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Perhaps you should look into somthing like this electronic repelent.
CAUTION: the advertisment has animated spiders in it.

http://www.spidercontrol1.com/index.htm

Bug bomb the garage and then use a vacuum for the bodies.

*insert evil laugh with rubbing of hands*

Seriously, bug bombs work well and then get some boric acid (powder) to sprinkle around the obvious entry points.

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Manchu wrote:

LMAO ...That's the ticket,aim for the nerve stem and put it down for good. and someone call Casper Van Dean.

thekerrick wrote:There is a spray that is a direct shot killer. I forgot what its called. Its not a bug bomb that goes off and kills everything. Its made for, when you see a spider, you spray it and it dies real real fast. Hotshot I think its called. This way you kill the spiders you see, and the ones you dont keep on eating all the other bugs. Plus there is no residue to get on flowers.

Reminded me of that time some guy at school killed some spiders with a can of deoderant and a lighter
I would second the idea about the can of bug spray. But, like the others have said they'll be there dealing with something else. The only ones you'll have to worry about are the poisonous ones, because they might be able to make it into the house. But, they'll most likely do nothing to you at all if you just leave them alone.


Actually Garret Daddy long leg spiders are pretty poisionous it's just that their fangs are too small and they are too weak to inject the poison into us. Even if they could they wouldn't be able to inject enough. Remember nearly everything in Australia is poisonous even the harmless spiders

Luna: the best way to combat spiders is by cleaning them out. spiders like clutter and neglected areas, a good cleaning out twice a year will cut the number of spiders drastically. alos spiders have their benifits as that they keep out other insects and crawlies. we have in the basement of the new house. some type of wolf spider, we clean out the basement once a year and that keeps them from getting out of control, but the benifit is that we arent over run with bugs down there either, aside from betles and a few afids (wood mites?) we never see anything in the celler.

Get a cat and stick it in there for a couple of days without food, the spiders will soon be gone.

Squilverine has a point, I've seen my cats eat spiders. The problem is that spiders can climb walls to get away whilst cats can't.

However, assuming you want practical help here, here is a list of some of the more docile pet like lizards that keep spiders with some links.

The Bearded Dragon, which is native to Australia.



Here's a link with regards to it's upkeep. http://www.peteducation.com/article.cfm?c=17+1796&aid=2730

Next up is the Veiled Chameleon, which can be found in any decent pet store in the states, they get bred a lot in captivity.



Here's a link with purchasing and caring for one. http://www.kingsnake.com/rockymountain/RMHPages/RMHveiled.htm


Following on is the Leopard Lizard, I used to have a friend with one of these. They're quite docile, and eat other insects and pests as well as spiders. They're native to the states and quite cute. Not too difficult to care for either from my knowledge. I always thought they were quite cute.




Last up is the Great Plain Skink. Another US native lizard. Tends to hang out in Nebraska.



These all have an appetite for spiders, but considering you live in Canada, the temp may be a little low. I would suggest checking out the local exotic pet shop and seeing what they think.

Semi automatic weapon. Thirty round magazine. Seven. Sixty. Two. Full. Metal. Jacket.

Oh-Rah.

Ketara wrote:Squilverine has a point, I've seen my cats eat spiders. The problem is that spiders can climb walls to get away whilst cats can't.

However, assuming you want practical help here, here is a list of some of the more docile pet like lizards that keep spiders with some links.

The Bearded Dragon, which is native to Australia.



Here's a link with regards to it's upkeep. http://www.peteducation.com/article.cfm?c=17+1796&aid=2730

Next up is the Veiled Chameleon, which can be found in any decent pet store in the states, they get bred a lot in captivity.



Here's a link with purchasing and caring for one. http://www.kingsnake.com/rockymountain/RMHPages/RMHveiled.htm


Following on is the Leopard Lizard, I used to have a friend with one of these. They're quite docile, and eat other insects and pests as well as spiders. They're native to the states and quite cute. Not too difficult to care for either from my knowledge. I always thought they were quite cute.




Last up is the Great Plain Skink. Another US native lizard. Tends to hang out in Nebraska.



These all have an appetite for spiders, but considering you live in Canada, the temp may be a little low. I would suggest checking out the local exotic pet shop and seeing what they think.

Damnit!!! I said that, but you said it better.

Whatever you do remember that they will be back next year. Spiders like our homes because of the warmth. It makes it easier to survive the winter.

I would advice against a lizard. Are you absolutly sure that it can not escape trough a crack somewhere? Otherwise you will just send it to it's death or you have a lizard running freely arround you home.

