Old Style spider repellent?

building_with_lego

Lavender essential oil is reputed to be an antidote to spider bites (Black Widow etc) so may be worth seeing if that has any effect- I know it repels a lot of insects. If nothing else you'll sleep better....

squeaky

Here ya go... Old Style spider repellent?

I'll add your query to that thread shortly.

Then there's... [post=4098637]MEGA Index - Insects[/post]

And you'll also find spiders on the In my home (includes DIY) MoneySaving board.

lmp0507

If you find said ant hill, Chuck bleach down the hole, not particularlly humane I know, but it's cheap and after 3 applications or so we've never seen an ant since,
Unless they are plotting against us I suppose :rotfl:

VfM4meplse

Bash them with a bible. It works on ganglions so why not?

Stephen_Leak

Spiders ARE afraid of conkers, if you throw them at them. That's throwing the conker at the spider, not the other way around, BTW.

Anyway, spiders need love, too. Do you want a plague of what they're eating?

FairyPrincessk

Thanks for the links squeaky, I'm already working my way through them. I do use lavender oil extensively, although it irritates my skin so I keep it off of things like bedding that I'll have direct contact with. Unfortunately the room I use it most in is the room that the spiders seem to like.

meritaten

I know you will find this strange - but the first ant I notice in the house is hoisted onto my finger nail and he is told that 'ants are not welcome in the house - and if you stay outside I wont destroy your nest'. then I turn it out into the garden.
I also make sure that no food is left out - and that spilled sugar (ants seem to love sugar) is swept up and binned.
I dont have a problem with ants - my nieghbours complain about them though.
Spiders I have learned to tolerate - despite being scared witless by them! one of them built her web across my kitchen window and when I went to clean the window - this two inch spider threatened me! I was gobsmaked! she crouched and then showed her fangs and crouched again - I got the message and left her alone! Then sent out OH to deal with her web! I do have scented candles in all the bedrooms - mostly lavender, and think they keep the bugs away!

Ezek

VfM4meplse wrote: »

Bash them with a bible. It works on ganglions so why not?

I have a mortal fear of spiders. When moving some stuff around one day I saw that sudden, scuttling movement from the corner of my eye...then saw a ginormous house spider spreadeagled on the wall where my toaster had just been. I squeaked and threw the nearest book I had to hand at it. Amazingly I managed to hit it and it dropped dead on the spot. Had a look at the book and turned out that I had clobbered it with a hardback copy of the Torah. Smited! :rotfl:

madmittens

@ meritaten - thanks! It's not just me then :T I've tried explaining this to good friends (who know and tolerate how 'odd' I am)...

For a number of years I've been 'asking' spiders, ants etc. to leave and explaining why. Politely and kindly. I would say 98% success rate.

I've not done so well in asking my cats not to bring things in, nor in persuading the stray 'spare' cat to leave But I am good at catching mice with humane traps.

What you think about, you bring about!

FairyPrincessk

Hmm..meritaten and madmittens...maybe its because I'm not polite enough. As OH would kindly dealing with this morning's offender I was rattling off various punishments for invading arachnids. When trapping the beast under a glass to transport outdoors, the thing moved and lost several legs (although he appeared to be scuttling just fine when released). I made sure to boldly announce that bed invasions would result in the loss of limbs and proclaim that there were no arachnid rights in the bedroom. Perhaps I should try cajoling instead of threatening??