Spiders How To Get Rid Of Them?

Tenant called said spiders are biting them in their sleep. Is there a way to get rid of them? A spray or traps anything?



Thanks



James

Comments(11)

  • royalfortune29th June, 2007

    Were they describing a dream, or an actual thing?

    Boric Acid on the floor, around the bed. Maybe?

    MC
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  • JamesStreet29th June, 2007

    I wish it was a dream.... Boric Acid.... Can you explain this a little bit? Thanks

  • cjmazur29th June, 2007

    boric acid and diatomatious earth get in between the segment of the insects body and erodes the "joint"

    Imagine sand in a hinge.

  • JamesStreet29th June, 2007

    Thanks where do I get it and will it hurt small kids or pets?

  • LynLinz29th June, 2007

    After searching the internet, I have used as much "orange" smelling stuff as I could find

    I have also bought the orange smelling liquid spray furniture polish and spray it as I would an air freshener, in corners, under bed, etc.

    It makes the house smell good too

    In addition I have had an exterminater every 2 months and things are much much better

    I searched somthing like "get rid of spiders" on google)

  • haynesm3rd July, 2007

    If you think oranges is a weird idea then try “hedge apples”. You know the big green bumpy things that grow on hedge trees. Here in southern Missouri, certain time of year, you can see them growing along the roads and pick them free of charge. Of course common courtesy dictates you ask the property owners.

    This might a good place to list the weird things that people use around their properties.

    For example, putting a plastic bag of water on the screen door to keep flies out of the house. You can drive up and down the streets around here and see plastic bags on lots of screen doors. And no, we’re NOT from the hills. When I first moved here I thought to myself, if you have a good screen door what do you need the bag of water for??? Maybe the people were using welded wire 2x4 inch as a screen. But don’t laugh too much until you have tried it.

  • mcole3rd July, 2007

    I had never heard of the water in a plastic bag trick, but I did find this to support your theory...

    http://www.straightdope.com/mailbag/mwaterbags.html

    : )

  • ypochris18th July, 2007

    Boric acid is harmless to humans and pets, and works well against cockroaches- especially when mixed with a bait. But I have never heard of using it for spiders.

    Diatomacious earth is breathed in by insects and cuts them up internally, but must be dry dust to work. It is harmless toxicologically, as it works mechanically- but I do not recommend breathing large quantities of the dust.

    Although all spiders have venom, most spiders are not able to penetrate human skin. "Spider bite" is a common explaination for mysterious bites or rashes that very rarely are actually caused by spiders. Fleas, centipedes, bedbugs, allergies- there could be any number of culprits, and unless a spider is actually witnessed doing the biting any competent doctor would look elsewhere for the cause as actual spider bite is quite rare (see July issue of "American Family Physician", and May also as I recall).

    Fortunately diatomacious earth will help resolve any insect cause of these bites...

    Chris

  • d_random18th July, 2007

    Hey mcole, thanks for the link on the water bags, I always wondered about that.

  • cmiller998618th July, 2007

    check out www.domyownpestcontrol.com
    they are cheap and give advice by pest
    I have saved a lot of money with them because they have the same stuff as the pros.

  • estateXchange18th July, 2007

    You can try wasps, they eat spiders )

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