Exterminator

[llg]

Any reccommendations?

[Midnight]

arenz pest service
636.797.2880

tell them i told you to call

[llg]

arenz pest service
636.797.2880

tell them i told you to call

Expensive?

[Art Vandelay]

Any reccommendations?

already?

[llg]

already?

Sure.

[Johnny Utah]

What do you have?

[Hawkeye]

What do you have?

I am putting my money on the boxelder bug.

http://boxelderbug.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/boxelder-bug.jpg

[cards_252]

Aw man.

[So Taintastic]

I have been at war with these motherfuck house centipedes for like 6 mos. now. I've used every spray, bomb, and sticky trap they sell at Home Depot.

Once a week like clockwork, I'll see one on the wall of the basement stairs.

[mjonns]

i fucking hate bugs

[Johnny Utah]

We had a major roach problem the last apartment I lived in college, but luckily I made them take care of it before we were really moved in. Like they were in the cabinets and shit. They came and sprayed some stuff to draw them out, and then again to kill them all. I was cleaning up carcasses for like a week and it stunk like shit from that spray for what seemed like the whole semester.

[crsman2]

http://oceanfrontpestcontrol.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/silverfish11.jpg

I hate silverfish, they creep me out.

[Johnny Utah]

I hate silverfish, they creep me out.

Not as bad as house centipede. AHHH fuck!

http://www.ipm.iastate.edu/ipm/iiin/files/images/website.preview.jpg

[crsman2]

Not as bad as house centipede. AHHH fuck!

http://www.ipm.iastate.edu/ipm/iiin/files/images/website.preview.jpg

Fuck those things!

[laschu]

I don't like this thread one bit!

[mjonns]

I don't like this thread one bit!
that's an odd name for an exterminator.

[crsman2]

I don't like this thread one bit!

I wonder what other terrible bugs people have had?

[Midnight]

Expensive?

not if you tell them i told you to call and that you would receive preferred pricing

[cards_252]

Fuckin sick.

[laschu]

I wonder what other terrible bugs people have had?
I don't even want to know. I'm happy living in my relatively bug free condo on the third floor.

[So Taintastic]

I wonder what other terrible bugs people have had?

When I still lived at home with my parents, they would have wolf spiders in the garage/basement all the time because they lived out in the country. It was fucking horrifying.

There's still an outline of the legs and body of one I smashed against the concrete in the basement that easily was 10" across from the tips of it's legs, it curled up and was the size of a ping pong ball when I smashed it.

[mjonns]

When I still lived at home with my parents, they would have wolf spiders in the garage/basement all the time because they lived out in the country. It was fucking horrifying.

There's still an outline of the legs and body of one I smashed against the concrete in the basement that easily was 10" across from the tips of it's legs, it curled up and was the size of a ping pong ball when I smashed it.
i hate spiders worse than telling you guys i had an MMF threeway.

[Poor Wiggum]

Not as bad as house centipede. AHHH fuck!

http://www.ipm.iastate.edu/ipm/iiin/files/images/website.preview.jpg
these fuckers are the worst.

[llg]

I have been at war with these motherfuck house centipedes for like 6 mos. now. I've used every spray, bomb, and sticky trap they sell at Home Depot.

Once a week like clockwork, I'll see one on the wall of the basement stairs.

Yeah, we saw some of those suckers in the basement tonight

[llg]

not if you tell them i told you to call and that you would receive preferred pricing

Consider it a done deal, thank you.

[BGats]

Yeah, we saw some of those suckers in the basement tonight

They don't like it ouside when it gets too wet.

[llg]

They don't like it ouside when it gets too wet.

Those fucking things are creepy as shit. We didn't have any of those when we lived on the 3rd floor apartment

[BGats]

Those fucking things are creepy as shit. We didn't have any of those when we lived on the 3rd floor apartment

I get them every once in a while. What is weird you never see small ones.

[crsman2]

I get them every once in a while. What is weird you never see small ones.

That's because they are in your pillow case.

[BGats]

That's because they are in your pillow case.

I was going to post between the mattresses, but I refrained as everybody is so freaked out about them.

[So Taintastic]

I was going to post between the mattresses, but I refrained as everybody is so freaked out about them.

They are skittish, but if you do get bitten, they are poisonous.

[Bnub]

It seems like I have to post this about once a year. Here goes again. Bnub's layered approach to a bug-free home:

1: Get the Ortho Home Defense MAX granules. These are tiny particles that you shake around the foundation and landscape rock against your home. They fall into the tiny crevices. Once moisture hits them, they expand into the cracks and leave the insecticide residue behind.

2: Get the Ortho Home Defense MAX spray. Lay down a layer of spray at the base of your foundation, and if you can, at the bottom edge of where your siding meets the foundation. Then, lay down a layer at the TOP of the house exterior- where the siding meets the roof. As well, circle any windows and spray INSIDE any exterior bathroom exhaust vents and dryer exhaust vents. These are notorious entry points.

Also, spray several zigzag patterns on the garage floor. Even though the insecticide evaporates, it leaves a barrier on the ground. Once bugs cross it, they die.

3: If there are any tree branches or bushes touching the siding of your house, cut them back. This is how a lot of ants and spiders come in.

4: Lay down an interior perimeter. Along the baseboards, windowsills, etc. The insecticide will stay long after it dries, but it keeps a barrier. Again, once a bug crosses that barrier, they die. So do the perimiter of rooms and windowsils.

5: Basements are their favorite spot. Any crevice or nook in your basement, spray. Especially in any basement bathroom.

This takes me about 3 hours, but I only have to do it twice a year. Rarely, and I mean rarely, do we get any bugs in the house.

[itsvon]

id suggest going with this before calling an exterminator. you have seen one spider and you are ready to pay a professional to come out? this shit costs like $25. you dont really need to do everything bnub said, but you could and still save a bunch of money.
http://www.orthohomedefense.com/smg/products/ortho/perimeter_bug_killers/indoor_bugs/image/HDMRTU2010_STD.jpg

[llg]

We saw a bunch of those house centipedes in the basement & I saw 2 spiders in the 2nd floor bathroom.

I called Midnight's reccommendation today, they're going to spray the whole house for $80, that seems pretty nicely priced.

