There is a brown recluse on the ceiling in my living room
 

About 15 feet up in the air.

Give me ideas on how to kill the ****er.

I hate brown recluses so much.

Get a ladder. Climb up. Spray with Raid.


You’re welcome

Shoot it with a rubber band. I have a confirmed rubber band kill from 20 feet. Wasn’t brown recluse but it was a huge spider

I dont have a ladder that would work

Get some hair spray and zap it.

A few months ago my wife starting yelling.....hurry hurry come here.

One of these crawling on the wall.

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I wanted to capture it, have a pet, nope, she wanted it dead, so....crunch!

Throw something to knock it off. Squash upon landing. Prosper. :Pimp:

The fact that you see it on the ceiling in a lit up room says it probably isn;t a recluse.

What kind of eyesight do you have to see a tiny violin looking mark on a spider from ~15 feet away?

Are you sure? My house had a problem with these things last summer. I killed one weekly. I got bit about 2 weeks after buying it. I want to genocide them.

Eat it and give us all Covid-20

don't be a bitch. Set up a ladder, grab a shoe, smash it.

Have you considered making it a new pet?

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I have killed hundreds of recluse spiders in broad daylight.

Whenever they come out I assume they are aggressive because they’ve moved out of their normal environment.

I only have an extension ladder for getting on my roof. The ceiling is vaulted and he's smack dab in the middle of it. :#

might want to move and put your place on the market

dont mention the spider in your sellers disclosure

He's under quarantine too, man.

It's like Arachnophobia in my home sometimes. I hadn't seen one all winter but I've killed two this spring. I don't need to get bit again.

Really ? Are you that much of girly man ? You a millennial?;)

Hate to tell ya this but where there is one, there are most likely hundreds of them. You might need to call in the professionals.

https://i.postimg.cc/ryf9nr8F/F-Spiders.png

Dampen a dish towel then wad it into a ball and throw it and hit it with that. Then when if falls to the floor stomp on it.

Dude **** these things. Regular spiders dont bother me, but I hate brown recluses. I also had a friend almost die from spider bites from them.

Plus I'm bored and looking for a cheap laugh :p

It is the off season during a pandemic-isn't it

Don’t let the recluse sneeze on you.

Fine

I'll just start drinking

Hit it with a broom ��

are you using a properly applied safe in home insecticide,

Fill your house to the roof with antifreeze that should get them all. :Poke:

I've used ortho home defense and I bought some special sticky traps for brown recluses. I'm no fan of sticky traps, but brown recluses deserve what they get.

I might have to cave an call an exterminator, if I get bit again it will easily cost as much as one.

This really isn't your job. Have your husband kill it.

I broke a broom on a brown recluse in the cleaning closet at work I made sure that mother ****er was dead dead dead.

:bravo:

This was the response I was looking for

Make a praying mantis shadow puppet

Still there?

The answer is always Indian War Elephants.

Whenever I see a spider in the house whether it's on the ceiling or floor I wet a paper towel and throw it on them . It wraps them up and then I just pick it up wad it into a ball and toss it in the trash.

That’s pretty entertaining to watch.

Got any more?

I'm happy to report that he finally moved and I got the little bastard with my swiffer.

Spiders - 0
Me - 1

It’s not a spider, it’s a listening device shaped like a spider. You’re not strangling prostitutes are you?

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The last thing you'd ever see (if the warheads are hot).

I'm not craig james, no.

I would grab ladder, climb up and squish with paper towel. Those things were everywhere where I grew up and that's how I killed them all.

Have we killed this pos yet?
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You'll need to attach an iguana to the end of a long stick....

i had them really bad at my house, emphasize had, i spray 3 times a year with TEMPO SEC
spray. its a little costly but no odor or stains, not harmful to pets etc. you wont have anymore spiders

The Ortho Home Defense didnt do jack shit. The sticky traps worked well, but it also highlighted how many are actually in my house. There was at least 10 on every (6 traps) in the house.

My cats kill em too, but I dont want them to get bit or eat them.

Wow that's disgusting.

Unfortunately, if they are truly recluses they can be challenging to kill. Because of their long legs, their body doesn't drag across the poison, and it often just kills their prey. Don't be assured though, as they can go without food for a very long time

I dealt with them in the past, and had multiple exterminators tell me that fumigation is the solution

Realistically, they are present in most Midwest homes, and they are rarely encountered. If you saw 10 on each of 6 traps, you have a serious infestation.

They are recluses. I've killed a few and looked them over. I don't know where the infestation would be though. My dad told me there isn't a house in our neighborhood that doesn't have them.. but I feel like I have tons. I've been bit once, thankfully it didn't get necrotic but it was still a $300 doctor visit.

I've read wolf spiders eat them, so when I catch them I let them back outside.

