Immersive Therapy Not Working
Woman in the Middle | August 14, 2016I don’t like spiders. Hubby knew that going into our marriage. He knows he is the official spider wrangler/killer in this relationship. When Hubby cleaned up the patio furniture recently, he knew we were unlikely to have people actually use the furniture because it was hot. However, we wanted the patio to look nice for guests. So, I think he was not so concerned about removing every last bit and piece from the furniture, including those little webs up in the corners.
But, a week later I was having some people over and I was planning on us eating on the patio. The problem was Hubby was at work and I was seeing signs of spiders, Yucky poisonous spiders, on the patio furniture. How did I know? I was seeing these:
You see, we used to have Black Widow spiders. They tended to confine themselves to woodpiles, under rocks, etc…and we saw them other places only occasionally. But there is a new arachnid in town called a Brown Widow spider. It arrived in So Cal about 2012 from some far away place. It seems to like to place its eggs sacks and itself in more populated areas and that was what I was seeing on my furniture. You know it is a Brown Widow because of the spiky egg sacks it makes.
The internet says the Brown Widow is less poisonous than the Black Widow. But it also says they like to hide. Ha! This less poisonous nature was small comfort when I was confronted with multiple signs of the suckers on my patio chairs. But, I decided I could do this. It would not be pleasant but I am woman, hear me scream as I kill spiders!
I geared up with gloves, bags, a stick, and some bug spray. I made Youngest Daughter go with me to the removal and killing for back up and support. It was not fun. After the third Brown Widow came out due to spraying and was stomped on by my screaming daughter, Youngest said, “See Mom, you don’t need to pay $100 an hour for immersive therapy to get rid of your spider issue. You can just do it right here in your own back yard.” At that point I told her I was about to throw up, either from dealing with the spiders or from the bug spray. I sprayed the snot out of the rest of the patio furniture, and then I ran inside trying not to lose my lunch. Immersive therapy my a**.
I will make sure Hubby does the spider removal next time. Oh, and I may be hiring a company to spray around my house on a regular basis. That was three too many Brown Widows for me!
Photo Courtesy University of Florida, Sarasota County Extension
When I was young I used to scream at the sight of spiders. Still am not fond of them, but I learned to tolerate them. Now roaches are another matter!
You make me laugh….
I’m glad you were brave enough to get them.
Ahhh! Spiders, at least the non-poisonous ones eat bugs but I understand. I have a sane rational friend who goes bonkers when she sees one.
I have become braver when it comes to dealing with spiders as I have aged since what is a mum to do when her child is having a melt down due to a spider being on the ceiling when she wants to have a shower all mum can do is suck it up and deal with it.
Been there, done that!
There was a baby spider who set up shop in my bathroom while I was having that ant attack earlier this summer and helped me get rid of some of those ants!