[Johnny Utah]

When I still lived at home with my parents, they would have wolf spiders in the garage/basement all the time because they lived out in the country. It was fucking horrifying.

There's still an outline of the legs and body of one I smashed against the concrete in the basement that easily was 10" across from the tips of it's legs, it curled up and was the size of a ping pong ball when I smashed it.

I looked up wolf spiders, that was a bad decision. This is their eyes.

http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_HYjKx0kSalM/TOCtoxl5mPI/AAAAAAAAAHw/HfqzUpcn_ZY/s1600/Wolf+Spider+5-29-08+7eyes.JPG

[Hoofbite]

I looked up wolf spiders, that was a bad decision. This is their eyes.

http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_HYjKx0kSalM/TOCtoxl5mPI/AAAAAAAAAHw/HfqzUpcn_ZY/s1600/Wolf+Spider+5-29-08+7eyes.JPG


Try a Missouri Tarantula

http://www.proconpestcontrol.com/images/MOTARANTULA.jpg

They live closer than you think

[Chappy Sinclair]

I used to see silverfish when I lived in the city.
First time I saw one was in the bathtub. Them shits are fucking nasty.

I haven't seen any since I moved to the county, and my car hasn't been stolen since I lived in the city either. Coincidence? You decide.

[Hoofbite]

I used to see silverfish when I lived in the city.
First time I saw one was in the bathtub. Them shits are fucking nasty.

I haven't seen any since I moved to the county, and my car hasn't been stolen since I lived in the city either. Coincidence? You decide.

So you're saying silverfish steal cars

[Chappy Sinclair]

So you're saying silverfish steal cars

exactly

[itsvon]

So you're saying silverfish steal cars

[img]thatsracistkid[img]

[Johnny Utah]

I used to see silverfish when I lived in the city.
First time I saw one was in the bathtub. Them shits are fucking nasty.

I haven't seen any since I moved to the county, and my car hasn't been stolen since I lived in the city either. Coincidence? You decide.

I used to see them all the time in the shower growing up. My room/shower was in the basement in my parents house growing up. I would see those fuckers and crickets, a lot of bitch ass crickets.

[Bmac]

It seems like I have to post this about once a year. Here goes again. Bnub's layered approach to a bug-free home:

1: Get the Ortho Home Defense MAX granules. These are tiny particles that you shake around the foundation and landscape rock against your home. They fall into the tiny crevices. Once moisture hits them, they expand into the cracks and leave the insecticide residue behind.

2: Get the Ortho Home Defense MAX spray. Lay down a layer of spray at the base of your foundation, and if you can, at the bottom edge of where your siding meets the foundation. Then, lay down a layer at the TOP of the house exterior- where the siding meets the roof. As well, circle any windows and spray INSIDE any exterior bathroom exhaust vents and dryer exhaust vents. These are notorious entry points.

Also, spray several zigzag patterns on the garage floor. Even though the insecticide evaporates, it leaves a barrier on the ground. Once bugs cross it, they die.

3: If there are any tree branches or bushes touching the siding of your house, cut them back. This is how a lot of ants and spiders come in.

4: Lay down an interior perimeter. Along the baseboards, windowsills, etc. The insecticide will stay long after it dries, but it keeps a barrier. Again, once a bug crosses that barrier, they die. So do the perimiter of rooms and windowsils.

5: Basements are their favorite spot. Any crevice or nook in your basement, spray. Especially in any basement bathroom.

This takes me about 3 hours, but I only have to do it twice a year. Rarely, and I mean rarely, do we get any bugs in the house.

I do something pretty similar to this every year and we don't have much of a bug problem. The occasional one here and there. I don't spray around the top of the exterior or garage floor though. Might have to add that to my ritual this year.

[Bnub]

I do something pretty similar to this every year and we don't have much of a bug problem. The occasional one here and there. I don't spray around the top of the exterior or garage floor though. Might have to add that to my ritual this year.

The underside of my roof overhang is perforated, so it's an easy opening for them to get into the roof. From there, there's several ways for them to get from inside the roof to into the house.

The garage is the most frequent entry point though. It doesn't seal fully shut, is often left open, and has plenty of spaces for bugs to hide. Once you start spraying the floor, you'll notice a shitload of dead bugs that only made it 3 feet in. The first week I did it in the summer it was crazy how many actually came in (and subsequently died).

[Midnight]

the ortho home defense won't work on silverfish, ants, or spiders, from what i have been told. i have no idea if that's true or not, but if it is, then it's worthless to me.

[Chappy Sinclair]

I have a few friends that work for Rotler.

[Bnub]

the ortho home defense won't work on silverfish, ants, or spiders, from what i have been told. i have no idea if that's true or not, but if it is, then it's worthless to me.

I have sprayed it on living versions of the above and they've all died. It works.

Was it an exterminator telling you this?

Edit:

What it ControlsInsects: Kills Roaches, Ants, Fleas, Ticks, Spiders, Earwigs, Silverfish and other listed insects. Up to 12 month control indoors for listed insects: Crickets, Spiders (excluding Black Widow and Brown Recluse), Carpet Beetles, Earwigs, Firebrats, Moths and Silverfish.

[Big Al]

I used to have spiders really bad around the garage door. They wouldn't get in the house, but you'd come home at night and there would be 6 spiders hanging down trying to make webs. I sprayed the Ortho Home defense Max spray jug dealio around the door and by the next morning there were dead spiders all over the driveway.

Guess it works.


Ever since then I spray the perimter of the house twice a year.

[Wad]

I have a few friends that work for Rotler.

I grew up with the Rottler boys.

[Pins McGee]

It seems like I have to post this about once a year. Here goes again. Bnub's layered approach to a bug-free home:

1: Get the Ortho Home Defense MAX granules. These are tiny particles that you shake around the foundation and landscape rock against your home. They fall into the tiny crevices. Once moisture hits them, they expand into the cracks and leave the insecticide residue behind.

2: Get the Ortho Home Defense MAX spray. Lay down a layer of spray at the base of your foundation, and if you can, at the bottom edge of where your siding meets the foundation. Then, lay down a layer at the TOP of the house exterior- where the siding meets the roof. As well, circle any windows and spray INSIDE any exterior bathroom exhaust vents and dryer exhaust vents. These are notorious entry points.

