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(Way OT) Arachnophobia
No, I'm not really afraid of spiders. Many spiders are beneficial. And
some, like the large black & yellow argiope spiders I had flanking my patio a couple of years ago are strikingly beautiful. But I don't want spiders in my house. That's not usually a problem. I think I might find one small spider corpse inside maybe once a year. This week I've found two small dead spiders on the floor. I vacuumed them up, didn't give it a second thought. Until this morning when I went into the kitchen to make a pot of coffee. There was a (much bigger) spider sitting by the baseboard. I hate to kill them, I really do. But, with a sigh, I got out the bug spray and blasted it. EEEEEEEK! A gazillion teeny tiny baby spiders started swarming off this thing! OMG! How freaky! Now I'm worried I might have a spider infestation. How can I tell? And what on earth do I do if that's the case? Call an exterminator? I worry about the chemicals they use around Persia. (Yes, I know that's a contradiction but the area I sprayed was one isolated corner in the kitchen.) I certainly can't have the house fumigated. (What about lingering residue from fumigation?!) John is arriving for a month-long visit on Wednesday; we (and Persia) would have to stay in a hotel for a few days. That's expensive and it would freak poor Persia out. Plus hotel/motel rooms are hard to find here. Parris Island (Marine Corps Recruiting Station) holds weekly graduations for the recruits every Friday. Family members come from all over to attend and watch the ceremony so rooms are hard to come by. When my parents died my brothers had a hard time finding rooms except in the most expensive hotels - The Marriot, The Hilton, etc. I don't really expect advice, I'm just venting and freaking out a little bit at the thought of having to deal with this. I'm sure glad I sprayed that "mama spider" this morning. If I hadn't I know I'd definitely have been overrun with them. It's still creeping me out. Jill |
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(Way OT) Arachnophobia
"jmcquown" wrote in message ... There was a (much bigger) spider sitting by the baseboard. I hate to kill them, I really do. But, with a sigh, I got out the bug spray and blasted it. EEEEEEEK! A gazillion teeny tiny baby spiders started swarming off this thing! OMG! How freaky! Jill - - - - - - - - - - - - That same thing happened to me years ago. It was a rather horrifying sight, even though I am not afraid of spiders. It was just so unexpected (and freaky, as you said). An exterminator once told me that spiders can only be killed by contact insecticides. I actually like having spiders outdoors because most are harmless and can even be beneficial. They are pretty good at getting rid of unwanted insects themselves. I don't like them in the house, though. If it's just one or two, I try to trap them and put them outdoors. I did *not* suddenly see an influx of spiders, even after the episode of tiny spiders swarming off its mother, so you may find the same thing to be true. If you start having more of a problem, you possibly could vacuum them up (using a vacuum hose and not the "sweeper" part), then empty the bag or cannister outside. MaryL |
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(Way OT) Arachnophobia
On May 30, 7:29*am, "jmcquown" wrote:
No, I'm not really afraid of spiders. *Many spiders are beneficial. *And some, like the large black & yellow argiope spiders I had flanking my patio a couple of years ago are strikingly beautiful. But I don't want spiders in my house. *That's not usually a problem. *I think I might find one small spider corpse inside maybe once a year. This week I've found two small dead spiders on the floor. *I vacuumed them up, didn't give it a second thought. *Until this morning when I went into the kitchen to make a pot of coffee. *There was a (much bigger) spider sitting by the baseboard. *I hate to kill them, I really do. *But, with a sigh, I got out the bug spray and blasted it. EEEEEEEK! *A gazillion teeny tiny baby spiders started swarming off this thing! *OMG! *How freaky! Now I'm worried I might have a spider infestation. *How can I tell? *And what on earth do I do if that's the case? *Call an exterminator? *I worry about the chemicals they use around Persia. *(Yes, I know that's a contradiction but the area I sprayed was one isolated corner in the kitchen.) I certainly can't have the house fumigated. *(What about lingering residue from fumigation?!) *John is arriving for a month-long visit on Wednesday; we (and Persia) would have to stay in a hotel for a few days. *That's expensive and it would freak poor Persia out. *Plus hotel/motel rooms are hard to find here. *Parris Island (Marine Corps Recruiting Station) holds weekly graduations for the recruits every Friday. *Family members come from all over to attend and watch the ceremony so rooms are hard to come by. *When my parents died my brothers had a hard time finding rooms except in the most expensive hotels - The Marriot, The Hilton, etc. I don't really expect advice, I'm just venting and freaking out a little bit at the thought of having to deal with this. *I'm sure glad I sprayed that "mama spider" this morning. *If I hadn't I know I'd definitely have been overrun with them. *It's still creeping me out. Jill I've had that happen before, too. It *is* freaky and more than a little disconcerting. But I've never sprayed, and never had a real infestation of spiders. I just "catch and release" for the most part. I've noticed some years are worse than others for spiders--maybe weather conditions affect their numbers. But I totally understand. *One* spider is no big deal, but seeing gazillions of them is creepy. Tarantulas are creepy just because of their sheer size. Sherry |
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(Way OT) Arachnophobia
On May 30, 7:52*am, Sherry wrote:
