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Old 01-25-2018, 01:10 PM   #23
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Originally Posted by denverd0n View Post

If you want to get rid of the spiders, the first thing you need to do is get rid of all the other insects. Focusing first on the spiders is a waste of time. As long as the other insects are there, the spiders will keep coming back. But if you get rid of the other insects, the spiders will leave on their own, in search of happier hunting grounds.
DenveredOn, Your right about the relationship between spiders and bugs but clearly you have never boated on the great lakes, particularly Lake Erie or Georgian bay. The insects here outnumber the grains of sand on the beach, you would have as much luck eradicating them as counting those grains of sand. Lake Erie on parts of the Canadian side is a spider hell of every imaginable type, probablly due to the bugs. They are virtually everywhere inside or outside, boats, cottages, cars, hanging from trees. They especially love boats!

Now fish/may flys, thats a whole thread by itself, Erie gets billions of them to the point you can not walk on your boat or anywhere without crunching dozens at a time and the roads become slick with them. They are so thick the swarms can be tracked on weather & ship radar. Welcome to Canada eh?
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