Also, spray several zigzag patterns on the garage floor. Even though the insecticide evaporates, it leaves a barrier on the ground. Once bugs cross it, they die.

3: If there are any tree branches or bushes touching the siding of your house, cut them back. This is how a lot of ants and spiders come in.

4: Lay down an interior perimeter. Along the baseboards, windowsills, etc. The insecticide will stay long after it dries, but it keeps a barrier. Again, once a bug crosses that barrier, they die. So do the perimiter of rooms and windowsils.

5: Basements are their favorite spot. Any crevice or nook in your basement, spray. Especially in any basement bathroom.

This takes me about 3 hours, but I only have to do it twice a year. Rarely, and I mean rarely, do we get any bugs in the house.

Did this yesterday, I was pleasantly surprised when the products were only $22 total at Bucheits, thanks for the advice Bnub

[Lief]

I put down some of the granules last weekend. Two days later I go out and see all this brownish black shit along the sidewalks next to the house. I look closer and realize it is dead ants. Probably about a billion of them.

[FreakNastySugarCookies]

ya home defense is the best. and can use it inside and out and once it dries its safe for kids and pets which is nice.

[cards_252]

Look at you guys with bugs all up in your house.

[Wad]

You know, growing up, I always thought we lived very cleanly, yet it wasn't uncommon to see a roach in the house. I've been in my condo, with neighbors on both sides, for 12 years now and I've never seen one. Maybe the cats keep them away.

[Flappy McB]

Bnub is a lot like my brother. He is always the smartest at everything.

[cards_252]

Bnub is a lot like my brother. He is always the smartest at everything.

I like bnub... he's a cool guy with great advice, but I don't think he utilizes the effort / reward strategy to it's fullest potential. But if he's got the time, so be it.

[Flappy McB]

I like bnub... he's a cool guy with great advice, but I don't think he utilizes the effort / reward strategy to it's fullest potential. But if he's got the time, so be it.

I do too. There is a reason my brother is always involved in any home work, mower purchase etc... There have been times I have had a home question for my Pops and he is like, Umm, did you call your brother?

[Hunk Golden]

with as hot and humid as it gets in St. Louis during the summer...wouldnt some spiders be a good thing?? They are great at controlling the mosquitos

[Sodbuster]

with as hot and humid as it gets in St. Louis during the summer...wouldnt some spiders be a good thing?? They are great at controlling the mosquitos

We don't live in grass huts like you do Hunk...we like to keep spiders OUT of the houses.

[Sodbuster]

And for the record, we pay Bel-O pest control over on the Illinois side to come out and apply quarterly treatments. Haven't seen a bug in our house since we started that save for the occasional fly because my kids leave the damn door open.

[Hunk Golden]

We don't live in grass huts like you do Hunk...we like to keep spiders OUT of the houses.
they also make a crunchy delicious snack when deep fried and tossed in red chili powder...

[llg]

We've got junebugs all over outside. I don't like junebugs

[mjonns]

We've got junebugs all over outside. I don't like junebugs
do you live in the future? june bugs in April? me thinky you are fibbing

[llg]

do you live in the future? june bugs in April? me thinky you are fibbing

They're all over & they will attack you!

[Chappy Sinclair]

I had these killer locusts last year. I think they were locusts, maybe arcadas.
Anyhow, these fuckers were huge and fucking dive bomb you when going into the house at night.

[Rich Alou]

Any reccommendations?


Sarah Farrance.

[llg]

Sarah Farrance.

Is this a joke?

[Rich Alou]

Is this a joke?


No, She is a friend of mine that just started a new exterm business. She used to run tanning salons.

[llg]

No, She is a friend of mine that just started a new exterm business. She used to run tanning salons.

ha!


I know who she is & I would never give her any of my business.

[Rich Alou]

ha!




HA!


HAHA!


I know who Sarah Farrance is.

Ha!

Oh really? Have you seen her tats lately? Both legs covered in them from foot to thigh.

[Rich Alou]

ha!


I know who she is & I would never give her any of my business.

How do you know her?

[llg]

That makes sense, she's a hoosier.

[Rich Alou]

That makes sense, she's a hoosier.


That she is!

Her husband is weird too.

[cards_252]

That makes sense, she's a hoosier.

Well yeah... she's from Granite City.

[Rich Alou]

I don't think she uses any tools either. I think the ink from the tats repels the critters.

[Chappy Sinclair]

ha!


I know who she is & I would never give her any of my business.

http://www.snakesonstuff.com/images/meathead_plus_snake.jpg

[llg]

That she is!

Her husband is weird too.

ha.
Well yeah... she's from Granite City.

You know her too?

[Rich Alou]

Well yeah... she's from Granite City.

Not from Granite, but lived there for a few years. She lives in South County now.

[Cheezy E]

Arob said he found a brown recluse spider in our bed the other day. I'm not sure if he knows what they look like but he insists that he does and now I'm kind of freaked out about it. I mean, brown recluses hang out in the attic and our whole upstairs is converted attic space. What do I do about this?

[llg]

Arob said he found a brown recluse spider in our bed the other day. I'm not sure if he knows what they look like but he insists that he does and now I'm kind of freaked out about it. I mean, brown recluses hang out in the attic and our whole upstairs is converted attic space. What do I do about this?

Call an exterminator that isn't Sarah Farrance.

[llg]

Ps. She still works in the tanning industry

[cards_252]

Ps. She still works in the tanning industry

Ha.

[Rich Alou]

Ps. She still works in the tanning industry


That is or will be soon on the side. I know for a fact her and hubby have launched the exterminator service.

[Rich Alou]

There isn't much future in Hollywood Tan.

[llg]

That is or will be soon on the side. I know for a fact her and hubby have launched the exterminator service.

They must be pretty confident it will do well because I'd imagine at this point she's making pretty good money doing what she does. She's been working for the same company for lots of years.

[Rich Alou]

They must be pretty confident it will do well because I'd imagine at this point she's making pretty good money doing what she does. She's been working for the same company for lots of years.


See above post.

[llg]

There isn't much future in Hollywood Tan.