Need video...

that's nothing, try moving something in the garage loft that hasn't moved in two years. i ended up unleashing a barage of about 400 baby huntsmans slowly decending on top of me and around. harmless butt****... :thumb:

That's a lot of spiders man. I sold a house last year that was an absolutle spider and spricket factory and I never saw that kinda shit. Like you need to bring in Rambo ASAP.

You got a true sub-basement by chance? That seemed to be a nice spot for them.

Did I buy your house? Lmao

It's just a ranch style slab house. But I got a big yard, live on the edge of town and have tons of trees.

I had a bunch of big, mature trees and a 1/2 acre lot so maybe that's a little more inviting. Dunno, but we hired Edge for management and they killed a lotta those ****ers. Never really gave a shit until they got bold. Finally said **** it when our 2 yr old(at the time) got lit up by a nasty spider bite.

Brown recluse love quite dark places. Garages or dark basements or crawl spaces clutter is also favorite like boxes full of crap. What they don't like is lots of activity and commotion. With as many, you are traping id shake out clothes and footwear before putting on. They are hard to kill because fumigation cant often reach them and their egg pockets block out pesticides to where you fumigate and a whole new batch hatches.

Honestly the only solution I see is going to an army surplus see it they have a flame thrower and some jellied gas.

Burning down my house right now, brb

Exactly !! And spray "Home defense" on the interior and exterior of your home and you won't see these insects invading let alone alive in your home. This stuff rocks!!

Let's review


You haven't taken the shot out of a turkey load and filled it up with salt and capped it with wax yet?

****ing embarrassing.

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Confucius says: "Better to have brown recluse on ceiling than tick on your dick."

Holy shit I totally forgot about Brave Wilderness. That dude is one crazy mother ****er. He goes out of his way to get stung and bitten by poisonous bugs.

The house in Belton I grew up in had these bitches real bad! One got me on my knee in the middle of the night when I was 8. Sneaky ****er! Sick as dog for the longest time on that one

Hats off to you all in the midwest and elsewhere that have real spiders. Here in Ca we only have black widows but there is no accidentally running into them. Their webs are ridiculously easy to spot and stay away from or if you accidentally grab their web it feels like static electricity so you know immediately to yank your hand out. Our tarantulas are big but harmless.....

I use the vacuum with the hose attachment. Sucks em right into the tank. Not one has ever escaped (maybe no oxygen?).

Nice and tidy execution.


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This is what a good exterminator should do. Suck up visible webs egg sacks in nooks and crannies then take to a burn pit and humanely return to nature:D

Nevada has an abundance of those SOBs. Worked on a project there first evening in the room after long day work I fill out my timesheet on the desk with my laptop. All sudden this big ass black shiny spider drops from its web behind picture frame. Hangs there stretching its legs its diameter of a nickel and has the red hourglass on its back. I look for something to smash it with before it slips away and nothing handy. I quickly remove my work boot and line up and smack him it drops to the carpet. I look everywhere for its remains to no avail which really gives me the eby jeebies. My boots are cleated with Vibram soles so figure it got lucky. Go to bet after shaking out sheets. next morning carrying equipment out to truck I find dead black widow in doorsill. It was my first of many encounters with these pests in Northern Nevada.

There is several brown recluses around my area since the quarintine. I think the guy across the hall is named Jose

I can't stop watching this bad ass thing. ****.

What it really means is theres a lot more around in his house that he can’t see.

It’s not fun getting bit by those spiders. OP especially if you’re asleep because you won’t even notice. I’m betting the previous owners of the house knew they had a problem and probably knocked them back just enough before selling the house. I’m guessing this will become a problem.

Sign it up for a CP account. Couldn't be worse than Deberg

I kill them all the time in the spring and summer. Best weapon of choice are those 10' straight stream hornet/wasp spray cans. My last close encounter was around sunset while washing my travel trailer. I was spraying a jet of water in the fender wells and couldnt spray out a clump of oak leaves for some reason. I wasnt thinking clearly because I was enjoying a couple of beers at the time but I reached in with my hand and grabbed the clump of leaves and began to pull it out when it felt like i was getting shocked with low voltage electricity. At that precise moment I realized with sudden clarity I had just grabbed a black widow web which is so strong they can probably hold a tennis shoe. I yelped like a bitch and yanked my hand out of there and didnt see any widow. I waited for the sun to go down because they dont come out until dark to work their webs. With flashlight in hand I spotted her.....largest BW i had ever seen and it made my skin crawl. I nearly emptied a can of wasp spray.....

I've killed 5 in my garage today and found remains of numerous dead ones.

:cuss::cuss::cuss:

If you have a shop vac suck up all webs and cob weds egg sacs and visible spiders. Check garage and door seals for gaps. Windows and storm windows recaulking then spray foundation walls and yard. Or option 2 and the best in my opinion, is still the flamethrower.