All I can tell you about these spiders is GET RID OF
THEM!  I was bitten by a black widow spider this past
summer, and I had serious health effects for many
months as the poison traveled through my system.  It
is no fun and, from a preservation sense, you want to
get rid of the things that attract them, you don't
want to get bitten by one.  It was awful, and, as the
poison tried to rework itself out, I had repeated
outbreaks for months on the arm, and it traveled from
my arm through my leg and down to the toes.

Nope.  No spiders.


--- "Simmons, John E" <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> David,
> Thanks for your message.  What I have been told by
> several entomologists and knowledgeable pest control
> specialists is that spiders are far less susceptible
> to pest control chemicals than other invertebrate
> pests, and that the presence or absence of spiders
> is a good indication of whether or not you have
> suitable habitat for them (particularly food).  But
> I am not a spider expert.
>  
> --John
> 
> 	-----Original Message----- 
> 	From: David Ryan [mailto:[log in to unmask]] 
> 	Sent: Wed 1/5/2005 9:20 AM 
> 	To: [log in to unmask]; Simmons, John E 
> 	Cc: 
> 	Subject: Re: Pest Infestation
> 	
> 	
> 
> 	Dear John,
> 	I agree with every point that you are making
> regarding integrated pest
> 	management and not indiscriminately using general
> pesticides, but I have
> 	heard quite the opposite about spiders.  I have
> been told that they are
> 	the most sensitive creatures to pesticides and will
> be killed first.  I
> 	have also heard that they are "canary in the coal
> mine" indicators and
> 	that if you have no spiders you probably have some
> residual pesticides in
> 	the environment.  Am I misinformed?
> 	Sincerely,
> 	David Ryan
> 	Registrar
> 	Colorado Springs Pioneers Museum
> 	www.cspm.org
> 	
> 
> 


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