View Full Version : Anyone know of an exterminator?
Lex_Luthor
04-19-2011, 15:50
As inexpensive as possible, preferred. We have found 3-4 black widows at our house. We're going to ask our landlord if he'll be willing to have them taken care of.
Anyone know of a way to get rid of those little buggers? These broads have been pretty big, and I thought they were quite territorial...
yuck. [Mad]
just get some bug spray.
widows won't mess with you unless you mess with them, but since they are in your domain they must be destroyed.
Lex_Luthor
04-19-2011, 16:29
Ok thanks. Yeah landlord's office said they wouldn't do it. Oh well, I tried. Ha. I'll have to swing by the store and pick some up this week.
If you know where they are then yeah just get some spray.
Although if I were you I would probably just go with a flamethrower. Black widows freak me the hell out.
don't get me wrong, I'll jump just like anyone else if I feel a tickle and look down to see a creepy crawly on me.
but I'm not scared of spiders.
years back I had to clean out the shed by myself because all my friends that were there all had extreme arachnophobia.
funny to watch a grown man yelp, drop the box and run into the house.
I'm not necessarily arachnophobic, but screw black widows man. You get one of those little fuckers' fangs in you and it's a slow, painful death.
Buy a cat.. They're disposable and like to chase spiders.
funny to watch a grown man yelp, drop the box and run into the house.
When did you see me do this????.........lol, no seriously....I'd like to "think" I'm a tough guy and can handle pretty much any situation but if a spider is within 20 feet of me I scream like a little school girl and call my wife.
We kill 3 or 4 black widows a week at our house, just something I guess we have to live with here in Colorado.
patrick0685
04-19-2011, 19:02
Buy a cat.. They're disposable and like to chase spiders.
haha...thats an amazing idea[ROFL1][ROFL2][ROFL3][LOL]
Chuck Norris, or Uncle Ted. I can hook you up.
My brother used to have problems with fiddlebacks (brown recluse) in a shop building, and he always used some kind of spray "bombs". Basically a spray can that you set someplace, trigger it, and it would fog the entire building into every nook and cranny and kill every critter in the place. I have no idea what the product was though.
Not this kind of bug bomb though.....
gnihcraes
04-19-2011, 19:48
I took a co-worker to the medical clinic today because of some spider bite she has, arm is all read and swollen. Get some spray. (or a cat)
Has anyone but an infant or senior ever died from a Black Widow?
Lyda Catherine AMBROSE left a trail of five dead husbands.
OOps wrong Black widow.
Haha. Mountain Man, you've been on quite the roll lately.
flan7211
04-19-2011, 21:06
Yeah no one really dies from those guys, but definitely bomb the place. Cover your food and clothes and blow up the place.
BPTactical
04-19-2011, 21:50
Remove their environment or they will just come back. They like dark and cluttered places, like leaves, woodpiles, window wells and ceiling joists. Eliminate their food source as well, other spiders, earwigs etc. When it comes to bug spray get some that is specific to crawling critters. Black Widows and other shiny bodied insects are a bit more difficult to kill with poisons. It also leaves residuals that other spideys will pick up and kill them as well.
Diamataceous earth sprinkled around where you find them is a good natural bug deterrent and Diazanon granules aren't natural but they kick ass. Foggers and bombs are a PITA in a house. We did it once and will never do it again, oily residue all over that took forever to get cleaned.
When we moved into our place I cleaned out the window wells and vines. 14 Black Widows and it took about 2 years to permanently rid the window wells. I still see an occasional one in my shed.
Watch out for them in those control valve boxes for sprinkler systems too, they seem to love those things.
