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Do you vacuum spiders?

Posted by on Feb. 17, 2013 at 2:04 PM
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I sometimes vacuum spiders instead of killing them or relocating them, but I wonder if they can climb out of the vacuum cleaner?
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ladysamanda
by Member on Feb. 17, 2013 at 2:05 PM
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ECK! I get my four year old to stomp the crapola outta them. ECK!!

JTE11
by Bronze Member on Feb. 17, 2013 at 2:10 PM

No, we don't vacuum them up. We're weird science people and so we catch the creepy things and look at them and them put them outside.  DD really loves bugs so we use them as learning time. Anyway it's theoretically possible that they can crawl back out but with all of the other dirt in there, especially if you have pets and there is hair, they'd probably get pretty beaten up on the way in and then get tangled up in the dirt/hair. You could always just empty it outside after every time you vacuum if you're worried.

RLT2
by Member on Feb. 17, 2013 at 2:10 PM
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If they're really dusty

Jenn8604
by Silver Member on Feb. 17, 2013 at 2:11 PM
I smash them with shoes.
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AleaKat
by Bronze Member on Feb. 17, 2013 at 2:11 PM
I do! Lol
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the.warden
by Member on Feb. 17, 2013 at 2:12 PM
I usually make a puddle around them with whatever aerosol stuff is close. Then take tons on paper towels to pick them up and flush them!!!

I hate spiders!!!
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lwalker270
by Bronze Member on Feb. 17, 2013 at 2:13 PM

I do.  

Years ago, when we lived in an apartment, they used to have routine spraying every so often and the guy from the pest control company told me it was the most effective way to dispose of them.  No spider guts to clean up and they're not able to climb out.

jenna30
by on Feb. 17, 2013 at 2:19 PM
Do u squish them in the paper towel or have the aerosols already killed them?


Quoting the.warden:

I usually make a puddle around them with whatever aerosol stuff is close. Then take tons on paper towels to pick them up and flush them!!!



I hate spiders!!!

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jenna30
by on Feb. 17, 2013 at 2:20 PM
Have they ever climbed out?


Quoting AleaKat:

I do! Lol

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jenna30
by on Feb. 17, 2013 at 2:20 PM
Arachnophobia?


Quoting Jenn8604:

I smash them with shoes.

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