AHHHH, Spiders! (Pic inside)

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AHHHH, Spiders! (Pic inside)

August 09, 2011, 02:10:28 PM

Do you guys have any tricks to get rid of/keep spiders from infesting the under areas of your cars? I don't drive my cars much but it seems like even when I drive do, there are lots of webs going to the ground by the next morning and some of these guys hanging around...

Yesterday I poked my head into the garage every hour or so and managed to kill about 4 females and 6 or 7 males, but it seems like there is still just as many new webs. I did also take the car for a spirited highway drive this morning.

AHHHH, Spiders! (Pic inside)

Reply #1 – August 09, 2011, 02:15:38 PM

, and those are Black Widows, too...

Sorry, not much advice from me, other than maybe some spray pesticide or something along that line..?

(I'm more of a snake guy...biting things with 8 legs rank slightly below things with wings and stings in the fear department..) lol, and good luck!

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Reply #2 – August 09, 2011, 02:46:56 PM

Move from the area immediately!!!

Those things look nasty! Bug bomb the heck out of the area.

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Reply #3 – August 09, 2011, 02:48:29 PM

Move from the area immediately!!

Those things look nasty! I would bug bomb the heck out of the place, put some sticky traps down too.

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Reply #4 – August 09, 2011, 03:18:51 PM

At Walmart they sell stuff called Diazenon (SP) you spread it in your yard and around your house and garage. It kills everything and it draws them out of buildings. I used it at my house twice in about 4 months and never had problems with spiders, ants or flies. As soon as I let it run its course and didnt respread it i had ants and spiders everywhere.

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Reply #5 – August 09, 2011, 07:34:37 PM

Carb spray. Kills and relocates, trust me. I don't know how to keep them away, but while they're here...

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Reply #6 – August 10, 2011, 12:24:24 AM

Kill 'em with fire!

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Reply #7 – August 10, 2011, 08:24:53 AM

I use carb cleaner w/ torch they are really bad around my house but, not in my garage yet, the trick is to kill the egg sacks they look like little spiky balls, I did a test to see who was tougher the giant wolf spider missing 2 legs or the male and female widow, by morning the wolf spider had killed the female and was eating the male, so I killed him also, lol

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Reply #8 – August 10, 2011, 11:59:26 AM

Yup, I can assure you if I ever make it to Nevada or back to Florida, I'll be checkin' my six for 8 legs and red hourglasses..lol

We have them here too, but in my 34 years, I've never came upon a Black Widow. Seen my share of Brown Recluse though, they're nearly as bad.

Gimme a Copperhead or a Rattlesnake any day...those I can (and will) deal with. :)

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Reply #9 – August 10, 2011, 10:21:12 PM

Thanks for the suggestions guys. So far I have just been keeping a close eye on them and killing whatever pops out. Today I drove it and within the hour they had about 10 new webs to the ground. I killed another slightly different looking widow today which I guess is a northern widow. Luckily, I have found no spiders or web inside the car yet. There are also no spiders to speak of in the house or garage except for under the Cougar.

I think I might go to the auto hobby shop on base and put it up on a lift and spray the entire bottom with whatever I can find at Lowes/Walmart.

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Reply #10 – August 10, 2011, 11:16:01 PM

MY solution would be...Move to Buffalo.......We def don't have that problem... here...lol

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Reply #11 – August 15, 2011, 11:10:40 PM

great I just found a black widow eating a giant roach, I found this I will try anything
http://pests.getridofthings.com/get-rid-of-black-widows.htm

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Reply #12 – August 16, 2011, 02:10:26 AM

Great link, thanks. So far the search and destroy missions have proven pretty effective. The number of webs that are made under my car has dropped dramatically. Here is a pic of my latest victim. Typical red hourglass underside with colorful back markings.

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Reply #13 – August 16, 2011, 03:44:13 AM

Bomb the garage.

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Reply #14 – August 16, 2011, 11:34:10 AM

with the car in or out????? lol