Help please - How do you keep Creepy Crawlers Out of Your Home

happydays28

4 years ago

Hi there,

Just want to know how do you keep your house free from all sorts of creepy crawlers please.

Any advice will be greatly appreciated .

Thank you all.

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Sonia

4 years ago

Yes it does Gabby. It is battery operated and has a gentle suction which sucks the spider or any bug in, then we just carry it outside and release them. We’ve even bought one for both my sister in laws! its my husbands job though.......

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Daisy England
4 years ago
If it‘s flies we have one of those electric fly screen zappers and I was amazed how successful they were.

Many people don’t like killing spiders. However I don’t like spiders and anything conveniently available will be used. Zapp!
Sonia
4 years ago
I feel all creatures have a right to life, except flies of course! We have a simple swatter for flies, and for spiders and other creepy crawlies we have a humane spider vacuum catcher which sucks the bugs up a tube and then you go outside and shake them out of it. No harm done. Like this
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rachelmidlands
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Depends on what type of creepy crawly. We have one of those tennis racket zappers for the annoying flies and wasps, very effective so long as you don’t trash the house trying to zap em:) Spiders I just leave, they eat flies, unless it’s particularly big in which case I’ll throw it outside. We have problems with woodlice and ants mainly, most likely due to some gaps in the paving but we use spray and ant bait regularly which seems to keep them at bay. Weevils are ones to watch out for as they love chomping certain house plants much to my annoyance:(
Gabby Wong
4 years ago
You can also get sprays that deter spiders

Sonia - do you find that one from Lakeland works??
Gabby Wong
4 years ago
Is the suction good enough when it’s wedged in a small corner?

I didn’t realise it was battery operated! I don’t mind them tbh, but the OH hates them! Haha his mum has one of those bristle ones to pick them up... but I just managed to smush it against the corner when I tried! Oops!
Sonia
4 years ago
Always make sure the battery is a good new one and the suction will be good. If it starts to slow down a bit then it needs a new battery. Corners are always awkward. The only time it’s more awkward is when you have one of those really long legged ones that doesn't quite fit.......ewww!
Ribena Drinker
4 years ago
We live in the country and get a fair amount of critters of various sorts.

We have a commercial electricutor thingy with a UV tube for flies, which worked well but we noticed that we were also getting a few bees and hoverflies, zapped. So we have stopped using it now and have been trying out venus flytraps this year with a fair amount of success. I feel the number of flies has been less.

As to other creepy crawlies, being in an old house, we get a lot of spiders, they either get ignored or safely captured and evicted.

Last summer, we had a swarm of hornets that used to pitch up about 8.00 every evening and literally swarm around at the windows attracted by the lights - it was really quite horrific. It was such a nuisance too, as we couldn't open any windows or doors in the evening but we didn't know where the nest was, so we couldn't get rid of it. But they seemed to have not survived last winter, so none this year.

But we've been plagued with wasp this summer, we actually had 6 different nests around the outside of the house and we had to have the pest man out a few times - I think it cost us nearly £300 in the end for all the call outs.
Ribena Drinker
4 years ago
I meant to say, we don't get any issues with ants but I understand that White vinegar is a good deterrent for those.
Dotsmum
4 years ago
My mum swears that leaving conkers about stops the spiders coming in - I believe some of the deterrent sprays are based on oils from them. However, makes no difference in my house!
Wayne Bryan - Designer
4 years ago
Lots of ant powder along the bottom of the wall where it meets the ground, it's the only thing thats reduced ants for us. Fly bombed the flies in the loft, that worked really well.

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