This explains it better then I do on how they go about it exactlyQuote:
Originally Posted by Missy
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daddy_long-legs_spider
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This explains it better then I do on how they go about it exactlyQuote:
Originally Posted by Missy
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daddy_long-legs_spider
We have no bad bugs, spiders, snakes at all.
When I went to America I was in Florida, right next to this beautiful little woods. After day onethe rules had been established. If they stayed in there they were fine. If I stayed out I was fine. But if they came out there would be blood spilt.
We have a lot of daddly long legs as well. I didn't mention them as I didn't think America or UK has them.. That was what I tried to kill originally behind my bed, but as soon as I'd chased him away, all the baby white tails came running out... So either they were running scared as well, or they were ready to party after I got rid of their enemy.....Quote:
Originally Posted by Daxx Kahn
I'm not actually particularly scared of those.. As i've heard the don't bite and aren't dangerous,,, and you can barely even call them a spider when you think of how the look compared to the ones I AM scared of... So if I see a daddy long legs around the house I will leave them alone.. They are always behind my bed and probably for days or weeks before I actually notice them there, so i'm sure they do no harm...
AND HOPEFULLY, they are keeping away some more annoying spiders.... But I also read that once white tails get a little bigger, they don't actually build webs. They just hide in clothes or carpet and things, and hunt their prey, which is little insects and other little spiders.. So maybe then the tide's will turn on the daddy long legs... But i'm taking your advice and keeping the daddy long legs around whenever possible...
Bikersk, my girlfriend said the same thing... Well, she said i'm supposed to be a tough boxer,,,, but my support was that on my boxing forum they are all scared as well.. It has to be some sort of survival instinct that we have no control of..
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Originally Posted by Dizaster
As far as where those white tails go I know nothing of them...Click that link I put in the other post about the daddy long legs...It has a bunch of others on it and maybe it can tell you something about getting rid of them or what they don't like.....As for being afraid of spiders the hell with what the girlfriend says....I am with you guys I can't stand them....I have seen some bites on people that came from spiders in the home and nasty as all hell......My wife makes fun of me about not wanting to touch the things..telling me I am supposed to be the man and it is my job....I tell her what ever happened to equal rights :-\
I get these little black ones in my house about the size of a tick real small but look like they are evil...and they creep me out...I just don't like bugs in general
By the way where are you at? since you didn't mention daddy long legs because you did not think the UK or US had them
I have to add, since I did a control bomb last Sunday in my room, I havn't seen a single spider... I have looked around a little and have kept an eye out and have come across nothing...
It could easily be coincidence, but considering how often I saw them before I did the bomb, and that there has also been a heat wave here since christmas, their should definetly have been more around...
So I have to give 2 thumbs up to the use of the bug bomb... The instructions said to use one per average size room.My room is a little larger than average, but I still only used one. It came in packs of 3 so I thought i'll use one, clean up all my crap, and then do another or 2 after that if it was still needed.. .But as I havn't seen any spiders since, 1 may have done the job.
They were also very convenient. You just stick it on a newspaper in the middle of the room, shut all the doors, wait 2 to 3 hours, then open up the doors and air out the room for half an hour... After that it was perfectly livable.. Their was a hint of like, fly spray smell, but just enough to remind me I didn't have to live in fear anymore, so it was welcomed. Far from having to put a tent over your house and go on holiday for a week ;D
Anyway, here is a link for the bombs I used:
http://www.mortein.com.au/product_flea_plus.php
It's an Australian company, but i'm sure you can find similar.
The active ingredients were "Permethrin" & "Fenoxycarb". On a spider website it said that fenoxycarb was the most effective chemical that a regular person would find in a regular shopping centre to get rid of white tails.
I also bought these 2 surface sprays for inside and outside :
http://www.mortein.com.au/products.php
I did around the doors and windows and in between any gaps in the brickwork with the outside one. I havn't used the inside one yet, but may do around the doors, windows, behind cupboards and around the edge of the carpets on the inside when I have some spare time..
Finally I bought an all purpose spray to kill any spiders on site :
http://www.mortein.com.au/product_roach_lure_spray.php
My only problem with all of them was, they have a big picture of a cochroach on the front and all over the product they talk about how they are amazing at keeping away fleas and all these other insects, but only mention the word 'spiders' once.... So I was totally convinced I would completely eliminate ANY roach or flea problem I had (which I didn't), but not very convinced that the products were made very specifically for spiders.
