Yesterday afternoon, a rather large spider showed up on the wall in my kitchen. I don't like spiders! At all!! I didn't have any bug spray on hand, and so I ran to the cabinet and pulled out my vinegar spray. (It is just vinegar and water at a 70:30 ratio) I didn't know if it would work, but I thought maybe the smell would stun it long enough for me to kill it with my tennis shoe. I sprayed it once, it kept on going. I sprayed it again. It jumped/fell off the wall and onto the floor. I sprayed it twice more and it finally started acting like the vinegar was having an effect. I waited a few minutes, watching from a safe distance. It started to shrivel up! Woo hoo!! I was thrilled!
I decided to show it to Jason, but I didn't want it in my house, so I swept it into the dustpan and set it on the back porch. A while later I decided to sweep the kitchen floor and needed the dustpan to pick up the dirt. I went to transfer my prize to a sheet of paper. When I bumped the dustpan, the spider took off and disappeared under the porch! I guess the vinegar just stunned it pretty good. At least it was out of my house and in the great outdoors where it belongs!
Does anyone have any tips on killing spiders? Or any natural, homemade, effective bug sprays? I would love to hear about them!
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