Family Flees 6,000 Deadly Spiders "Bleeding Out of the Walls" of Home, and worse of all, its the dea
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Fuckin DPH
Some context:
[IMG]http://i.imgur.com/6JWku.jpg[/IMG]
[QUOTE=hypno-toad;46201898]Just import 6000 giant house spiders and let them have a 4 month war over dominion of the house[/QUOTE]
That sounds like a good tv show.
We used to have mad problems with spiders and all matters of insects on our front porch during the summer. We'd literally have to powerwash the ceiling of the porch once or twice a week or it'd look like one continuous spiderweb from one end to the other. You couldn't stand on the porch for very long without having spiders fall on you once every few minutes. They also made their way inside during the winter months so you had to watch where you stepped or put your hands.
But then we got these things probably 6-7 years ago:
[img]http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a2/Hemidactylus_turcicus.jpg[/img]
And the spiders vanished within weeks, the same with almost all of the bugs. Now instead of spiders and other creepy crawleys, we have fat geckos. Some of them are so big from eating so much that they can't get back into their hiding spots. You'll see them scurry away if you get close, only to get their body stuck in a crack and have to back out and run elsewhere to hide.
[QUOTE=Robman8908;46200623]Did you fucking seriously have to put that giant fucking picture of that fucking brown recluse there? I clicked on this fucking thread and now I've got to put up with my fucking itchiness and fucking paranoia that another fucking brown recluse is going to fucking show up in my fucking room.
God-fucking-dammit, Ignhelper.[/QUOTE]
Irrational paranoia seek assistance
[url]http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cognitive_behavioral_therapy[/url]
[QUOTE=Dalndox;46200578]Burn the house
Salt the ground
Move to a different state
Jesus christ. If that were me, I'd move to the coldest climate possible just so that I never have to SEE another spider.[/QUOTE]
Fuck that.
Make a sinkhole or something.
Oh my god, sinkholes from where brown recluse spiders come from. Imagine that.
[b]We're Dooooomed[/b]
[QUOTE=SPESSMEHREN;46200861]Brown recluse spiders are [i]not[/i] deadly in the 21st century, antivenom has been around for decades and there is little scientific evidence to support the claims that they produce deadly necrotic bites.[/QUOTE]
Deadly? Maybe not. But just google image Brown Recluse Bite. They're no laughing matter. Would not want to be bitten by one
[QUOTE=GiGaBiTe;46201986]We used to have mad problems with spiders and all matters of insects on our front porch during the summer. We'd literally have to powerwash the ceiling of the porch once or twice a week or it'd look like one continuous spiderweb from one end to the other. You couldn't stand on the porch for very long without having spiders fall on you once every few minutes. They also made their way inside during the winter months so you had to watch where you stepped or put your hands.
But then we got these things probably 6-7 years ago:
[img]http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a2/Hemidactylus_turcicus.jpg[/img]
And the spiders vanished within weeks, the same with almost all of the bugs. Now instead of spiders and other creepy crawleys, we have fat geckos. Some of them are so big from eating so much that they can't get back into their hiding spots. You'll see them scurry away if you get close, only to get their body stuck in a crack and have to back out and run elsewhere to hide.[/QUOTE]
Where do you live?
I wanna live there. Geckos are awesome.
[QUOTE=Robman8908;46200623]Did you fucking seriously have to put that giant fucking picture of that fucking brown recluse there? I clicked on this fucking thread and now I've got to put up with my fucking itchiness and fucking paranoia that another fucking brown recluse is going to fucking show up in my fucking room.
God-fucking-dammit, Ignhelper.[/QUOTE]
i lol'd
[QUOTE=Rocâ„¢;46202193]Where do you live?
I wanna live there. Geckos are awesome.[/QUOTE]
Over here in the USA we have Mediterranean house geckos. They're an introduced species from Europe. But they're not considered invasive because all they do is hide all day, come out at night, and kick cockroach and spider ass
[QUOTE]A home with prime views of the third and fourth holes at [b]Whitmoor Country Club[/b][/QUOTE]
Damn, this place is literally a five-minute drive from my house. Kinda weird to hear about it on Facepunch.
Creating poison perimeters isn't hard to do, and done properly will keep everything out of your house. Don't understand why people bother putting up with spider bullshit if they hate them.
[QUOTE=GiGaBiTe;46201986]We used to have mad problems with spiders and all matters of insects on our front porch during the summer. We'd literally have to powerwash the ceiling of the porch once or twice a week or it'd look like one continuous spiderweb from one end to the other. You couldn't stand on the porch for very long without having spiders fall on you once every few minutes. They also made their way inside during the winter months so you had to watch where you stepped or put your hands.
But then we got these things probably 6-7 years ago:
[img]http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a2/Hemidactylus_turcicus.jpg[/img]
And the spiders vanished within weeks, the same with almost all of the bugs. Now instead of spiders and other creepy crawleys, we have fat geckos. Some of them are so big from eating so much that they can't get back into their hiding spots. You'll see them scurry away if you get close, only to get their body stuck in a crack and have to back out and run elsewhere to hide.[/QUOTE]
You know, I think I'd actually be fine with living with some geckos
[QUOTE=Axznma;46202738]Creating poison perimeters isn't hard to do, and done properly will keep everything out of your house. Don't understand why people bother putting up with spider bullshit if they hate them.[/QUOTE]
Uh yeah getting rid of an infestation is a shitton harder than typing 2 sentences about it on the internet. These type of spiders like to live in the walls, under the floor, and in the rafters.
