Bug Bombing House

[sfin52]

I was bit by something some years back. Developed a good sized welt on my back and a black bruise like ring around it, about the size of a tennis ball, but it went away. Took about a week. But for the most part, they are merely a nuisance, not really a serious threat.

If the foggers are not all that effective, and it is just our imagination making us think there are fewer of them since we bombed the house, then maybe we need to consider the alternatives you have pointed out. It could just be the simple fact that we do now, and have for some time, kept the house much cleaner than the previous occupants, and not the foggers that are responsible for the apparent decline in their numbers.

So, I will take your advice seriously and maybe just forego the bombs for now, and if the spiders start growing in frequency, try to find someone in pest control with experience in getting rid of them.

And you all are right. They do tend to shy away from you.

Regards

They will reduce the population but the females are what you need to find and kill thats where you will cut the head off the snake

 

[C. Eymann]

OP, If you actually do have Loxosceles reclusa present in your household, which many in the mid-south eastern US do. There are some ways to avoid any possible accidental envenomation- because with BRs and all other spiders in general, there is no such thing as aggression, just defensive behavior/ defensive bites.

Ways of limiting possible accidental interaction- shake out shoes/clothing/ towels before use, dont use hanging bed curtains, use double sided tape to wrap bedlegs, move headboard away from the wall, you should be aye okay!

My grandmother lived in a big old house in the sticks of Kansas that had a huge population of BRs, sticky traps would be packed full during Loxosceles breeding season =late march-september in the midwest. She lived in that house for almost 40 yrs with no incident into her late 90s, she passed last year due to certain "illness" which I won't mention, but it had nothing to do with spiders.

 

[Vyper]

OK, so I am wanting to build a SW tank after having been into FW for a long time. But I am concerned given the more sensitive nature of SW tanks. I live in a house that has had a history of brown recluse spiders. The first summer my wife and I lived in this house, I don't think a day went by that we did not kill a half a dozen or so. I have spoken with a number of people in the pest control business, and I have been told that the "professional" treatments are not terribly effective at getting rid of them. What we have found that works to a fairly good extent is, every year or so, to set off a few (three or four) bug bombs at once inside, with another up in the overhead, and one in the crawlspace.

Has any one with a tank bombed their house, and did it have an effect on your tank? I am concerned that with all that poison in the air, some of it might find its way into the water and harm the tank's inhabitants. Or, I could just be worrying about a non-existent threat.

Regards

I have had no luck with chemical sprays and brown recluses. Best thing we have found are lots of sticky traps around bases boards and in corners. they will be gone qui when they all get stuck. I had an exterminator tell me only way to kill them with bug sprays was with a direct hit. Being recluses means you rarely see to spray. Said they would hold breath for a long time with bombs. Not sure if this helps you any.

 

[Freshy]

OP, If you actually do have Loxosceles reclusa present in your household, which many in the mid-south eastern US do. There are some ways to avoid any possible accidental envenomation- because with BRs and all other spiders in general, there is no such thing as aggression, just defensive behavior/ defensive bites.

Ways of limiting possible accidental interaction- shake out shoes/clothing/ towels before use, dont use hanging bed curtains, use double sided tape to wrap bedlegs, move headboard away from the wall, you should be aye okay!

My grandmother lived in a big old house in the sticks of Kansas that had a huge population of BRs, sticky traps would be packed full during Loxosceles breeding season =late march-september in the midwest. She lived in that house for almost 40 yrs with no incident into her late 90s, she passed last year due to certain "illness" which I won't mention, but it had nothing to do with spiders.

Yeah, we do a "bed check" every night, and switched to white linens. Apparently they don't like white. We have lived with them for many years now. I know they want about as much to with us as we want to do with them.

I am not the bravest person on earth, nor am I a coward, but there are two things that absolutely give me the willies: heights and bugs. I have a "Bluenose" card in my wallet for going under the ice above the arctic circle. But the sight of a little tiny bug turns me into a squealing fraidy-cat. It's irrational, but I can mostly master it after a moment when my reason finally kicks in.

The advice about the double sided tape on the legs of the bed are a pretty good idea, had not thought of that.

Thank you all for the advice.

Regards