spiders :thumbs: :thinking:
 
neil_g said:
There's more bugs in the garden for it to eat, I was kind. He was lucky the missus didn't use her heavy object approach :D

Bet the b****r gets back in though :|
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You know whats funny?
Over the course of many years as a pestie,
I got / get called to quite a few spider jobs.

(Yes there is a professional treatment)
They always head for houses about this time of year as the colder weather
drives the smaller insects inside, the arachnids follow looking for food and shelter....

Anyway on to the point, its *always* the man of the household that phones up,
claiming that his other half is "terrified" of them and can we get rid of them.

But just by watching his re-action,
as I set about the task, you know damned well that he is crapping himself :D

FFS Guys! man up :D
They rarely bite and 99% of them don't posses fangs long enough to
penetrate the human skin, by more that a couple of layers ;)

Cue the guys that say ah! but! ;)
 
Cobra said:
You know whats funny?
Over the course of many years as a pestie,
I got / get called to quite a few spider jobs.

(Yes there is a professional treatment)
They always head for houses about this time of year as the colder weather
drives the smaller insects inside, the arachnids follow looking for food and shelter....

Anyway on to the point, its *always* the man of the household that phones up,
claiming that his other half is "terrified" of them and can we get rid of them.

But just by watching his re-action,
as I set about the task, you know damned well that he is crapping himself :D

FFS Guys! man up :D
They rarely bite and 99% of them don't posses fangs long enough to
penetrate the human skin, by more that a couple of layers ;)

Cue the guys that say ah! but! ;)
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Ah but!! :D
 
Cobra said:
You know whats funny?
Over the course of many years as a pestie,
I got / get called to quite a few spider jobs.

(Yes there is a professional treatment)
They always head for houses about this time of year as the colder weather
drives the smaller insects inside, the arachnids follow looking for food and shelter....

Anyway on to the point, its *always* the man of the household that phones up,
claiming that his other half is "terrified" of them and can we get rid of them.

But just by watching his re-action,
as I set about the task, you know damned well that he is crapping himself :D

FFS Guys! man up :D
They rarely bite and 99% of them don't posses fangs long enough to
penetrate the human skin, by more that a couple of layers ;)

Cue the guys that say ah! but! ;)
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Hey My Big Cojones I freely admit that I am scared witless by big spiders!! Even seeing them on National Geographic makes my sphincter pucker! So lucky that we don't get them out here :lol::lol::thumbs:
 
Cobra said:
You know whats funny?
Over the course of many years as a pestie,
I got / get called to quite a few spider jobs.

(Yes there is a professional treatment)
They always head for houses about this time of year as the colder weather
drives the smaller insects inside, the arachnids follow looking for food and shelter....

Anyway on to the point, its *always* the man of the household that phones up,
claiming that his other half is "terrified" of them and can we get rid of them.

But just by watching his re-action,
as I set about the task, you know damned well that he is crapping himself :D

FFS Guys! man up :D
They rarely bite and 99% of them don't posses fangs long enough to
penetrate the human skin, by more that a couple of layers ;)

Cue the guys that say ah! but! ;)
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I don't like the buggers but there was no way the other half was going near it.. It was all I could do to get her to watch where it went while I fetched a large jug to catch it in :lol:

I can live with small ones but those big blighters freak me out :gag:
 
Cobra said:
You know whats funny?
Over the course of many years as a pestie,
I got / get called to quite a few spider jobs.

(Yes there is a professional treatment)
They always head for houses about this time of year as the colder weather
drives the smaller insects inside, the arachnids follow looking for food and shelter....

Anyway on to the point, its *always* the man of the household that phones up,
claiming that his other half is "terrified" of them and can we get rid of them.

But just by watching his re-action,
as I set about the task, you know damned well that he is crapping himself :D

FFS Guys! man up :D
They rarely bite and 99% of them don't posses fangs long enough to
penetrate the human skin, by more that a couple of layers ;)

Cue the guys that say ah! but! ;)
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This has just reminded of a call I got several years back off a big hard rugby player telling me that I needed to go up the club and set the alarm as he wasn't going back in there as there was a rat behind the bar, he could hear it apparently :lol: as the bar and facilities manager I really didn't want to find rats, not good at all for your annual inspection by the licensing department :eek: so even though I'm about 45 minutes away that day I head over to see what's up...as it turns out it was ice in one of the flash coolers under bar that had built up and then fallen off and was rattling around the cooling fan...bloody wimp
 
Ricardodaforce said:
Hey My Big Cojones I freely admit that I am scared witless by big spiders!! Even seeing them on National Geographic makes my sphincter pucker! So lucky that we don't get them out here :lol::lol::thumbs:
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Yeah but you get those Centipede things that bite :D

But they do look cute too :D
 
Awwww you load of wussies they are soo cute :love:


137 by Dragon's_Lair, on Flickr
 
There used to be someone at work who was afraid of spiders. We used to leave pictures like the one above in his drawer and watch as he opened it.


Steve.
 
