I hate black widows. What are your solutions? They’re everywhere.

  • ParabolicMotion@lemmy.worldOP
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    6 months ago

    I might call a professional. Unfortunately, with our garage, the ceiling is unfinished, which means it has open rafters and plenty of places for them to lay eggs. The tallest point of the ceiling is as high as the roof.

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      6 months ago

      Widows tend to hang out closer to the ground. I wouldn’t worry much about the rafters.

      Darker crevices, debris piles, larger leaning items that go undisturbed for a while.

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        6 months ago

        There are some at ground level when I walk out into the garage. Is it possible to vacuum them up? I really don’t want to touch them, or bat at them with a broom. I feel like if I do that, they’ll hit the ground and charge at me, or crawl up the broom.

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          6 months ago

          Vacuuming them probably won’t kill them.

          You’ll instead have now-malevolent angry spiders in your vacuum-cleaner.

          I happen to consider that to be a Bad Idea…

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