Hi guys:

Just saw something about boils - and decided to ask help on something in the same vein - SPIDER BITES - we have a few tiny spiders in the house here and there - we have tons in the basement - my DH says we should not kill them as they eat other nastier insects - However .... I think I have been getting bitten by them - about three weeks ago I got something that looked like mosquito bites over parts of my legs and thighs - they itched for a week and then went away - and just yesterday I got these three big raised bites on the side of my back - so I'm thinking they have to be spiders - what else can they be - have you ladies any ideas on what they are and HOW TO GET RID OF THE SPIDERS and the bites too LOL LOL

Lara Falcon

Dear Lara
Totally agree with you about spider bites so am very vigilant about dusting carefully and washing floors etc.I suspect I have been bitten a couple of times on my face

We have some very big spiders here in The Middle East.When I first came here was bitten badly and a great big boil appeared on my hand.Had to take antibiotics before it was excised.I have also had a big boil on my behind which was so painful and throbbed I could not sit down.My local Pharmacist,a very warm and knowledgable lady gave me a cream to use daily after a warm bath.It eventually popped!Disgusting..

I got rid of spiders by buying a special spray from a Hardware Store and then just being relentless about keeping clutter to a minimum as they love to hide in warm dark spaces..

All the Best
Elizabeth

~~~~~~~~~Spider Wars!~~~~~~~


I recently bought a beautiful re-hab house. (...one of my many hobbies!)
Anyway, it had been sitting without occupants for about one year. It had become a haven for spiders.
No kidding!

Open a door and a spider would jump on you.


The bad thing about these spiders was that they were brown recluse spiders.

I am freaked out by spiders, but to have thousands of brown recluse spider....YIKES! I was bitten by one several years back and had to go on predizone and antibiotics. It was bad.


This is what I did to get rid of them and it worked wonderfully! I have NO spiders in this house now.


I bought spider glue traps.

It was disheartening when I checked the first one and saw that a live spider had avoided the glue and set up house inside it; however, when I looked at the other traps, I was elated! There were many dead spiders inside. I saw one web site where you could buy 50 of these. I only had 12, so I was constantly moving them around.

I vacuumed everything from the top of the ceiling down to the carpet. This was highly effective. I used a shop vac.
I vacuumed every few days.

Then I dusted the baseboards with DE Powder (fossil shell powder.) I used food grade. It is not poisonous and safe to use around people. (just don't breathe it) It is also effective on ants, mites, & etc. It is wonderful stuff.

The plug-in sonic pet chasers seemed to help also. I rotated them from room to room.

I am pleased to say that I won the spider war! My family and I did not get any bites and they are dead!

I hope this helps,
Shebee

I found an interesting remedy for insect bites (the harmless kind, ie NOT brown recluse, those are serious) - when I was travelling in the Caribbean a few years ago - the doc there curshed up a regular aspirin and made a paste with a little water.....dab it on and viola! itching and swelling gone!

sometimes the simplist things are best, eh?

CIC