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Pelican
08-19-2002, 09:43 PM
Let me preface this by saying I HATE SPIDERS . There. I am sick (and tired) of all the dang spider webs on my boat. Everytime I go on it first item of business is take the broom and knock down the webs. Actually don't see the spiders much but I don't like getting webs on me either. OK, I'm aracknafobick.
Was just messing around and typed in spider control on google. Found some stuff called spider-knot. I ordered two cans and will give it a try. If it works I'll pass the info along 'case anybody else is as opposed to spiders as I am. (Gonna hafta get my wife to wrap the cans with duct tape. They got a picture of a big spider on 'em. Don't think could hold 'em. Man I hate spiders)
Pelican
08-19-2002, 09:43 PM
Let me preface this by saying I HATE SPIDERS . There. I am sick (and tired) of all the dang spider webs on my boat. Everytime I go on it first item of business is take the broom and knock down the webs. Actually don't see the spiders much but I don't like getting webs on me either. OK, I'm aracknafobick.
Was just messing around and typed in spider control on google. Found some stuff called spider-knot. I ordered two cans and will give it a try. If it works I'll pass the info along 'case anybody else is as opposed to spiders as I am. (Gonna hafta get my wife to wrap the cans with duct tape. They got a picture of a big spider on 'em. Don't think could hold 'em. Man I hate spiders)
Pelican
08-19-2002, 09:43 PM
Let me preface this by saying I HATE SPIDERS . There. I am sick (and tired) of all the dang spider webs on my boat. Everytime I go on it first item of business is take the broom and knock down the webs. Actually don't see the spiders much but I don't like getting webs on me either. OK, I'm aracknafobick.
Was just messing around and typed in spider control on google. Found some stuff called spider-knot. I ordered two cans and will give it a try. If it works I'll pass the info along 'case anybody else is as opposed to spiders as I am. (Gonna hafta get my wife to wrap the cans with duct tape. They got a picture of a big spider on 'em. Don't think could hold 'em. Man I hate spiders)
Mr. Know It All
08-19-2002, 11:41 PM
My Lyman spent 3 years in a barn before I saved her and was totally infested with those healthy HUGE Ohio spiders. I finally got rid of them with a power washer :D Works well with bees too. Don't forget to pull the drain plug.
Peace---> Kevin in Ohio
Mr. Know It All
08-19-2002, 11:41 PM
My Lyman spent 3 years in a barn before I saved her and was totally infested with those healthy HUGE Ohio spiders. I finally got rid of them with a power washer :D Works well with bees too. Don't forget to pull the drain plug.
Peace---> Kevin in Ohio
Mr. Know It All
08-19-2002, 11:41 PM
My Lyman spent 3 years in a barn before I saved her and was totally infested with those healthy HUGE Ohio spiders. I finally got rid of them with a power washer :D Works well with bees too. Don't forget to pull the drain plug.
Peace---> Kevin in Ohio
Wild Wassa
08-19-2002, 11:54 PM
Hi Pelican, One thing about spiders is that if you 'takeout' the premier spider all the other smaller spiders proliferate. Often you can have a spider like a Huntsman, that will keep problem spiders like White Tails and Redbacks (or your equivalent nasties) in check. In many respects, it is important to have one or two large spiders. I'm talking about houses, I think a cabined boat would be similar.
Have you noticed that the spider population increases?, after a good spider purge.
Warren.
Wild Wassa
08-19-2002, 11:54 PM
Hi Pelican, One thing about spiders is that if you 'takeout' the premier spider all the other smaller spiders proliferate. Often you can have a spider like a Huntsman, that will keep problem spiders like White Tails and Redbacks (or your equivalent nasties) in check. In many respects, it is important to have one or two large spiders. I'm talking about houses, I think a cabined boat would be similar.
Have you noticed that the spider population increases?, after a good spider purge.
Warren.
Wild Wassa
08-19-2002, 11:54 PM
Hi Pelican, One thing about spiders is that if you 'takeout' the premier spider all the other smaller spiders proliferate. Often you can have a spider like a Huntsman, that will keep problem spiders like White Tails and Redbacks (or your equivalent nasties) in check. In many respects, it is important to have one or two large spiders. I'm talking about houses, I think a cabined boat would be similar.
