Does vacuuming up a spider kill it ?

Question

I found a little spiderweb in the corner of my child's room, and I used an upright vacuum with a bag inside it to vacuum up the spider. Will the vacuum suction automatically kill the spider, or will it just transfer the spider to the bag and will he remain alive and have the ability of crawling out of the vacuum when the vacuum is turned off ?

Answer 1

In our house, we have so much sand in the carpets that I'm sure the sand that follows the spider will pelt it to death -- basically like being hit with a barrage of stones. I would have thought I was the only one who does this to poor defenseless spiders, particularly because I didn't know other people let the dreaded things into their homes to begin with.

I suspect in the normal home, there is so little dirt that there is a chance that a spot vacuum job wouldn't be enough to kill the little guy. (In my home, the vacuum is on for hours at a time. No doubt the little spider is a goner.)

I've never seen one walk out, but you can't be sure until someone who actually knows something can give you a solid answer, or until you experiment to check it out. Hmmm. That's a cool idea... I might try that one.

Then again, it might also depend on how powerful your vacuum is.

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I appreciate suzi ^_^'s answer, but I wonder... If the author of that information was CERTAIN that the spiders are dead, why would it be necessary to seal the bag and dispose of it outside?
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I asked my mom what she thought, and she remembers vacuuming up some carpenter ants that came back out of the vacuum when the job was done. Ants are pretty mighty creatures. I don't know if spiders would do as well.

Answer 2

* Vacuum instead of spraying around the house for spiders. If you cannot endure spiders or their webs in your home, the easiest and safest way to get rid of them is to vacuum up both spiders and webs. The dust inside the vacuum bag will quickly suffocate any spiders you catch. Make a periodic check of the areas where you most often find the eight-legged creatures.

http://www.centralsan.org/education/ipm/spiders.html

* One can kill spiders with a fly swatter or vacuum spiders to kill them. When you are done vacuuming up spiders and their webs, seal the vacuum bag and place it in an outdoor trash container.


...............So yes, vacuuming up a spider will kill it.

Answer 3

NEXT TIME, spray bug spray inside the end of the hose before you vacuum it. I sucked up a bunch of ants into my vacuum cleaner without a bag and looked in there and they were smashed against the side pretty well. You probably killed the spider. If you don't feel it killed it, put the vacuum outside or in the garage for a while.

Answer 4

I am sure the roller with the bristles on the bottom of the vacuum killed it... If you think it might still be alive spray the bottom of the vacuum with some raid or something that will kill the spider and turn it on to make the fumes go thru it.

Answer 5

Yes, if the spider does not die from the force of being thrown around inside the vacuum pipes, ”the dust inside the vacuum bag will quickly suffocate any spiders you catch."

Answer 6

I'd think the dust inside the vacuum would suffocate the spider.

Answer 7

I have done the same thing and I have no idea! Maybe, the spider can create spindlewebs inside the vacuum bag if he is still kickin`!

Answer 8

Yes it will kill it. Spiders(shudddddddder) like all living things need an atmosphere to live. The inside of your vacuum is like space, nothing to breathe so it dies.

Answer 9

I think the spider is alive, laying eggs, and will soon come crawling out of the vacuum. Beware---she is probably VERY pissed off at you! Good luck...

Answer 10

if the vacuum does not kill the spider it will more than likely suffocate within the bag.