I Hate Spiders Pt 2 - Death From Above

[Chiron52]

Late yesterday afternoon I was sitting on the couch reading the paper when the missus called out Dear, can you remove the spider web from the front porch. I had first noticed the web slung between two of the supports on our front porch about 5 days ago. Knowing it was only a teenie, weenie little spider anyhow, I wasnt really concerned.
However the web had now reached over a metre in diameter and the missus did like to sit out on the porch in the evening and have a read.
So, with my good lady expecting me to man up and protect her from any lurking arachnids, and me knowing it was only made by some tiny little garden spider, I grabbed my trusty new can of Mortein (I had emptied the last one during a previous bloody encounter), and proceeded to spray around the web. I gave the outer edges a particularly good squirt, as I guessed that was where the little blighter would be hiding.
Suddenly, and from above, a huge black spider lowered itself down a strand of web so thick, it could pull a Land Cruiser and caravan out of a Nth Queensland bog in the middle of the wet season.
WHAT DID I DO?
Well, that spider had made the biggest mistake of his miserable life and it would be his last .. I was bravely standing there with half a can of Mortein in my hand.
Ha, Ha, take that you monster. And minutes later, my Mortein can empty, the monster lay dead at my feet. Another victim of Mortein and yours truly - Chiron, Slayer of Mighty Arachnids.
And the missus smiled at me with her special smile - she knows her man is a mighty hunter and protector.

NOTE: Sorry I couldn't post pics of the victim of my last encounter (he's still somewhere under the furniture).
So here are the before and after pics of my recent adventure.

 

[silver]

B R A V E ! 8)

 

[Anolphart]

Oh no ... wot have you done????

 

[Redfin]

To get rid of spiders permanently grab a spray bottle, fill with water and add 8 drops of Lemon Oil [not essence] and mix.
Broom away webs and spray the area and you they won't return.
If the area is susceptible to rain, you will have to re apply.
It really works.

 

[Chiron52]

Thanks Redfin.
I find Mortein works equally as well.
Oh, I forgot to mention in my post that I had the missus get out the broom and remove the web.
I'd forgotten to do it.

 

[Redfin]

You misunderstood Chiron52.
Still kill your spiders with Mortein.
Then after you have brushed away the web, spray the area.
And they you will never have another spider, or web, in that spot.

 

[Chiron52]

Thanks Redfin but I prefer to have them drop by for a Mortein party. ]

AND I so enjoy hearing them scream as they curl up and die. ]
hahahahahaha ..... oh god what is happening to me?

 

[AussieChris]

The bane of my existence right now, European Wasps have decided to set up camp right at my front door. Discovered they have made use of a hole in a mortar joint, either gone into the eaves or maybe up into the roof. I have been stung by paper wasps several times, they are like getting tickled with a feather compared to these damn things.
One was in our hallway a few weeks back decided to dive bomb me, I could feel it in my shirt collar and the back of my neck, I'm pretty sure I screamed liked a little girl and tried to swat it off me, it ended up hitting me on the forearm twice before it got duly squished by my size 12 boot. The stings, which felt like fire and acid lasted several days, managed to get infected and left me with a couple of new scars and a new found terror!

 

[Anolphart]

"About 10 minutes into it everything changed, buckets were flying ... people were bleeding. Girls were unconscious."

Is that what that comment was about?

 

[AussieChris]

Could be Anolphart!

I'm terrified of the bloody things right now, this storm that brewed up tonight, about 20 mins before it the wind came up strong and two of the rotten things blew in the door as my 13-year-old came running inside. She went screaming into the loungeroom and pulled the sliding door over yelling to me that the wasps came inside, I'm frantically searching for fly spray.......hairspray was the closest thing I came up with. I cornered them at the front door and gave them a good taste, was enough to drop them both.

Has anyone tried the wasp powder? I saw on Youtube that you can use Ant-Rid to kill off the nest can imagine it would be a pretty huge job for the pest guy to come in and tear down the eaves/soffit, maybe have to get up into the roof!

 

[PabloP]

Could be Anolphart!

I'm terrified of the bloody things right now, this storm that brewed up tonight, about 20 mins before it the wind came up strong and two of the rotten things blew in the door as my 13-year-old came running inside. She went screaming into the loungeroom and pulled the sliding door over yelling to me that the wasps came inside, I'm frantically searching for fly spray.......hairspray was the closest thing I came up with. I cornered them at the front door and gave them a good taste, was enough to drop them both.

Has anyone tried the wasp powder? I saw on Youtube that you can use Ant-Rid to kill off the nest can imagine it would be a pretty huge job for the pest guy to come in and tear down the eaves/soffit, maybe have to get up into the roof!

The wasp powder has always worked for me. Don't wait, as I know of a case where they built a big nest in the cavity and then dug a hole through the interior plastic and so had direct access into the building.

 

[Satman]

Hi Chris,

Yup, I've used the powder on several occasions and can say that it does work and work well. I don't know about the ant rid though.

Cheers

Matt

 

[xcvator]

The powder works really well, but try and pump it into the entry at night, the wasps are not as active. Another tip is get some red celophane wrapping and put a couple of layers over a torch, for some reason the red light doesn't disturb them but you can still see what you're doing

 

[Manpa]

The bane of my existence right now, European Wasps have decided to set up camp right at my front door. Discovered they have made use of a hole in a mortar joint, either gone into the eaves or maybe up into the roof. I have been stung by paper wasps several times, they are like getting tickled with a feather compared to these damn things.
One was in our hallway a few weeks back decided to dive bomb me, I could feel it in my shirt collar and the back of my neck, I'm pretty sure I screamed liked a little girl and tried to swat it off me, it ended up hitting me on the forearm twice before it got duly squished by my size 12 boot. The stings, which felt like fire and acid lasted several days, managed to get infected and left me with a couple of new scars and a new found terror!

https://www.prospectingaustralia.com/forum/img/member-images/4915/1515475626_european-wasp1.jpg

My sympathy on your recent encounter, I remember my father being stung in excess of twenty times by euro wasps when he was a caretaker at a school, he was pretty ****** for a week to ten days

 

[pete165]

Hey AussieChris

Get a bottle of vodka, drink it neat and then breathe on them. They will think they are in Russia and leave. Lol.

Being serious though it would be easier and a lot safer to get a pest exterminator to look into it for you.

 

[Chiron52]

A few years back I lived in Sydney in a block of units, with unit blocks on both sides. One day I spotted a wasps nest next door under a 3rd story window. I reported it to the strata management but nothing was done. Over the next couple of years I watched that nest seed other nests all over the neighbourhood. And the size of the earliest nests continued to grow and grow. Eventually some of the nests were almost the size of a soccer ball.
Well, one day a neighbour went to move a bench seat to another location, not knowing there was a wasp nest underneath it. His disturbance sent the wasps into a frenzy. He suffered muliple stings ..... I heard him scream out as he was attacked. A person with an allergy to the stings would have been killed, easy. It took someone being hurt before action was taken. The neighbourhood banded together and payed for an exterminator and within 30 minutes there wasn't a single nest standing.
DON'T let any wasp nest around your home spread out.

 

[pete165]

Hi Chiron52

So true my friend.I agree totally with what you are saying. Action should have been taken straight away. If they had attacked someone with a serious allergy to wasps,bees etc and that person had died,they would have been faced with a lawsuit. It could have been quite a costly exercise. A lot more than getting an exterminator out to deal with the problem in the first place.