Spiders

[ForgottenTaco]

Residual insecticides don’t work on spiders. Even if they walk through the insecticide, it won’t affect them because, unlike insects, they don’t clean their exoskeleton with their mouths. They don’t even have an exoskeleton, and they don’t groom like insects.

A bug bomb might work, because the insecticide is inhaled.

We have had to deal with invasive brown widows, and invasive, HUGE, Huntsman spiders in our vehicles. The Huntsman give me the willies! My wife was driving in town one day, looked at her rear view mirror, and there were spider legs COMPLETELY WRAPPED AROUND the upper and lower edges of the mirror, from the Huntsman on the back of it! They can achieve a leg span of five to six inches, and they move like lightning.

Fortunately my wife isn’t freaked out by such things.

About the only thing you can do about spiders in a vehicle is to physically remove them, or deprive them of food by using insecticides. If there’s nothing to eat, they leave or die.

That is a bad ass looking spider

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[Wabujitsu]

Oh, hell no! I don't like spiders, even if they do serve a essential function, but I certainly will not let one crawl on me voluntarily. Thanks for the image, now it's off to bed where I will undoubtedly dream about spiders.

Roger, those damn Huntsman spiders get in the house occasionally, and sometimes evade our cats for too long. I have LITERALLY heard them running across window blinds FROM THE OTHER ROOM!!!

It’s chilling.

I used to handle reptiles, alligators, tarantulas, etc. for a living. I did reptile shows at Sarasota Jungle Gardens decades ago, and did educational lectures on my own, with my own collection, after I left there. I also collected/hunted reptiles and other critters across the US for years, and bought/sold/traded for years. I was fully licensed to do so.

HOWEVER…when it came to spiders, yes - I forced myself to handle tarantulas and all manner of other spiders, including Huntsman spiders, but damn, it took every ounce of courage I had to do so!!! I have free-handed cobras many, many times, even rattlesnakes with no tools and with no issues, but for some reason, spiders are….EEEEK!!! ?

 

[Deleted member 59498]

Residual insecticides don’t work on spiders. Even if they walk through the insecticide, it won’t affect them because, unlike insects, they don’t clean their exoskeleton with their mouths. They don’t even have an exoskeleton, and they don’t groom like insects.

A bug bomb might work, because the insecticide is inhaled.

We have had to deal with invasive brown widows, and invasive, HUGE, Huntsman spiders in our vehicles. The Huntsman give me the willies! My wife was driving in town one day, looked at her rear view mirror, and there were spider legs COMPLETELY WRAPPED AROUND the upper and lower edges of the mirror, from the Huntsman on the back of it! They can achieve a leg span of five to six inches, and they move like lightning.

Fortunately my wife isn’t freaked out by such things.

About the only thing you can do about spiders in a vehicle is to physically remove them, or deprive them of food by using insecticides. If there’s nothing to eat, they leave or die.

I would have crashed for sure because I would have jumped out!

 

[Fast-n-Furious]

I’ve seen spiders in basement, garage, corners of bedrooms. Just use paper towel and kill them if you see any in the Jeep.

 

[Wabujitsu]

That is a bad ass looking spider

Here’s a Huntsman I found here, at home. That is my hand, and I have big hands. The spider was dead; it had fallen, and it was so heavy that its abdomen partially separated from its head upon impact.

 

[Slippery Pete]

Residual insecticides don’t work on spiders. Even if they walk through the insecticide, it won’t affect them because, unlike insects, they don’t clean their exoskeleton with their mouths. They don’t even have an exoskeleton, and they don’t groom like insects.

A bug bomb might work, because the insecticide is inhaled.

We have had to deal with invasive brown widows, and invasive, HUGE, Huntsman spiders in our vehicles. The Huntsman give me the willies! My wife was driving in town one day, looked at her rear view mirror, and there were spider legs COMPLETELY WRAPPED AROUND the upper and lower edges of the mirror, from the Huntsman on the back of it! They can achieve a leg span of five to six inches, and they move like lightning.

Fortunately my wife isn’t freaked out by such things.

About the only thing you can do about spiders in a vehicle is to physically remove them, or deprive them of food by using insecticides. If there’s nothing to eat, they leave or die.

OH HELL NO!

 

[aldo98229]

There’s a big giant spider on my driveway!

 

[NWJeepr]

We have a big hobo spider named Frank who lives under the freezer in our garage. He is Frank the Freezer Spider. No joke...he's been there a long time, about a year if it's the same one. Sometimes he'll be chillin on the concrete and then head back under the freezer when you get close. Same deal every time.

He's been getting bigger. I told him to stop eating all the bacon in the freezer but he doesn't listen. I guess Hobo sliders can live up to 3 years. He's welcome to stay, but he's not allowed in the house.

 

[TrailScooter]

I know a guy. He's good with snakes...

 

[The Last Cowboy]

Found this little guy on my hat in the garage one day. Plenty of tarantulas around here, but I haven’t found one in the Jeep yet. Roadrunners love to eat the meaty part BTW.

 

[The Chubbernaut]

My garage has hundreds of black widows. Big, fat ones. So far they haven't been a problem, but I do wonder when they will find their way into the jeep. I run without doors or top as often as I can get away with it so it's probably only a matter of time. Yesterday when I moved the freedom panel bag a few of them ran out to find a quieter corner. I'll take some pictures tomorrow if I remember.

 

[2nd 392]

I'm getting infested with spiders in the Jeep. They're making webs in the windshield, dash, under my seats, back seats.

They're working overtime. Making blankets and thick webs.

Anyone had this issue and have non toxic ways to set traps or get rid of them?

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My garage has hundreds of black widows. Big, fat ones. So far they haven't been a problem, but I do wonder when they will find their way into the jeep. I run without doors or top as often as I can get away with it so it's probably only a matter of time. Yesterday when I moved the freedom panel bag a few of them ran out to find a quieter corner. I'll take some pictures tomorrow if I remember.

At the risk of appearing an idget, try slicing onions and putting them in bowls of water around the infested areas. My wife is into “natural” remedies and it’s on the list to repel spiders. We also have large bags of diatomaceous earth that does appear to help thin the bugs out, but don’t know about spiders. Oh well— just cost ya some onions to try.

 

[Wabujitsu]

My garage has hundreds of black widows. Big, fat ones. So far they haven't been a problem, but I do wonder when they will find their way into the jeep. I run without doors or top as often as I can get away with it so it's probably only a matter of time. Yesterday when I moved the freedom panel bag a few of them ran out to find a quieter corner. I'll take some pictures tomorrow if I remember.

I hate to say it, but it’s only a matter of time. Our vehicles that became infested with widows were parked outside, and they weren’t convertibles.

 

[Wabujitsu]

At the risk of appearing an idget, try slicing onions and putting them in bowls of water around the infested areas. My wife is into “natural” remedies and it’s on the list to repel spiders. We also have large bags of diatomaceous earth that does appear to help thin the bugs out, but don’t know about spiders. Oh well— just cost ya some onions to try.

If you can get the DE on the spiders, it will work; it’s a fantastic desiccant. That would be tricky, though, unless you dust their webs and/or they walk through it, like a wolf or huntsman spider, who hunt by sight, not by catching in webs. At the least though, it should kill all of their prey, which would starve them out.

 

[linux_guy]

I’ve read that bundles of mint or eucalyptus helps keep them away, but not sure how much it would help in this situation. I doubt it will kill them, but maybe they’ll be motivated to find somewhere else to live.

I knew I planted a Eucalyptus tree for a reason. I'll give this a try.

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