I have black widows in my garden compost bin. Does anyone have a recommendation on how to eradicate them without harmful pesticides? I don’t mind the spiders being there because I know they are beneficial, it’s the fact that I have two small children that put organic waste in the bin as well. Wolf spiders in the garden are welcome and I teach my kids to respect them. The bite from them would hurt but wouldn’t warrant a trip to the hospital like a black widow could. Any recommendations?
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Put it in your mouth and chew on it
have you tried fire?
damn someone beat me too it but your rasict
You might want to watch an episode of Billy the Exterminator on Hulu. There’s one where he has to deal with black widows and he uses some kind of oils or acids that are plant extracts.
You take a stick and kill it…
Fly swatter or newspaper.
One thing I’ve learned from being in areas infested with black widows, is there is usually only one in a given area. If there’s cracks in a brick wall, there can be one in each crack, but not two. If you pick up a rock and see a black widow, then that’s the only thing alive under the rock. Same with a piece of wood.
More than likely, you only have one, so just smash it. Transplant a few daddy long legs after you do it, if they are alive after a few days, there’s not another black widow in there.
there is a way to get them out, make a solution in a spray bottle of vinager and water and spray in the corners of your area and they should leave.
Leave the spiders alone and give the small children other chores until they are old enough to properly respect the spiders. If one of my kids were ever bit by a Black Widow I would take him to the ER anyway just to be safe. I grew up with Black Widows and learned at an early age (5) to respect them and give them a wide berth. My grandfather owned an egg ranch with many Black Widows in his egghouse. But if you insist on ridding them simply throw a firecracker in the bin about 3 or 4 times a day. It will either kill them or run them off. Even if you rid them, others will return. Best to educate the children.
Here you go.