Have you noticed that the spider population increases?, after a good spider purge.
Warren.
Mr. Know It All
08-20-2002, 12:29 AM
Another thing I ran into.....The buggers lay sticky egg sacs that the power washer wouldn't knock off. Had to pick those off with my fingers or I would have been reinfested in no time. I got every last one of them and haven't seen any since.
Peace---> Kevin in Ohio
Mr. Know It All
08-20-2002, 12:29 AM
Another thing I ran into.....The buggers lay sticky egg sacs that the power washer wouldn't knock off. Had to pick those off with my fingers or I would have been reinfested in no time. I got every last one of them and haven't seen any since.
Peace---> Kevin in Ohio
Mr. Know It All
08-20-2002, 12:29 AM
Another thing I ran into.....The buggers lay sticky egg sacs that the power washer wouldn't knock off. Had to pick those off with my fingers or I would have been reinfested in no time. I got every last one of them and haven't seen any since.
Peace---> Kevin in Ohio
Ron Williamson
08-20-2002, 05:27 AM
Spiders catch insects and other spiders.If they aren't poisonous,whyn't you leave the biggest ones?
R
Ron Williamson
08-20-2002, 05:27 AM
Spiders catch insects and other spiders.If they aren't poisonous,whyn't you leave the biggest ones?
R
Ron Williamson
08-20-2002, 05:27 AM
Spiders catch insects and other spiders.If they aren't poisonous,whyn't you leave the biggest ones?
R
JJoohhnn
08-20-2002, 08:55 AM
I just leave them (spiders) alone. At least there is something working on the boat :D
JJoohhnn
08-20-2002, 08:55 AM
I just leave them (spiders) alone. At least there is something working on the boat :D
JJoohhnn
08-20-2002, 08:55 AM
I just leave them (spiders) alone. At least there is something working on the boat :D
Mr. Know It All
08-20-2002, 09:58 AM
I have nothing personal against spiders. All of Gods critters serve a purpose but they can just find another place to hang out besides MY boat........or I'm blastin them. :D
Peace---> Kevin in Ohio
Mr. Know It All
08-20-2002, 09:58 AM
I have nothing personal against spiders. All of Gods critters serve a purpose but they can just find another place to hang out besides MY boat........or I'm blastin them. :D
Peace---> Kevin in Ohio
Mr. Know It All
08-20-2002, 09:58 AM
I have nothing personal against spiders. All of Gods critters serve a purpose but they can just find another place to hang out besides MY boat........or I'm blastin them. :D
Peace---> Kevin in Ohio
brad9798
08-20-2002, 10:18 AM
The trick is to get into a marina that exterminates weekly. WOW ... what a difference- no webs, no bugs, no black spider poop, no birds hanging because there are not bugs.
I would rather have a rattle snake in my boat than one of those big brown, fat spiders ... I HATE spiders.
They always like to 'web' about face high on the docks ... so, they end up on my chest/face when I walk through their webs at night ...
Brad
brad9798
08-20-2002, 10:18 AM
The trick is to get into a marina that exterminates weekly. WOW ... what a difference- no webs, no bugs, no black spider poop, no birds hanging because there are not bugs.
I would rather have a rattle snake in my boat than one of those big brown, fat spiders ... I HATE spiders.
They always like to 'web' about face high on the docks ... so, they end up on my chest/face when I walk through their webs at night ...
Brad
brad9798
08-20-2002, 10:18 AM
The trick is to get into a marina that exterminates weekly. WOW ... what a difference- no webs, no bugs, no black spider poop, no birds hanging because there are not bugs.
I would rather have a rattle snake in my boat than one of those big brown, fat spiders ... I HATE spiders.
They always like to 'web' about face high on the docks ... so, they end up on my chest/face when I walk through their webs at night ...
Brad
Jamie Hascall
08-20-2002, 12:38 PM
A friends daughter just took out a big hobo spider with a can of spray adhesive. I couldn't help but feel the irony in the method. ;)
Jamie Hascall
08-20-2002, 12:38 PM
A friends daughter just took out a big hobo spider with a can of spray adhesive. I couldn't help but feel the irony in the method. ;)
Jamie Hascall
08-20-2002, 12:38 PM
A friends daughter just took out a big hobo spider with a can of spray adhesive. I couldn't help but feel the irony in the method. ;)
LarryJacobson
08-20-2002, 12:47 PM
Pelican,
Have you considered renaming the boat "WEB SITE"?
