bah just call an exterminator then you just have to pay him and not worry about it :)
Bill Wheatley Senior Database Developer Macromedia Certified Advanced Coldfusion Developer EDIETS.COM 954.360.9022 X159 ICQ 417645 ----- Original Message ----- From: "Todd" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "CF-Community" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, August 13, 2002 8:32 PM Subject: Re: Black Widows > the b*tch of it is that they are all living where the siding meets the trim. > They get under the trim and kinda get behind the siding. I can't even see > them when they are hiding in the daytime, so I'm not exactly sure where they > are. The good news is that the Raid I have seems to work on the hatched > ones. > > I went out and smashed the very young female that was out on her web just a > while ago. Then to prevent others from moving in, I sprayed the entire > corner. Well, what do you know .. 3 other *very* young adult females came > running out and then died. This was just one 1 corner and is not a good > sign. > > This is a brand new house. There is no debris in the yard, nor are there > any plants. I can only hope that they were disturbed by all of the > construction and settled around the house, sice it is the only hiding place > they could find after it was all over, and now we just have to make the > outside of the house a hostile place for them to live. > > As much as I hate it, I am thinking of getting some type of long lasting > chemical to put around the house to get rid of the ones we have and to keep > others from setting up shop and even coming in. Ugh! > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Douglas Brown" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "CF-Community" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Tuesday, August 13, 2002 8:08 PM > Subject: Re: Black Widows > > > > Spraying is not really needed in order to get rid of black widows. Here is > a > > few suggestions that will help you, and maybe leave the nice spiders > around. > > Black widows prefer a nice little hiding place to dwell, and if they > cannot > > find any in your yard, they will move elsewhere. > > > > > > 1. Get rid of any pile-up of boxes or boards that may be in the yard. > > 2. Use some caulk and seal up any cracks in walls and along the house. > > 3. Wash off window ledges and out buildings. > > 4. Trim up any over foilage of plants. > > ______________________________________________________________________ Get the mailserver that powers this list at http://www.coolfusion.com Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists
