PDX_Tarantulas
Arachnopeon
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- Feb 20, 2007
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Spring in Oregon brings out the ants. Its all we can do to keep them out of the house. Little black ants. Hordes of them.
Anyway, it never occured to me that they might also infest the refurbished garage where the spiders are housed. They found their way into each of the 5 habitats and were busily making ant nests as near as I can tell. They gained access up the electrical chord to the hot rocks.
I removed and discarded all the contents of the habitats and washed them out with water. I sprayed everything else with Fantastik (drops ants dead in their tracks) and replaced the dirt with fresh plain potting soil.
Fortunately, all the spiders seemed to have come through this just fine. Spider D molted a couple days afterward. I don't suppose a horde of ants would be very good for the spiders.
Anyone else have this problem?
Thanks! PDX
Anyway, it never occured to me that they might also infest the refurbished garage where the spiders are housed. They found their way into each of the 5 habitats and were busily making ant nests as near as I can tell. They gained access up the electrical chord to the hot rocks.
I removed and discarded all the contents of the habitats and washed them out with water. I sprayed everything else with Fantastik (drops ants dead in their tracks) and replaced the dirt with fresh plain potting soil.
Fortunately, all the spiders seemed to have come through this just fine. Spider D molted a couple days afterward. I don't suppose a horde of ants would be very good for the spiders.
Anyone else have this problem?
Thanks! PDX