Isn't she like a regional manager of all the stores? That's big, Hollywood Tan banks in the money & the business is still doing very, very well.

[Rich Alou]

Of course she went to school for a while to become a welder. That never took off the ground.

[Rich Alou]

Isn't she like a regional manager of all the stores? That's big, Hollywood Tan banks in the money & the business is still doing very, very well.



I guess "being successful" is a relative term.

[cards_252]

I guess "being successful" is a relative term.

http://i.imgur.com/lqI34.gif

[Beer Engineer]

Arob said he found a brown recluse spider in our bed the other day. I'm not sure if he knows what they look like but he insists that he does and now I'm kind of freaked out about it. I mean, brown recluses hang out in the attic and our whole upstairs is converted attic space. What do I do about this?

Typically, those nasty fuckers only come out of their homes when they are irritated or are about to die. We had an infestation back when I first moved into my house. we had Rottler out to check things out and he noticed and then showed me what I should be looking for. At the time, he told me that there was little in the way of sprays that would take care of em and instead used an irritant powder that he applied into the attic and certain parts of the basement and garage. He also laid glue traps all along the baseboards throughout the house. I kept finding these dead bastards over the next couple of months stuck in the traps. I have since only seen one or two and it is already dead.

[llg]

I guess "being successful" is a relative term.

The owner is extremely successful & Hollywood Tan always seemed to pay their employee's better than the competition

[Cheezy E]

Call an exterminator that isn't Sarah Farrance.

I don't think you can spray for brown recluses, because they walk on their tip-toes, on top of the spray. I guess I would have to bomb the whole house and I'm not doing that.

Anyone know of brown recluse deterrents, maybe just for the area where I sleep?

[Rich Alou]

The owner is extremely successful & Hollywood Tan always seemed to pay their employee's better than the competition

Yes, the owner is very successful.

But that doesn't mean they pay their employees well, even if better than the competition.

[Cheezy E]

Typically, those nasty fuckers only come out of their homes when they are irritated or are about to die. We had an infestation back when I first moved into my house. we had Rottler out to check things out and he noticed and then showed me what I should be looking for. At the time, he told me that there was little in the way of sprays that would take care of em and instead used an irritant powder that he applied into the attic and certain parts of the basement and garage. He also laid glue traps all along the baseboards throughout the house. I kept finding these dead bastards over the next couple of months stuck in the traps. I have since only seen one or two and it is already dead.

This. Is what I needed to know. Thank you sir.

[itsvon]

Typically, those nasty fuckers only come out of their homes when they are irritated or are about to die. We had an infestation back when I first moved into my house. we had Rottler out to check things out and he noticed and then showed me what I should be looking for. At the time, he told me that there was little in the way of sprays that would take care of em and instead used an irritant powder that he applied into the attic and certain parts of the basement and garage. He also laid glue traps all along the baseboards throughout the house. I kept finding these dead bastards over the next couple of months stuck in the traps. I have since only seen one or two and it is already dead.

yeah, im no expert on these spiders, but i thought they wouldnt be found in beds. its just not a place they would end up normally. you have to imagine in the middle of a room, with light, and a dry bed would not be where a brown recluse would be hanging around.

[llg]

Yes, the owner is very successful.

But that doesn't mean they pay their employees well, even if better than the competition.

When I worked for HT, I was paid far more than the competition at the time. I also believe they pay for her car & cell phone

[Cheezy E]

yeah, im no expert on these spiders, but i thought they wouldnt be found in beds. its just not a place they would end up normally. you have to imagine in the middle of a room, with light, and a dry bed would not be where a brown recluse would be hanging around.

I honestly don't think it was a brown recluse. Arob insists it was brown and had the violin on its back, but I just don't know. He also said he saw one on the ceiling and I know they don't hang out there.

[itsvon]

so your old friend saw this and was like, "hey, we are just as big of hoosiers as they are!"

http://www.newvideo.com/wp-content/themes/hybrid-newvideo/tools/timthumb.php?src=/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/AAAE236520-5.jpg&w=640&h=360&zc=1&q=95

[Bmac]

I honestly don't think it was a brown recluse. Arob insists it was brown and had the violin on its back, but I just don't know. He also said he saw one on the ceiling and I know they don't hang out there.

maybe he was watching you get dressed

[cards_252]

so your old friend saw this and was like, "hey, we are just as big of hoosiers as they are!"

http://www.newvideo.com/wp-content/themes/hybrid-newvideo/tools/timthumb.php?src=/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/AAAE236520-5.jpg&w=640&h=360&zc=1&q=95


Ha! My favorite is the brother. That guy looks like a true hoosier. The main guy is just a fake hoosier. The brother looks like somebody you'd see back in '85 sportin' a Megadeth shirt and straight dominating a game of Missle Command at 7-11.

[cards_252]

maybe he was watching you get dressed

http://i.imgur.com/lqI34.gif

[itsvon]

Ha! My favorite is the brother. That guy looks like a true hoosier. The main guy is just a fake hoosier. The brother looks like somebody you'd see back in '85 sportin' a Megadeth shirt and straight dominating a game of Missle Command at 7-11.

oh yeah. and i love how the family reacts to the brother and his exwife. she called for him and the entire family shut down the business and started on the brother about how he shouldnt get back with her. yeah, this is why im watching an exterminator show...

[Beer Engineer]

yeah, im no expert on these spiders, but i thought they wouldnt be found in beds. its just not a place they would end up normally. you have to imagine in the middle of a room, with light, and a dry bed would not be where a brown recluse would be hanging around.

True. They do tend to keep to "reclusive" areas as their name suggests. But that doesn't mean that they don't wander around at night, looking for food.

I've also had a pretty large one approach me while I was in the laundry room in the basement. This guy crawled towards me from the corner of the room. I moved to the side and he adjusted and kept coming at me like he knew that I was responsible for his buddies being killed in the glue traps. He didn't last much longer as I squished him with a broom.

[cards_252]

I've also had a pretty large one approach me while I was in the laundry room in the basement. This guy crawled towards me from the corner of the room. I moved to the side and he adjusted and kept coming at me like he knew that I was responsible for his buddies being killed in the glue traps. He didn't last much longer as I squished him with a broom.

Were you barefoot or something?