BUT, so far i've been completely happy.... ;D
and since the purchase,,,, Me 1, Spiders 0.
I also saw another product advertised which is a small electrical device that you plug into the powerpoint, and it sends out electrical signals in a circle which spiders and insects hate and won't come near... I think someone mentioned it earlier and it sounds like a great thing, but I would do some research first and see if it's been tested and proven to work effectively in a house. They may have been able to stick it in a box with a spider and the spider didn't like it and tried to run, but it may not work so well over a whole house through walls.
I've modified this post to apologize for this being at the top of page 4 for all to see and completley unavoidable! I thought it would be right down, tucked away at the bottom of page 3 where you could avoid it if you wished.. ;D
I live in Melbourne Australia..Quote:
Originally Posted by Daxx Kahn
Below i'm posting a few pictures of whitetail spiders which i've been talking about. Anyone that doesn't want to see them, well, to bad! I had to sleep with these bad boys under my bed.
http://www.amonline.net.au/factsheet...led_spider.jpg
This is a female with the fatter tail, probably full of babies.
http://www.amonline.net.au/factsheet...ed_spider1.jpg
This is the male.. This is absolutely IDENTICAL to the one that was in our kitchen sink a few days ago. Absolutely identical... Freaky bloody things!
http://www.termite.com/images/whitetailspider150.gif
One more which is a little clearer...
They are really horrible as they don't build webs in the corner of the roof like some, they don't like outside... Their preferable homes are - In between pillows, in beds, under sheets and blankets, in clothes on the floor, in shoes, in washing baskets etc... All the places you do NOT want to find a freaking poisonous spider..
While I looked in search of pictures, I found a website that lists some of the more common USA spiders... Man you guys don't have it much better...
http://www.termite.com/images/brownrecluse.gif
Brown Recluse.. This one is making me sick just looking at it. It's wispy legs looks like its built for running and attacking, and it says it's bites can cause significant cutaneous injury with tissue loss and necrosis.. Now why do women say we are pussies for not wanting parts of our arms to fall off?? oh, the website also comments on each spiders temprement... The recluse is quote : "Deadly and Aggressive"... Just want to you from a spider.You guys can keep this one :-\ o
http://www.termite.com/images/blackwidowspider.gif
Black Widow "Redback" Spider.. I'm sure everyone knows this one. Posted because they we also have those here in Australia. They hide under bricks and in the garden.. Just about every time i've turned a brick over in my life after it's been sitting outside for a while, their will be a redback under it. Don't usually come inside which is a huge positive.
http://www.termite.com/images/hobospider.gif
Hobo Spider - I had never heard of this one until this thread.. Looks like a big meaty bastard. I've quoted from the website "Venom toxicity - although the bite of the hobo spider is initially painless, the bite can be serious. After 24 hours, the bite develops into a blister and after 24-36 hours, the blister breaks open, leaving an open, oozing ulceration." You can also experience, loss of vision, memory loss, headaches, nausea, dizzyness.. among other things.. They love basements and don't usually climb to higher levels like roofs or second floors. Another you can keep.
http://www.termite.com/images/mousespiderfemale150.gifhttp://www.termite.com/images/malemousespider127.gif
Male and female Mouse Spiders... "can cause deep painful bite".. NO SHIT! I think these spiders would be able to have their way with me because i'd probably pass out just finding one... This can go on my list of reasons not to move to America!
http://www.termite.com/images/wolfspider150.gif
Wolf Spider.. Another one we have over here. A guy that lived behind my house was a garden buff, and he was bitten by one of these about 15 years ago, and his whole neck is covered in scars and skin grafts where they had to repair all the damage this spider did.. I have been terrified by this spider ever since I met this man, although I don't recall ever coming across one..
http://www.termite.com/images/huntsmanani.gif
My final mention goes to the Huntsman Spider.. These are very very common here in Australia as well and I have seen at least 100 through my life.. Usually inside high up on walls.. They are not poisonous, but their HUGE, hairy brown bodies, weird tangly legs, and lightning fast sideways running when you try to catch them make these spiders one of my most feared!!! I have seen a few in my life that spread out, were easily as big as my hand spread out to the tips of my fingers... Their bodies alone can get to as wide as 2 inches, and love being inside houses... Many people try to keep these spiders as they keep away a lot of flies and other spiders... Personally i'd rather 100 flies than 1 of these in my house..
