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Somebody call for an exterminator?

 

I had a seriously unpleasant ant experience once upon a time. It was right before my wedding, and the seamstress that was making the bridesmaid's dresses called to tell me that she wasn't going to finish on time, so I had to do the dresses for the flower girls myself. So I was pulling an all nighter sewing to finish them and I swear I thought something was in my hair a couple times, but I just wrote it off as being really tired... I really should have checked... I happen to catch movement out of the corner of my eye and looked down at my arm where a line of ants was crawling up into my hair. I darn near lost my damn mind! My hair was about midway down my back at the time and I spent probably an hour in the shower scrubbing my hair to make sure I got them all. By the time I got out my lips were blue, and my teeth were chattering. Then I spent the rest of the day quasi-insane thinking something was crawling on me. I finished those dresses though, I just sprayed the hell outta the whole house first cause I never did figure out where they came from... it was like they parachuted in just to land on me. Hence my dislike of all things that can sneak up on me. Makes my skin crawl just thinking about them... in hindsight, that might have been a big damn sign that the marriage was ill advised.

 

OMG!! That would have given me the heebee jeebees for days!

I don't blame you at all for hating creepy crawlies like that.

 

What's bad is it grosses me out to kill anything bigger than an ant. My daughter is the designated arachnid terminator in the house. I can spray them, but I don't squash them... yuck! I'm such a wuss sometimes, but I just don't like goo in general. I could shoot a burglar, but I won't kill a spider... man what is wrong with me? :smt081

 

I am the exact same way. It's not so much the goo that gets me, but it's the thought that they could jump on me at anytime whilst I'm trying to kill it. LOL.

If I don't have a flyswatter handy to kill it, or if it's in a place that won't work with a flyswatter, I've discovered that furniture polish kills bugs dead pretty nicely. :smt023 :smt005

 

...and hairspray immobilizes the little bastards, giving you more time to find something appropriate to kill them with... or time to call someone to come do the honors.

 

LOL! I'll keep that in mind!

 

Damn Chica! I'm sorry to hear that....

Last year, when I first moved to this apt, it was like in the late 70s-early 80s so I kept my balcony open and had no worries. Then it changed up into the 90s. One day, I see an ant crawling near my bathroom sink and I'm thinking what is he doing here? There's no food or anything. Later on, I then see ants crawling in my bed (what is it with bugs in my bed? I'm a meticulous person) and I'm like wtf? So I went to take a shower and I come out and I put on fruit smelling lotion on and then I looked down and they're crawling on my feet. I guess I was their dinner. I then look at my walls and I see them crawling there too. This all happened within a week. I went out and bought spray, those ant traps and called the manager. I sprayed all over and then the exterminator came. I was so grossed out, I wanted to sleep in my bathtub...lol Nah, but I went to a hotel. I was there a few days trying to get rid of those bastards. Then a week later, I see an ant in the exact same spot as the first one. Then he had a friend. I was like wow, that is so weird! Then I killed one and later got the other. I learned that this Summer, I wasn't going to dare open my balcony until Fall, but we see the ant problem is under control, now it doesn't matter about my window being open or shut, them creepy crawlers (spiders) still are coming in.

 

When I moved into this house, I had teh same problem.. once it got hot - I had ants everywhere, including the bed. It was a complete invation.. they were in droves everywhere.

I started using that home defense stuff and sprayed around all windows and doors and the perimeter inside and out. Eventually, the problem went away - but its not over night, you have to be patient - its not simple, you have to stay on it.

I literally live on an antfarm - they are everywhere, but these days - they dont come in anymore.

You can also use DE powder - the stuff you put in pool filters... its safe for humans and pets but dries out the exo-skeleton of bugs and they die of dehydration... if you find a spot where they come in - put it around there so they have to crawl through it... combine both that and the home defense and slowly you will get rid of them.

 

Good advice Chica! Thank you!

The ants are under control so far, it's just the Spiders. Like I said earlier, I found out that I have Home Defense Max (which I used last Summer for the ants) and so I sprayed some yesterday and redid it again today all around my bed. I want to sleep in peace and not on border patrol....

 

Im sorry - I missunderstood
spideys! Got it - then Im out of ideas

 

I had the ants last year and this year, spiders are in style...lol

 

so that begs the question......
Whats in next year???

 

Well let's see... the spiders ate all the ants and that's why they're so plentiful this year... so what eats spiders?

 

uhm...... I got nothing....

 

My money's on scorpions or frogs. I'd pick frogs. Scorpions are nasty little things. Lived on a golf course once, and found a few scorpions in the house. Fortunately they're like snakes, when they get cold they aren't as mobile and don't strike as fast. I stepped right on one barefoot once, scared the hell outta me.

 

LMAO @ the both of you!

Does the frog turn into a prince?

 

birds


:yawinkle:

 

When I lived in Houston, I used to get these little scorpions inside... They werent very big - but I surely didnt like it...

 

LOL....