leeco Posted August 6, 2017 Report Share Posted August 6, 2017 This is why I never kill em good job ive got washable paint Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stormbringer Posted August 6, 2017 Report Share Posted August 6, 2017 We learned to share also..... Just wish they wouldn't crap on the curtains tho Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rickent Posted August 6, 2017 Report Share Posted August 6, 2017 We have been inundated with spiders this year. We never kill them but catch the biggest ones in a glass and evict them , they still find their way back in though. Spider poo is a nightmare, gets everywhere. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AllanC Posted August 6, 2017 Report Share Posted August 6, 2017 Can you compost it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rusty69 Posted August 6, 2017 Report Share Posted August 6, 2017 7 minutes ago, AllanC said: Can you compost it. Sh. Course you can. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aguila Posted August 6, 2017 Report Share Posted August 6, 2017 I've no problems with spiders, except for the persistent little devils who spin their webs on my security cameras! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rusty69 Posted August 6, 2017 Report Share Posted August 6, 2017 9 minutes ago, Aguila said: I've no problems with spiders, except for the persistent little devils who spin their webs on my security cameras! Connect the cameras to the web then you can view whilst away from home 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aguila Posted August 6, 2017 Report Share Posted August 6, 2017 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Momac Posted August 6, 2017 Report Share Posted August 6, 2017 Conkers , on the boat ,deter spiders. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rusty69 Posted August 6, 2017 Report Share Posted August 6, 2017 5 minutes ago, MartynG said: Conkers , on the boat ,deter spiders. I Concur, spiders definitely can't conquer conkers. They are however good at marbles. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mac of Cygnet Posted August 6, 2017 Report Share Posted August 6, 2017 2 hours ago, MartynG said: Conkers , on the boat ,deter spiders. I didn't believe this, but it really works! A few conkers in the fruit dish and they all but disappeared. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BruceinSanity Posted August 6, 2017 Report Share Posted August 6, 2017 1 hour ago, Mac of Cygnet said: A few conkers in the fruit dish Sounds like several recent threads on here... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
koukouvagia Posted August 6, 2017 Report Share Posted August 6, 2017 4 hours ago, Rickent said: Spider poo is a nightmare, gets everywhere. It's highly corrosive too. I had to have the reflector of my vintage headlight re-chromed because of the damage the blighters did. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rusty69 Posted August 6, 2017 Report Share Posted August 6, 2017 1 minute ago, koukouvagia said: It's highly corrosive too. I had to have the reflector of my vintage headlight re-chromed because of the damage the blighters did. Thought you would have one of these with an owl on Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MtB Posted August 9, 2017 Report Share Posted August 9, 2017 On 06/08/2017 at 14:02, Mac of Cygnet said: I didn't believe this, but it really works! A few conkers in the fruit dish and they all but disappeared. I didn't believe it either so I went to the park and gathered about 100 conkers. I hung them up in little netting bags all around the boat and they made no difference at all. Three weeks later the boat was still full of spiders, mostly living in the conker bags. (I made that last bit up actually... ) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jacko264 Posted August 9, 2017 Report Share Posted August 9, 2017 We found a bright green nearly illumines spider at work today iv never seen one like it before jacko Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dor Posted August 9, 2017 Report Share Posted August 9, 2017 (edited) We have quite a successful colony of false widow spiders on the boat at the moment. Thankfully the biggest ones (and the mother of them all is BIG), lives outside and live behind the tunnel light. She comes out about dusk and spins a new web, then sits in the middle of the cratch window, legs (arms?) optimistically outstretched. Arachnophobes look away now: Nothing on the Nephila spider we came across in Madagascar. I did ask my wife to put her head alongside for scale, but for some reason she declined. The abdomen of this beauty was about 80 mm long - note the rather nervous husband in the top right corner... Edited August 9, 2017 by dor Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tree monkey Posted August 9, 2017 Report Share Posted August 9, 2017 7 hours ago, Mike the Boilerman said: I didn't believe it either so I went to the park and gathered about 100 conkers. I hung them up in little netting bags all around the boat and they made no difference at all. Three weeks later the boat was still full of spiders, mostly living in the conker bags. (I made that last bit up actually... ) In the days when I was paid to climb trees I never found a lack of spiders in horse chestnuts Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Momac Posted August 9, 2017 Report Share Posted August 9, 2017 7 minutes ago, tree monkey said: In the days when I was paid to climb trees I never found a lack of spiders in horse chestnuts It doesnt work out in the fresh air. My boat gets loads of spiders on the outside - but not the interior. The magic conker vapour has to be given time to build up. I expect full time boaters have the doors open too much . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MtB Posted August 9, 2017 Report Share Posted August 9, 2017 On 09/08/2017 at 20:14, MartynG said: It doesnt work out in the fresh air. My boat gets loads of spiders on the outside - but not the interior. The magic conker vapour has to be given time to build up. I expect full time boaters have the doors open too much . Ah back peddling like mad now then eh? Conkers only work if you never open the doors, eh? Well I disagree. I keep my doors shut all the time and still the spiders thrive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sea Dog Posted August 9, 2017 Report Share Posted August 9, 2017 Someone must've hidden a load of conkers on our boat, cos we rarely get any spiders. When we're alongside there's a few outside which appear to live next door and use us as the other end of their webs. Other than that, I wonder what some folk are doing to attract so many. Anyway, you need to introduce a few thrushes - they'll sort 'em out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grassman Posted August 10, 2017 Report Share Posted August 10, 2017 We find that the conkers work well for a few months but once they dry and shrivel up they become less effective. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ronnietucker Posted August 11, 2017 Report Share Posted August 11, 2017 Dunno about boats, but I've rarely seen a spider since I got a couple of mint plants in my bedroom. Seems to work a treat. And handy at lunchtime. (The plant, not the spiders.) You can also use a spray bottle with water, peppermint oil and a teeny tiny drip of washing up liquid (to help displace the water). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mango Posted August 12, 2017 Report Share Posted August 12, 2017 Does anyone know why spiders like being in boats when they usually stay outside houses? I suppose people like being in boats too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rusty69 Posted August 13, 2017 Report Share Posted August 13, 2017 7 hours ago, mango said: Does anyone know why spiders like being in boats Cos they have noweb else to go Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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