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JoeSharp
post Aug 7 2005, 11:16 AM
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Thomas and I have a way to kill large spyders. Get out the shop vac and suck the guy right in and then fill it with starter fluid until it blows. (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/ar15.gif)
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post Aug 7 2005, 11:24 AM
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Uhhhhhh....who blows? this is beginning to sound like a "Tale of Two Cities" (Corona & Costa Mesa).

Spiders..........unless you're one of them bf'n Limeys.

Can of "Quick Start" works too!
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post Aug 7 2005, 11:25 AM
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Hey that's kind of scary... you realize that spider is a female black widow!? (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/ohmy.gif)
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post Aug 7 2005, 11:36 AM
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i have found that wasp spray will knock them down and out for the count in short order. so far, we haven't found any evidence of black widows in the stuff we moved East but they were plentiful in SoCal and northern NV.

(here, we just have to worry about fiddleback (brown recluse) spiders and Lyme Disease ticks -- and West Nile from mosquitos, and ...
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post Aug 7 2005, 11:55 AM
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When those spiders are around an area that isn't expensive or flamable.....a gud blast with a blow torch is fun.... (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/rocking nana.gif)
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post Aug 7 2005, 11:58 AM
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Carb cleaner-

It's kill em in their tracks!
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post Aug 7 2005, 12:04 PM
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Black widows are tougher to kill for some reason... they breath through their skin or something.

I use raid's roach killer. If it will kill a roach - it will kill anything is my theory. Hit a widow with it and about 10 seconds of freaking out and running around their legs start to not work very well and they run in circles till they finally curl up. Its fun (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/smile.gif)
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post Aug 7 2005, 12:15 PM
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if it is on a web away from anything flamable or easily damaged, I always favored a torch and a good can of brake parts cleaner. (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/happy11.gif) Or if you want, soak the thing down, then spray a line on the ground or whatever and light that up and watch it go straight towards the spider. (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/biggrin.gif)
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post Aug 7 2005, 12:52 PM
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They taste great.


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post Aug 7 2005, 01:15 PM
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QUOTE (Jake Raby @ Aug 7 2005, 09:58 AM)
Carb cleaner-

It's kill em in their tracks!

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good ole carb clean,awsome bug killer. they squirm alittle then DIE.
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post Aug 7 2005, 03:10 PM
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A friend of mine held a match under a spider's nest one time thinking he was going to destroy it, and got a freaky surprise... it quickly popped open and a ton of baby spiders came crawling out all over... Always go in with extra fire power! (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/ohmy.gif)
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post Aug 7 2005, 03:19 PM
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I remember once I was underneath the rear of the 914 taking the rear bumper off, when I looked up into the left rear fender and saw a big fat juicy black widow staring at me. I nearly hit my head I jumped up so fast from out underneath... (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/rolleyes.gif) I felt like a little girl. Then I got the hose and soaked the bastard.
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post Aug 8 2005, 07:18 AM
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Tons of those in my mom's neighborhood. We used to knock them down and spray them with spray adhesive so they would stick to the ground and spray a line of adhesive going towards it. Then we would light the other end and watch the flames race towards the spider and roast it. (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/happy11.gif)

Powerwashers also work pretty good for washing out spiders, wasps, wasp nests, etc.
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post Aug 8 2005, 08:02 AM
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i had a friend that was bitten on the NECK by a black widow while pressure washing a deck........sheeesh....he was in bed for 8 days!! (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/wacko.gif) (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/barf.gif)
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post Aug 8 2005, 08:21 AM
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my dad showed me how to use a can of wd40 and a lighter. it works real good. (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/ar15.gif)
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post Aug 8 2005, 10:50 AM
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I thought the best way to kill a Spyder was to take it out to intersection of Routes 41 and 466 (near San Robles) smash it with a Ford Tudor.

Spiders, on the other hand...
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post Aug 8 2005, 12:42 PM
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When i was putting the 3 liter engine back together I was trying to connect the wires on the alternator that are under the shroud and behind the fan.
Takes quite a but if finnagling to get my fat finners in there.
Anywho, as I was all scrunched up, I happened to look in the fan that was about 4 inches in front of my face. Yep, a big ole black widow was perched in the fan half way between my face and my hands.
I jumped back so fast i left the skin from two knuckles on the fan housing and fell flat on my ass as i tripped over the base of the engine stand.
A good shot of parts cleaner took care of the spider but I was real careful about sticking my hands back in that engine for a while.
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post Aug 8 2005, 12:48 PM
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QUOTE (Cloudbuster @ Aug 8 2005, 09:50 AM)
I thought the best way to kill a Spyder was to take it out to intersection of Routes 41 and 466 (near San Robles) smash it with a Ford Tudor.

Spiders, on the other hand...

(IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/cool.gif) .... (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/ohmy.gif)
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post Aug 8 2005, 11:18 PM
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It is kinda funny because right after reading this thread this weekend, I went outside to start working on my car and one the first thing that I did I found this...

Like it has been said above, it is hard to kill these things. I sprayed it with brake cleaner twice and it was still alive when I went back to scoop it up with a paper towel.

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post Aug 9 2005, 12:52 AM
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Atleast widows are larger and easier to spot... Recluses bites I don't think are as bad, but a little brown spider is damn hard to spot.
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