Help Me Fight Bugs!

[Fire Daemon]

Dump large amounts of bugs around your neighbour's house, this will distract the spiders.

If operation beetle barrage will not work you could try walking around with a stick to break the webs. After a while the spiders will wisen up and move away to safer grounds. However if operation Stick Insect will not work then just run around with insect spray killing them. I know you don't want to kill the spiders but how did you really expect to get rid of spiders without killing?

 

[Ultrajoe]

I suggest perimeter pesticides, they keep out the crawlies and flyers with spray and mesh.

 

[iamnotincompliance]

"There's gotta be a way to get those guys out of there
"I say we set fire to the house. Kill 'em that way.
"We don't want to kill them. We just want our home back.
"Well, if we did set fire to the house...
"No fires!
"I've got it!
"No fires!
"There must be a way to out smart them.
...
"That's it. Fire!
*Glare*
"Or..."

Cookies to the person who figures out where that's from. Anyway, cats? Really? The last several cat's we've had have been useless, bug-wise. Well, useless in every way, as cats are, but that's beside the point. Figuring out how the bugs are getting into the house and trying to stop them that way... that doesn't work at all. It sounds promising, but it doesn't work. I've heard the bat thing, but bats seem to be avoiding the nice bat house we bought, so I can't confirm anything there. Hmm... seems as though I've been absolutely no help. Well, let me know how that works for you.

 

[smallharmlesskitten]

i got a Robocan

no more bugs in my house just remember to replace it once every month or two

 

[SADASS]

@iamnotincompliance, Ultrajoe
4chan? GENTLEMEN!

@Melaisis
Selly's no more gaps. or see if you can hire those autoguns from ALIENS.

 

[BlazeTheVampire]

"There's gotta be a way to get those guys out of there
"I say we set fire to the house. Kill 'em that way.
"We don't want to kill them. We just want our home back.
"Well, if we did set fire to the house...
"No fires!
"I've got it!
"No fires!
"There must be a way to out smart them.
...
"That's it. Fire!
*Glare*
"Or..."

Cookies to the person who figures out where that's from. Anyway, cats? Really? The last several cat's we've had have been useless, bug-wise. Well, useless in every way, as cats are, but that's beside the point. Figuring out how the bugs are getting into the house and trying to stop them that way... that doesn't work at all. It sounds promising, but it doesn't work. I've heard the bat thing, but bats seem to be avoiding the nice bat house we bought, so I can't confirm anything there. Hmm... seems as though I've been absolutely no help. Well, let me know how that works for you.

Simpsons.

I've only ever had two cats, and they both bug-hunt. Bug torture, too. Ozzy will keep the thing alive for at least half an hour before I yell at him and he finally just gobbles it up. So I'm still all for the really big cat idea. :-D

 

[Fire Daemon]

"There's gotta be a way to get those guys out of there
"I say we set fire to the house. Kill 'em that way.
"We don't want to kill them. We just want our home back.
"Well, if we did set fire to the house...
"No fires!
"I've got it!
"No fires!
"There must be a way to out smart them.
...
"That's it. Fire!
*Glare*
"Or..."

The Simpsons. I beleive it is the episode where carnies take the Simpsons house from them. :Edit: damn it looks like Blayze edited her post while I was creating mine. Can I still haz cookie?

If my history is correct, the Australian Aboriginals used fire to defend camp sites from large spiders. Maybe you could use fire?

 

[BlazeTheVampire]

Yeah, I had to ponder that quote for a couple minutes, to be honest. It sounded too familiar to me, lol.

EDIT: I'm not Blayze. I don't have a Y in my name and I'm a girl

 

[Fire Daemon]

Yeah, I had to ponder that quote for a couple minutes, to be honest. It sounded too familiar to me, lol.

EDIT: I'm not Blayze. I don't have a Y in my name and I'm a girl

Oh sorry, there are far to many Blazes for me to keep track of you all. And I did say you are a girl

 

[the monopoly guy]

I've only ever had two cats, and they both bug-hunt. Bug torture, too. Ozzy will keep the thing alive for at least half an hour before I yell at him and he finally just gobbles it up. So I'm still all for the really big cat idea. :-D

GlazeTheDougnut, my dogs do the same thing but they have horrible hand....paw....cooordination but no matter they use their mouths

and when I say bat I don't mean get a bat house, I mean get one as a pet, name it, keep it on your house, let it sleep in your shirt pocket and all that. my friend has 2 now but then again ther isn't much for big bugs where I live so...get a fruit bat and train it to eat bugs?

