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Old 08-10-2019, 10:13 PM   #41
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Grow a spine people! Lived with these guys for almost two years.
Yes, we get plenty of redbacks around the house at home, but none at the marina.

Their bite is painful but very rarely fatal.
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Old 08-12-2019, 07:13 AM   #42
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It’s been our experience that in salty water conditions spiders tend to be less of an issue. In fresh water they are more so. My wife discovered that diluted peppermint oil repels them. No harmful chemicals for you or the boat and it smells nice too!
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Thank you everyone for the excellent ideas & products for consideration!
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Old 09-12-2019, 08:50 PM   #44
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Late to the party, but they've been epidemic this summer on the Lake P southshore. Usually very few, if any in the marina.using rattle can Home Depot spider spray with some success. A couple of other brands were worthless against our particular spiders. Lasts a couple of weeks on exterior. Haven't needed it inside - don't think I will anyway.
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Drift, but strange. At home this week I found a green frog, 3-4" long, in an upstairs toilet bowl. I`d flushed the toilet and saw it clawing its way up the bowl to hide under the rim of the bowl. I flushed again removing it from its refuge, wrapped it in a tea-towel and released it outside. Can`t see how it got there except via the sewer, and not even that makes sense. That toilet contains a toilet and nothing else, no exterior window, no basin. I doubt it entered the house and went up 2 flights of stairs.
Neighbors 2 houses away have a frog pond they created, not far from a small creek. "Build it and they will come", one of the many pond frogs makes a sound like whacking a plate on the water surface. Where there are frogs there are usually snakes,so far we`ve seen none.
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I have a spider problem on my boat located in Madisonville La, north shore Lake Ponchatrain! I never see a spider during the day but at night they are all over the boat! Every night I am on the boat I spray all webs/spiders directly . At first I was killing 40 to 50 per night. After third night its down to 10 or less.
This is an on going process however!
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Misery loves company, Keith. I've not seen anything like this in the past. Think it somehow sources from the extended Bonne Carre opening.
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Old 09-15-2019, 06:30 PM   #48
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Spent today scrubbing spider dung off my 2 yo Awlgrip. Some are stubborn. Awlgrip says to use one of their solvents, MEK, toluene, etc. to remove. Scary but necessary, I suppose. Nasty little buggers.
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