Pholcus phalangioides.......!
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Does anyone here have an infestation problem with the above spiders, more commonly known as the "Daddy Long Legs" spider in their garages?
Now I'm not afraid of spiders in the least but I just can't stand these ugly little feckers, my garage is full of them, they seem to die away in the winter but return every summer with venegance! They make an awful mess spinning webs everywhere and as they grow they shed their skins leaving them strewn over my prized car spares...
Is there any kind of spray or smoke treatment I could buy to put in my garage to exterminate the whole colony for once and all?:shoot: Any suggestions appreciated...
Does anyone here have an infestation problem with the above spiders, more commonly known as the "Daddy Long Legs" spider in their garages?
Now I'm not afraid of spiders in the least but I just can't stand these ugly little feckers, my garage is full of them, they seem to die away in the winter but return every summer with venegance! They make an awful mess spinning webs everywhere and as they grow they shed their skins leaving them strewn over my prized car spares...
Is there any kind of spray or smoke treatment I could buy to put in my garage to exterminate the whole colony for once and all?:shoot: Any suggestions appreciated...
I have the same trouble...have been thinking along the same lines...except we've got both these and a particularly large variant of the "common spider" as well...when it's over 2in across the legs, you tend to treat it with a little respect!!! 
(Well, my fiancee tends to get ME to treat it with respect...she just hides in the house!!!)
(Well, my fiancee tends to get ME to treat it with respect...she just hides in the house!!!)
Have a look at www.pestcontroldirect.co.uk/acatalog/Insecticides.html
Near the bottom (easiest to go Edit/find/spiders), they have 2 products for dealing with spiders.
Near the bottom (easiest to go Edit/find/spiders), they have 2 products for dealing with spiders.
m1spw said:Long throw wasp nest killer - how cool is that?
Have a look at www.pestcontroldirect.co.uk/acatalog/Insecticides.html
AllTorque said:
[pedant] aren't Daddy Long Legs crane flies? [/pedant]
Nope, they are harvestmen Phalangium opilio in the uk. Like the spiders and most adult mites, harvestmen have two major body sections and eight legs and lack antennae. Unlike spiders, the two body sections of harvestmen are broadly joined and no web spinning organs are present. Harvestmen differ from most mites by their larger size and by having the posterior body section distinctly segmented.
But, lots of people call cranefly the daddy, and some people in the USA have a spider they call the daddy. However, in the fields of rural England there will only ever be on REAL DADDY
Z
JonRB said:Used this stuff on a wasps nest in the states ... mud tube thing that looks like organ pipes. Two guards wasps attacked me by barrel rolling down the jet of foam. Led to furious Luke Skywalker impersonation ... followed by switch of character to Ben Johnson and a rapid retreat.
Have a look at <a href="www.pestcontroldirect.co.uk/acatalog/Insecticides.html">www.pestcontroldirect.co.uk/acatalog/Insecticides.html</a>
Long throw wasp nest killer - how cool is that?
z_chromozone said:
[pedant] aren't Daddy Long Legs crane flies? [/pedant]
Nope, they are harvestmen Phalangium opilio in the uk. Like the spiders and most adult mites, harvestmen have two major body sections and eight legs and lack antennae. Unlike spiders, the two body sections of harvestmen are broadly joined and no web spinning organs are present. Harvestmen differ from most mites by their larger size and by having the posterior body section distinctly segmented.
But, lots of people call cranefly the daddy, and some people in the USA have a spider they call the daddy. However, in the fields of rural England there will only ever be on REAL DADDY
Z
There is a lot of confusion over these beasties because the terms "daddy long legs" and "harvestman" refer to different beasties in the UK and the US, and are often incorrectly applied in any case...
In the UK, the "daddy long legs" is the cranefly, six legs, two wings, long thin body. The "harvestman" is a thing with a short blobby body and six legs. It is an insect, not a spider, and does not spin webs. Then there are the spiders this thread is about, which are spiders, and do spin webs. They often get called "harvestman" because they look very similar and people don't count the legs or spot the web.
In the US, as far as I can make out, "daddy long legs" and "harvestman" both seem to refer to an 8-legged creature which looks like the spider this thread is about but isn't actually a spider. What craneflies and the 6-legged UK harvestman are called in the US, or even if they exist over there, I'm not sure.
z_chromozone said:Hate to contradict you, but the illustration given in this thread is either an insect or a somewhat damaged spider. I incline to the former ergo "Crane Fly" iit is.
[pedant] aren't Daddy Long Legs crane flies? [/pedant]
Nope, they are harvestmen Phalangium opilio in the uk. Like the spiders and most adult mites, harvestmen have two major body sections and eight legs and lack antennae. Unlike spiders, the two body sections of harvestmen are broadly joined and no web spinning organs are present. Harvestmen differ from most mites by their larger size and by having the posterior body section distinctly segmented.
But, lots of people call cranefly the daddy, and some people in the USA have a spider they call the daddy. However, in the fields of rural England there will only ever be on REAL DADDY
Z
V8 Archie said:
z_chromozone said:
AllTorque said:
[pedant] aren't Daddy Long Legs crane flies? [/pedant]
Nope, they are harvestmen Phalangium opilio in the uk. Like the spiders and most adult mites, harvestmen have two major body sections and eight legs and lack antennae. Unlike spiders, the two body sections of harvestmen are broadly joined and no web spinning organs are present. Harvestmen differ from most mites by their larger size and by having the posterior body section distinctly segmented.
But, lots of people call cranefly the daddy, and some people in the USA have a spider they call the daddy. However, in the fields of rural England there will only ever be on REAL DADDY
Z
Hate to contradict you, but the illustration given in this thread is either an insect or a somewhat damaged spider. I incline to the former ergo "Crane Fly" iit is.
And it pains me to contradict you, but if that is an insect, then it has an extra leg.
>> Edited by ATG on Saturday 30th July 01:22
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