Man Eating Spiders

 

Spraying insecticide around the foundation of the house should prevent most of those spiders from coming in the house. I guess a few will slide through anyway, but I bet I won't find any the size of my hand.

At least that's how big they look as they scurry across the floor. I guess in reality they are only the size of Ryanne's hand, but I'm pretty sure they could take down a mouse if they ran across one.

The spiders that used to come in my house at wintertime fattened up all summer on ants, roly polies,worms and probably slugs. Come to think of it, I haven't seen a chipmunk around here in twenty years.

The first time I saw one, I thought it was a tarantula because that is how big it was. Sometimes I think I should have trapped one in a pint jar at least long enough to take a picture, but that doesn't mean that I'm waiting around for another crab-size giant to fatten up outside the rec room windows.

So twice a year, I get out my gas mask and goggles and protect my perimeter with a four foot band of the most lethal stuff the law allows. If the label doesn't warn that it's a federal violation for improper use, then it isn't strong enough.

I don't know if it kills spiders, or just spider food, but we haven't seen a giant spider for a long time.

Nancy Sherer

 

 


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