NOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!

[Binky]

IT'S SPIDER SEASON AGAIN! :cry::cry::cry::cry::cry:

I have seen my first big hairy spider! Sitting on the window outside the bathroom. I practically emtied a can of bug sprey on the fly screen in an attempt to get at it, but sadly I didn't get it!

Little bastard got away!

Now I don't know where it has gone! :cry::cry:

I don't know if it will get in or just go the hell away!

I HATE THIS TIME OF YEAR!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!

WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[draggar]

Windex works wonders on bugs.

Or better yet, a can of compressed air and just hold it upside down.

[Evil Queen]

...won't that make you high as a kite?

Ortho® Home Defense® MAX Perimeter & Indoor Insect Killer (http://www.lowes.com/lowes/lkn?action=productDetail&productId=11983-446-11983) works beautifully with low odor. I can use this in the house about an hour before The DataJager comes home from work (both he and XXDarrianX have asthma) and it's like I never even sprayed. :D It does a wonderful job at keeping the pests out.

There used to be this stuff my father would buy; comes in a big black gallon sized container. Unfortunately it was made illegal in some of the southern states that I was living in/near at the time so when we ran out, we ran out. I still don't know why it was made illegal, but DAYAM was that good shit to kill the pests!

[RayvenQ]

I hate spiders too.

Infact, as I was reading your post, what I found to be a piece of fluff, brushed against my bare feet, I was like :eek:

[SteeleDragon78]

best thing ive found for killing spiders inside is an airsoft gun. outside otoh is a blast of berrymans b12 chemtool. nice mix of chemicals that stink to high heaven, but are gone in 45 sec due to low vapor points. also works wonders on cleaning carbs.:D

[Princess-Snake]

I saw a big one while I was taking the trash out this morning. It was sitting right there near the door to where the trash cans are. That was the farthest I've ever jumped from point A to point B.

[RayvenQ]

best thing ive found for killing spiders inside is an airsoft gun. outside otoh is a blast of berrymans b12 chemtool. nice mix of chemicals that stink to high heaven, but are gone in 45 sec due to low vapor points. also works wonders on cleaning carbs.:D

I now use my 5 and a half foot long two hander sword to deal with spiders, mainly because I can't find a sarissa to use (sarissas range from 3 to 5 meters in length)

[Miyon]

Spider season just ended here. My current apt is mostly spider free but my last one, omg, spiders everywhere every day. Once a piece of what I thought was cat hair was drifting down near my keyboard. I took a second look and it was a very big, very thin white spider. I about pissed myself.

On a side note, RayvenQ, love your quote.

[AdminAssistant]

There used to be this stuff my father would buy; comes in a big black gallon sized container. Unfortunately it was made illegal in some of the southern states that I was living in/near at the time so when we ran out, we ran out. I still don't know why it was made illegal, but DAYAM was that good shit to kill the pests!


I think I know what you're talking about - Dad sprays the yard with it to kill ticks and such (and gets a bunch for Big Sis and BIL).

[Evil Queen]

It can be used on ticks too. I have no idea what the hell it's called, I think it starts with a "d" but it was many many moons ago (some 15 + years).

[SteeleDragon78]

It can be used on ticks too. I have no idea what the hell it's called, I think it starts with a "d" but it was many many moons ago (some 15 + years).

Diazinon, and it was the best insecticide for ticks, chiggers, fleas and such you could buy.

per wiki :
Diazinon kills insects by inhibiting acetylcholinesterase, an enzyme necessary for proper nervous system function. Diazinon has a low persistence in soil. The half-life is 2 to 6 weeks.[1] The symptoms associated with diazinon poisoning in humans include weakness, headaches, tightness in the chest, blurred vision, nonreactive pinpoint pupils, excessive salivation, sweating, nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, abdominal cramps, and slurred speech.

In 1988, the Environmental Protection Agency prohibited the use of Diazinon on golf courses and sod farms because of decimation of bird flocks that congregated in these areas. In the United States as of December 31, 2004, it became unlawful to sell diazinon outdoor, non-agricultural products. It is still legal for consumers to use diazinon products purchased before this date, provided that they follow all label directions and precautions.

[Evil Queen]

That's it! That's the wonderfully evil shit!

*looks it up because Texas has a really BAD fireant problem*

[SteeleDragon78]

aparently you can still get it as an agricultural product, but would probably have to buy it in drums or by the ton. as for fire ants, i found that grits work wonders on them. put a ring of grits around the hill and wait. something about what the grits are processed with that the ants love but cant take.

[Evil Queen]

Well, we have a tractor supply store down the street from here I work. I'll have to stop by and see if they carry it. I can always tell them I'm buying it for the hotel (which somehow has ants).

I remember when Dad would cover the lawn in it; we weren't allowed to let the dogand cat out for two days because of it. Luckily we'd just go camping for the weekend.

I'll try the grits thing. I personally hate Grits but The SO can eat the left overs. I think he likes grits.

[blas]

Spiders? Pahleeze....at least it isn't Japanese Beetle season where you live!

These generic looking ladybugs known as Japanese beetles will take over by the thousands on the sides of houses and eventually get in. They are really clumsy and tend to fall off ceilings and fans and walls. They can fly as well.

If you kill them, the smell attracts more. Leave them alone and they just make more and more. And they STINK.

The only product that seems to kill them is BugStop. And even that doesn't totally stop them from getting in. Looks like I'm going to have to call the landlord and see if the Orkin man will come.