[Cheezy E]

True. They do tend to keep to "reclusive" areas as their name suggests. But that doesn't mean that they don't wander around at night, looking for food.

I've also had a pretty large one approach me while I was in the laundry room in the basement. This guy crawled towards me from the corner of the room. I moved to the side and he adjusted and kept coming at me like he knew that I was responsible for his buddies being killed in the glue traps. He didn't last much longer as I squished him with a broom.

In my parents house they showed up a lot in the bathtub, having crawled up through the drain. That's some arachnophobia type shit.

[cards_252]

Alright guys. There's a 95% chance that all of these brown recluses you're seeing aren't really brown recluses.

[itsvon]

True. They do tend to keep to "reclusive" areas as their name suggests. But that doesn't mean that they don't wander around at night, looking for food.

I've also had a pretty large one approach me while I was in the laundry room in the basement. This guy crawled towards me from the corner of the room. I moved to the side and he adjusted and kept coming at me like he knew that I was responsible for his buddies being killed in the glue traps. He didn't last much longer as I squished him with a broom.

ha, they have brains?

[Chappy Sinclair]

Alright guys. There's a 95% chance that all of these brown recluses you're seeing are really brown recluses.

I don't think that is what you meant to say.

[Cheezy E]

Alright guys. There's a 95% chance that all of these brown recluses you're seeing are really brown recluses.

I know what they look like because my parent's house had them. They're brown with long skinny legs, a bulbous butt and a black violin on their back.

[cards_252]

I don't think that is what you meant to say.

Damnit.

Aren't.

[itsvon]

http://www.ehow.com/how_4547846_identify-missouri-spiders.html


we have been getting the bold jumping spiders in our house. i first noticed them in our front flower garden and think they are just getting in the house on out clothes. i dont know if they can cause any harm (im not worried about myself) so i dont know if i should be worried about getting them out of the garden. we still havent sprayed the house either, which means it probably hasnt had any spraying in well over a year.

[Cheezy E]

http://www.ehow.com/how_4547846_identify-missouri-spiders.html


we have been getting the bold jumping spiders in our house. I first noticed them in our front flower garden and think they are just getting in the house on out clothes. I dont know if they can cause any harm (im not worried about myself) so i dont know if i should be worried about getting them out of the garden. We still havent sprayed the house either, which means it probably hasnt had any spraying in well over a year.

wtf?!

check to see if the spider is brown and smooth with a violin-shaped pattern on its back. If it fits this description, the spider is most likely a brown recluse spider. These spiders are very poisonous, aggressive, and they enjoy hiding in soft places like the arms and legs of clothing, bedding, or pillows more than any other spider in missouri.

[Beer Engineer]

Were you barefoot or something?

Yes

[Bmac]

ha, they have brains?

not the female ones

[Chappy Sinclair]

No way I am getting close enough to a possible brown recluse to see if it has a viola on it's back.

[itsvon]

wtf?!

fucked up aye? get that powder and glue down stat. or move into a sleezy motel for the rest of the week. preferably one that is out watson in between shrewsbury and crestwood. who the fuck stays at those places?

[Bmac]

No way I am getting close enough to a possible brown recluse to see if it has a viola on it's back.

it's ok, you just have to squint real hard............nevermind

[llg]

Cheezy, I will pray for you.

[Cheezy E]

No way I am getting close enough to a possible brown recluse to see if it has a viola on it's back.

You can sometimes see it once you smush it. We used to capture them in jars out of the bathtub.

[Cheezy E]

I know two people that were bit by brown recluses. One almost lost his whole damn leg, the other was our neighbor that went to the hospital and got treated right away so she was okay.

[mjonns]

You can sometimes see it once you smush it. We used to capture them in jars out of the bathtub.
if i was pretty sure i saw a brown recluse i would do one of the following. a. bomb my house. 2. move.

cheezy you could lose a leg damnit!!!!!! and then how are you going to chase the baby that you cant have around the house.

i hate spiders.

[mjonns]

not the female ones
i laughed.

[cards_252]

We had a couple here at work that were living in some boxes of papers in a dark closet.

We caught one on a piece of scotch tape and looked at it under the microscope. Those things are pretty nasty looking under magnification.

[Johnny Utah]

I honestly don't think it was a brown recluse. Arob insists it was brown and had the violin on its back, but I just don't know. He also said he saw one on the ceiling and I know they don't hang out there.

I think that is a black widow the the violin. Or maybe theirs an hourglass. I don't know, just glad I never see bugs in my upstairs.

[Beer Engineer]

I know what they look like because my parent's house had them. They're brown with long skinny legs, a bulbous butt and a black violin on their back.

You can also tell if you have them by the white spider-shaped shell they leave behind. I found out that these spiders are similar to snakes in the way that they grow. You will tend to see what looks like a white spider in a cob-web. It is really just the residual outer shell/skin... whatever.

Fuck, now I feel itchy.

[llg]

You can also tell if you have them by the white spider-shaped shell they leave behind. I found out that these spiders are similar to snakes in the way that they grow. You will tend to see what looks like a white spider in a cob-web. It is really just the residual outer shell/skin... whatever.

Fuck, now I feel itchy.

Jokes on you Brown Recluse don't make web's

[Beer Engineer]

Jokes on you Brown Recluse don't make web's


From Wiki...
"Recluse spiders build irregular webs that frequently include a shelter consisting of disorderly threads."

[Hoofbite]

Jokes on you Brown Recluse don't make web's

Partially true; in the wild they build webs, in human dwellings they seldom do

[cards_252]

Jokes on you Brown Recluse don't make web's

From Wiki...
"Recluse spiders build irregular webs that frequently include a shelter consisting of disorderly threads."

http://i.imgur.com/811dy.gif

[mjonns]

Partially true; in the wild they build webs, in human dwellings they seldom do

From Wiki...
"Recluse spiders build irregular webs that frequently include a shelter consisting of disorderly threads."

Jokes on you Brown Recluse don't make web's

you guys are laying down some sick burns about recluse web building habits

[llg]

From Wiki...
"Recluse spiders build irregular webs that frequently include a shelter consisting of disorderly threads."

