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geckos & funnel webs - 06:29 PM
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i just heard a gecko outside on the porch. they eat insects, right? i wonder if they eat funnel web spiders? maybe they could eat all the ones that have nested in the porch roof beams.
the abundance of funnel webs which have appeared with the heat of summer is worrying me quite a bit. their bite is very poisonous & can make an adult very sick. it can kill a baby. 
comment posted by shawna on November 14, 2003 12:19 PM:
coralie, maybe you could get up there with a vac, and suck the spiders up.!? I know how you are about chem's, but its serious if you have THAT many spiders about. some sortta ultra-sonic sound wave thangy maybe, i dunno; but with little Riley about to be crawling around, i know you gotta do something. if only there was a spider shooter...LOL, damn flies!!
coralie, maybe you could get up there with a vac, and suck the spiders up.!? I know how you are about chem's, but its serious if you have THAT many spiders about. some sortta ultra-sonic sound wave thangy maybe, i dunno; but with little Riley about to be crawling around, i know you gotta do something. if only there was a spider shooter...LOL, damn flies!!
comment posted by melanie on November 14, 2003 12:56 PM:
I closed the doors while Neil sprayed that stuff, but once he'd finished, and I opened them, I couldn't even smell anything. WAAAAY better than the stuff the commercial guys use.
And our baby gecko from a year or so ago, is getting big! He must be about six inches long now!
I closed the doors while Neil sprayed that stuff, but once he'd finished, and I opened them, I couldn't even smell anything. WAAAAY better than the stuff the commercial guys use.
And our baby gecko from a year or so ago, is getting big! He must be about six inches long now!
comment posted by Patty on November 14, 2003 01:52 PM:
Gecko will only eat moths/mozzies/flys, not spiders. Get the place sprayed, but first a hard hitting hose should help too, hugs
Gecko will only eat moths/mozzies/flys, not spiders. Get the place sprayed, but first a hard hitting hose should help too, hugs
comment posted by dennis on November 14, 2003 07:30 PM:
God grief .. get out now while you can !! .. thos orible big black ugly critters will come down at night , creeping , creeping , creeping into the house , creeping creeping creeping into your bedroom....big black hairy legs crawling up the bed ...you long lean naked body stretched out..mmmm...creeping along your legs , raising its fangs...aaaaaaarrrrrgghhhh...R.I.P
God grief .. get out now while you can !! .. thos orible big black ugly critters will come down at night , creeping , creeping , creeping into the house , creeping creeping creeping into your bedroom....big black hairy legs crawling up the bed ...you long lean naked body stretched out..mmmm...creeping along your legs , raising its fangs...aaaaaaarrrrrgghhhh...R.I.P
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Allow me to suggest a chemical called Permethrin, which is very effective in killing ants, spiders and cockroaches. You may not want to spray chemicals, however I'd recommend an annual treatment followed a week or so later by a good whisking with high pressure washer. Worked wonder at our place.