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When I say small I don't mean small spiders I just mean spiders. So a couple of days ago my hands swelled up. and I thought it was due to dehydration and one finger in particular was really swollen. My knuckles were very sore and I had fluid on them. Over the past couple days the swelling's gone down as I've been taking medicine and I finally can see the area pretty clearly. it looks like I was bit on my right ring finger at the top knuckle. I've been finding little spiders here and there all over my camper van. some on the inside some on the outside. Tonight I'm watching a show on Netflix and I see something that looks like hair floating. So I blow on it thinking it's my hair because it's kind of long and it just goes back and forth. It then keeps dropping down and I'm like oh Lord. I turn the light on and it's a spider that's probably the size of a half dollar dropping from my ceiling onto my bed. What do you all think I should do to help alleviate my potential spider infestation besides burn down my camper. is there a more sensible approach? It's going to be fun sleeping tonight.

When I say small I don't mean small spiders I just mean spiders. So a couple of days ago my hands swelled up. and I thought it was due to dehydration and one finger in particular was really swollen. My knuckles were very sore and I had fluid on them. Over the past couple days the swelling's gone down as I've been taking medicine and I finally can see the area pretty clearly. it looks like I was bit on my right ring finger at the top knuckle. I've been finding little spiders here and there all over my camper van. some on the inside some on the outside. Tonight I'm watching a show on Netflix and I see something that looks like hair floating. So I blow on it thinking it's my hair because it's kind of long and it just goes back and forth. It then keeps dropping down and I'm like oh Lord. I turn the light on and it's a spider that's probably the size of a half dollar dropping from my ceiling onto my bed. What do you all think I should do to help alleviate my potential spider infestation besides burn down my camper. is there a more sensible approach? It's going to be fun sleeping tonight.

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Raid is your friend, my friend. Spray the living fuck out of every inch of your camper and leave it closed for a couple of days. Then wash the windows and exposed surfaces and change all the bedding. Shampoo seat fabric. Air the camper out thoroughly. What does not kill us makes us stronger, and you are stronger than a spider. Keep telling yourself that.

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Poison don't work well on spiders

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Lizard, vinegar, diatomaceous earth, can expanding foam, shopvac. I'm sure you can figure out how to use all of those things to fix your spider problem.

Fuck the chemical weirdos in this thread.

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I've heard diatomaceous earth can damage one's lungs because it's sharp like asbestos.

If it's just sitting there on the ground it won't hurt anyone but when he's spreading it and stirring it up I think he needs to wear a dust mask.

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I wonder if theres an apex predator spider that is harmless to humans yet will fuck the ever living fuck of the other spiders you could deploy in there. Kind of like how snipers are deployed to go after other snipers

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My luck the bastard would bite me anyway.

Purchase room fogger. Bundle up your food items in cooler and remove them from the camper. Place the fogger in the center of the camper and activate it. Exit the camper and close the doors and windows. In four hours, return to your bug-free camper. Every week, spray around the wheels and jack stands with bug spray. Marry a pretty girl. Have kids. Raise the kids well. Your spider problems are now gone, because your grandkids will squish all the spiders for you, Grampaw.

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Damn, I've got a lot of work ahead for me I see.

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Get some pet lizards and let them free roam.

https://youtu.be/xmKbIXyJbmg

Lol.

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I didn't make the whole way but damn that's pretty funny.

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Bug bomb then line the entire camper with a 50/50 mixture of diatomaceous earth and boric acid.

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I would fumigate, removing all bedding first.

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That's a good idea I should do a big laundry and clean all my sheets that'll get rid of everything.

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Can you shot web from hand?

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Wouldn't that be something. no my finger actually has this warm feeling to it. Three knuckles were swollen and had water on them. I wonder what got me.

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Yeah sounds like a bite. Draw a circle around the red to see if it get any bigger hopefully you don't need anything medical for it. Should go in a few days

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I've had it for a week and it finally stopped hurting two days ago. The spot is still tender but almost down to regular size.

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You're going to need to tent it or spray poison everywhere. I recommend calling a company unless you want to do it yourself.

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I think I have to take everything out of this van which is going to be really annoying and fly swat as many of these little bastards as I can. My plan in the next week or so is to go into the desert in Arizona to a hot spring. and my thought would be there is really absolutely nothing for them to eat there so most will probably just starve. Probably a stupid way to think but if I fumigate this thing I really have nowhere to go while it's fumigating.

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That could work, but they're very resilient. And the heat might not be enough for them. I would buy a tent and live in it while you fumigate for a couple hours.

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Come to think of it, you could spray raid or similar in the whole camper, like several cans and buy a tent at Walmart to live in for a night or two and let the raid do its work and then return the tent. Just make sure you air out the place properly when done. Should only cost about 50 in raid cans. I would do 1 per 10 square feet. You literally should not be able to breathe inside when you're done.

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You do realize I'll have to set the van on fire after I do what you suggested. I want nothing to do with being around that kind of shit. I had a friend die of lymphoma because he was paranoid of bugs and sprayed too much in his old apartment. What if I just leave the doors open and write up a sign that says 'shooo'?

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