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Old 15-07-2003, 12:19 AM
Liz
 
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Default Many questions before resorting to extreme measures

On Sat, 12 Jul 2003 10:27:19 GMT, Salty Thumb
wrote:

(zebrin) wrote in
om:

Poke some holes in the plastic and you wont have to remove it.
Step on spider with large boot.
Just don't go where you know chiggers are.

Zebrin


if I recall correctly, brown recluse spiders and black widow spiders are
the only spiders in North America that are poisonous (maybe deadly
poisonous) to humans. Stepping on them is a rather cavalier way of dealing
with the problem.

Find what environmental factors you can change to make your space a less
hospitable place for them to live. Maybe the will move, maybe not. If
not, call in the big guns.


So far I've been hosing the foliage and dark corners of the yard and house daily
on full blast, I'm seeing less ordinary webs around (hope that isn't making room
for everything else to move in) and I guess I'm going to have to go into the
shed and move things around more often. Thanks!

-- Salty