Advice for next year to keep the spiders at bay
* Vacuum often
* Remove visible spiderwebs
* Fill holes in walls and under doors so spiders cant hibernate there
* Makes sure there are no places near you house that spider like to make their home, such as piles of wood and piles of compost piles
* Use lighting so that insect wich are beeing eaten by spiders are less attracted to it.

My advice get a cat. We have 2 and they seem to enjoy spider tennis. The faster the spider is the more they hunt

Grtz
L.D.

Lord Demon wrote:Whatever you do remember that they will be back next year. Spiders like our homes because of the warmth. It makes it easier to survive the winter.

I would advice against a lizard. Are you absolutly sure that it can not escape trough a crack somewhere? Otherwise you will just send it to it's death or you have a lizard running freely arround you home.

Advice for next year to keep the spiders at bay
* Vacuum often
* Remove visible spiderwebs
* Fill holes in walls and under doors so spiders cant hibernate there
* Makes sure there are no places near you house that spider like to make their home, such as piles of wood and piles of compost piles
* Use lighting so that insect wich are beeing eaten by spiders are less attracted to it.

My advice get a cat. We have 2 and they seem to enjoy spider tennis. The faster the spider is the more they hunt

Grtz
L.D.

Thank you , with the lists you said = exactly the cause of the problem.
My whole garage is used as place for flower arrangement with things EVERYWHERE , empty boxes ,
tools , piles of wood , compost piles are outside of garage but close enough.

The problem is im so scared of been even near it + mom refuse to do anything about it,
i dont know how or where to start...

Thus im looking for a sure alternative quoting Aliens " nuke them from orbit just to be sure "

Yes :x

FITZZ wrote: Aha,I now understand what you were refering to Luna,at first I was picturing you chasing spiders around your garage with an aresol can that shot lightning bolts...but now all is clear.

that would be ridiculously awesome

Ketara wrote:Squilverine has a point, I've seen my cats eat spiders. The problem is that spiders can climb walls to get away whilst cats can't.

However, assuming you want practical help here, here is a list of some of the more docile pet like lizards that keep spiders with some links.

The Bearded Dragon, which is native to Australia.



Here's a link with regards to it's upkeep. http://www.peteducation.com/article.cfm?c=17+1796&aid=2730

Next up is the Veiled Chameleon, which can be found in any decent pet store in the states, they get bred a lot in captivity.



Here's a link with purchasing and caring for one. http://www.kingsnake.com/rockymountain/RMHPages/RMHveiled.htm


Following on is the Leopard Lizard, I used to have a friend with one of these. They're quite docile, and eat other insects and pests as well as spiders. They're native to the states and quite cute. Not too difficult to care for either from my knowledge. I always thought they were quite cute.




Last up is the Great Plain Skink. Another US native lizard. Tends to hang out in Nebraska.



These all have an appetite for spiders, but considering you live in Canada, the temp may be a little low. I would suggest checking out the local exotic pet shop and seeing what they think.

This is the most irresponsible suggestion yet...

All spiders are venomous. Only animals that have adapted to your local environment can eat spiders without any ill effects.



As for getting rid of them, I would echo the responses that say its a bad idea. The reason you have so many spiders is because there is an abundance of food for them, if you remove them you remove a population check and you will see an explosion of flies, mosquitos, and other insects (you mentioned that you don't have many of them and this is why.)

If your phobia is so bad you have no choice but to move or remove them then start at the bottom of the food chain and move up.

Keep your grass cut low.
Trim trees.
Plant pitcher plants, sundews, butterworts, or any other carnivorous that will live in your zone in your garden.
Avoid having stagnant water on your property.
install a 2-3 bat houses. (really important since they feed on bugs that are active at night, and compete for the same food as spiders)
install 2-3 bird houses with a variety of hole sizes.



Hope that helps.


P.S. Shame on you Ketara

Just leave them be. They're more useful than harmful.

I hate spiders too, and living in the desert southwest doesnt help at all. I dont really know what to do about keeping em out, but one of my favorite past-times is finding out which combination of cleaning chemicals looks like it kills spiders in the most agonizing way possible (mind you i usually only do this to black widows). Seriously though, our back yard is full of black widows and other creepy bugs, but wild geckos too luckily. boy, ive heard some horror stories from people that have moved into brand new homes near open desert...

Golden Eyed Scout wrote:Semi automatic weapon. Thirty round magazine. Seven. Sixty. Two. Full. Metal. Jacket.

Oh-Rah.

Not everyone is American.

Cheese Elemental wrote:Just leave them be. They're more useful than harmful.

