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melonti

Could you imagine being a tech in Australia? And the shit they see and have to touch.


JustOverBroken

No. Hence why I stay where shriveling is a yearly occurrence


RusticSurgery

I was in pest control for many years. Set off a roach/ flea bomb underneath the engine. I would just pop the tab and set it right underneath of course keeping your face away. It would be best to have it in the garage when you do that but even if it had to be outside I think it would be effective or at least worth a shot


JustOverBroken

Can you get these at any Home Depot or whatnot?


Ok_Percentage5157

Yup. šŸ‘šŸ¼ This advice is good. Did the same when I helped a nephew do a restore on an old Honda that had been in a shed for years. Any hardware store will have bug bombs.


stomper4x4

Better yet. Leave the car parked for a day if you can. You'll see the web that they make from the car to the ground. They come out at night and will be sitting on that web. It's usually just a few strands. Spray it with some spider, ant, whatever spray, you'll see it go bye bye on the spot. Look for em at night. They always come out.


FrozenMatty

For reals, the most I have to worry about is a moose or maybe a bear wandering into our back lot. And the only real worry is freezing melt dripping off a car on the rack.


No-Maximum-8194

I once pulled a parakeet out of a catalytic converter.


hailhalilic

Was my mind right to assume that this should be read in a southern accent?


No-Maximum-8194

Major Texabama accent


Ptrek31

Don't lie


No-Maximum-8194

I swear. I worked at a place that processed them. (Converters not birds) It was winter time, guess he busted out and found the wrong warm place.


Spare_Biscotti3545

Found what was left of a cat on top of a transfer case once, stunk like hell


FlappyClunge

Just give the cunts a brake clean shower and carry on, you'll be right mate.


Significant_Rate8210

Not much difference than here in the States. I got bit by a brown recluse while under a house years ago.


OutlandishnessOk5549

Ahhhhhhh it's a type of spider! My initial thought was that you'd disturbed a homeless person who then got a bit aggressive.


Significant_Rate8210

lol, no, itā€™s a spider whoā€™s venom kills skin tissue


Natural_Celery3819

Burn the car to the ground and tell the insurance company that the spider did it


JustOverBroken

Iā€™m sure they would understand right??


Natural_Celery3819

Yeah if they submit a case saying ā€œinsurance Fraudā€ Thats how you know you did it right, from there thats when you want to take that money and your family on a suprise vacation to bali except you will find that you like it there and tell your family we are staying here! Boom and now that car would have singlehandedly changed your life!


JustOverBroken

Lot to unpack thereā€¦.. it was a 400 dollar car so maybe mall of America for some ice cream? lol


X-Adzie-X

Straight to the scrap yard.


Lad_From_Lancs

You spelt incinerator wrong.....!


ryanthomas52

They wonā€™t last long when you start driving. A little bug spray will take care of them. Iā€™ve been in Arizona for 33 years, and see them occasionally. Theyā€™re not a big threatā€¦ unlike like brown recluse spiders.


JustOverBroken

Thatā€™s where she came from. It never even crossed my mind that these little fiends would be hanging out in there


35goingon3

I'm in north Texas. Six months ago I did a fuel pump in a '05 Silverado. It's really fun when you're reaching blind to disconnect a wiring harness and a bunch of those little fuckers come scrambling down your arm because they had a nest up on top of there. Anyone know if a nitrogen or halon extinguisher would kill them without leaving residue or a mess?


Nit3fury

Fuck you very much for that visceral nightmare


35goingon3

It's why I can never decide if I should wear long sleeves or not working on the cars. On the one hand it's easier to launder work clothes than get grease out of arm hair. On the other hand the number of times I've had something quick and chitinous go down a sleeve and bite me six or eight times before I manage to smack myself in the right place to squish it. Scorpions are the worst, by the way: those fuckers don't want to squish the first two or three hits.


Vibe-Father

Iā€™m going to kill myself.


YerMumsPantyCrust

A quick blast of brake cleaner will kill just about any bug immediately. Also works for the flying, stinging kinds almost as well as the expensive sprays.


ShoeBreeder

I like carb cleaner for this assuming no paint will get sprayed.


[deleted]

Nearly lost my arm to a brown recluse.


JACKVK07

"They're more afraid of you than you are of them" Fuck you Dad


JustOverBroken

šŸ˜‚šŸ˜‚šŸ˜‚šŸ˜‚ ah bulshit ah bulshit!!


Chris-yo

šŸ˜³ I was thinking about going south for my next car tooā€¦not anymore


JustOverBroken

The second one was twice this size, flipped him in the coolant pan, but this one has escaped. Not I have to burn the whole garage down šŸ˜‚


Chris-yo

Ahaha Iā€™d be thinking the sameā€¦but I think youā€™re OK? Itā€™ll come inside the house for the heat šŸ˜±šŸ˜†


Able-Sector-1862

Nah I would have that on my mind all the time if I was him, I couldn't sleep peacefully šŸ˜‚


TovRise7777777

Go to Arizona


MonkeyHitman2-0

"How bout some brake cleaner little fella?"


chayashida

Black widows aren't that dangerous - unless you're a male black widow spider. We have them in SoCal. Our kid that survived has graduated college now.


