Spiders

[blessidsoul12]

complements if my little macro lens i slapped onto my iphone ?

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[cripton805]

Spiders are where the food is. Either the OP's jeep is parked under a light, with top down/off or windows open, or there is another infestation in the jeep that the spiders are feasting on. Even an infrared light source can attract insects and spiders to eat them. On my ring camera in the backyard, it gets triggered frequently by insects and spiders at night. Maybe there is a light staying on in the jeep? It doesn't take much.

No. We just have a lot of small spiders in the area. They get carried in their webs with the wind. They somehow make their way in through the smallest of crevices and set up. I'm not afraid of them, but having webs across my windshield, dash, clothes, and it's gotten in my face once or twice. lol

They love the bottom corners of the windshield and make webs around the speakers. I rarely see them since they don't really come out.

 

[Threedom]

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[greige]

No. We just have a lot of small spiders in the area. They get carried in their webs with the wind. They somehow make their way in through the smallest of crevices and set up. I'm not afraid of them, but having webs across my windshield, dash, clothes, and it's gotten in my face once or twice. lol

They love the bottom corners of the windshield and make webs around the speakers. I rarely see them since they don't really come out.

Yeah, afraid or not, I would not want the webs all over my jeep either. They must be finding something to eat, or they would leave, wouldn't they? Or do they keep landing there, setting up base, and then starve and the next litter arrives? Whatever it is, sounds like a difficult task. I wonder how they are getting inside the jeep.

 

[Wabujitsu]

Yeah, afraid or not, I would not want the webs all over my jeep either. They must be finding something to eat, or they would leave, wouldn't they? Or do they keep landing there, setting up base, and then starve and the next litter arrives? Whatever it is, sounds like a difficult task. I wonder how they are getting inside the jeep.

They cannibalize each other, then are starved out.

 

[Wabujitsu]

She just molted last month- about 7" now. She a big lady.

Getting flicked by tarantula hairs into the face kinda sucks. I will let you explain that tarantula behavior ?

 

[Jeepalady17]

For me lately its been bees. Been stung twice while driving, and have had to remove three more in the last month.

The one drawback with my High Velocity Jeep is it attracts yellowjacket wasps and with the black accents I guess they figure the "mothership has come home"

 

[cosmokenney]

The one drawback with my High Velocity Jeep is it attracts yellowjacket wasps and with the black accents I guess they figure the "mothership has come home"

Oh lord! At least mine is billet silver. Most of the bees, in my case, come from either the bushes that are over-gowing into the local trails, or when riding between the many local cow pastures, the wind blows them across the road and into the jeep.

 

[itrocks4u]

Picked up High Altitude from a dealership in Portland, Oregon. Brought it back to Seattle, WA. History shows the car was on the lot since August 2023 and I took it home Feb 25 2024. Parked it in garage and have been killing 2 spiders per day.

I'm ready to return the jeep and have lost hope of enjoying it.

 

[longfiredragon]

Beautiful animal!

I figured it was inevitable that someone who knows something about the subject would go off on the actual recluse distribution. I’m glad it wasn’t I! ?

A friend of mine led a comprehensive, scientific study of recluses in FL. They hitchhike into non-endemic areas of the country, like FL, in moving trucks, etc. They don’t survive outside in FL, and thus have only been found in a few buildings in the entire state.

Woo, woo, what. He better go back a redo the study. While they are not native to FL. I lived there for around 40 years and can tell you the brown recluse are fricken everywhere.

I know multiple, multiple people that have been bitten. And try this, pull into just about any gas station that is not brand new and look up. All you see is brown recluse webs.

And I have been all over the state. There frickin everywhere in FL.

 

[Wabujitsu]

Woo, woo, what. He better go back a redo the study. While they are not native to FL. I lived there for around 40 years and can tell you the brown recluse are fricken everywhere.

I know multiple, multiple people that have been bitten. And try this, pull into just about any gas station that is not brand new and look up. All you see is brown recluse webs.