-Sorry, couldn't resist.
LarryJacobson
08-20-2002, 12:47 PM
Pelican,
Have you considered renaming the boat "WEB SITE"?
-Sorry, couldn't resist.
LarryJacobson
08-20-2002, 12:47 PM
Pelican,
Have you considered renaming the boat "WEB SITE"?
-Sorry, couldn't resist.
Alan D. Hyde
08-20-2002, 12:52 PM
Do spiders have any natural predators???
Alan
Alan D. Hyde
08-20-2002, 12:52 PM
Do spiders have any natural predators???
Alan
Alan D. Hyde
08-20-2002, 12:52 PM
Do spiders have any natural predators???
Alan
Other spiders eat spiders. Birds eat spiders. Snakes eat spiders. Frogs and toads eat spiders.
Other spiders eat spiders. Birds eat spiders. Snakes eat spiders. Frogs and toads eat spiders.
Other spiders eat spiders. Birds eat spiders. Snakes eat spiders. Frogs and toads eat spiders.
Alan D. Hyde
08-20-2002, 01:45 PM
Well, Donn, these don't sound like great candidates for life on board. Perhaps Pelican needs a boat dog: specifically, a wire-haired fox terrier.
Ours THINKS she can eat anything that moves, and does in fact eat squirrels, moles, chipmunks, shrews, mice, rabbits, raccoons, bees (particularly bumblebees, for which she has a pronounced dislike), flies, and spiders. In early spring, she takes running jumps of about eight feet into our pool in attempts to catch ducks that alight there. In these efforts, she has so far been unsuccessful.
When dealing with bees, spiders, and other insects, she pulls back her lips from her teeth, nibbles her victims to death, then spits them out with great apparent satisfaction.
I have, much against her wishes, reached over my head and removed her from eight feet up in a tree, into which she had scrambled to pursue a squirrel. The squirrel, in a panic, had made a long jump onto a telephone line about six feet away, and was standing there smugly, chattering at the dog. The offended terrier was responding with appropriate threats and imprecations.
She particularly resented this squirrel after the chase in the tree, and finally got him months later when he was spending a careless moment at the bird feeder. She chewed his head off, and pranced up to us proudly with her trophy...
Alan
[ 08-20-2002, 03:12 PM: Message edited by: Alan D. Hyde ]
Alan D. Hyde
08-20-2002, 01:45 PM
Well, Donn, these don't sound like great candidates for life on board. Perhaps Pelican needs a boat dog: specifically, a wire-haired fox terrier.
Ours THINKS she can eat anything that moves, and does in fact eat squirrels, moles, chipmunks, shrews, mice, rabbits, raccoons, bees (particularly bumblebees, for which she has a pronounced dislike), flies, and spiders. In early spring, she takes running jumps of about eight feet into our pool in attempts to catch ducks that alight there. In these efforts, she has so far been unsuccessful.
When dealing with bees, spiders, and other insects, she pulls back her lips from her teeth, nibbles her victims to death, then spits them out with great apparent satisfaction.
I have, much against her wishes, reached over my head and removed her from eight feet up in a tree, into which she had scrambled to pursue a squirrel. The squirrel, in a panic, had made a long jump onto a telephone line about six feet away, and was standing there smugly, chattering at the dog. The offended terrier was responding with appropriate threats and imprecations.
She particularly resented this squirrel after the chase in the tree, and finally got him months later when he was spending a careless moment at the bird feeder. She chewed his head off, and pranced up to us proudly with her trophy...
Alan
[ 08-20-2002, 03:12 PM: Message edited by: Alan D. Hyde ]
Alan D. Hyde
08-20-2002, 01:45 PM
Well, Donn, these don't sound like great candidates for life on board. Perhaps Pelican needs a boat dog: specifically, a wire-haired fox terrier.
