tiredwithtwins

EEEWWWWWWW!!!!!!!!


:scared: :scared: :scared:

suffolkdiva

Ok....that's it.

Have just read this thread, seen the picture:scared: , and I'm off to cancel my flights

Survived living in Zambia and Zinbabwe for a couple of years, but these buggers really frighten me:scared: :scared: :scared:

PeteY

You can get a surface spray, which you spray around all possible entrance points to your house....under the eaves, around window frames etc. It lasts quite a while depending on what one you buy, and they work very well.

bondipom

The Bombs are more fun but a bit dangerous. They are good before you move in. Basically they are a can of poisonous spray that releases in one go.

Remember to turn off the electronics (the stuff is inflamable) and to put away all plates, cutlery and other crockery. Then the fun begins. Set at least one off in each room and stand and sniff the fresh air. Actually if you value your health get the hell out of the house.

A few hours later and your house is an insect graveyard. The little buggers that are not dead are limping around and quickly eliminated.

You must then wipe free all surfaces of the poison unless you think the kids might like the taste.

tiredwithtwins

s'ok suffolkdiva, I think we will be ok.
first we bomb the place (several times just to be on the safe side!) - then spray copious amounts of repellant over every nook and cranny - put the insect screens up, ensuring a spider trap thingy is near by - then wait to be carted off to the local funny farm!!!!!:scared: :scared: :scared:

PeteY

The best spider trap? Your boot

bondipom

Surface spray before bombing then anything that crawls out loses it in the surface spray. Bomb the whole place at once so there is no escape.

Die roaches die.

Signing off

Captain Kurtz

Anyway the chemicals are probably far more dangerous than any insect.

Larissa

Perhaps you should cover yourself in netting (like a bee-keeper) and go to bed in a box like Michael Jackson! I wonder if there are many true arachnaphobes in Aus? Bet they wouldn't last 5 minutes!

Sandra

Perfect picture I was wetting myself reading this.....it was me to a tee.

I can not tell the awful things I did making a dick of myself over here because of the bugs etc. I am getting better ...with the help of mortein bombs and large rolled up newspapers.

My next phobia...pigeons....I hate summer cause all the places outside to have lunch near where I work are havens for the scrawny buggers...picture today...book, sandwich, milk...me feet up in the air and nearly in tears when one came under my chair...actually I am terrifed of all birds. Moths come a close second...this country does not need moths the size of your hand does it?.....or do the spiders feed on them?

Cheers

bundy

I got bitten by a whitetail...it wasn't pleasant, but it wasn't that bad. Walking around with a vinegar-soaked bandage for days was the worst bit.

Personally, I'm more worried about the snakes...especially when they turn up under your bed. Best tip I heard was that you should stand stock still and the snake will slither on by. Never tried it. As one with a total snake phobia, I'd be the one legging it in the opposite direction ...

teresa.c

Before I read this thread, I didnt class myself as an arachnophobic, I dont like spiders ON me, but I don't freak out when I see one. I was also really looking forward to going to Perth.
Im now changing my views on both subjects!!:scared:

tiredwithtwins

Cant stop laughing...........
its all too pythonesque for me........d'ya think terry jones will buy the film rights from us?

sue :scared: :scared:

jayr

The theory is that they have huge amounts of venom to immediately disable their prey before they get attacked and killed themselves

Kiwipaul

I just use a large aerosol can of fly / bug spray and if you give even the big spiders a good blast they dont survive more than about 10 minutes. The same type of sprays in the UK you could virtually empty a can on them and they still took hours to die.
The sprays are def more potent out here thank goodness.
You can also get a container of insectiside for about $6 a litre that you put in a sprayer and give all your entrances a good going over that acts as a barrier and even the big ones that cross the barrier are killed because they pick up the poison when they crossed the barrier.
I occasionally find large dead spiders when I move furniture about which is far preferable to live one wandering around. Kills ants and cochroaches out as well.

MartinD

The thing to beware of with the sprays is that the effect is not immediate, and if you generally spray an area, any spiders lurking out of sight are driven into the open trying to escape the poison. The net effect of this is that a general spray in a 'good' area can result in 2/3 of the nasty buggers emerging and writhing around across the floor for a few minutes before actually succumbing.

This is particularly scary when you spray around the eaves of the house, or in the upper corners of the patio - they will slowly start dropping from up there in a semi-dead but very pissed-off mood(what happened to the woman in the pic).

When we have seen the black window type spiders effected like this, we are sure that their last instinct is to lash out at the big grinning idiots peering down at them, and they will make a dash for you to try and get a last nip in. I tell you, Aussie spider are that hard all they are lacking is the leather jackets and flick knives...:scared: