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 Spiders and scorpions
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06/27/20 07:37 PM
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Junbengreat
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I’ve had and abundance of scorpions and spiders in and around the house recently. What could be the increase? I am having someone come spray. The spiders look like either grass or wolf spiders. So far we have killed 9 scorpions
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Re: Spiders and scorpions
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06/27/20 07:45 PM
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krmitchell
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Not sure where we are but the rain brings everything to life around us.....including the insects.
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Re: Spiders and scorpions
[Re: Junbengreat]
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06/27/20 07:45 PM
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spacejunkie
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Just had my house sprayed Thursday for them. The guy said that everyone was having problems with them this year. Got to were I have been wearing shoes in the house which is very unusual for me. Got stung once and that was enough.
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Re: Spiders and scorpions
[Re: Junbengreat]
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06/27/20 08:11 PM
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Re: Spiders and scorpions
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06/27/20 08:16 PM
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bill oxner
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Not sure where we are but the rain brings everything to life around us.....including the insects. Fire ants also.
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Re: Spiders and scorpions
[Re: Junbengreat]
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06/28/20 02:36 AM
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Wet spring into summer will promote most all the insect varieties. Ant, spiders. Scorpions and TICKS are very abundant this year. They were troublesome last summer as well.
I put out granuals and spray with two other products
If you're sensitive to pesticides, some folks are using diatomaceous earth.
Last edited by Papalote; 06/28/20 02:46 AM.
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Re: Spiders and scorpions
[Re: Junbengreat]
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06/28/20 02:41 AM
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rickym
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Increase is due to all the rain. They’ve been pushed out of the areas they’ve been residing in.
That was easy,
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Re: Spiders and scorpions
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06/28/20 02:51 AM
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They make great pets. No maintenance. ![[Linked Image]](https://texashuntingforum.com/forum/pics/userpics/2020/06/full-19-237950-20200503_210941.jpg)
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Re: Spiders and scorpions
[Re: Junbengreat]
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06/28/20 01:37 PM
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I shot a cottonmouth yesterday. Came out the back door to feed Cookie and the snake was in the flowerbed next to the porch.
A .410 bore with 9 shot cut him in two, then when he raised his head I gave him another one.
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06/28/20 01:41 PM
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MikeC
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Fleas !!!! we're having a heck of a time keeping them off of the dogs!
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06/28/20 01:49 PM
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I shot a cottonmouth yesterday. Came out the back door to feed Cookie and the snake was in the flowerbed next to the porch.
A .410 bore with 9 shot cut him in two, then when he raised his head I gave him another one.
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[Re: MikeC]
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06/28/20 02:09 PM
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Fleas !!!! we're having a heck of a time keeping them off of the dogs! Fleas are bad and so are chiggers. I hate 'em both. Already sprayed my yard twice this year. Get some Fenvastar Plus and a hose end sprayer, they will go away.
"Give me an Army of West Point graduates and I'll win a battle... Give me a handful of Texas Aggies and I'll win a war." - General Patton
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06/28/20 02:48 PM
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Re: Spiders and scorpions
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06/28/20 03:46 PM
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06/28/20 03:47 PM
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Fleas !!!! we're having a heck of a time keeping them off of the dogs! Bravecto. 
This cannot be fixed at the voting booth.. Wake Up You Morons!
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06/28/20 03:56 PM
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Fleas. . . . get some nematodes
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06/28/20 05:02 PM
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We are having a surge of scorpions, grass hoppers and chiggers at the ranch.
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[Re: Junbengreat]
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06/28/20 05:11 PM
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Do not forget to entertain strangers, For by so doing some have unwittingly entertained angels
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06/28/20 05:12 PM
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We have used Diatomaceous Earth for flees on the dogs and the cat with success. Our dogs are both inside and outside. I don't want chemicals on the dogs if I can help it because of the smell. We put the DE in a salt shaker and dusted them right on the top of the neck and rubbed it down. It may take a few days, but it gets rid of them. I think we dusted them a couple of times a week. So far no problem this year with flees.
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06/28/20 05:26 PM
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We have used Diatomaceous Earth for flees on the dogs and the cat with success. Our dogs are both inside and outside. I don't want chemicals on the dogs if I can help it because of the smell. We put the DE in a salt shaker and dusted them right on the top of the neck and rubbed it down. It may take a few days, but it gets rid of them. I think we dusted them a couple of times a week. So far no problem this year with flees. I like it when the Flea's Flee! May try that on our dogs....
Do not forget to entertain strangers, For by so doing some have unwittingly entertained angels
Hebrews 13:2
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Re: Spiders and scorpions
[Re: Junbengreat]
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06/28/20 05:35 PM
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MikeC
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We don't see many scorpions up here in the black land areas of north Texas. We've lived in this house for nearly 40 years and I've only seen 2 scorpions. Now it's a different case north of us in the sandy river bottom areas.
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