Ours THINKS she can eat anything that moves, and does in fact eat squirrels, moles, chipmunks, shrews, mice, rabbits, raccoons, bees (particularly bumblebees, for which she has a pronounced dislike), flies, and spiders. In early spring, she takes running jumps of about eight feet into our pool in attempts to catch ducks that alight there. In these efforts, she has so far been unsuccessful.
When dealing with bees, spiders, and other insects, she pulls back her lips from her teeth, nibbles her victims to death, then spits them out with great apparent satisfaction.
I have, much against her wishes, reached over my head and removed her from eight feet up in a tree, into which she had scrambled to pursue a squirrel. The squirrel, in a panic, had made a long jump onto a telephone line about six feet away, and was standing there smugly, chattering at the dog. The offended terrier was responding with appropriate threats and imprecations.
She particularly resented this squirrel after the chase in the tree, and finally got him months later when he was spending a careless moment at the bird feeder. She chewed his head off, and pranced up to us proudly with her trophy...
Alan
[ 08-20-2002, 03:12 PM: Message edited by: Alan D. Hyde ]
gary porter
08-20-2002, 01:53 PM
Spiders,,, can never quite figure them out. They definately seem to have a thing for me. If I see one across the room in the bedroom it will eventually end up on my pillow or me. So far they don't seem to be attracted to the boat. I always feel bad after killing one and wonder if they are trying to eat me or perhaps...are they trying to be friends????
Never been bitten...Gary :D
gary porter
08-20-2002, 01:53 PM
Spiders,,, can never quite figure them out. They definately seem to have a thing for me. If I see one across the room in the bedroom it will eventually end up on my pillow or me. So far they don't seem to be attracted to the boat. I always feel bad after killing one and wonder if they are trying to eat me or perhaps...are they trying to be friends????
Never been bitten...Gary :D
gary porter
08-20-2002, 01:53 PM
Spiders,,, can never quite figure them out. They definately seem to have a thing for me. If I see one across the room in the bedroom it will eventually end up on my pillow or me. So far they don't seem to be attracted to the boat. I always feel bad after killing one and wonder if they are trying to eat me or perhaps...are they trying to be friends????
Never been bitten...Gary :D
Mr. Know It All
08-20-2002, 01:55 PM
Alan.....That's gonna be hard to top :D but we do have a cat who knocks over every lamp in the house chasing any flying insects that manage to get in the house. Good kitty. smile.gif
Peace---> Kevin in Ohio
Mr. Know It All
08-20-2002, 01:55 PM
Alan.....That's gonna be hard to top :D but we do have a cat who knocks over every lamp in the house chasing any flying insects that manage to get in the house. Good kitty. smile.gif
Peace---> Kevin in Ohio
Mr. Know It All
08-20-2002, 01:55 PM
Alan.....That's gonna be hard to top :D but we do have a cat who knocks over every lamp in the house chasing any flying insects that manage to get in the house. Good kitty. smile.gif
Peace---> Kevin in Ohio
I like Spiders, but the other day one tied a web around the windex on the top of my mast. Took 3 days for the thing to come loose so I knew which way the wind was blowing. I didn't feel like going up the 35ft mast because of a spider...
Noah
I like Spiders, but the other day one tied a web around the windex on the top of my mast. Took 3 days for the thing to come loose so I knew which way the wind was blowing. I didn't feel like going up the 35ft mast because of a spider...
Noah
I like Spiders, but the other day one tied a web around the windex on the top of my mast. Took 3 days for the thing to come loose so I knew which way the wind was blowing. I didn't feel like going up the 35ft mast because of a spider...
Noah
Andrew Craig-Bennett
08-20-2002, 04:09 PM
OK that's IT.
I have paid my last visit to North America. I had NO IDEA you had such huge spiders!
I HATE spiders, even the little about 2 or 3 inches across English ones. But ones that can clog up a Windex.....YUK!
....or rather....
AAAARGH!
Not sure I shall sleep tonight.
Andrew Craig-Bennett
08-20-2002, 04:09 PM
OK that's IT.
I have paid my last visit to North America. I had NO IDEA you had such huge spiders!
I HATE spiders, even the little about 2 or 3 inches across English ones. But ones that can clog up a Windex.....YUK!
....or rather....
AAAARGH!
Not sure I shall sleep tonight.