Lex_Luthor
04-21-2011, 11:03
Thanks for the replies guys. The house is a single level, small place. The house needs major repairs, and every time we complain about something to the land lord, he sends his guys out and they do a half-assed job, and the "repairs" are not even worth the time of them coming out. I wish he would hire some decent help. Our doors do not seal properly (ANY of them), I'm sure the place needs insulation, and there are just too many direct holes to the outdoors. We get a few mice here and there too. Usually just 3-4 and they're done for half a year or so. We've found out that peppermint essential oils, mixed with water and sprayed into every corner of the house work pretty well to keep spiders and other bugs out. Vinegar is another thing we just tried. We don't have any cluttered areas, but under the house, is where I'm SURE those widows are coming from. Spiders in general don't freak me out, but seeing a pitch black, shiny widow bigger than a $0.50 piece sets my teeth on edge.... *shudder* ugh. We need to get a new house to [hopefully sometime soon] buy.
ldmaster
04-21-2011, 12:41
http://animals.nationalgeographic.com/animals/bugs/black-widow-spider/
They don't stalk us, they dont even like the same things we do.
That doesn't keep me from whacking them when I see them, I move my woodpile every year, and every year - there they are. The three idiots (my dogs) have never been bitten by one, and they live in the back yard and garage.
Diazinon does work well for them though, harder to find anymore now that the government has determined that diazinon once caused a squirrel to go nuts...
BPTactical
04-21-2011, 13:13
the government has determined that diazinon once caused a squirrel to go nuts...
Diazinon is responsible for ByteStryke?
Damn dangerous stuff then......................................[Coffee]
Lex_Luthor
04-21-2011, 13:17
Yeah the main problem I have with laying down poison or anything like that is that we have 4 dogs. 2 of them LOVE to chase and eat spiders and other bugs. Thankfully we haven't found a LOT of widows, but I'm absolutely sure they're under the house, and are coming through the cracks at some point. Luckily, it's just been 3 so far.
BPTactical
04-21-2011, 13:51
Yeah the main problem I have with laying down poison or anything like that is that we have 4 dogs. 2 of them LOVE to chase and eat spiders and other bugs. Thankfully we haven't found a LOT of widows, but I'm absolutely sure they're under the house, and are coming through the cracks at some point. Luckily, it's just been 3 so far.
Use the Diamataceous Earth then Alex. It is safe for your bigger critters, you can actually sprinkle it on the dogs as a natural flea killer/preventative. Most animals can ingest a spider and at the worst just feel pukey.
Yesterday I went to use the restroom, and as I opened the toilet seat, a spider jumped out and hung down to the floor. I brushed him away and sat down. After sitting there a while, I started looking around for it, and didn't see it anywhere. As a result of a total fluke, I happened to look down, and noticed a small piece of lint on the butt of my gun. On closer inspection, I saw that it was the spider. I brushed him away again and lost track of him again. The end.
Yesterday I went to use the restroom, and as I opened the toilet seat, a spider jumped out and hung down to the floor. I brushed him away and sat down. After sitting there a while, I started looking around for it, and didn't see it anywhere. As a result of a total fluke, I happened to look down, and noticed a small piece of lint on the butt of my gun. On closer inspection, I saw that it was the spider. I brushed him away again and lost track of him again. The end.
You're just chock full of these little anecdotes aren't you?
That's only the first time a spider has been on my person without me totally freaking out.
Lex_Luthor
04-22-2011, 14:52
Use the Diamataceous Earth then Alex. It is safe for your bigger critters, you can actually sprinkle it on the dogs as a natural flea killer/preventative. Most animals can ingest a spider and at the worst just feel pukey.
Ok great thanks BPT. I used to be around DE all the time when I worked at a pool, but those were huge 50 lb bags we used to pour into the filter (IIRC) to aid filtration. Or maybe we put it directly into the pool.... Can't remember. Anyway, I'll have to go check some out.
Yesterday I went to use the restroom, and as I opened the toilet seat, a spider jumped out and hung down to the floor. I brushed him away and sat down. After sitting there a while, I started looking around for it, and didn't see it anywhere. As a result of a total fluke, I happened to look down, and noticed a small piece of lint on the butt of my gun. On closer inspection, I saw that it was the spider. I brushed him away again and lost track of him again. The end.
So, what you're saying is that a spider, possibly a gang member, jumped you in the bathroom, and tried to wrest your weapon from you, but you successfully thwarted the attack, and the spider fled the scene?
/police spokesperson
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