.. Tarantulas are creepy just because of their sheer size. But can have unusual uses....where we used to live was a bad area for gangs of kids who did things like throwing a door at me from the 5th floor balcony (If something hadn't made me look up I wouldn't be writing this)/ripping the head of a pigeon thse little charmers had just airgunned then shoving it head and all through someones letter box... you get the picture The lady next door had a Mexican bird eating spider called "Lyon" (Cos he was always "Lying still"- must have been a cat in a previous life and hadn't got out of the habit of extensive napping) and the kids used to yell abuse at her whilst demanding to come in and see her "Tarantula" didn't seem to occur to them that abusing her was not likely to achieve a result and anyway even if they'd asked nicely no way was she going to invite them in- it would have been a lot easier to just dump her stuff on the pavement and ask them to take it all way 'cos that's what they would have done if she'd let them in..One day we were standing outside and a gang of these kids came up and started asking us if we'd perform acts of a sexual nature (I am being polite here) and generally threatening us and she said "Do you wanna see my spider?"so they started saying they did not believe she had a spider so she calmly reached into her pocket and took out a Band Aid box- their general opinion was no way did this fornicating female dog (As I say I am being polite) keep her imaginary spider in a Band Aid box..She opened the box and tilted it slightly and out came some very long hairy legs.....followed by the spiders face....at this point the whole lot of them ran off screaming..... She never had any trouble with them again as none of them obviously knew all spiders moult their exoskeleton and what she had was the shell from Lyon's last moult Lesley Slave of the Fabulous Furballs |
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(Way OT) Arachnophobia
"Lesley" skrev i meddelandet ... On May 30, 7:52 am, Sherry wrote: .. Tarantulas are creepy just because of their sheer size. But can have unusual uses....where we used to live was a bad area for gangs of kids who did things like throwing a door at me from the 5th floor balcony (If something hadn't made me look up I wouldn't be writing this)/ripping the head of a pigeon thse little charmers had just airgunned then shoving it head and all through someones letter box... you get the picture The lady next door had a Mexican bird eating spider called "Lyon" (Cos he was always "Lying still"- must have been a cat in a previous life and hadn't got out of the habit of extensive napping) and the kids used to yell abuse at her whilst demanding to come in and see her "Tarantula" didn't seem to occur to them that abusing her was not likely to achieve a result and anyway even if they'd asked nicely no way was she going to invite them in- it would have been a lot easier to just dump her stuff on the pavement and ask them to take it all way 'cos that's what they would have done if she'd let them in..One day we were standing outside and a gang of these kids came up and started asking us if we'd perform acts of a sexual nature (I am being polite here) and generally threatening us and she said "Do you wanna see my spider?"so they started saying they did not believe she had a spider so she calmly reached into her pocket and took out a Band Aid box- their general opinion was no way did this fornicating female dog (As I say I am being polite) keep her imaginary spider in a Band Aid box..She opened the box and tilted it slightly and out came some very long hairy legs.....followed by the spiders face....at this point the whole lot of them ran off screaming..... She never had any trouble with them again as none of them obviously knew all spiders moult their exoskeleton and what she had was the shell from Lyon's last moult Lesley Slave of the Fabulous Furballs LOL! That was a good one! Elisabet |
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(Way OT) Arachnophobia
MaryL wrote:
"jmcquown" wrote in message ... There was a (much bigger) spider sitting by the baseboard. I hate to kill them, I really do. But, with a sigh, I got out the bug spray and blasted it. EEEEEEEK! A gazillion teeny tiny baby spiders started swarming off this thing! OMG! How freaky! Jill - - - - - - - - - - - - That same thing happened to me years ago. It was a rather horrifying sight, even though I am not afraid of spiders. It was just so unexpected (and freaky, as you said). An exterminator once told me that spiders can only be killed by contact insecticides. I actually like having spiders outdoors because most are harmless and can even be beneficial. They are pretty good at getting rid of unwanted insects themselves. I don't like them in the house, though. If it's just one or two, I try to trap them and put them outdoors. I did *not* suddenly see an influx of spiders, even after the episode of tiny spiders swarming off its mother, so you may find the same thing to be true. If you start having more of a problem, you possibly could vacuum them up (using a vacuum hose and not the "sweeper" part), then empty the bag or cannister outside. MaryL That is right~! Vacuum then vacuum again and again using crevice tool in corners and along edges. I had an "invasion" like that when I first moved here. There must have been hundreds of baby spiders across the ceiling. They get under the edge of the carpets in the edges of door ways. Just keep a good vacuum handy. Good luck. |
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(Way OT) Arachnophobia
On 5/30/2011 12:15 PM, Lesley wrote:
