I have just been down to my back cupboard and there is a mass of spiders in there, I'm talking at least 200. Whats the best way to get rid of them without killing them?
2006-08-22 06:38:51 · 24 answers · asked by fuki l 1 in Pets ➔ Other - Pets
I love spiders and I quite like them in my home knowing that they are eating flies and gnats and various other bugs that bite you.
Some have mentioned that the male will eat them - that's if he is around to do so as the female tends to eat the male after mating!!!!! When she has built her sac with the eggs inside, she will crawl away and die. Tiny spiders then hatch and float away to live a life, but only a third of them survive as they may get eaten themselves etc. I say leave them, as they will soon go away. Just make it easy for them to escape.
2006-08-22 08:34:27 · answer #1 · answered by Dragon Empress 6 · 3⤊ 0⤋
You stayed long enough to count them???
Getting rid of them without killing them is going to be a long job using one of those plastic devices. Alternatively you could shut the door and leave them to deal with each other. You see spiders eat each other, so after a rather long time, you'd open the cupboard door to find one REALLY REALLY BIG SPIDER. Not sure that would be easier to deal with though!
2006-08-22 13:51:06 · answer #2 · answered by Specsy 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well, apparently they don't like the smell of cloves - so go and get yourself a pot of cloves and chuck them in the cupboard - but I don't know how quickly they may decide to get out!
I also don't know if the ground clove would work - if you throw that over them, it might slow them down a bit!
I hate spiders and would be happy to kill them all - but I can't get that close to them. My husband has to catch them and put them outside - but do try the clove thing - they certainly move away from it.
2006-08-22 13:51:58 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Kill 200 flies and put them in a trap, the spiders will be lured toward the flies and BANG shut the trap. If this fails, listen to Tallulah and ring your dad
2006-08-22 13:49:44 · answer #4 · answered by Ian H 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sorry - you only have 2 choices - kill them or leave them to go away themselves - If the male is there he will kill his kids by eating them anyway. Gives him the chance to breed again!! If they are not poisonous leave nature to do it's work. If they are - JUST close your eyes, send in the bug spray and vacuum them up. Better them than you - trust me we have some pretty NASTY spiders in Australia.
2006-08-22 13:49:05 · answer #5 · answered by CLOCKWORK 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
take your cupboard outside and sweep out all the spiders.
2006-08-22 13:46:18 · answer #6 · answered by smug_guy 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Start to like spiders.
2006-08-22 13:45:43 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yuck! Just kill them. Or just use a vacuum cleaner to suck them up. Maybe they will make it- sorry I hate spiders!
2006-08-22 15:18:53 · answer #8 · answered by stay_sha 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
OMG- Raid the little blighters! 200- what do you want to do keep them as pets! yuk! Ok if you dont want to kill them put them in an ice cream tub and move them outside.
2006-08-22 13:46:31 · answer #9 · answered by arly barly 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
WITHOUT killing them?
Good luck. If you are trying to scoop them up and take them outside, you will never get them all, and they will continue to lay eggs in that spot and breed more.
2006-08-22 13:45:29 · answer #10 · answered by KB 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