I just moved into a basement apartment and didn't find out until about 2 weeks ago that I share space with these creepy crawlers! There are a couple of varieties of spiders that have showed up and since I don't know if they are venomous or not I am quite concerned. I informed the landlord (who by the way is useless) and his answer was to get a can of insecticide and spray around the outside of the apartment. I am planning to move out at the end of my lease which is in January but what's the most effective way of getting rid of them? I now spray around the corners and ceilings but they always come back. And if I happen to get bitten by a spider what is my legal recourse? If you don't have pets indoors, you can buy some Diazinon (sp?)
at Wal Mart (it'll be in with the other bug stuff) and mix it one part Diazinon to two parts water. It will look real cloudy and milky, and it stinks to high heaven. You can use any old, clean spray bottle. Spray it in all the cracks in your apt. and along all the floorboards and in your doorways. You can also put it around the perimeter of your apt. outside. Wait to go back in until it has dried totally (it will dry clear) and you should have no more trouble. If you do, do it again in 25- 30 days, and it should kill all eggs. Good luck!! I hate spiders with all my heart..I feel for ya! My ex worked for our local school district, and they always used this stuff. We began to use it at home, and never saw a bug for the next 4 years!
I've had my run-ins with spiders. I'll admit it, I was scared to death of spiders (and they still kinda creep me out). There's nothing worse than getting almost no sleep because a spider just ran across your cheek and tucked itself somewhere between the sheets--or maybe it was the pillow? And I know what a spider problem is after living in a tinderbox of a house/apartment, with almost no sealed entrances or insulation; our house was basically known by the neighborhood spiders as "the place to be" when the Fall weather started driving them indoors. So trust me when I tell you I know what a spider problem is. Here are some tips for how to keep spiders out of your home:
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Spiders love dirty rooms. If you leave clothes lying around or objects on the floor, it gives spiders a place to hide and more courage to migrate from one place to another in your home.
Spiders get in windowsills and doorsills, so make sure the layers of windows are intact and sealed correctly. Doors are a good place to put a barrier treatment.
Vacuum the area where you have found spiders. Make sure you get their egg sacs as well. The egg sacs look a lot like little cocoons, but they're usually fixed to a surface with a thick layer of webbing.
Spiders hang out by food. Spiders are attracted to food supplies because of other pests who make their homes there. Besides, leaving food out is what slobs do. You're not a slob, are you?
Spiders love porch lights. They love porch lights because other bugs love porch lighting. So, keep your porch lights off as much as possible, draw your blinds, and try to find a way to light your porch that doesn't involve fixing a light to it.
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Spider Traps, Repellents, and Poison
There are spider sprays and spider repellents that you can use to keep spiders out. There are many vendors of pest repellents on the internet. Some are organic, others are not.
Remember, spiders like to eat other bugs. So, if you spray for other pests, you'll diminish the spiders' food supply and make your home a less inviting place to find a meal.
If you take these suggestions to heart, you might find less spiders crawling across your warm tummy on a cold Winter's night.
This time of year, spiders find their way inside buildings, out of the weather. You probably want to get rid of them, but what you don't want to do is buy expensive sprays and poisons. Not only are they dangerous to you and your pets, they don't always work. And if they do work, but you don't do these things too, other spiders will come right in to take their places, so why not do it right (and a lot cheaper!) the first time? call an exterminator or what he said above. Just Squash The little Bastards!!!! i hate spiders.
Spraying is actualy the only remidy for this...... the best way to get rid of spiders is to buy a cat. the second best is to use poisions and the like. the only spiders that can really do damage to humans are the Brown Recluse and the Black Widow. The brown recluse is you guessed it brown with a slightlylarge abdomen and is about an inch in diameter. The black widow is black with a red >< violin shape on the underside of its abdomen. to my knowlegde there is not much you can do in ways of taking legal action. |