Not in homes dawg

[Hoofbite]

I think llg must have me hidden. Kind of like that brown recluse waiting for you guys in your pantry

[Bmac]

Not in homes dawg

so when brown recluse moves into someone's home as opposed to outside, they have the decency enough to say to themselves....yo dawg...no webs in the house, that shit's not cool.

I can promise you that at least one recluse has farted out a web on accident, while inside a home.

[rutkap]

I would not touch a brown recluse. Any bug that can do this sort of thing to me I will gladly avoid at all costs.

http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_4IpCw4386Hg/TDpP5cHcuDI/AAAAAAAAAhw/2LSO7L_LJzs/s400/brown-recluse-spider-bite-9days.jpg

[cards_252]

Damnit, Rutcrap...

[Chappy Sinclair]

Whenever I see the picture of that huge fucking spider that is on the internets, it gives me the same feeling I get when I hear the term "crushed testicle."

[mjonns]

I think llg must have me hidden. Kind of like that brown recluse waiting for you guys in your pantry
im thinking the board hid me today.

34 post. not one quoted or replied to.

i must not be as funny as i think

[Bmac]

im thinking the board hid me today.

34 post. not one quoted or replied to.

i must not be as funny as i think

just shut up already

there...happy?

[mjonns]

just shut up already

there...happy?
ah, validation. I am funny. thanks BMAC

[Beer Engineer]

Not in homes dawg

I guess I'll have to poke my head into the attic and see if I can take a picture of what I'm talking about. It doesn't look like a traditional spider web. It is just a mess of webbing and what looks like a white spider. I can't find a picture of this on the internets either.

[mjonns]

I guess I'll have to poke my head into the attic and see if I can take a picture of what I'm talking about. It doesn't look like a traditional spider web. It is just a mess of webbing and what looks like a white spider. I can't find a picture of this on the internets either.
maybe you just have white spiders living in your attic

[Master Splinter]

Damnit, Rutcrap...

Looks like a Pittsburgh pizza pie. Rutkap doesn't want a spider to do that, because it would make him hungry and he'd end up eating off his own leg.

[Chappy Sinclair]

Looks like a Pittsburgh pizza pie. Rutkap doesn't want a spider to do that, because it would make him hungry and he'd end up eating off his own leg.

Put some cold cheese on that son of a gun and you got yourself something.

[Beer Engineer]

maybe you just have white spiders living in your attic

I've seen em up close. I used to have them in the rafters of the unfinished portion of my basement before Rottler came in and cleared the place out. I don't think they cleaned up the webbing in the attic though. They are actually a spider molt. Kinda like an empty cicada shell/molt.

[itsvon]

i found this article/website http://www.angelfire.com/film/darkroomduck/HTML_PAGES/brown_recluse.html


which housed this in it
I caught the common Jumping Spider (Phidippus audax) which is black with a white dot on top of its abdomen. I prepared to add the Jumping Spider (JS5-2-04) to the list of Brown Recluse victims and dropped it in the jar with BR2-11-04. The Jumping Spider pounced on the Brown Recluse once then attacked again grabbing it by its throat until it was dead.

It's important to become slightly sidetracked and study the Jumping Spider considering its important characteristics. My theory is that this spider is very important as a household friend especially in the instance of a Brown Recluse infestation. The jumping spider is superior tactically to the Brown Recluse with its jumping ability and obvious excellent eyesight. A person could conceivably live with the fact that introducing a jumping spider in the house is better than a brown recluse infestation

[Big Al]

I killed a brown recluse in the house once. Emailed a picture to a weird dude I know that collects snakes and spiders and other creepy stuff. He confirmed it as a brown recluse.

Never sprayed or anything. Never saw one again. They're probably all up in my bed

[Chappy Sinclair]

We started getting some ants by the back door. Yesterday they were all up in the dogs food bowl. My pest control buddy stopped by on his way home and sprayed for us. I owe him a few shots next time I see him at the bar.

[Bnub]

True story. Wife's uncle got bit on the ass by a brown recluse. Didn't go to the hospital right away. They ended up amputating one whole asscheek.

[Tyler]

We've had this smell like a dead animal in the house for three days, which is great really. I figured it's coming from the HVAC vents so I looked in them with a flashlight and a mirror and couldn't see anything. I had an exterminator out yesterday to look for the varmint. This dude pulls up in a PT Cruiser and steps out of his dipshit mobile wearing a pink polo and cargo shorts. He doesn't have a ladder so I'm following him around the house carrying one of mine like his apprentice.

He looks in a few vents and says "man that's enough to knock you over". Later we're in the finished part of the basement and he pokes his head up in one ceiling tile and says “There are a lot of droppings up here". He hands me three glue traps and says "If you've got the day off it'd be a good project to pull these tiles down, pull the insulation, clean up all the droppings and set these traps".

When I pulled the downstairs couch and put down a tarp for Jimmy Buffet the exterminator consultant, I discovered I've got a water leak in the foundation… so now I get to pull down walls and rip up carpet as well.

[llg]

We've had this smell like a dead animal in the house for three days, which is great really. I figured it's coming from the HVAC vents so I looked in them with a flashlight and a mirror and couldn't see anything. I had an exterminator out yesterday to look for the varmint. This dude pulls up in a PT Cruiser and steps out of his dipshit mobile wearing a pink polo and cargo shorts. He doesn't have a ladder so I'm following him around the house carrying one of mine like his apprentice.

He looks in a few vents and says "man that's enough to knock you over". Later we're in the finished part of the basement and he pokes his head up in one ceiling tile and says “There are a lot of droppings up here". He hands me three glue traps and says "If you've got the day off it'd be a good project to pull these tiles down, pull the insulation, clean up all the droppings and set these traps".

When I pulled the downstairs couch and put down a tarp for Jimmy Buffet the exterminator consultant, I discovered I've got a water leak in the foundation… so now I get to pull down walls and rip up carpet as well.

ha!

[Lief]

We've had this smell like a dead animal in the house for three days, which is great really. I figured it's coming from the HVAC vents so I looked in them with a flashlight and a mirror and couldn't see anything. I had an exterminator out yesterday to look for the varmint. This dude pulls up in a PT Cruiser and steps out of his dipshit mobile wearing a pink polo and cargo shorts. He doesn't have a ladder so I'm following him around the house carrying one of mine like his apprentice.

