Spiders

Thanks for that, will give them a go!!

Persephone said :

Lloyd – I’m with you, spiders are terrifying and I am all fine with them living in hippies houses. I don’t have hippy friends, so this works well for me. Go with manns pest control. Reliable and efficient. They gas my house yearly, and be rid of the spiders and be happy and safe.

I am not moving to Canberra because I WANT to!!

Who would!

Deref said :

They don’t like the snakes, so they flatten the greenery.
They can’t take the spiders so they Baygon the halls.
And they bulldozed Culburra till it looked like Parramatta.
God! I wonder why they ever went movin’ at all.
Geoff Drummond, Shoalhaven Man

It’s somewhere in the car,
Lord, it’s somewhere in the car.
The cabin light’s not working
And the night is deathly dark.
You know there’s matches somewhere
But you don’t know where they are.
And the bloody thing is somewhere in the car.
Pat Drummond, The Spider Song

What is it with these Drummond boys and spiders?

Nuke the entire site from orbit. Its the only way to be sure.

E & T Pest control are the best I’ve used. Think they are Yass based but do most of their work in Canberra. Came highly recommended and I was/am still very happy with the job. We had a real white tail problem in the house and redbacks etc outside but since he came we’ve seen nothing for a couple of months. Very reasonable and cheaper than anyone else too. Used several of the well known larger companies over previous years and saw spiders and other creepies within several days/weeks. No surprise really as they did the job so quickly and one told me he didn’t like to do bedrooms as people sleep there when that was the main problem area! Charged plenty for it though.

He also does a lot of schools, restaurants and I think hospitals too.

I always found the Yellow Pages quite useful in this respect….not for the contents but for slamming against spiders.

Re the spider problem, you don’t have to be a spider fan just because others are. Personally they creep me out. Just pest-bomb the house. You can get pest bombs at supermarkets. They are mainly pyrethrin. Once you’ve bombed the place they continue to ‘work’ for about three months on roaches and fleas (because of the way they function). While they only work on spiders on the day you bomb, that’s usually enough to eliminate them. Generally you will need one can per room. Follow the instructions – take pets and pot plants outside, cover the gold fish, turn off the fridge, leave house for two hours before airing thoroughly, etc. It’s easy and effective.
I find I only have to bomb the place once every couple of years.

TallBoy said :

Comic_and_Gamer_Nerd said :

I currently have 3 huntsman living in my house. They are great at controlling other pests.

Explain.

Tee hee! [For new Rioters, this is an ‘in joke’ – most of Comic’s comments are, irritatingly, ‘Source?’ or ‘Explain.’]

Comic_and_Gamer_Nerd said :

TallBoy said :

Comic_and_Gamer_Nerd said :

I currently have 3 huntsman living in my house. They are great at controlling other pests.

Source?

You’re no me

Haha no, but I’m getting there 😀

Persephone said :

Lloyd – I’m with you, spiders are terrifying and I am all fine with them living in hippies houses. I don’t have hippy friends, so this works well for me. Go with manns pest control. Reliable and efficient. They gas my house yearly, and be rid of the spiders and be happy and safe.

The problem with this approach is the (often more dangerous to us humans) prey recover before the predator. That is often the case with redbacks moving back in before their predator species.

TallBoy said :

Comic_and_Gamer_Nerd said :

I currently have 3 huntsman living in my house. They are great at controlling other pests.

Explain.

Its easy to explain, Huntsmen spider eat other spiders and insects and best of all don’t spin webs either!! Contrary to what some people may think, they rarely bite people, I once put a shoe on and a huntsman was inside, I felt something took the shoe off and it crawled out and up the wall. I didn’t get bitten at all.
Whenever there is a huntsman or two around I notice very other spiders and bugs.