Runningaford- the place the van was stored for decades was like that, up north in the Berkely/Oakland CA area, in a barn/shed on the shaded side of a large house overgrown with trees, moist/damp spongy soil, and the dirt was the result of many years of falling leaves and vegetation. My ClubWagon had two "populations" of bugs: snails and spiders. Also, every seam/crack was gagged with rotted leaves/dirt, some pockets were about a FOOT DEEP, like the rad support and the pocket just in front of the front door pillars. Funny, one pocket was over a foot deep in snail shells (empty dry) but no rodent crap so maybe the spiders(?) then another pocket would be full of dirt/soil, and the wheel hub caps were PACKED with those white fuzz ball spider nests. One rear wheel cap was SOLID nests, and the rear brake drums had fuzz ball nests INSIDE the drums/backing plates. I cleaned up what I could, a guy wanted the hubcaps real bad so I sold them "as is" ha ha, and wire brushed the remainder, NEVER SEEING A SINGLE LIVING SPIDER. So I thought, "they were like the dinosaurs, they thrived, peaked and now only their webs and fuzz balls remain..." Obviously, I was wrong. I have aftermarket wheels and the front axle is completely different (4x4) as are many other components (trans, transfer case, d-shafts.) Surprisingly the underside panels are clean, no webs, no shells, no soil.
Hydro-idi- I been doing a lot of reading on this now, and the consensus is the foggers kill insects but NOT arachnids (spiders,) because the poison must contact the bugs' body and with longer legs and webs to travel on, the spiders almost never get any fog residue on them. Most insects DO get the poisons on their bodies, and die. So when a fogger is used, the FOOD SOURCE OF BUGS GOES and thus, the spiders go. Now, I am giving this some serious thought, starve the F*(&ing spiders out of my rig. Also, who knows, there could be a bunch of other unseen crawlies in my van, in spite of how clean the interior looks (check my video of right before I took delivery of it (link below).)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tppYgMSPhW4
(You wouldn't think there was a single bug on that van, from looking at the video)
All this said, I found several websites that WARNED AGAINST bug bombing because the stuff can combust (???/!!!) I pictured putting plastic sheet over the engine/windshield area and bombing it, and one bomb inside, so jury is still out on that one. I like the idea so far (sans explosion...) Wished I still had the 10 foot tall workstall where I converted the van to 4x4, I could have bombed the entire stall with MY VAN IN IT. (van is high rider, won't go into a garage any more.)
jwalterus- Yes, I got that info the first time, thank you very much. I asked a question about the need for CONTACT with the spiders. Seems the only way to KILL WITH POISON IS ACTUAL POISON CONTACT.
Here was that question to you, post number #8:
Then there's insecticide, like jwalterus suggests, the stuff is spendy but sounds industrial.
On Amazon I see 8oz for 31 smackers, delivered (Demand CS) and 43 for 3/4 gal of Talstar.
I need to know if direct contact must be made with these?
I found the stuff on Amazon, but I want to know what you know, or find out how to get the stuff ON THE SPIDER'S BODIES.
I'm at a bit of a stale mate, I got to get rid of these things, one forum had a gal who went out to her Lincoln at 2AM several nights in a row and sprayed them whilst shining a flashlight on them widows. Said she got rid of them for about 2 months, then they came back.
Oh, Runningaford, the van is parked in a residential area, mostly paved, what little soil is sandy with high quartz/garnet content, not very moist. The location is less than half mile from Pacific Ocean, with prevailing winds onshore (ocean, ON to my van.) Salt air is the main corrosive issue in my area.
Any more info or guidance is MUCH APPRECIATED, THANK YOU
Best regards,
George
