House Spiders - Page 4

xoxoxoBruce · 10-05-2010, 08:06 AM

Just remember which side is which.

Pete Zicato · 10-05-2010, 11:01 AM

I use old fashioned traps. For bait, a bit of peanut butter smeared on a bit of cloth. The mouse tugs on the cloth...

monster · 10-05-2010, 11:43 AM

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Originally Posted by HungLikeJesus

I always release them near glatt's house.

It's a bit of a drive.

heehee

TheMercenary · 10-05-2010, 01:38 PM

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Originally Posted by freshnesschronic

I was about to go to sleep and I saw a spider crawl from my sheets onto my laptop screen in this pitch blackness that is my room.

Now I'm freaking paranoid it might be a brown recluse which is a terrible spider and dangerous to bite. I don't remember, it was about 1.5 inches total length, light color brown/grey and didn't seem very fast.

Any home-owners have advice, know where to look/exterminate or...am I overreacting? I know spiders kill a lot of other nasty insects but I don't want any bugs in my room!

I vote overreacting. highly unlikely it is a brown recluse. I am in a constant battle with my family over house spiders. Most just eat the bugs that get in your house. Scoot them off to the corner most will not hurt you. Well unless you live where Ali lives!

TheMercenary · 10-05-2010, 01:43 PM

We just caught the first mouse in our house last week. He was a beauty, hated to kill him, but the wife was beginning to object to his eating of food in various plastic bags in the pantry.

Grey on top and tan and white on the bottom. Left the traps out for a few more days but none of his friends or family showed up.

skysidhe · 10-05-2010, 03:43 PM

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Originally Posted by TheMercenary

We just caught the first mouse in our house last week. He was a beauty, hated to kill him, but the wife was beginning to object to his eating of food in various plastic bags in the pantry.

Grey on top and tan and white on the bottom. Left the traps out for a few more days but none of his friends or family showed up.

You killed some kids fancy pet shop mouse!

maybe

footfootfoot · 10-05-2010, 11:12 PM

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Originally Posted by TheMercenary

We just caught the first mouse in our house last week. He was a beauty, hated to kill him, but the wife was beginning to object to his eating of food in various plastic bags in the pantry.

Grey on top and tan and white on the bottom. Left the traps out for a few more days but none of his friends or family showed up.

When my friend hiked the AT he and a bunch of others got into the practice of hunting the chipmunks that inhabited the lean-tos. They skinned them and kept the pelts. At one time there was talk of making a bikini for one of the lady hikers, but I think she was too curvy for the number of pelts they'd accumulated. Maybe a wicked weasel?

TheMercenary · 10-06-2010, 05:22 PM

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Originally Posted by footfootfoot

Maybe a wicked weasel?

My wife has a number of those. Expensive for the amount of material you get but HOT!

piercehawkeye45 · 10-08-2010, 09:25 AM

One good thing about Minnesota is that the spiders never really get any bigger than an inch (at least from what I've seen). I did see a centipede in the bathroom this morning. Those are nasty.

Rhianne · 10-08-2010, 01:05 PM

Centipedes are carniverous too, of course, so it might be a good thing to keep a few of them around the house. I'd hate to be one though, just imagine tying all those shoelaces in the morning!

Shawnee123 · 10-08-2010, 01:07 PM

Lamplighter · 10-08-2010, 01:45 PM

The plumbing company sent out the 3rd plumber to our place
because the other two were not getting the job done.
It turned out he was also their Supervisor.

He spent most of his time swatting at spider webs, groaning,
and he almost lost it when he actually swatted one of the spiders.
No one has showed up here yet today (noon).
Maybe he just can't face those nasty critters even one more time.

I don't understand it ... a plumber spends a lot of time crawling
in the dark spaces under houses goes "woosey" over a few spiderwebs ???
I suppose that's the reason he was promoted to Supervisor.

Brett's Honey · 10-08-2010, 02:42 PM

My brother had a brown recluse bite on one finger several years ago. After the bottom half of the finger had rotted away the doctor sewed the finger together to the finger next to it, left them together for three weeks, and then cut them apart, then grafted some skin from his thigh to the bottom of the bitten finger to fill in the gaping hole left behind. Quite an ugly and scary wound!

xoxoxoBruce · 10-08-2010, 05:15 PM

Fuck cancer AND spiders.

monster · 10-09-2010, 08:21 PM

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Originally Posted by xoxoxoBruce

Fuck cancer AND spiders.

We need tumor-biting brown recluses......

10-05-2010, 08:06 AM	#46
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	Just remember which side is which. Attached Images __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

10-05-2010, 11:01 AM	#47
Pete Zicato Turns out my CRS is a symptom of TMB. Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Chicago suburbs Posts: 2,916	I use old fashioned traps. For bait, a bit of peanut butter smeared on a bit of cloth. The mouse tugs on the cloth... __________________ Talk nerdy to me.

10-05-2010, 01:43 PM	#50
TheMercenary “Hypocrisy: prejudice with a halo” Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Savannah, Georgia Posts: 21,393	We just caught the first mouse in our house last week. He was a beauty, hated to kill him, but the wife was beginning to object to his eating of food in various plastic bags in the pantry. Grey on top and tan and white on the bottom. Left the traps out for a few more days but none of his friends or family showed up. __________________ Anyone but the this most fuked up President in History in 2012!

10-08-2010, 09:25 AM	#54
piercehawkeye45 Franklin Pierce Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Minnesota Posts: 3,695	One good thing about Minnesota is that the spiders never really get any bigger than an inch (at least from what I've seen). I did see a centipede in the bathroom this morning. Those are nasty. __________________ I like my perspectives like I like my baseball caps: one size fits all.

10-08-2010, 01:07 PM	#56
Shawnee123 Why, you're a regular Alfred E Einstein, ain't ya? Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 21,206	__________________ A word to the wise ain't necessary - it's the stupid ones who need the advice. --Bill Cosby

10-08-2010, 01:05 PM	#55
Rhianne Nearly done. Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Teetering on the edge. Posts: 1,134	Centipedes are carniverous too, of course, so it might be a good thing to keep a few of them around the house. I'd hate to be one though, just imagine tying all those shoelaces in the morning!

10-08-2010, 01:45 PM	#57
Lamplighter Person who doesn't update the user title Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Bottom lands of the Missoula floods Posts: 6,402	The plumbing company sent out the 3rd plumber to our place because the other two were not getting the job done. It turned out he was also their Supervisor. He spent most of his time swatting at spider webs, groaning, and he almost lost it when he actually swatted one of the spiders. No one has showed up here yet today (noon). Maybe he just can't face those nasty critters even one more time. I don't understand it ... a plumber spends a lot of time crawling in the dark spaces under houses goes "woosey" over a few spiderwebs ??? I suppose that's the reason he was promoted to Supervisor.

10-08-2010, 02:42 PM	#58
Brett's Honey whatever Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Oklahoma Posts: 308	My brother had a brown recluse bite on one finger several years ago. After the bottom half of the finger had rotted away the doctor sewed the finger together to the finger next to it, left them together for three weeks, and then cut them apart, then grafted some skin from his thigh to the bottom of the bitten finger to fill in the gaping hole left behind. Quite an ugly and scary wound!

10-08-2010, 05:15 PM	#59
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	Fuck cancer AND spiders. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

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