And I have been all over the state. There frickin everywhere in FL.

Darryl, brown recluse spiders don’t make webs, or lurk, on ceilings. They make them low to the floor/ground, under furniture, etc. It’s one of the reasons for their name “recluse.”

All spiders are venomous, to varying degrees, and can cause a reaction in humans, who have sensitivity to the venom, to varying degrees. Thus, many doctors, who aren’t knowledgeable about spiders, will say “you got bit by a brown recluse” when treating a spider bite.

It is one of the most misidentified spiders in North America. There are many spiders that look very similar.

 

[4xFUN]

Didn't read all the post so forgive if this has been brought up already...
DRY ICE, lots of dry ice in pans sit throughout vehicle, all windows tightly rolled up, tape plastic over cowl vents and let set overnight. They will die due to suffocation as the ice melts and turns into carbon dioxide gas, since carbon dioxide gas is heavier than air the gas will first pool under seats and dash-just where the critters like to hide! Make sure to vacuum up debris (dead spiders) and throughly air out before driving

 

[grimmjeeper]

 

[Heimkehr]

Picked up High Altitude from a dealership in Portland, Oregon. Brought it back to Seattle, WA. Parked it in garage and have been killing 2 spiders per day.

I'm ready to return the jeep and have lost hope of enjoying it.

With respect, I hope that was said in jest. ?

While they are not native to FL. I lived there for around 40 years and can tell you the brown recluse are fricken everywhere. I know multiple, multiple people that have been bitten. And try this, pull into just about any gas station that is not brand new and look up. All you see is brown recluse webs.

And I have been all over the state. There frickin everywhere in FL.

I was stationed in the Panhandle. I remember the first time I saw a black widow in the dormitory laundry room. Raid would've been proud of how well I saturated the walls and corners with their insect sprays.

 

[longfiredragon]

Darryl, brown recluse spiders don’t make webs, or lurk, on ceilings. They make them low to the floor/ground, under furniture, etc. It’s one of the reasons for their name “recluse.”

All spiders are venomous, to varying degrees, and can cause a reaction in humans, who have sensitivity to the venom, to varying degrees. Thus, many doctors, who aren’t knowledgeable about spiders, will say “you got bit by a brown recluse” when treating a spider bite.

It is one of the most misidentified spiders in North America. There are many spiders that look very similar.

Well sir, I am just going to tell you what I know to be true. I am very familiar with the brown recluse spider sir.The people I am referring to that got bitten. It was a doctor visit because the recluse basically causes gain green (may not be spelled right) lol. And most times does not go away on it's own, but will just keep eating the flesh. And then has to be cut out by a doctor. These were recluse bites, not some other spider.

Also, I don't know what else to tell you. I will explain it as I know it. The recluse absolutely builds their web up high. I going to take a guess here. I believe they have evolved and adapted. They absolutely love building their webs under lights for obvious reasons. I pulled into my local fill up station one day and it was taped, and coned off with a crew exterminating and then pressure washing all the recluse webs down.

I walked inside and asked and was told that's what was going on. I was told customers were complaining there was so many. Not just up high either, you would have to be careful just grabbing the pump handle.

I have had them on my house on the soffit area, yes, up high under my motion lights. In my pool area, up high.

The brown recluse is a northern US spider. But they have hitched rides into FL. On trucks, RVs etc. And in some places their population has exploded. They have not just come to FL. They are thriving in huge numbers in FL.

I know exactly what they look like, exactly what there webs look like. I have played with their webs just to see them come out. I have seen an insect get caught in the web and watched the recluse come out and snatch it.

They are called recluse because they don't hang in their webs like a lot of spiders. They build a funky shaped web where you can see the hole for the entrance/exit. They lay in there and wait. (A lot of times up high under artificial lighting) when something gets caught in their web, they come out and attack. That's why they're called brown recluse. Not because of where they make their webs.

Next time your in FL. Have a look under some gas station awnings, some of them are like a Stephen King movie there are so many.

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