On May 30, 7:52 am, Sherry wrote: .. Tarantulas are creepy just because of their sheer size. But can have unusual uses....where we used to live was a bad area for gangs of kids who did things like throwing a door at me from the 5th floor balcony (If something hadn't made me look up I wouldn't be writing this)/ripping the head of a pigeon thse little charmers had just airgunned then shoving it head and all through someones letter box... you get the picture The lady next door had a Mexican bird eating spider called "Lyon" (Cos he was always "Lying still"- must have been a cat in a previous life and hadn't got out of the habit of extensive napping) and the kids used to yell abuse at her whilst demanding to come in and see her "Tarantula" didn't seem to occur to them that abusing her was not likely to achieve a result and anyway even if they'd asked nicely no way was she going to invite them in- it would have been a lot easier to just dump her stuff on the pavement and ask them to take it all way 'cos that's what they would have done if she'd let them in..One day we were standing outside and a gang of these kids came up and started asking us if we'd perform acts of a sexual nature (I am being polite here) and generally threatening us and she said "Do you wanna see my spider?"so they started saying they did not believe she had a spider so she calmly reached into her pocket and took out a Band Aid box- their general opinion was no way did this fornicating female dog (As I say I am being polite) keep her imaginary spider in a Band Aid box..She opened the box and tilted it slightly and out came some very long hairy legs.....followed by the spiders face....at this point the whole lot of them ran off screaming..... She never had any trouble with them again as none of them obviously knew all spiders moult their exoskeleton and what she had was the shell from Lyon's last moult Lesley Slave of the Fabulous Furballs Love it!!!! -- ^..^ This is Kitty. Copy and paste Kitty into your signature to help her wipe out Bunny's world domination. -- The ONE and ONLY lefthanded-pathetic-paranoid-psychotic-sarcastic-wiseass-ditzy former-blonde in Bloomington! (And proud of it, too)© email me at nalee1964 (at) comcast (dot) net http://community.webshots.com/user/mgcmdjeep |
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Arachnophobia (No longer way OT)
I just walked into our living room just in front of the telly we have
a spaghetti junction of sundry leads and extension plugs etc for the TV/PC/Video/DVD etc etc. I always make sure I switch it all off and unlpug it from the mains before we go to bed...so what I don't want to see is Sarsi in the middle of it turning boxes over and digging round leads but she's being very persistent- there's something she wants under something in there...so I turned over the box she was pawing at and a hude spider shot out from under it and bolted behind the TV stand! Sarsi was so obsessed with trying to turn the box over she didn't even spot it notice her prey had vanished! Lesley Slave of the Fabulous Furballs (Who has just realised this means there's a large spider free in the house....) |
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Arachnophobia (No longer way OT)
Lesley wrote:
I just walked into our living room just in front of the telly we have a spaghetti junction of sundry leads and extension plugs etc for the TV/PC/Video/DVD etc etc. I always make sure I switch it all off and unlpug it from the mains before we go to bed...so what I don't want to see is Sarsi in the middle of it turning boxes over and digging round leads but she's being very persistent- there's something she wants under something in there...so I turned over the box she was pawing at and a hude spider shot out from under it and bolted behind the TV stand! Sarsi was so obsessed with trying to turn the box over she didn't even spot it notice her prey had vanished! Lesley Slave of the Fabulous Furballs (Who has just realised this means there's a large spider free in the house....) EEEKKK!!! |
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(Way OT) Arachnophobia
Lesley wrote:
On May 30, 7:52*am, Sherry wrote: . Tarantulas are creepy just because of their sheer size. But can have unusual uses....where we used to live was a bad area for gangs of kids who did things like throwing a door at me from the 5th floor balcony (If something hadn't made me look up I wouldn't be writing this)/ripping the head of a pigeon thse little charmers had just airgunned then shoving it head and all through someones letter box... you get the picture The lady next door had a Mexican bird eating spider called "Lyon" (Cos he was always "Lying still"- must have been a cat in a previous life and hadn't got out of the habit of extensive napping) and the kids used to yell abuse at her whilst demanding to come in and see her "Tarantula" didn't seem to occur to them that abusing her was not likely to achieve a result and anyway even if they'd asked nicely no way was she going to invite them in- it would have been a lot easier to just dump her stuff on the pavement and ask them to take it all way 'cos that's what they would have done if she'd let them in..One day we were standing outside and a gang of these kids came up and started asking us if we'd perform acts of a sexual nature (I am being polite here) and generally threatening us and she said "Do you wanna see my spider?"so they started saying they did not believe she had a spider so she calmly reached into her pocket and took out a Band Aid box- their general opinion was no way did this fornicating female dog (As I say I am being polite) keep her imaginary spider in a Band Aid box..She opened the box and tilted it slightly and out came some very long hairy legs.....followed by the spiders face....at this point the whole lot of them ran off screaming..... She never had any trouble with them again as none of them obviously knew all spiders moult their exoskeleton and what she had was the shell from Lyon's last moult God - those kids are much creepier than any spider! I'm glad your neighbor freaked them out. Joyce -- Loneliness is comforted by the closeness and touch of fur to fur, skin to skin, or -- skin to fur. -- Paul Gallico |
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