freeze them to death and let GOD seprate them. No black widows here in Maryland all year long. 
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Infestation
I have a 1979 F150 Supercab. I stored it in a buddies barn and it has since been infested with Black Widows. I am writing this here hoping that some of you might have experience dealing with this. What could I do to get rid of these without damaging the truck? Thanks in advance for any insight. 
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Actually the Southern Black Widow range from southern New England all the way to Florida and west to Oklahoma.
Brian79150, have you tried something like a fogger that is made for home use? Might check into something like that. If all else fails, you may need to try an exterminator.
Brian79150, have you tried something like a fogger that is made for home use? Might check into something like that. If all else fails, you may need to try an exterminator.
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Originally Posted by kingfish51
Actually the Southern Black Widow range from southern New England all the way to Florida and west to Oklahoma.
Brian79150, have you tried something like a fogger that is made for home use? Might check into something like that. If all else fails, you may need to try an exterminator.
Brian79150, have you tried something like a fogger that is made for home use? Might check into something like that. If all else fails, you may need to try an exterminator.
We have many other types of spyders though.
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Originally Posted by steamer1234
I have lived in Maryland for 43 years and never seen one or anybody I know has ever seen one. The conversion never even comes up. We have many other types of spyders though.
We have many other types of spyders though.Take a look.
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Yeah a torch was my first idea, then thought I better get some advice. Thanks for all the ideas. I guess im going to park the truck in my garage and bug bomb the whole thing.
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Originally Posted by kingfish51
I have lived in Maryland for 43 years and never seen one or anybody I know has ever seen one. The conversion never even comes up. We have many other types of spyders though.
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I would put it in a closed garage with no open flames(water heater, dryer etc) and close all the garage doors. Open all the doors of the truck including consoles, glove boxes tools boxes etc. Then I would put one or two(depends on size of your garage) of those Raid Foggers in the garage near the truck and let the fog kill everything in your truck and garage.
The fogger I am talking is the expensive one, about $10 for 2 in one box. They do not "spray" insecticide out, they actually smoke. You add a little water to each(Follow instructions carefully) and then the smoke comes pouring out in about 2 minutes and dissipates after about 3+ hours. It will kill everything(including you) in the room or truck. The smoke gets into everything and finds all openings.
I have used it many times and been totally happy. Once I had a rental that was totally roach infested. I used these foggers and the next day there were so many dead roaches out on the floor that we could scoop them up. It gets things that are hiding and forces them out in the open where they die.
Good Stuff, like I said, follow directions exactly.
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The fogger I am talking is the expensive one, about $10 for 2 in one box. They do not "spray" insecticide out, they actually smoke. You add a little water to each(Follow instructions carefully) and then the smoke comes pouring out in about 2 minutes and dissipates after about 3+ hours. It will kill everything(including you) in the room or truck. The smoke gets into everything and finds all openings.
I have used it many times and been totally happy. Once I had a rental that was totally roach infested. I used these foggers and the next day there were so many dead roaches out on the floor that we could scoop them up. It gets things that are hiding and forces them out in the open where they die.
Good Stuff, like I said, follow directions exactly.
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Or just run the truck in the garage for a few hours 
Just kidding, the fogger that Jim mentioned would definitly work well, just make sure you open the hood and doors of the truck to make sure it circulates, which is probably not totally necessary but wouldn't hurt. If your heater is in the garage, I would vacate the house of family and pets just incase it travels through the air ducts. May as well do the whole house and kill everything in there too.
Just kidding, the fogger that Jim mentioned would definitly work well, just make sure you open the hood and doors of the truck to make sure it circulates, which is probably not totally necessary but wouldn't hurt. If your heater is in the garage, I would vacate the house of family and pets just incase it travels through the air ducts. May as well do the whole house and kill everything in there too.