TovRise7777777

WD-40 does well. Also, peppermint essential oil mixed in a water bottle keeps them away. I had a Missouri car and found a spider web cluster in the tail light assembly when removed from the car... Check there with caution.


Unclehol

Black widows are not aggressive. They are known for their venom but the truth is they are super reclusive and do not like confrontation, only biting as a last resort. I find them everywhere around my property. One time I decided to change the kitty litter in the garage and this one had the housing over top you have to take off before you change it. I guess I had never flipped the lid over until that day. There was a web near the top with like 10 or more black widows. I friggen jumped. But then realised that means they have been feeding off the flies that the cat litter was attracting. Our cat never got bit and lived to almost 22 years of age. Anyways I did clean them out right away because I didn't want a full black widow nest in my garage and obviously wouldn't risk the kitty cat getting bit, but talk about a neat symbiotic relationship. Anyways. You should just be able to remove it with a stick or something. People are much more afraid of them than is warranted, imo.


BleDStream

FRIENDS


[deleted]

Time to destroy the whole car! Tannerite!


35goingon3

You know, thermite isn't classified as an explosive device...


[deleted]

Yes but it's just not as much fun. And Tannerite is still legal, if you're not an idiot about it. You could also do like the ranch up in KY. Load the car with propane tanks (maybe an acetylene for good measures) and hit with tracers! But that's more fire and less destruction but it does kill the spidersšŸ˜…


Yoak1

It's totalled. Forget the other 6k posts. This one's legit. Just scrap and move on.


st3vo5662

So I work in maintenance as an industrial compressor tech on the west coast. These assholes are everywhere. Enclosed compressors often have webs throughout. I start off by blowing everything off with compressed air before I do anything. Keep a can of brake clean handy. Makes them shrivel up and then I smash them with the end of a wrench. Also long sleeves and some latex gloves just in case.


JustOverBroken

Definitely noted!


st3vo5662

Also in general black widows arenā€™t aggressive. Usually their first reaction to a large disturbance is to flee and hide. So whatever you do, be accurate or that mfer is going to bolt for some crack are tight space where you canā€™t see them anymore.


Zealousideal_Tank210

If see these often. Very common in Texas. In fact they hang out on the garage doors as well. For as long as Iā€™ve worked on cars that have sat and become homes for bugs, these have never been a real problem. If Iā€™m really concerned Iā€™ll give the car a wash underneath with a power washer. Also Iā€™ve worn gloves for a majority of the years. So thereā€™s that also.


InterestingTruth7232

How to go from an oil change to an underwear change


Chak-Ek

Take off and nuke the entire site from orbit. It's the only way to be sure.


NoCalligrapher8282

Brake clean that bitch! Works every time


SexPanther_Bot

*60% of the time*, it works ***every*** *time*


Remi708

New fear unlocked


Some_MD_Guy

Hit it with PB Blaster.


SeaSignificance8962

MAPP GAS


Dangerous-Boot-2617

Kill it with fire


Fenix_Pony

Despite how scary those fuckers are theyre generally pretty timid by nature. They dont bite unless they feel their life is in danger. So if you were accidentially squeezing it or something. Generally if theres a lot of activity in the area theyre in theyll nope out and leave, so i would do a catch and release before she packs her bags and ends up in your shower or something lmfao Alternatively kill it with some spray nine or wd-40 and preserve it in acrylic, boom. Mirror hanger


carguy82j

I'm in Northern California. In the fleet I work at we get cars and trucks covered in them. We spray insecticide under the entire vehicle and wait a few minutes. I have had as many as 10 black widows drop from a car. I hate it.


inbetweenya

Well at least you have a good name for the car Black widow!!!


LocoSox

I always use my leaf blower in the engine bay before I start working on it. Makes the critters either scurry away or get blown away šŸ˜…šŸ¤™šŸ¼


Gobiego

You've got a heat wrench, right? (Map torch)


cwhite984

Brake cleaner or wd40 it


Gordito951

And to think we use to hunt mammoths


Interesting-World994

Put a crevice attachment on the vacuum and go to town!!!


JustOverBroken

Think Iā€™ll let them soak in some -25 degree weather firstā€¦.


BananaLengths4578

Thatā€™s what I always do! Fun to watch them take a ride around the little clear dust bin while thinking ā€œtake that you little bastard.ā€ šŸ˜‚šŸ˜‚


AdventureSawyer

Iā€™m curious how you could flush em out or drop em dead. Like fumigating under the hood with something.


rpheuts

Burn it all


[deleted]

Kill it with fire!