Andrew Craig-Bennett
08-20-2002, 04:09 PM
OK that's IT.
I have paid my last visit to North America. I had NO IDEA you had such huge spiders!
I HATE spiders, even the little about 2 or 3 inches across English ones. But ones that can clog up a Windex.....YUK!
....or rather....
AAAARGH!
Not sure I shall sleep tonight.
Stephen
08-20-2002, 04:16 PM
Spiders stear clear of chestnuts! I threw a handful of chestnuts into the basement.
Stephen
08-20-2002, 04:16 PM
Spiders stear clear of chestnuts! I threw a handful of chestnuts into the basement.
Alan D. Hyde
08-20-2002, 04:16 PM
American merchant skipper Charles Tyng ("Before the Wind," a good book BTW) killed a tarantula in his bedroom by reflexively throwing his shoe at it.
The body was bigger than a big man's fist, and the diameter measured across the legs was 18".
His biographical account makes interesting reading. Lots of scrapes, of one kind and another...
Alan
Alan D. Hyde
08-20-2002, 04:16 PM
American merchant skipper Charles Tyng ("Before the Wind," a good book BTW) killed a tarantula in his bedroom by reflexively throwing his shoe at it.
The body was bigger than a big man's fist, and the diameter measured across the legs was 18".
His biographical account makes interesting reading. Lots of scrapes, of one kind and another...
Alan
Stephen
08-20-2002, 04:16 PM
Spiders stear clear of chestnuts! I threw a handful of chestnuts into the basement.
Alan D. Hyde
08-20-2002, 04:16 PM
American merchant skipper Charles Tyng ("Before the Wind," a good book BTW) killed a tarantula in his bedroom by reflexively throwing his shoe at it.
The body was bigger than a big man's fist, and the diameter measured across the legs was 18".
His biographical account makes interesting reading. Lots of scrapes, of one kind and another...
Alan
John B
08-20-2002, 04:51 PM
They used "avondale" spiders in the film Arachnophobia. Avondale is a suburb not far from where I grew up. Not poisonous, just BIG.
And Avondale spiders are an import from Aus... the Huntsman.They're protected there, I read( but not here).
John B
08-20-2002, 04:51 PM
They used "avondale" spiders in the film Arachnophobia. Avondale is a suburb not far from where I grew up. Not poisonous, just BIG.
And Avondale spiders are an import from Aus... the Huntsman.They're protected there, I read( but not here).
John B
08-20-2002, 04:51 PM
They used "avondale" spiders in the film Arachnophobia. Avondale is a suburb not far from where I grew up. Not poisonous, just BIG.
And Avondale spiders are an import from Aus... the Huntsman.They're protected there, I read( but not here).
Pelican
08-20-2002, 09:41 PM
Cheez, I'm gettin' squimish just reading all this.
I'm with Brad, rather have snakes, but then my wife wouldn't go aboard. Had three "pet" eastern diamondbacks many years ago.
Pelican
08-20-2002, 09:41 PM
Cheez, I'm gettin' squimish just reading all this.
I'm with Brad, rather have snakes, but then my wife wouldn't go aboard. Had three "pet" eastern diamondbacks many years ago.
Pelican
08-20-2002, 09:41 PM
Cheez, I'm gettin' squimish just reading all this.
I'm with Brad, rather have snakes, but then my wife wouldn't go aboard. Had three "pet" eastern diamondbacks many years ago.
John B
08-20-2002, 11:43 PM
Something we share with Ireland( apart from a whole lot of surnames).
NO snakes.
Wabbits can be a pwoblem though.
John B
08-20-2002, 11:43 PM
Something we share with Ireland( apart from a whole lot of surnames).
NO snakes.
Wabbits can be a pwoblem though.
John B
08-20-2002, 11:43 PM
Something we share with Ireland( apart from a whole lot of surnames).
NO snakes.
Wabbits can be a pwoblem though.
Wild Dingo
08-21-2002, 04:57 AM
Originally posted by John B:
They used "avondale" spiders in the film Arachnophobia. Avondale is a suburb not far from where I grew up. Not poisonous, just BIG.
