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September 10, 2013 at 3:24 pm #609045
GoGoParticipantDoes anyone know where I could find this? Suppose to be a natural spider repellent.
Thanks!
September 10, 2013 at 3:31 pm #797255
JustSarahParticipantSuper Supplements in Morgan Junction. :-) It’s also a great tension headache remedy, in my experience. I mix it with lavender essential oil in an oil warmer and let the scent disperse throughout the house.
September 10, 2013 at 3:34 pm #797256
SueParticipantYou might also try Pharmaca in Alaska Junction or PCC. Peppermint is also supposed to work well on deterring spiders as well, although I’ve never tried it. (I’ve heard about mixing it with water in a spray bottle.) If you have difficulty finding the oils locally, I am a distributor of Young Living essential oils, and you can purchase them online at https://www.youngliving.org/balancedlife
September 10, 2013 at 4:18 pm #797257
JustSarahParticipantSuper Supplements is much cheaper than Pharmaca for EOs. I shop at and like both stores, so that’s nothing against Pharmaca. :-)
September 10, 2013 at 4:37 pm #797258
auParticipantPCC also sells essential oils
September 10, 2013 at 5:42 pm #797259
GoGoParticipantThank you everyone! Watch out, spiders!! :)
September 10, 2013 at 9:00 pm #797260
SonomaParticipantCareful with that eucalyptus – the spiders may disappear, but you might end up with a houseful of koalas!
September 10, 2013 at 9:22 pm #797261
GoGoParticipantAt least koalas are cute!
September 10, 2013 at 10:43 pm #797262
LStephensParticipantThriftway also carries essential oils.
September 10, 2013 at 11:46 pm #797263
anonymeParticipantI’ve been studying spiders for many years, and never heard of this “remedy”. Spiders coming in the house at this time of year are merely searching for mates. The ones that are getting fat and filling the garden with beautiful orb webs are preparing to lay their eggs, then die. They’re also mating right now; if you look, you’ll see tiny little guy spiders strumming the webs and wooing the much larger females. Would be a great thing to show kids so that they don’t grow up arachnophobic. The orb-weavers will be gone in a month, and in the meantime they’re providing an invaluable ecological service.
Spiders can be cute, too!
September 11, 2013 at 12:29 am #797264
SonomaParticipantI don’t mind spiders in my house, as long as there are just a few. Spider courtship and sweet lovin’ are fine, just keep the hundreds of wee babies outside!
September 11, 2013 at 2:56 am #797265
datamuseParticipantA spider egg sac hatched on our back deck several years ago. I got to watch them hatch out and float away, just like in Charlotte’s Web. It was awesome.
September 11, 2013 at 3:37 am #797266
hammerheadParticipantPlease be careful if you have pets.
I don’t know if eucalyptus is in the “same” family as far oils are concerned BUT tea tree oil is very toxic to animals.
September 11, 2013 at 5:14 am #797267
SonomaParticipantThanks for that important reminder, hammerhead. The ASPCA’s Web site has info about toxins. I know tree tea oil is very dangerous to pet birds, and it appears that eucalyptus oil can be harmful, too.
Charlotte’s Web – a classic for every generation!
September 11, 2013 at 1:32 pm #797268
anonymeParticipantDatamuse, newly hatched spiderlings have been hatching the last few days. Some of you may have noticed a lot of gossamer floating in the air, a bit unlike regular spider webs. The process is called “ballooning”, and transports baby spiders to new homes. Ballooning spiders have been found in the jet stream.
I totally understand the fear of spiders, having once been severely arachnophobic myself. My first step to conquering the fear was education. When I began to study spiders and their behavior, I became fascinated. It’s really true what they say, education dispels fear.
One “remedy” I’ve heard of (can’t prove one way or the other) is to saturate a cotton ball with rubbing alcohol and wipe it around entry points, such as windows and doors. Trouble is, house spiders have been in the body of your house all along and can usually find a secret way in. Worth a try. Either that, or adopt a cat. My cat is a great spider hunter, I found a mangled corpse of Tegenaria gigantea just the other morning (the giant house spider).
September 11, 2013 at 2:54 pm #797269
GoGoParticipantMy dogs just sit on the couch and look at me like “aren’t you going to get that?” when they see a spider. Sigh….
September 12, 2013 at 7:36 pm #797270
RarelyEverParticipantThis is the worst time of the year for arachnophobes like me… I have a long-handled broom parked at my front door which I wave frantically on my way to my car and back every day. I have tried educating myself about spiders, formal cognitive therapy, exposure therapy, etc., to no avail. I believe I’m terminal, unfortunately… ugh. :(
Always praying for the harshest winter possible because it makes me think it’ll kill ’em all off… I know, lol.
September 12, 2013 at 8:04 pm #797271
GoGoParticipantHa! I do the exact same broom dance that you do!
September 12, 2013 at 8:08 pm #797272
GrazieParticipantNo laughing here, RarelyE – am also a failure in the Educate/Treat Your Way Free Of A Phobia – just ended up with a more comprehensive Fear Response.
Instead of a broom, multiple bamboo garden stakes in strategic areas around the yard – lighter to wave about and they blend in with the landscaping –
September 12, 2013 at 10:42 pm #797273
SueParticipantRarely Ever, I’ve got my handy “spider stick” – which is a small tree branch – that I wave like a lightsaber in a massive fight between crazy lady and the spider webs. In my case it’s not fear, but just being sick to death of walking face-first into the webs. I always pray the neighbors don’t see me, because I must look insane. Especially when I start screaming at the spiders. :)
September 13, 2013 at 12:45 am #797274
JanSParticipantI use a cane…it has many uses…walking, spider webs, tripping a$$h*les…playing golf with pinecones…hitting jerks over the head ;)
September 13, 2013 at 2:19 am #797275
datamuseParticipantI’ve seen the balloons, but that was the only time I got to sit there and watch them launch. Seriously cool.
At this time of year I just consider them early Halloween decorations. Or, as a friend of mine put it, “I give up and wear them as accessories.”
My cat is so old that he is entirely uninterested in hunting anything that isn’t his food dish.
September 16, 2013 at 9:01 pm #797276
Ms. SparklesParticipant“I give up and wear them as accessories.” – LOL Datamuse! I’ve worn a few inadvertant “Spider Hats” for a few seconds as well.
I let them do their thing – assuming they’re not blocking a path I need to use – EXCEPT when I see they’ve caught a bee in their webs…then I evict them. I keep telling the spiders not to catch bees – but they don’t seem to listen :-/
September 16, 2013 at 9:15 pm #797277
anonymeParticipantYou guys are hilarious. I love the idea of wearing spiders as accessories…!
Ms. Sparkles, I do the bee thing, too. I figure there’s plenty for the spiders to eat without munching on our poor, endangered bees. It can be tricky intervening before that lethal first bite.
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