I don’t like spiders and snakes was a line used in a song in the seventies.  It is still so very true in my mind.  As a brown recluse spider bite survivor, I have no use for either of these critters.  The brown recluse was hidden in some clothes and bite me on the hip.  My then about 8 year old son saved the spider from the trash can and had it identified the next day.  A brown recluse has a definite picture of a fiddle on its back.  We called Dr. Daniel and he said not to walk but to run to his office for treatment.  I took many shots and doses of antibiotics for a month or more.  The sore just ate into the muscle until it finally healed.  I would not want to know what would have happened if not for my good friend Dr. Daniel.  Back to the brown recluse, it is a very dangerous spider that hides in the dark and comes out when disturbed with a vengeance.  Shoes, clothes, closets are a few of it’s hiding places.

 

There is a product called Demon that is specially made for spiders, scorpions, and many other critters that hide.  It is a very strong product that is easily mixed, being that it comes in water soluble packets.  Demon is also a great fix for roaches, termites, ants, and a multitude of other insects.  Just take a couple of the water soluble packets and add to a gallon of water, agitate and spray.  Use on the outside of the house in and around the edges of the house to prevent wasp from building their nest..

 

The second worse thing in my eyes are snakes.  There are many old wives tales involving snakes.  Lime mixed with sulfur, moth balls are just a few to name.  Fertilome makes a snake repellent that contains a lot natural ingredients.  Cedar oil, cinnamon oil, and clove oil.  This blend of ingredients trigger and avoidance behavior  to snakes.  The snakes actually taste in the air around them.  It repels the snakes and makes them want to escape the area.  It is not necessary to completely cover the area with the product.  Just make a band around the area.  You have to reapply it after a heavy rain.  To me, a snake is a snake.  I know that there are some that are supposed to be good but in my mind, the only snake that is good is a dead one.  I would pass out if I was gathering eggs and a snake was in the nest.  

 

So, there you go,  spiders and snakes are nothing to sing about.  There are things to take care of the problem and others as well.  Watch out for those dark places for the spiders.  I shake every pair of shoes and other clothes I put on.  And snakes just better watch because I’m out for them.