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Arrrggghhh!! Spiders!!

December 3rd 2008 03:13

Some people have Christmas lights at their place; I have bug carcasses on spider web decorating mine. The spiders that lurk around my place don’t venture indoors too often. Dusting and vacuuming regularly, using plastic for storage instead of cardboard boxes, not leaving clothes lying around or leaving food out and always taking out the garbage seem to keep the little intruders to a minimum.

spinning on my top was the last thing it ever did…

Every so often, armed with a broom and a good pair of shoes for stomping, I try to keep the spider numbers outside down without squealing too much like a sissy. I used to empty a can of bug spray on the window and door frames, but since I started having kids over I didn’t think that was such a good idea anymore. Besides, it’s quite cruel to get rid of bugs using the sprays; they tend to thrash around for a while before they died (though most sprays would sooner kill me than kill a spider).

spider and sacs

So as someone who is more accustomed to seeing spiders outdoors, this was a sight that made the hairs on the back of my neck and everywhere else stand on end:

above the kitchen window

Nothing heralds the arrival of summer quite like an explosion in the spider population. The warm weather had brought these baby spiders indoors over night. Shown above is about a quarter of the number that greeted me in the kitchen when I went to make breakfast.

After the initial horror (and after a few pictures), I thought the quickest and most mess-free way to get rid of all those spiders would be to use sticky tape. It would’ve been a good plan had the paint not come off with the spiders. Plan B was a wet cloth and rubber gloves.

As I was cleaning the spider smears off the cornices, walls and ceiling, it occurred to me that I had neglected to consider the fastest and least traumatic option: vacuuming, wrapping the bag in plastic, and then throwing it away. *groan*

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