And Avondale spiders are an import from Aus... the Huntsman.They're protected there, I read( but not here).Protected??? Spiders??? Come on!!... Sorry John dont think so... maybe they are who knows what these PC greeny buggars are doing when we aint looking?!... but if they are Im in big doodoos!! I kill any and every flamin spider I come accoss even if I have to go out of my way to kill the blighters! AND I dont give a flying rats who sees me do it... same as snakes... see snake kill snake ask what sort it is after it stops moving.
Years ago I had a little nephew who was bitten on the throat by a red back while he was asleep in his cot Ricky was a beautiful baby of 4 months and died before any help could be got for him... terrible painful thing and nothing anyone could do but hold him... an half hour or more from RFDS plane 5 hours from nearest town by road no antivenine left in the med chest... Ricky died after 15 minutes... bloody miserable mongrel things absolutely hatefull totally and utterly abhore detest and loathe the creeping buggars!
No spider or snake will exist on any boat car house or any other object I own!! flamin ruddy critters!! :mad:
Take it easy
Shane
Wild Dingo
08-21-2002, 04:57 AM
Originally posted by John B:
They used "avondale" spiders in the film Arachnophobia. Avondale is a suburb not far from where I grew up. Not poisonous, just BIG.
And Avondale spiders are an import from Aus... the Huntsman.They're protected there, I read( but not here).Protected??? Spiders??? Come on!!... Sorry John dont think so... maybe they are who knows what these PC greeny buggars are doing when we aint looking?!... but if they are Im in big doodoos!! I kill any and every flamin spider I come accoss even if I have to go out of my way to kill the blighters! AND I dont give a flying rats who sees me do it... same as snakes... see snake kill snake ask what sort it is after it stops moving.
Years ago I had a little nephew who was bitten on the throat by a red back while he was asleep in his cot Ricky was a beautiful baby of 4 months and died before any help could be got for him... terrible painful thing and nothing anyone could do but hold him... an half hour or more from RFDS plane 5 hours from nearest town by road no antivenine left in the med chest... Ricky died after 15 minutes... bloody miserable mongrel things absolutely hatefull totally and utterly abhore detest and loathe the creeping buggars!
No spider or snake will exist on any boat car house or any other object I own!! flamin ruddy critters!! :mad:
Take it easy
Shane
Wild Dingo
08-21-2002, 04:57 AM
Originally posted by John B:
They used "avondale" spiders in the film Arachnophobia. Avondale is a suburb not far from where I grew up. Not poisonous, just BIG.
And Avondale spiders are an import from Aus... the Huntsman.They're protected there, I read( but not here).Protected??? Spiders??? Come on!!... Sorry John dont think so... maybe they are who knows what these PC greeny buggars are doing when we aint looking?!... but if they are Im in big doodoos!! I kill any and every flamin spider I come accoss even if I have to go out of my way to kill the blighters! AND I dont give a flying rats who sees me do it... same as snakes... see snake kill snake ask what sort it is after it stops moving.
Years ago I had a little nephew who was bitten on the throat by a red back while he was asleep in his cot Ricky was a beautiful baby of 4 months and died before any help could be got for him... terrible painful thing and nothing anyone could do but hold him... an half hour or more from RFDS plane 5 hours from nearest town by road no antivenine left in the med chest... Ricky died after 15 minutes... bloody miserable mongrel things absolutely hatefull totally and utterly abhore detest and loathe the creeping buggars!
No spider or snake will exist on any boat car house or any other object I own!! flamin ruddy critters!! :mad:
Take it easy
Shane
Minor T
08-21-2002, 03:26 PM
There's one lives in my galley...he's rather large. Named him Arnold...seemed appropriate.
Minor T
08-21-2002, 03:26 PM
There's one lives in my galley...he's rather large. Named him Arnold...seemed appropriate.
Minor T
08-21-2002, 03:26 PM
There's one lives in my galley...he's rather large. Named him Arnold...seemed appropriate.
