[Rhodes22-list] Holes in the Hull and Brown Recluse Spiders

[Rob Granger]

I have heard others remark on the dryer sheets.  I guess it is worth a
try.  I have had success with mothballs.  They do not smell as nice as a
dryer sheet though...  [?]

On Tue, Apr 17, 2012 at 9:37 AM, Leland <LKUHN at cnmc.org> wrote:

>
> I don't like spiders or wasps and they love my boat.  Fortunately they
> leave
> the cabin alone but they're everywhere on the outside.  Wasps like to build
> nests under the cockpit seats and in the coaming cut-out where I reach in
> to
> grap my stored sheets and keys.  This year I discovered a nest in there
> while I was out to sea where I couldn't run away screaming like a little
> girl.
>
> On the bright side spider webs make excellent telltales.
>
> Lee
> 1986 Rhodes22  AT EASE
> Kent Island, MD
>
>
> I just thought I would pass along a method I have been using to minimize
> the
> insects in my Rhodes.  My boat is kept in my yard year round.  From campers
> I learned that tossing a bounce dryer sheet or two inside the cabin seems
> to
> be very effective at keeping out the bugs.  I don't know if it affects
> spiders directly or just the prey don't like it but I have had very good
> luck at keeping spiders out of my camper and boat.  (garage, pumphouse,
> kids
> playhouse, etc. are full of them so I should do same there).  Last year I
> had wasps building homes behind the cockpit seats so this spring I tossed a
> couple of
> dryer sheets in the laz too.   Don't know if that works yet.
> -Patrick
>
> Capt. Rob wrote:
> >
> > This is a brown recluse (see pic)
> >
> > and this is what a brown recluse bite can do (see pic).
> >
> >
> > In this case I don't think you want these guys around.
> >
> > r
> >
> > On Mon, Apr 16, 2012 at 2:09 PM, Rick <sloopblueheron at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> >> I always thought it is better to have the spiders than what they eat.
> >>
> >> Rick
> >>
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Dr. Robert Granger
Department of Chemistry
Sweet Briar College
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