 

[hughball]

how about this go to your local zoo and enroll in a program to help combat your arachnophobia its not a pleasant experience but very full filling.

 

[Anarchemitis]

Spiders are our friends!
What I say we do is put military tailored viruses to practical use and exterminate mosquitos!

 

[Conqueror Kenny]

You could always elbow drop them.
I used to have this problem with flyey kind of things in my house, I just got the bug spray and after a while they just stopped coming.

 

[Melaisis]

My advice? Get a cat. I have two, and they've never allowed a spider to wander around their turf. Ozzy even tortures them. Get a cat, and when you see a spider, place cat in front of spider. Cat will then eat spider for midday snack.

EDIT: Incidentally, the "cat" option works for all bugs.

Ah ha! I was hoping someone would bring this up! Mainly because I forgot about the whole 'pets' thing earlier myself.

I have two dogs. They, like your cats, like to destroy anything smaller than themselves. The problem? They have to be told to every time. I don't know if it goes back to obedience conditioning, but really, even if a bug is three metres away from them, they won't touch it until I point at at and say 'Attack!' or 'I choose you!' or something. Even then if they can't kill it, they'll just give up after a few minutes. This means I can't solely rely on them to kill everything. Besides, as I said, I don't really want a load of corpses rotting around my house (although occasionally they do take to the whole 'insect' diet).

how about this go to your local zoo and enroll in a program to help combat your arachnophobia its not a pleasant experience but very full filling.

Good plan. Although in the meantime, I don't really have a solution.

Letting it go free outside my house is not an option because then it'll tell all the other spiders where I am.

I think like that, too. Although I can usually let one survive if, for instance, I wonder about for a midnight snack and it is in one of the rooms en route to the kitchen. I mean, I just really, really don't like them.

Dump large amounts of bugs around your neighbour's house, this will distract the spiders.

That's a damn good idea. Slightly impractical, though.

Praying mantis?

Also a great idea. Although I'm not sure where to get one, or how to tie it up, and what if my damn dogs eat it?

 

[Spinwhiz]

Call your local exterminator. They will spray inside the house to kill everything that isn't you and then put a "barrier" around the house every 6 months or so. Works like a charm and really don't kill anything after the first round of spraying. I don't think it is really that expensive either.

 

[Jimmyjames]

...even if a bug is three metres away from them, they won't touch it until I point at at and say 'Attack!' or 'I choose you!' or something. Even then if they can't kill it, they'll just give up after a few minutes.

My old German Shepherd used to eat bees. No foolin'.

In our old house there was a big beehive in the crawlspace. Before we called the exterminator, a bee or two would get into the house through he vents and buzz around the sliding glass door. Our shepherd, Bear (yes, I know) would chase them around the window until he got one. The first few times he would usually yelp a little and shake his head when it clearly stung him.

After a few tries, he started getting good at it. He'd grab the bee with his teeth and you could see him moving his tongue when he chewed it in order to not get stung. This lasted only a couple of weeks before the hive got sprayed during the bee genocide of '98, but it was fascinating talent to see.

He also got sprayed by a skunk that he apparently thought was his buddy, but that's another story.

Bear, RIP 1991-2005 :-(

 

[BlazeTheVampire]

My old mutt used to jump and pluck birds out of the air. For no reason whatsoever. He just grabbed them.

Alas, Harley is dead too. '93-'06

I like my cats as bug protection because they don't need to be told to do it. They see something moving that shouldn't be and they pounce. And generally, the bugs around here aren't huge and monstrous like UltraJoe's spider. Which, curiously, I had to stare at for a long time. It didn't creep me out, I was just mystified by the size.

You can do what I did, Melasis, and spend a couple of weeks at Boy Scout Camp. Boy did THAT cure arachnophobia. I taught theatre for the Cub Scout Showmanship Badge in a summer day camp program. My station was the outdoor theatre, and if you sat down, daddy-long-legs immediately began to climb on you. I used to freak out, and then I even had a Cub Scout blackmail me- I had to give him candy every time I saw him or he'd tell everyone I was afraid of spiders... and 8-9 year old boys aren't afraid to pick them up and put them in my hair, I found. I was over that fear in about two weeks, lmao.

Blackmailing- it's the all-American tradition.

 

[Anarchemitis]

My brother defeats bees and wasps by slapping them to the ground. I kid you not.

 

[werepossum]

I got an email today that said Listerine sprayed from a spray bottle both kills and drives away mosquitoes and other insect pests, so maybe it will help with spiders. Personally I'd want to make sure Listerine isn't flammable before I sprayed it around the house.

As always, your mileage may vary.