Other common USA spiders mentioned were :
http://www.termite.com/images/grass-spider.gif
Funnel Web
http://www.termite.com/images/blackhousespider150.gif
Black House Spider
http://www.termite.com/images/trapdoorfemale150.gif
Trap Door Spider
http://www.termite.com/images/gardenorbweaving150.gif
Orb Weaving Spider
http://www.termite.com/images/standrewsspider128.gif
St Andrews Cross Spiders
Some of these are poisonous, some aren't.. All are ugly. All I would not want to come across. All are common to the US of A.. Please no one look up and quote Australian spiders... I can detach myself from the above pictures somewhat knowing they are thousands of miles away across an entire ocean.
Those are some UGLY ass things even for spiders...Those were under your bed....That gives be the chills just thinnking about it...are they poisonus?
Well it was common knowledge all through my childhood that they were very poisonous and caused horrible things to happen to your skin.. But over the last few years they have been debating whether or not the bites are that bad, and if some people were just more alergic to the bite than others...Quote:
Originally Posted by Daxx Kahn
I must say that the ones under my bed were no where near that size. It's just the start of summer here so most i've seen were around the size of a fingernail.. But within a few months of summer, they will get to the size in the pictures and be very dangerous.. The night I found them though, I layed in the exact centre of my bed with the light on all night, and tried to open my eyes every minute while I slept to make sure they were not coming up the walls.. It was a long night, but I havn't seen any in a week.
Yeah...I would have been laying on the bed at a local Holiday INN while I waited for the exterminator to tell me all was clear at home
Most of the ones around here are wolf spiders but to my knowledge they're not poisonous unless your allergic to them.
Spiders scare the ever living shit piss out of me I definetly have arachnaphobia me thinks.... No wonder they are fukin ornery, they have like 8 eyes that make ther vision fuked up like dropping acid and looking through a kaliediscope... I would bite you too. couple that with opressive heat and I am definetly chomping a hole in someones azz :-\
Fuk every last one of those motherfukers, if I was carrying a pistol I would shoot every last one of those bastards until my walls looked like swiss cheese.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arachnaphobia
I fit this to a tee
LOL :laugh: ..................:badass:...............Quote:
Originally Posted by JT Rock
Brown Recluse spider bite
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yky0ITmw5Fc
.......LET'S KILL THEM ALL!!!!!!
We've got tee trees all around our house we got huntsmen, white tails,some nasty black fuckers with a hole in their web that really mess up blow flies that you throw in there(they rip them up!!!) .we got red backs too and brown scorpians.
We in Rye, Diz where are you at?
FUCK!!!! There is no other word to use but FUCK!!!Quote:
Originally Posted by Lyle
Ha, it's funny because this morning I went to send a package via the toilet and on the seat was a recluse. Glad I was paying attention, or I would have had another hole in my butt :-\
Could of sold it.Quote:
Originally Posted by LEGION
Sold what? The recluse?
no! the extra hole in your arss , my humor runs deeper than that ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by LEGION
I thought you were trying to be silly :laugh: but I gave you the benefit of the doubt. I can't sell the one hole in my ass I have now{much as I've tried :'(} so what makes you think I could sell another one? Though a new one would be fresher and not as crusty :PQuote:
Originally Posted by Andre
Oh yeah, Rye is edging on being Rural is it not?Quote:
Originally Posted by Andre
I live in a town, Sunbury. It's about 45 minutes from the Melbourne CBD & 15 minutes from Tullamarine Airport heading away from the city... It's pretty much dry fields for 15 to 20 minutes in every direction so it's isolated in the suburb sense, and most of the areas on the edge of town would be considered rural...
We have a lot of snakes in summer with the large dry grass fields.. Havn't come across a scorpion though... That would be interesting
Yep boardering on rural we look out over where all the vegies are grown for all of melbounre commercially .
Some good boxing gyms out north, Sunbury way.
Its a w/ hole new market, a niche/ for the bazzar ass fukers of the world.Quote:
Originally Posted by LEGION