Ariel
08-27-2002, 02:44 PM
Hi! Pelican, are you and your spiders coming to the Madisonville Wooden Boat Festival in September? I would like to meet you and your wife if possible. Mark Van will be there with Heart of Gold II and I will be on the schooner Joshua. Possibly some other forum contributors will be there too. Hope you can make it....Ariel
Ariel
08-27-2002, 02:44 PM
Hi! Pelican, are you and your spiders coming to the Madisonville Wooden Boat Festival in September? I would like to meet you and your wife if possible. Mark Van will be there with Heart of Gold II and I will be on the schooner Joshua. Possibly some other forum contributors will be there too. Hope you can make it....Ariel
Ariel
08-27-2002, 02:44 PM
Hi! Pelican, are you and your spiders coming to the Madisonville Wooden Boat Festival in September? I would like to meet you and your wife if possible. Mark Van will be there with Heart of Gold II and I will be on the schooner Joshua. Possibly some other forum contributors will be there too. Hope you can make it....Ariel
Pelican,
How do you and your wife feel about lizards. Lots of people in a lot of the world have lizards that roam freely in their homes to deal with the bugs.
Heck, get a big enough one and you can name it "Emergency Ration"
:D
Howard
Pelican,
How do you and your wife feel about lizards. Lots of people in a lot of the world have lizards that roam freely in their homes to deal with the bugs.
Heck, get a big enough one and you can name it "Emergency Ration"
:D
Howard
Pelican,
How do you and your wife feel about lizards. Lots of people in a lot of the world have lizards that roam freely in their homes to deal with the bugs.
Heck, get a big enough one and you can name it "Emergency Ration"
:D
Howard
Peter Malcolm Jardine
09-01-2002, 10:43 PM
a couple of things..... garlic is about what of the finest natural bug repellants around... (won't hurt finishes either) and if you mix hot water up with some peeled cloves in it... it works okay... (for plants too!)... The other thing i like is those really soft car wash brushes which do not damage bright work and get in the little cracks and crevices where the egg sacs go... :D
Peter Malcolm Jardine
09-01-2002, 10:43 PM
a couple of things..... garlic is about what of the finest natural bug repellants around... (won't hurt finishes either) and if you mix hot water up with some peeled cloves in it... it works okay... (for plants too!)... The other thing i like is those really soft car wash brushes which do not damage bright work and get in the little cracks and crevices where the egg sacs go... :D
Peter Malcolm Jardine
09-01-2002, 10:43 PM
a couple of things..... garlic is about what of the finest natural bug repellants around... (won't hurt finishes either) and if you mix hot water up with some peeled cloves in it... it works okay... (for plants too!)... The other thing i like is those really soft car wash brushes which do not damage bright work and get in the little cracks and crevices where the egg sacs go... :D
cmtacking
09-01-2002, 11:33 PM
I can't seem to hate the little rascals though SOME types of them give even me the creeps. You forgot wasps, Don. They are a major predator of spiders, especially the mud daubing variety. They lay an egg in with the still living body and the larvae eats it's way to freedom....makes me feel pity for the spider.
Oh yeah, those wrens that are forever foraging in my shop probably take a pretty big toll too. I didn't mind them too much and actually thought it was kinda neat watching them poke in all the crevices for a morsel. That was until I found one of their "calling cards" on the R/C boat I'm lofting. :eek: Riley
cmtacking
09-01-2002, 11:33 PM
I can't seem to hate the little rascals though SOME types of them give even me the creeps. You forgot wasps, Don. They are a major predator of spiders, especially the mud daubing variety. They lay an egg in with the still living body and the larvae eats it's way to freedom....makes me feel pity for the spider.
Oh yeah, those wrens that are forever foraging in my shop probably take a pretty big toll too. I didn't mind them too much and actually thought it was kinda neat watching them poke in all the crevices for a morsel. That was until I found one of their "calling cards" on the R/C boat I'm lofting. :eek: Riley
cmtacking
09-01-2002, 11:33 PM
I can't seem to hate the little rascals though SOME types of them give even me the creeps. You forgot wasps, Don. They are a major predator of spiders, especially the mud daubing variety. They lay an egg in with the still living body and the larvae eats it's way to freedom....makes me feel pity for the spider.
Oh yeah, those wrens that are forever foraging in my shop probably take a pretty big toll too. I didn't mind them too much and actually thought it was kinda neat watching them poke in all the crevices for a morsel. That was until I found one of their "calling cards" on the R/C boat I'm lofting. :eek: Riley
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