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| Thread ID: 115235 | 2011-01-09 02:08:00 | spiders and cars | robsonde (120) | PC World Chat |
| Post ID | Timestamp | Content | User | ||
| 1168205 | 2011-01-09 02:08:00 | my flatmate has a car which has become home to many spiders. the spiders have setup home in wing mirrors, and around the boot. there is no sign of spiders inside the car, but the outside get a lot of spider web buildup in only a few days. the car lives outside, washing it gets rid of them for only a few days. any thoughts for a more long term solution? |
robsonde (120) | ||
| 1168206 | 2011-01-09 02:35:00 | In the "good" old days, nicotine sulphate did the trick pretty quickly. The car did smell a bit like you had driven through a pipe smokers convention, but the spiders were history. It was a pretty noxious brew, so it may not be available any more. |
R2x1 (4628) | ||
| 1168207 | 2011-01-09 02:36:00 | Spray the outside with insect killer such as Raid or Mortein | gary67 (56) | ||
| 1168208 | 2011-01-09 02:54:00 | They usually come out when it's dark. That's when they mend the broken web's. Patience & a can of spray will fix them. :D | BobM (1138) | ||
| 1168209 | 2011-01-09 02:56:00 | Spray the outside with insect killer such as Raid or Mortein was concerned that this may damage the paint ??? |
robsonde (120) | ||
| 1168210 | 2011-01-09 03:05:00 | Who cares? They'll blow off if you drive fast enough.... :lol: | Agent_24 (57) | ||
| 1168211 | 2011-01-09 03:16:00 | What a stink. :lol: | Trev (427) | ||
| 1168212 | 2011-01-09 09:14:00 | I have that problem with electric wing mirrors. I bought a surface spray intended for cockroaches and other crawling insects, put a plastic tube on the nozzle and sprayed it into the back of the mirrors. One treatment lasts for months. Cheers Billy 8-{) |
Billy T (70) | ||
| 1168213 | 2011-01-09 09:23:00 | Fly Spray and watch them drop out of the side mirrors, creepy, sometimes really big ones. | zqwerty (97) | ||
| 1168214 | 2011-01-09 19:24:00 | And they like to go on holiday as well. Picked one up in the wing mirror in Tauranga in 2009 car was parked outside, it ended up in Napier. It disappeared after a while probably starved as car is parked in a garage. :) |
Trev (427) | ||
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