He looks in a few vents and says "man that's enough to knock you over". Later we're in the finished part of the basement and he pokes his head up in one ceiling tile and says “There are a lot of droppings up here". He hands me three glue traps and says "If you've got the day off it'd be a good project to pull these tiles down, pull the insulation, clean up all the droppings and set these traps".

When I pulled the downstairs couch and put down a tarp for Jimmy Buffet the exterminator consultant, I discovered I've got a water leak in the foundation… so now I get to pull down walls and rip up carpet as well.

Call Holpers. That guy sounds like an idiot.

[thelivingend]

We've had this smell like a dead animal in the house for three days, which is great really. I figured it's coming from the HVAC vents so I looked in them with a flashlight and a mirror and couldn't see anything. I had an exterminator out yesterday to look for the varmint. This dude pulls up in a PT Cruiser and steps out of his dipshit mobile wearing a pink polo and cargo shorts. He doesn't have a ladder so I'm following him around the house carrying one of mine like his apprentice.

He looks in a few vents and says "man that's enough to knock you over". Later we're in the finished part of the basement and he pokes his head up in one ceiling tile and says “There are a lot of droppings up here". He hands me three glue traps and says "If you've got the day off it'd be a good project to pull these tiles down, pull the insulation, clean up all the droppings and set these traps".

When I pulled the downstairs couch and put down a tarp for Jimmy Buffet the exterminator consultant, I discovered I've got a water leak in the foundation… so now I get to pull down walls and rip up carpet as well.


did he pay you?

[cards_252]

When I pulled the downstairs couch and put down a tarp for Jimmy Buffet the exterminator consultant, I discovered I've got a water leak in the foundation… so now I get to pull down walls and rip up carpet as well.

Hey yo. The first thing I would do about the water leak is check the grade of your yard or whatever that butts up to your foundation. Most foundation leaks are caused by poor water drainage. You can't really expent concrete to be water tight. When i was refinishing my basement, I found that the one wall was kind of damp after a good rain. Turns out the dipshit that lived there before me rain drain pipes down into the yard and just stopped. Burried them in dirt and called it a day. So after I properly ran the drain pipes, no more damp wall.

[Tyler]

Hey yo. The first thing I would do about the water leak is check the grade of your yard or whatever that butts up to your foundation. Most foundation leaks are caused by poor water drainage. You can't really expent concrete to be water tight. When i was refinishing my basement, I found that the one wall was kind of damp after a good rain. Turns out the dipshit that lived there before me rain drain pipes down into the yard and just stopped. Burried them in dirt and called it a day. So after I properly ran the drain pipes, no more damp wall.

I'll check it out

[cards_252]

I'll check it out

Just make sure everything has at least a gradual slant to it that lets water run away from your house.

[Chappy Sinclair]

ha!

That sounds like a pain in the ass. I don't know why you are laughing at him.

[llg]

That sounds like a pain in the ass. I don't know why you are laughing at him.

I was laughing at the story in general "walking around like his apprentice"

[Tyler]

That sounds like a pain in the ass. I don't know why you are laughing at him.

I'm not a very good poster.



Now you know why I'm not in a good mood. Sorry about earlier Franklin.

[Lief]

I'm not a very good poster.



Now you know why I'm not in a good mood. Sorry about earlier Franklin.


Did you find any dead animals? What were the droppings from?

We had a skunk die under the foundation of the house when we were kids. It fucking smelled terrible.

[Chappy Sinclair]

I'm not a very good poster.



Now you know why I'm not in a good mood. Sorry about earlier Franklin.

http://www.tvgasm.com/shows/images/bachelorette/season5/6.15.09/fist%20bump.jpg

[Tyler]

Did you find any dead animals? What were the droppings from?

We had a skunk die under the foundation of the house when we were kids. It fucking smelled terrible.

Can't find any dead animals, the droppings were from mice

[F-Town]

This dude pulls up in a PT Cruiser and steps out of his dipshit mobile wearing a pink polo and cargo shorts. He doesn't have a ladder so I'm following him around the house carrying one of mine like his apprentice.



Should have called this dude instead:

http://www.aetv.com/videos/images/mostpopular/mp-billy-the-exterminator.jpg

[Tyler]

So I've checked all the duct work with a mirror and a flashlight...no mice, no dice. I think the fucker is between the finished ceiling in the basement and the first floor but i can't get to it without tearing the fucker down....think I'll pass.

The water leak I think is in the foundation four feet back under the first floor. I'm going to cut out some drywall this evening and try and find it.

Do I have to call someone out to fix the crack, if there is one, or can I do it myself?

I'm thinking where I pull up the carpet I'm going to put down stone, Pergo or a wood floor.....how hard is that? It seems like it would be easy but I'm sure I'm missing something.

[Chappy Sinclair]

I have declared war on all ants. I killed about 200 of those fuckers this weekend.

[mjonns]

I have declared war on all ants. I killed about 200 of those fuckers this weekend.
sweet, only 1.4 million more of his brothers are right around the corner.

it's wet, they want to come inside

[Tyler]

I have declared war on all ants. I killed about 200 of those fuckers this weekend.

I was gonna spray outside but it keeps raining so I'm gonna wait, meanwhile I've got ants in the bathroom and ants in the closet...so inevitably ants in my shirts and ants in my pants.

[Chappy Sinclair]

I was gonna spray outside but it keeps raining so I'm gonna wait, meanwhile I've got ants in the bathroom and ants in the closet...so inevitably ants in my shirts and ants in my pants.

i get itchy just thinking about it.

[Bmac]

i get itchy just thinking about it.

crabs and ants don't get along....at least that's what my balls have told me.

[Tyler]

i get itchy just thinking about it.

I had a inside dog that got the fleas once and then infected the house, the worst. You constantly think they are all over you. You can barely see em!

[BGats]

I was gonna spray outside but it keeps raining so I'm gonna wait, meanwhile I've got ants in the bathroom and ants in the closet...so inevitably ants in my shirts and ants in my pants.