Just imagine If all the spiders just decided to migrate down the road one day.
Thousands of them, forming a giant blanket. :tinfoil:
[QUOTE=Axznma;46202738]Creating poison perimeters isn't hard to do, and done properly will keep everything out of your house. Don't understand why people bother putting up with spider bullshit if they hate them.[/QUOTE]
Like some person in here and the OP said, standard pesticides don't do shit to these spiders and only make them hyper aggressive, and since they hide literally EVERYWHERE just spraying your perimeter and shit won't do shit when they can be living in the walls or the attic. It takes one little hole in your perimeter spraying to get one of these little fuckers in there.
[QUOTE=TornadoAP;46202991]You know, I think I'd actually be fine with living with some geckos[/QUOTE]
Where I am at, they've become so common that I've had them start appearing inside on my walls and ceilings, which with their velcro-like feet makes them an absolute pain to catch and put back outside. On the bright side, haven't had any bugs come inside in years. :v:
[QUOTE=purvisdavid1;46200759]Oh god. I didn't know what those spiders in my house were till now. Thanks FP.[/QUOTE]
Are you SURE they're the same ones and not just wolf spiders? I've seen a surprising number of people that somehow confuse the two.
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[QUOTE=SPESSMEHREN;46200861]Brown recluse spiders are [i]not[/i] deadly in the 21st century, antivenom has been around for decades and there is little scientific evidence to support the claims that they produce deadly necrotic bites.[/QUOTE]
They do if it's left un-treated IIRC.
[editline]10th October 2014[/editline]
[QUOTE=Axznma;46202738]Creating poison perimeters isn't hard to do, and done properly will keep everything out of your house. Don't understand why people bother putting up with spider bullshit if they hate them.[/QUOTE]
An application of Boric Acid will also keep most bugs at bay, even roaches (nasty stuff though, not sure I'd recommend it if you have pets/children).
[editline]10th October 2014[/editline]
[QUOTE=Duskin;46203222]Just imagine If all the spiders just decided to migrate down the road one day.
Thousands of them, forming a giant blanket. :tinfoil:[/QUOTE]
Once a year, somewhere north of my town, tarantulas do this. Hundreds of males wander across the road, looking for females.
[QUOTE=Rocâ„¢;46202193]Where do you live?
I wanna live there. Geckos are awesome.[/QUOTE]
Texas.
Since they're cold blooded, they'd only really do well in places that had medium to long summers that are warm and winters that didn't get extremely cold. An ample source of bugs is probably a requirement too.
[QUOTE=TornadoAP;46202991]You know, I think I'd actually be fine with living with some geckos[/QUOTE]
They're good for entertainment too. It's funny watching a moth land on the wall and like 12 geckos come instantly crawling out of the woodwork to surround it and fight each other to who gets to eat the moth.
There was this one time where a moth landed and it got surrounded, but despite a half dozen geckos trying to bite it a bunch of times, it escaped. Though most of both of its wings were in tatters so I don't think it survived too much longer :v:
[url]http://www.myhealthyfeeling.com/brown-recluse-spider-bite/[/url]
tl;dr if bit keep VERY CALM and call an ER ASAP
it's wild how something so small and crushable can do so much damage.
[QUOTE=Dalndox;46200578]Burn the house
Salt the ground
Move to a different state
Jesus christ. If that were me, I'd move to the coldest climate possible just so that I never have to SEE another spider.[/QUOTE]
I live in the subtropics of Australia and believe it or not, I haven't had a spider in my house for 6 years
[QUOTE=Tasm;46204913]I live in the subtropics of Australia and believe it or not, I haven't had a spider in my house for 6 years[/QUOTE]
yeah but when you get them I bet they're the size of a fuckin dinner plate
We got some wolf spiders up in Connecticut, they look pretty scary and actually have fucking huge fangs. But the venom is weak and is about as painful as a bee/wasp sting.
[QUOTE=SPESSMEHREN;46200861]Brown recluse spiders are [i]not[/i] deadly in the 21st century, antivenom has been around for decades and there is little scientific evidence to support the claims that they produce deadly necrotic bites.[/QUOTE]
Brown recluse venom isn't the stuff that makes it necrotic though, it's the bacteria. Even then it's rare and can be prevented by just washing it ASAP (and watching your symptoms ofc)
[QUOTE=cody8295;46204956]We got some wolf spiders up in Connecticut, they look pretty scary and actually have fucking huge fangs. But the venom is weak and is about as painful as a bee/wasp sting.[/QUOTE]
Depends on the wolf spider. There's multiple types of wolf spiders, - well, technically multiple types of almost [i]all[/i] spiders - and some of them have incredibly dangerous venom.
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[QUOTE=Lijitsu;46205032]Depends on the wolf spider. There's multiple types of wolf spiders, - well, technically multiple types of almost [i]all[/i] spiders - and some of them have incredibly dangerous venom.[/QUOTE]
The only kind found in CT are the North Carolina Wolf Spiders, which aren't too bad
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