Date: Sun, 24 Sep 2000 17:59:39 -0700 From: Kimo Saaby <kimo_saabynopsameja.com> Subject: Re: Help, I have a strange problem with my 9-3 Conv.
Andrew's post was excellent, but I have a few ideas also: How about putting a bird in the dashboard, or maybe just putting an egg in there to hatch & eat that spider. How about an Old Lady? I mean, she swallowed a spider..... a fly.... even a horse. She's dead of course. Darn. There's gotta be a NEW Old Lady - right? - Orbitronik PS: is the spider..... POISONOUS?!!!!!? (gasp!) Andrew Stephenson wrote: > In article <8qkp0o$r2a$1nopsamunium.btinternet.com> > saabsternopsamell.org.uk "saabster" writes: > > > [...] My partner is scared stiff of spiders and we have a > > large one crawling around somewhere under the dash/ in the > > heater pipe area. [...] > > > > Does anybody know how to entice the spider out? We have tried > > full heat at feet level for a few mins. [...] > > Points to consider: spiders AFAIK do not actually "hear" but feel > sounds with their feet, so sound is out too (unless you can shake > the whole dash); and they're territorial, tending to lurk in one > spot if there's food to be caught, so it's unlikely to wander out > into the open unless it feels completely safe (total stillness, > no odd smells, etc). My opinion is that enticing the spider out > isn't a reliable option. You have a better chance of killing it. > > If you wish to try the catching-it-in-the-open route, maybe some > flypapers spread around would work. Or a pet chameleon. > > But if you prefer to kill it and leave its corpse to dessicate in > the depths of your dash for some hapless mechanic to discover one > day (while replacing a bulb?), try Vapona[tm]-impregnated slabs > (for flies, officially, but why should they not work on spiders, > too?) slipped into the dash. Leave the car alone for a dew days, > totally sealed against draughts. When you next come to open the > car, LET IT AIR THOROUGHLY, because Vapona can affect the nervous > systems of mammals (eg, you) as well as insects. (This was a hot > issue some years ago. Respectable researchers reported detecting > comment-worthy levels in cats and dogs after use of V-containing > flea collars.) > > Even if this does not kill the spider, it should deplete its food > supply (dead flies on seats & carpeting <g>), perhaps forcing the > spider out to explore, when the flypaper could zap it. (?) > > Another off-the-wall notion is to slip the hose of a _powerful_ > vacuum cleaner into as many crevices of the dash as you can. It > may not suck up the spider; but your dash innards'll be cleaner. > This may work better after starvation/poisoning has weakened the > brute's grip. > > Your next move probably involves heavily armed midgets. > -- > Andrew Stephenson
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