Try this.

http://ep.yimg.com/ca/I/mastergardening_2150_28723515

[Chappy Sinclair]

Try this.

http://ep.yimg.com/ca/I/mastergardening_2150_28723515

Do you apply this inside or outside where you think they are coming in?

[BGats]

Do you apply this inside or outside where you think they are coming in?

This is inside. Just put a drop on a piece of paper and they eat it and take it back to the crib. I have a problem where they come in around a wall plate and have put a bunch inside the plate and cover it back up.

[Chappy Sinclair]

This is inside. Just put a drop on a piece of paper and they eat it and take it back to the crib. I have a problem where they come in around a wall plate and have put a bunch inside the plate and cover it back up.

right on, did it work out pretty well for ya?

[Midnight]

tyler, it's time to burn your house down and start from scratch

[BGats]

right on, did it work out pretty well for ya?

Worked great. Took about 2 days and they were gone.

[cards_252]

So I've checked all the duct work with a mirror and a flashlight...no mice, no dice. I think the fucker is between the finished ceiling in the basement and the first floor but i can't get to it without tearing the fucker down....think I'll pass.

The water leak I think is in the foundation four feet back under the first floor. I'm going to cut out some drywall this evening and try and find it.

Do I have to call someone out to fix the crack, if there is one, or can I do it myself?

I'm thinking where I pull up the carpet I'm going to put down stone, Pergo or a wood floor.....how hard is that? It seems like it would be easy but I'm sure I'm missing something.

If the leak isn't too bad, I would recommend, A) grading the land around your house like I said, and then B) give your walls a nice coating of Dry-Lock paint. That stuff does a pretty good job at keeping the moisture out.

I did Pergo type flooring in my basement. It was very easy to install, and it's very durable. It's got an alumina (I think) coating that makes it almost indestructable. It actually makes your saw blad spark while cutting it.

[Tyler]

If the leak isn't too bad, I would recommend, A) grading the land around your house like I said, and then B) give your walls a nice coating of Dry-Lock paint. That stuff does a pretty good job at keeping the moisture out.

I did Pergo type flooring in my basement. It was very easy to install, and it's very durable. It's got an alumina (I think) coating that makes it almost indestructable. It actually makes your saw blad spark while cutting it.

Six feet under the foundation, under the first floor pad.


Pergo or tile?...hmm probably about a 12 by 7 foot area

[Tyler]

tyler, it's time to burn your house down and start from scratch

Go break a neck on your icescapades porch

[cards_252]

Six feet under the foundation, under the first floor pad.


Pergo or tile?...hmm probably about a 12 by 7 foot area

I like Pergo in basements. Tile would get pretty cold.

12 x 7? Shiiiiiiiit... you could bust that out in a day. Wouldn't cost all that much either. Check Home Depot and Lowes. They have some good looking stuff. I got mine at ProSource b/c I have a hookup with an account there. I think I paid like $1.27/sqft. You should be able to find some good stuff around $2 to $2.50 / square.

[Bmac]

Six feet under the foundation, under the first floor pad.


Pergo or tile?...hmm probably about a 12 by 7 foot area

I like Pergo in basements. Tile would get pretty cold.

12 x 7? Shiiiiiiiit... you could bust that out in a day. Wouldn't cost all that much either. Check Home Depot and Lowes. They have some good looking stuff. I got mine at ProSource b/c I have a hookup with an account there. I think I paid like $1.27/sqft. You should be able to find some good stuff around $2 to $2.50 / square.

if it's only 12x7...tile that bitch with some heating coils underneath it.

http://www.soldron.de/Under-Tile-Heating.jpg

[Tyler]

I like Pergo in basements. Tile would get pretty cold.

12 x 7? Shiiiiiiiit... you could bust that out in a day. Wouldn't cost all that much either. Check Home Depot and Lowes. They have some good looking stuff. I got mine at ProSource b/c I have a hookup with an account there. I think I paid like $1.27/sqft. You should be able to find some good stuff around $2 to $2.50 / square.

Like I said, a small area in front of the TV and up to a good architectural break in the wall

[cards_252]

Yeah... I guess you could go that route too.

[Tyler]

Yeah... I guess you could go that route too.

What way?

God dammit

[cards_252]

What way?

God dammit

bmac's post. Tile with heating coils under it.

but you really don't want to fuck with that

[Tyler]

bmac's post. Tile with heating coils under it.

but you really don't want to fuck with that

Bmac has enough problems, I wasn't taking him seriously

[cards_252]

Bmac has enough problems, I wasn't taking him seriously

I liked the selection at Lowe's for the laminate flooring.

[Bmac]

Bmac has enough problems, I wasn't taking him seriously

don't listen to cards....laying heating coils under tile is easy. If you're capable of laying tile, you're capable of laying heating coil under it first.

[cards_252]

don't listen to cards....laying heating coils under tile is easy. If you're capable of laying tile, you're capable of laying heating coil under it first.

Then what do you do, huh??? Just plug it into the magic hole in the wall??? Huh??? No. You have to make sure there's a receptacle near buy or install one yourself. Then you have a big dumb plug coming out of your floor!

[Johnny Utah]

These are up up your houses.

http://medicalimages.allrefer.com/large/black-widow-spider-1.jpg

[Johnny Utah]

I came home yesterday and there were a few of these beetle things on the inside of my back door and I was like WTF? So I opened it and there is like 50 of them in the door jam. On all four sides of it and all over the outside wall of my house. I was pissed because it came out of nowhere. Went and got some spray and killed the shit out of them and made like a barrier all around the door with it. Shop vacced those carcases up.

They were black with red or orange on their back. Not like a lady bug, they were bigger and were mostly black instead of red.

[Muleskinner]

I came home yesterday and there were a few of these beetle things on the inside of my back door and I was like WTF? So I opened it and there is like 50 of them in the door jam. On all four sides of it and all over the outside wall of my house. I was pissed because it came out of nowhere. Went and got some spray and killed the shit out of them and made like a barrier all around the door with it. Shop vacced those carcases up.

They were black with red or orange on their back. Not like a lady bug, they were bigger and were mostly black instead of red.

Those should be right up your alley. I believe they are Asian beetles.

[Johnny Utah]

Here is what they were, something called a box elder bug.

http://www.northwesttermiteandpest.com/images/boxelder%20bug.jpg