Overkilling a Spider

[Dead Duck]

I thought of some of you here because I know you have used this technique......

Seattle Man Sets Home on Fire Using Spray Paint to Kill Spider - NBC News

Update: House fire in Arbor Heights blamed on spider-killing attempt

 

[IndyDave1776]

Well, I would say that he doesn't have any more spiders!

 

[Bennettjh]

That's one way to do it. We use an electrified fly-swatter.

 

[Phase2]

Nuke it from orbit. It's the only way to be sure.

 

[Crbn79]

There's no such thing as overkill with spiders. Truth is the spider likely survived.

 

[JeremiahJohnson]

 

[GodFearinGunTotin]

I've found a shoe or rolled up newspaper to be less destructive...though you still have to clean the guts up.

 

[Crbn79]

I've found a shoe or rolled up newspaper to be less destructive...though you still have to clean the guts up.

There are some big enough they will snatch the shoe away and throw it at you.

 

[GodFearinGunTotin]

There are some big enough they will snatch the shoe away and throw it at you.

True enough. I saw one in the Memphis zoo one day that still gives me the heebee-geebees when I think about it.

 

[Pami]

Am I the only one who takes spiders back outside to the garden? Even the scorpions get escorted outside, but I make Lars do those.

 

[hoosierdoc]

Bug-A-Salt

 

[printcraft]

I ran a new line for an outside water spigot tonight in the basement.... I encountered a large spider..... while armed with a propane torch...... printcraft 1, spider 0

 

[The Drifter]

You all keep killing the spiders and they will become endangered . Next thing you know, DNR will be all over you. How heartless can you be?

 

[CathyInBlue]

He was totally justified. 110%.

*mumble* *grumble* eight-legged freaks.

 

[1861navy]

One house I lived in had a spider so big, I thought for a long time about doing this.

 

[ModernGunner]

that's what I thought the .50 Barrett was for!

 

[backfire]

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Ahhhh...much better.......

 

[Mark 1911]

Must of been one of those fire breathing spiders.

 

[JetGirl]

Seams reasonable. No purple.

 

[miguel]

I've found a shoe or rolled up newspaper to be less destructive...though you still have to clean the guts up.

Sometimes I leave the guts on the wall for a day or two to let his buddies know what to expect if they stick around.