Unless they are black widows, brown recluses, brown widows, banana spiders, or anything from the insect terror zone that is Australia of course.

Did you call an exterminator? Over here we have companies that use a biologically based anti spider spray. It works for 6 months. Don't know how much that would cost.

Other then that my trusty sidekick google found this, Diatomaceous Earth.

Diatomite is also used as an insecticide, due to its physico-sorptive properties. The fine powder absorbs lipids from the waxy outer layer of insects' exoskeletons, causing them to dehydrate. Arthropods die as a result of the water pressure deficiency, based on Fick's law of diffusion. This also works against gastropods and is commonly employed in gardening to defeat slugs. However, since slugs inhabit humid environments, efficacy is very low. It is sometimes mixed with an attractant or other additives to increase its effectiveness. Medical-grade diatomite is sometimes used to de-worm both animals and humans. It is most commonly used in lieu of boric acid, and can be used to help control and eventually eliminate a cockroach infestation. This material has wide application for insect control in grain storage

Link to wiki

Grtz
L.D.

I agree with bug bombs and the like.

Cats (particually kittens) are not only cute but will gladly chase spiders, so I'd also consider a cat if I were you...

Otherwise vacuuming em' is a simple and very effective method but does require getting closer to them than you'd probably like to.

Just Dave wrote:I agree with bug bombs and the like.

Cats (particually kittens) are not only cute but will gladly chase spiders, so I'd also consider a cat if I were you...

Otherwise vacuuming em' is a simple and very effective method but does require getting closer to them than you'd probably like to.

The webbed ones that doesnt really move , i find them ugly but... "safe" to vacuum.

The ground running ones that are extremely fast seem to be able to pick up the slightest vibration from the vacuum , so normally when i try to catch one ,
i keep vacuum in one hand , and a bug net in the other .

I never kill spiders, they are wonderfully interesting little creatures. If my missus complains i pick it up and put it in the yard.

Why do you wanna kill them so bad? :S

Spray them with hair spray. Lot's of spiders are covered with tiny hairs, so once they harden they really can't move.

Another thing to do is install a bug zapper in the garage, or just outside the garage. It eliminates the food source for the spiders so they will move one to other locations. If you have a spider problem it's because you have a buig problem first.

Oh yeah, and this is a really weird non lethal way!

Have you ever heard about putting conkers near your door step?! Apparently it actually works! feth knows how... i think the Scientists are out on this one...

I heard on the radio that if you put two or three either side of your door step, they stop coming in?

I think its a placebo me.. but its worth a try eh? You can report back and see how it did!

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-1217709/Do-conkers-drive-spiders-bonkers-Royal-Society-Chemistry-tests-old-wives-tale.html

thebbc wrote:The RSC is offering £300 to anyone who can back the claims with persuasive evidence that 'conkerphobia' really exists.

Get to work fellas, that is a huge sum of cash right there. Hell, I could probably afford to pay for the snacks, my horde of personal scientists will need to finish the project. No worries, they don't need to be paid, I support their needs through the wide end of a cane.

BACK TO WORK YOU WHELPS!!! I TAKE NO GUFF FROM THE LIKES OF YOU!!!

Conkerphobia... a reasearch project in progress. We hope to feed our team, with the winnings. Peanuts and Beer for EVERYBODY! YAY!!!

mattyrm wrote:Oh yeah, and this is a really weird non lethal way!

Have you ever heard about putting conkers near your door step?! Apparently it actually works! feth knows how... i think the Scientists are out on this one...

I heard on the radio that if you put two or three either side of your door step, they stop coming in?

I think its a placebo me.. but its worth a try eh? You can report back and see how it did!

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-1217709/Do-conkers-drive-spiders-bonkers-Royal-Society-Chemistry-tests-old-wives-tale.html

Please link me to what a conker is WITHOUT A GIANT SPIDER PICTURE ON THE LINK I CLICK

Spiders eat mosquitoes. Go spiders!

Wouldn't coming to terms with your fear of them be a more productive exercise?

Yeh, the spider in tha article is scary. :s

n0t_u wrote:
Actually Garret Daddy long leg spiders are pretty poisionous it's just that their fangs are too small and they are too weak to inject the poison into us . Even if they could they wouldn't be able to inject enough. Remember nearly everything in Australia is poisonous even the harmless spiders

Daddy long-legs CAN bite into skin (and deep enough to draw blood). The little fethers sting, too (the bites, that is, not implying that they can sting as well as bite). See mythbusters. Adam was bitten repeatedly (and still wouldn't die. I vote they redo it with funnel webs next time).

It's just that their venom doesn't work on mammals.