No spiders are not cute... they are hairy scary buggers:eek:

There is nothing worse than a big giant spider having a stand off with you whilst you are sitting in bed and IT is in the way so you are trapped.... watching you waiting for you to move.. shudder!:shake:
 
Cobra said:

FFS Guys! man up :D
They rarely bite and 99% of them don't posses fangs long enough to
penetrate the human skin, by more that a couple of layers ;)
Cue the guys that say ah! but! ;)
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I never realised spiders in the UK could bite until I tried to capture a large one on my living room floor. My usual Modus operandi due to the swift nature of arachnids is to sneak up behind the buggars and grab a leg but on this occasion the sod curled up into a ball and bit me on the finger. Talk about shocked needless to say my current stratagy involves a receptacle of some description :)

Steve
 
what you need is a macro lens and make them into interesting photography subjects, having a lens stuck in their 8 eyes really makes them happy, you can tell by the smiles on their little faces :thumbs:
 
Cobra said:
Yep my money was on you Rich :thumbs:
Thats a pint I owe me :p
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Best of luck collecting on that bet!

If a spider's big enough to be scared of, you'll need a spade and a bucket with a lid. Hit the spider on the head with the spade and leave the spade there. When the spider feels the egg rising on its noggin, its instinctive reaction will be to feel it with at least 4 of its legs. As soon as it closes these legs over the top of the blade of the spade, lift it up and drop it in the bucket. Lid on bucket, bucket outside and let the b****r push the lid off the bucket and b****r off.

Job's (as they say) a good'un.
 
The problem with deterrents is you never really know if they have worked or if the spiders have died or are somewhere you can't see them.

Although I like spiders I understand others do not and unfortunately the spiders that are likely to turn up in houses tend to be big.

Read once of a bloke in Australia who was not keen on some of the native bugs and had a few geckos living free in his house and reckoned virtually no creepy crawlies survived for very long.

Sorry this is probably not an option in the UK.

Dave
 
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LOL Ian, I wondered if you would be along :D
 
Me and the missus will quite happily sit and watch UK spiders of any size do what they have to do. We had one that I'm convinced used to watch the TV.
 
Tringa said:
The problem with deterrents is you never really know if they have worked or if the spiders have died or are somewhere you can't see them.

Although I like spiders I understand others do not and unfortunately the spiders that are likely to turn up in houses tend to be big.

Read once of a bloke in Australia who was not keen on some of the native bugs and had a few geckos living free in his house and reckoned virtually no creepy crawlies survived for very long.

Sorry this is probably not an option in the UK.

Dave
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Have to admit to not being fond of the larger house spiders, though I have managed to stop the manic screaming these days ;)

We have 6 cats and 2 dogs which tend to deal with most of them anyway, but have to admit, if it wasn't for them, I would happily have a couple of geckos living loose and doing the job instead :thumbs:
 
Yv said:
Have to admit to not being fond of the larger house spiders, though I have managed to stop the manic screaming these days ;)

We have 6 cats and 2 dogs which tend to deal with most of them anyway, but have to admit, if it wasn't for them, I would happily have a couple of geckos living loose and doing the job instead :thumbs:
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Oh! A couple of geckos am I? Is that what I am worth to you :(

I have always quite liked spiders! More now for their effect on Yv and the girls! :naughty:
 
I'm in the "let them be" group.
However, there was one in the lounge on Sunday evening which I believe, if approached with a rolled up newspaper, would have snatched it out of my hand and beaten me with it.
On the up side, he did close the door when he left :D
 
Me and the wife are not bothered by spiders at all, we have 2 cats but still see the odd spider in the house.
Now, daddy long legs (sure that's not the proper name!) freak my wife out completely, running away screaming freaked out :eek:. It's the flying legs hanging down apparently. Even then I'm not allowed to kill em, have to catch them and release outside while shutting the door/window at speed :D
 
PaulF said:
Me and the wife are not bothered by spiders at all, we have 2 cats but still see the odd spider in the house.
Now, daddy long legs (sure that's not the proper name!) freak my wife out completely, running away screaming freaked out :eek:. It's the flying legs hanging down apparently. Even then I'm not allowed to kill em, have to catch them and release outside while shutting the door/window at speed :D
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Crane flies. Disgusting little critters.
 
As said above, horse chestnuts -open- repel spiders.
They don't like vinegar either. Spraying with dilute vinegar will kill them, or jam jar lids filled with vinegar deters them. They run screaming from the room. :)
At least these remedies are pet and child friendly.
 
kendo1 said:
As said above, horse chestnuts -open- repel spiders.
They don't like vinegar either. Spraying with dilute vinegar will kill them, or jam jar lids filled with vinegar deters them. They run screaming from the room. :)
At least these remedies are pet and child friendly.
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:thinking: I wonder if this remedy works with children...:D
 
They say that you are never more than 1 metre from a spider (wonder how many of you are looking around you right now :naughty:)

In our house the wife is petrified, the cat doesn't give a **** so it is down to me and a muckle size 10 or other means to kill and dispose........ I mean get rid of them.
 
Cg_Girl said:
:thinking: I wonder if this remedy works with children...:D
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Only if you leave out the conkers and add lemon juice. Fill a supersoaker type water gun with the mixture and squirt the little bleeders in the face.

:WARNING: The above may get you arrested so don't really do it (On the off chance that anyone would actually think I was being serious...)
 
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