how do you control spiders in your garage ?

rh71

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Not at the point where I need to get pest control on the horn, but practically every corner/side of the garage has a spider hanging out... I just RAIDed about 7 of them (2 in the act of corraling some prey)... I know it's summertime and they're out, but it's getting "nasty" in there...

How do you control the bug population in there ? Is it just a question of cleanliness ?
 

rh71

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Originally posted by: Triforceofcourage
Remote Control
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you know, I was contemplating wording the title better... I just knew the smart@$$es would get to it..
 

rh71

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Originally posted by: Gravity
product called "suspense"

Had the spiders in the entire neighborhood waving the white flag.
heh that sounds like a gullible-is-not-in-the-dictionary responses... but ... any links ? Not finding anything on this... thanks.
 

JulesMaximus

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1. Call the woman who lives next door to come over and kill them for you.
2. Post on ATOT that a woman is coming over to kill spiders in your garage.
3. Leave ATOT hanging for weeks regarding the outcome.
4. .....
5. The torch is passed.
 

Howard

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By controlling the insects that spiders feed on. No food, no spiders - at which point you get rid of the webs.

Spiders really aren't as bad as some of their prey.
 

gsaldivar

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Throughly spray for ants and other small insects in and around the garage.

No spider food = no spiders. :thumbsup:
 

meltdown75

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i fscking hate spiders. listen to this...

i'm heading outside the other night to turn off my sprinkler. as i walk through the side garage door, i feel something hit my hair. i figure it's just another junebug caught in a spider web so i give my head / hair a perfunctory swipe and continue on, thinking nothing. holy bejeezus. several minutes later i'm walking through the living room to put in a DVD for myself and the SO. doh, i double back towards the kitchen b/c i forgot to flick the living room light switch off.

wife: "holy sh1t __, DON'T MOVE."
me: "huh?"

she grabbed a few kleenex and swiped something off my back. well of course i knew it was a spider by then but she didn't show me how big it was because she said it was freaking huge. the belly was as big as a dime :( that sonofabitch was camped out on my back / shoulder / hair for like 7 or 8 minutes. WTF?!

1) what happens if i REMEMBER to turn the light off and she doesn't see it? i guess it watches the movie with us or decides to LAY A HUNDRED EGGS IN MY EAR OR SOMETHING. meh i guess it gets squished when i sit on the couch. gross
2) i fscking hate spiders so much
3) this was borderline traumatic for me and i thought there were spiders on me for 10 minutes afterwards

anyhoo, there's some stuff in a blue spray can that i bought last year, but i haven't sprayed the underside of the overhang yet this year, and i obviously need to unless i want some more loser spiders hitching a ride on me. :(
 

Squisher

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Originally posted by: Howard
By controlling the insects that spiders feed on. No food, no spiders - at which point you get rid of the webs.

Spiders really aren't as bad as some of their prey.

Howard has it right.

Spiders are our friends. They kill and eat the bad stuff.