Now if you'll excuse me while I get my ladder and wipe all the bug guts off of my walls before the landlord sees.

[SteeleDragon78]

Well, we have a tractor supply store down the street from here I work. I'll have to stop by and see if they carry it. I can always tell them I'm buying it for the hotel (which somehow has ants).

I remember when Dad would cover the lawn in it; we weren't allowed to let the dogand cat out for two days because of it. Luckily we'd just go camping for the weekend.

I'll try the grits thing. I personally hate Grits but The SO can eat the left overs. I think he likes grits.

put them out dry, i forgot to mention that

[RetailWorkhorse]

A great BIIIIIIIIIG Fuzzy Grass Spider (they're harmless) was sitting on the wall under my light having a chat with the Little Old Man Spider (when they're just sitting there, they look like tiny little wizened man faces. Upside-down, they look like the infamous Skulltula from the Zelda 64 Games).

Couple hours later, Grass Spider was gone and Little Ole Man Spider looked rather.....sated. :confused:
Did a metric fuckton of web-building by the time I got home again.

There used to be this stuff my father would buy; comes in a big black gallon sized container. Unfortunately it was made illegal in some of the southern states that I was living in/near at the time so when we ran out, we ran out. I still don't know why it was made illegal, but DAYAM was that good shit to kill the pests!

It's also commercial grade.

[blas]

Yeah well, when I woke up and turned the light on, I saw that right where I'd sprayed by my livingroom window, there was a dead hairy little spider. Thank gosh that stuff is podent and kills all the unwanted insects, but ewww. So glad that thing didn't get a chance to crawl on me!

[Amethyst Hunter]

I must be 'defective' because spiders in general don't bother me - if anything, I try *not* to kill them because that means they'll be eating up all the other bastardly bugs that come in my room and annoy me! (Ex., mosquitoes. SO. MUCH. HATE. for those #@$%#$@%#$!%ing things. Plus, if it's one of those daddy longlegs spiders, squishing them results in more misery than it's worth: their body juices stink to high heaven for such a small spider!)

I don't like them (or any other bug) crawling on me though. Not that I freak out, but I go "GAH GET OFF ME YOU $!#%!$#%!#$%ING BASTARD" and tend to be a little harsher than necessary in removing them from my person, heh.

If it was a dangerous spider (like a brown recluse or black widow) I would kill it on sight. Brown recluse bites are not a pretty thing. :puke: (their venom literally rots away the flesh and unless the bite is treated asap, the victim may well end up an amputee!)

[Amethyst Hunter]

These generic looking ladybugs known as Japanese beetles will take over by the thousands on the sides of houses and eventually get in. They are really clumsy and tend to fall off ceilings and fans and walls. They can fly as well.

These little fuckers were brought in as pest control for some other insect (I don't know which; this is just what my SIL told me). Now they're a pest themselves! My old Illinois house was INFESTED wall-to-wall with them; we used to joke that our basement was where they went to commit mass suicide because there were literally PILES of dead bug corpses underneath the windows there. It was so disgusting. (We sealed up what we could but we could never figure out how they were getting in or how to keep them entirely out) You had to cover up any food or drink you had out, because they'd get into it - my best friend found this out the hard way once with a piece of banana nut bread: one of the 'nuts' in it wasn't quite kosher, shall we say. :puke:

That was one thing I *did* like about Florida while I was living there - none of those nasty things. :lol: (However, Florida has a shitload of other nasties that more than make up for the lack of icky beetles, heh) The place we're in now still gets them and they seem to be more plentiful than they were last year, but they're still nowhere near on the level that they were in my old house.

Dammit, why can't our houses get infested with something good like butterflies? They're nice to look at and all they do is just fly around looking cute and stuff.

[Irving Patrick Freleigh]

Spiders? Pahleeze....at least it isn't Japanese Beetle season where you live!

These generic looking ladybugs known as Japanese beetles will take over by the thousands on the sides of houses and eventually get in. They are really clumsy and tend to fall off ceilings and fans and walls. They can fly as well.

If you kill them, the smell attracts more. Leave them alone and they just make more and more. And they STINK.



I find they smell like green pepper when they're squashed. And they're always out on the warm days, so lately they've really been out and about.

Oh, that reminds me, yesterday I did something really disgusting. I squashed a couple of those damn beetles with a kleenex and threw the kleenex in the trash. Then I had to blow my nose, so I dug a kleenex out of my little trash can and went to work, and it turned out I was blowing my nose with the same kleenex I used to squash the beetles. :eek:

Whoever got the bright idea to introduce those fucking things around here needs to Die In A Fire.

[blas]

Amethyst and IPF, I was told that a few years back, the DNR brought them in to get rid of other bugs that were jeopardizing crops and other plant life. They must not have known much about these bugs, because they apparently have no (known) enemies, other than humans. And with as bad as they stink, it's no wonder nothing will eat them.

No one's house is safe around these fuckers. Saturday it got up to the high 70s, bright and sunny, and they were just plastered on my window outside and coming in. Thankfully that BugStop worked. It took a lot of people a long time to find a product that was podent enough to kill them. So funny, they make sprays and bombs that kill cockroaches but not little wannabe ladybugs?

And did I mention that they BITE? Those little assholes are vicious! Not to mention CLUMSY....and they love the light. All you hear is them going click....click...click against light bulbs and lamps.....and they fall off the ceiling and onto your hand. YISH!

[Evil Queen]

They were probably brought because of Aphids.

We had them really bad in eastern Tennessee. It got to thte point where we were calling them mutants! *shivers*