I live in Pennsylvania near the edge of the state forest and we tend to get tons of spiders both inside and on the outside of our home. What can I do to deter them a bit? Are there plants that I could get to help them stay away?
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My mom and sister like to put hedgeapples in their attics and basements. I guess the spiders steer clear, esp. of those rooms. The spiders won't completely leave, but the number of spiders is supposed to decrease.
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depending on the type of spider, you may need to get the skin debraded (they scrape away the affected skin), and then get a shot of hydro-cortizone.  Alot of spider bites, like a brown recluse, cause the affected area to decay to aide the spider in eating it.  The only fix is to actually remove the flesh in that area or it could spread.
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I'm on your side, I don't mind them because I know they are more beneficial than harmful, at least where I live in the U.S. We only have 1 venemous spider in the North East.\nBut oddly enough I've seen many full grown brutish men scream and run like little girls when they spot a spider. \nMaybe it's the influence of horror films, nature shows. Maybe it's something about those gangly 8 legs, or the way the kind of catch you off guard.\nMy suggestion to anyone who's scared of spiders, read up on other household insects such as ants, roaches, ticks, fleas, mosquitos, and flies. You'll soon realize the spiders should be your friends.
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A lot of people had suggest fleas. If you have ruled out allergies, this very well may be the case, even if she doesn't have pets. Unfortunately fleas are very hard to get rid of and require washing all sheets, fabric table clothes and low hanging curtains in the house every week along with spraying the floor with flea spray and vaccuuming every few days for a month+.\n\nMy suggestion to determine if she has fleas or not would be to take a light colored fleece blanket and lay it across the middle of the floor of a room you think may be infested. Leave it for a few hours and if it is the fleas will come onto the blanket and you will be able to see them easily. I kept light brown fleece blankets on the floor in my house to monitor when flea eggs were hatching so I could respray/vaccuum. You could also have your friend and her son wear white fluffy socks around the house - If she has fleas, they will jump onto the socks.\n\nAnother thing to consider if this is a one time thing and more are not appearing is that he may have gone to bed with a spider! There are certain types of common household spiders that are agressive and will bite without being provoked. They are not poisonous but some people have an allergic reaction to them. (I get bruises and bumps.)
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Okay, first you need to give it a proper burial. Pick out a nice little casket, make it look nice. Don't forget to invite all the spider's friends; maybe one of them could say a few words about the spider, and how they would like to remember the spider. Then bury it some place nice. Perhaps buy a little tomb stone. Hope this helps.
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I can't find anything, but I don't know what I'm looking for other than a black and yellow spider.  Here's a source which has some good pictures for which you can possible identify.  Check the garden spiders, orb weavers, and banana spiders.\n\nhttp://www.spiderzrule.com
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set out mouse traps and mouse poison everywhere in your house just in case it escapes out of the basement. you can also try and keep your basement closed so it hopefully wont get upstairs. if you realize the traps and poison aint working because you find no dead mouse but know there is still a live one running around. call an exterminator. this mouse is smart! you could always call an exterminator first but trust me thats  more expensive than the poison and the traps.
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go to lowes or home depot or some place like that and get spider glue or bait traps... or call an exterminator and ask them what your options are, they usually will be helpful FOR FREE!.
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If you're worried about it being a brown recluse I can assure you that it is not. It looks like one of the hundreds of hundreds of types of house spiders.  I have no idea what specific type it is though. Can't help you on that.
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will i do not live in the east coast i live in west coast.dont have problems with squirrerls much. but i hope i can help u . i wld buy nuts and put them around the trees & brushes.hopefully this will help u, if not will happy huntting.
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The incorrect answer is C. Spiders will NOT accept dead insects. They only eat the fresh ones (otherwise we'd have a lot less dead insects around).\n\nHope this has helped you!
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What we were told by a professional is that\n1. mothballs and snakeaway do diddlysquat for venomous snakes.\n2. Get rid of their prey--mice, voles, etc.\n3. Get rid of their shelter\n4. Lime does seem to help (something about burning out their Jacobsen's organs, which they use for hunting/smell/etc.). We used a mixure of lime and sulphur last year and I haven't seen a copperhead since then. We did have a black snake, which unfortunately I had to kill (he came in the house and the only way we could get him back out was kill him :(\n\nI have also been told that goats will kill snakes, as will guinea hens. Cats probably work because they kill the prey.
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If it has been two days since you were bitten and there are no problems showing up you have\nnothing to worry about.  While almost all (not all)\nspiders have venom most of them have little or\nno effect on vertebrate animals, the poisons are\nadapted to kill insects and other invertebrates.\n\nYour description of the spider does not contain\nenough information to identify it.  One of the most\ncommon spiders shaped like a black widow is the\ncommon comb-footed house spider Achaearanea\ntepidariorum.  It is harmless.\n\nFor information on spider bites in general, with\nspecial reference to brown recluses, but also\nmentioning others, see an article titled "Bites of\nbrown recluse spiders and suspected necrotic\narachnidism" by D.L.Swanson and R.S.Vetter\nin New England Journal of Medicine, vol. 352,\npages 700-707, Feb. 2005.
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Spiders aren't nasty.  They eat other bugs, so with spiders around, there are a lot few of other bugs.\n\nPhobias are treated by education and desentization.  Learn a lot about spiders so you will know that they are mostly harmless (with a couple exceptions that are easy to deal with).  Then, start encountering spiders.  Go looking for spiders, and when you find one, get as close as you can stand.  Do this frequently.  You will find out that being around spiders is not the end of the world and you'll relax.\n\nIf you don't think you can do it on your own, go to a psychologist.  They deal with phobias all the time.\n\nGood luck!
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You are getting the chigger bites from outdoors. (By the way, some areas of the country call them red bugs, same things) You need to get a lawn pest control treatment on your yard. As for your bodies, when you come in from outside, go straight to the bath. You need to add bleach to your bath water. I would say a cup or two at least, and sit in the tub. You may have noticed those boogers like the darkest and warmest areas, so be sure and keep those parts in the water as long as you can. For the itching nothing beats good ol' Calamine lotion. You can dunk the kids in bleach water baths, too, or at least I did mine and they didn't fall on the floor kicking arms and legs in the air. :) Good luck, and please know that millions before you have survived this dreaded plague and you will, too! :)
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Doesn't sound familiar, but here's a link to an article about North America's "medically significant" spiders. take a look at the photos. If it's not on here, chances are you don't have to worry about it.\n\nhttp://www.royalalbertamuseum.ca/natural/insects/research/dangspid.htm
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spider bite not mosquito.\nProbablt just a common spider , nothing to worry about unless it gets worse.\njust put some ointment on it.