Any tips for spider bites and keeping them away? Mosquitoes too.
- Thread starter MadJack
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are they the wall climbing type ones?
If you do get a spider bite, wash it thoroughly and apply an antibiotic, if possible. (Studies today are starting to cast real doubt on old ideas that some spiders have ?necrotizing? venom that killed the flesh around the bite; the truth may simply be that the victim got a bacterial infection at the spot.
If you do get a spider bite, wash it thoroughly and apply an antibiotic, if possible. (Studies today are starting to cast real doubt on old ideas that some spiders have ?necrotizing? venom that killed the flesh around the bite; the truth may simply be that the victim got a bacterial infection at the spot.
Big problem with spiders at the lake seems like they are every where. They leave big bites and itch like a bastard for several weeks. Tried spraying but only helps short term. :shrug:
My bites seem like mosquito bites at first but after a couple days swell up and drain. Then it forms a head that I keep scratching off and it starts all over again. Since, I have been keeping them clean and using band-aides.
My son's best friend has been in the hospital for 3 days now over a spider bite. They had to operate to get the venom out, I guess. Jesus!
I think I'm gonna get a perimeter pest control concentrate and some sort of fogger setup for the mosquitoes.
I like to sit outside and grill, and eat, and drink, and whatever, but these fuks are making that a not so pleasant ordeal.
To help prevent them from occurring, buy a product called Sevin. Spray or powder. Apply outside your home by your foundation. Has helped me prevent 90 percent plus of any bugs/spiders/wasps/bees/ants from entering your home. You can find it at any major store.
Ordered some of this stuff today.
http://www.domyownpestcontrol.com/talstar-talstar-one-p-97.html
Got some Cutter for 24 hour contact treatments.
Prevention wise, its the best. For your bites, not sure. You have enough experts here for that. Apply every early spring and before winter. has worked for me for over a decade. Good luck.
I'm the one person in a group of 50 that gets destroyed by mosquitos. I have some bites just like you described jack- puff up, get a crust/head that is hard not to scratch off.
We use a company called Mosquito Authority to spray our yard. It's maybe 60 bucks an application, about once a month. I'd probably pay 3 times that. The stuff must be pretty toxic because the first application we ever had there were detached butterfly wings everywhere. But, that was only the first time :facepalm:Now our yard is virtually mosquito free. I went from having to stay indoors all summer to enjoying many a night. I'd check them out if they have something similar.
We use a company called Mosquito Authority to spray our yard. It's maybe 60 bucks an application, about once a month. I'd probably pay 3 times that. The stuff must be pretty toxic because the first application we ever had there were detached butterfly wings everywhere. But, that was only the first time :facepalm:Now our yard is virtually mosquito free. I went from having to stay indoors all summer to enjoying many a night. I'd check them out if they have something similar.
I'm trying this thing first (posted above) and then I'll consider. I always get tormented but this year has been ridiculous. Hell, maybe it's all mosquitoes and no spiders. I'm taking action.
my dad has one of these at his lakehouse and it works wonders for mosquitoes :0008
http://www.homedepot.com/p/Mosquito-Magnet-Executive-Trap-MM3300/202325463
I have never tried it but I heard it works- Put a fabric softener sheet in your pocket and wipe it on your clothes and apparently that keeps them away. :shrug:
May have found a solution. I tried this stuff until the stuff I ordered arrives. I sprayed it around my deck, about 20' out all around, and no bugs. :nono:
$8.88 at Menards :0074
The label says 8 weeks. Well, we'll see about that, but so far so good.
This product controls the following insects:
$8.88 at Menards :0074
The label says 8 weeks. Well, we'll see about that, but so far so good.
This product controls the following insects:
LAWNS: THATCH-INFESTING INSECTS/UNDERGROUND INSECTS including blue grass billbug (adult), black turfgrass Ataenius (adult), chiggers, chinch bugs, white grubs (Japanese beetle, European chafer, southern chafer), dung beetle and hyperodes weevils (adult), mole crickets (nymphs and young adults)
SURFACE INSECTS including ants*, armyworms, cockroaches, crickets, cutworms, earwigs, fleas, lawn moths (sod webworms), millipedes, mosquitoes, palmetto bugs, sowbugs, mites, spittlebugs, deer ticks (which may transmit Lyme Disease), waterbugs
PESTS OUTSIDE THE HOME: ants*, centipedes, cockroaches, crickets, fleas, millipedes, mosquitoes, palmetto bugs, scorpions, sowbugs, pillbugs, spiders, deer ticks, waterbugs
May have found a solution. I tried this stuff until the stuff I ordered arrives. I sprayed it around my deck, about 20' out all around, and no bugs. :nono:
$8.88 at Menards :0074
The label says 8 weeks. Well, we'll see about that, but so far so good.
This product controls the following insects:LAWNS: THATCH-INFESTING INSECTS/UNDERGROUND INSECTS including blue grass billbug (adult), black turfgrass Ataenius (adult), chiggers, chinch bugs, white grubs (Japanese beetle, European chafer, southern chafer), dung beetle and hyperodes weevils (adult), mole crickets (nymphs and young adults)SURFACE INSECTS including ants*, armyworms, cockroaches, crickets, cutworms, earwigs, fleas, lawn moths (sod webworms), millipedes, mosquitoes, palmetto bugs, sowbugs, mites, spittlebugs, deer ticks (which may transmit Lyme Disease), waterbugsPESTS OUTSIDE THE HOME: ants*, centipedes, cockroaches, crickets, fleas, millipedes, mosquitoes, palmetto bugs, scorpions, sowbugs, pillbugs, spiders, deer ticks, waterbugs
We were loaded with mosquitoes and since I sprayed this stuff I haven't seen any. I haven't seen any spiders either. Highly recommend.
