When I got the coach from storage I found spider webs everywhere - under the coach, on the dash, in the shower, etc. When I got home I vacuumed out all the spider webs I could. Yesterday when I went in the coach they were back covering the steering wheel and dash. I was hoping that the vacuuming would remove the spiders with their webs but apparently not. I do not like to use bug spray but I am at a loss to find a way to remove them otherwise. Any suggestions?
Bug spray, yep , don't like it either -----but----- might just be time to have a change of mind . You got to get them dead or ---. Brad Metzger
Spiders are hardy. I think you will have to go to a hardware store such as Lowes Menards, etc and get an aerosol fumigating "bomb" and set it off in the coach and leave it for a day.
Follow the instructions and vacuum and air out completely when you return. By the way, spider bites are no fun!!
Be sure to check the propane/air mixing chambers on the water heater and refrigerator. Spider webs in those tubes can disrupt air flow and cause sooty flames. The tubes are easy to clean out with a small flexible brush or a blast of air from a compressor. We recently had some unpleasant results from what appeared to be spider webs in the water heater.
I thought of a bug bomb but I was concerned that it might attack the plastic surfaces.
John, I learned the hard way a long time ago------If all else fails, read the instructions.
John,
You are obviously not a boater or you would know that once you get 'em you are stuck with them. The only thing I have found that works is chemical warfare at the start and end of the season. Of course a few well trained Geckos might work!
Keith
Yup! Gecko's work. We usually had 2 or 3 that we even tried to feed.....leaving a swatted fly in one of our plants inside, that they hung out in.
However, we usually found the Gecko's mummified months later(no more spiders), as Dorothy is a clean freak and leave's not a drop for the spiders to eat.
We wipe down 'everything' and usually several times with WHITE Vinegar/ceiling to floor; every couple of months...but especially after any absence.
I don't do spiders or ants so I use a product called Bug Stop clear no odor and does not leave a film. Lasts 6 months.
It is funny you would mention geckos, there was a really FAT one on the propane door when I opened it. There must have been too many spiders for him to eat them all. Today I found a spider and wasp spray at Home Depot and am trying that. I also got a feather duster to see if it worked any better on getting the webs up. It didn't seem to but it removed the dust much better than the shop vac.
My exterminator friend tells me that spiders are not killed by getting the usual "lasting" bug spray on their legs; they must be hit directly by a spray to be killed.
Get a hot air gun and point it in various nooks and crannies.
We use a similar product (Ortho Home Defense MAX Perimeter & Indoor Insect Killer) in the storage and utility bays once or twice a year ... really helps keep the bug count down to about zero. When we are gone from the house for extended periods the cabinet baseboards get a dose as well ^.^d
I like the hot air approach, I'll try it.