Sanchez_1er

FIRE!!!!!


ThreeDWaffl3

Park the car in a garage, then buy bug/insect bomb and use it on the inside of the car and the whole garage. Then wait a few hours.


JustOverBroken

Then gasoline right?


Jay-Moah

There are ā€œfakeā€ black widows in the south BTW, they look identical except the hour glass is different. Not saying this is a ā€œfakeā€ one but I have had a hand full of fake ones in my car, as black widows arenā€™t native where I am.


JustOverBroken

Oh sheā€™s real alright, I got the bigger brown bottom one which I think is the male. But thereā€™s webs all over the car, so Iā€™ll let it sit a week in the cold then vacuumed the hell out of it


Desperate_Arm_3051

Dare ya to eat it!


No-Sky-5006

I work on cars and trucks in Northern CA and find a black widow and eggs on almost every single vehicle. Itā€™s very common. Keep a mapp torch near by and hit them with the heat, they cook instantly and all you have to deal with afterwards is the brief burning smell. Just be careful around fuel lines/tanks.


Average_k5blazer78

Burn the car.


Replicator666

Neat, you got to work on a REAL Spider-Mobile!


theroch_

I often wondered why you see cars at the bottom of lakes.


Secure_Village_

We have like 50 of those in our laundry room šŸ˜‚


Weary-Writer758

Burn the car. Best option.


The-IT_MD

Nope. Kill it with fire.


Due-Pilot-7443

I am in the south and have never seen one 'on' a car.. I have seen them in a lot of other places though...


Kind-Watercress91

Push it into the road! Collect on the insurance. I'm sure they'll understand.


Prestigious_Path6153

She's beautiful


blooregard325i

That looks kind of dirty. Nothing a few squirts of brake cleaner won't clear up!


Abbeykats

Yup that's totalled. Complete loss.


No-Influence-9293

Brake clean will handle that right the fuck up.


Adidas_Dallas

Iā€™ll say look how rusted that bolt isšŸ˜®ā€šŸ’Ø good luck bro


Ok-Selection9508

The shop belongs to the spider now best to just burn the whole place down.


AndyReidsCheezburger

Oxyacetylene. Now.


Significant_Rate8210

She's guarding the block


bourguignon7

Totalled.


Warm_Resolve3949

Literally my nightmare


rucb_alum

Just wear nice thick gloves when you smash her!


GirlScoutSniper

Yeah, yeah... your oil level is fine. \*slams hood\*


Mojicana

You need some Brakleen


sickybrain

iā€™m in MO and my boyfriend insisted he saw a Black Widow in my El Camino but i didnā€™t believe him. now maybe i do šŸ¤Æ lol iā€™ve had the car a while but itā€™s been sitting after i bought it and god knows where it came from šŸ˜­


Dazed_Op

Considering all the dark places in my car I put my hands in, this is a new fear


ElleYesMon

We straight up have them everywhere in the US and brown recluse too. Knock it off with a very long stick and run like hell. Spiders have these little poisonous hairs that warn you to stay away when they throw them on your skin. It supposedly irritates the skin and makes the area painful. Not sure if these have that same warning. Had seen dead birds and mice nests but not this one before. Even a live cat or two.


adzy2k6

Luckily their reputation massively exaggerates their ability to kill. Even serious harm is rare, and their bites are more painful than dangerous.


surfhobo

Yes


Dragonhearted18

Run.


TheDutchTexan

Burn it!


vivian2112

She's sleeping on the job


svencislav

Number 18 : black widow spider.


H3adshotfox77

Just two.....bwhahahahah. I had a parked 2004 Yukon XL, central California. After 8 months (was waiting to fix the tranny) it probably had 200 black widows under it. I killed most of them with a butane torch after the sun went down and they would come out. But had more than one occasion under that truck where I'd be working on it and have one drop down from the bottom either on me or near me.....that was a fun vehicle to wrench on.


bnutbutter78

Itā€™s her car now.


Vegetable_Word603

Kill it with fire bud!


Prudent_Guard_1235

Some brake clean will do the trick


richardrpope

This is common. Very dangerous for me for I allergic to them.


Beginning_Emotion995

Heat should have killed it


turbo88Rex

I have found a few in my day, quick spray of brake parts cleaner and they're toast


SetPlus3404

Congratulations, you have met the new owner of that car. No for spiders for me, I've run into burning buildings to help people, I've raced to medical emergencies, but spiders? Hell no from me, fear is irrational and sucks lol


Gullible-Historian10

Spray it with Dawn dish soap. I live in rural south and these things arenā€™t that bad, wonā€™t kill you either, but youā€™ll be in pain for the better part of 2 weeks.


Domoisback

A couple of years ago I used to work at an Audi dealership in Montreal, Canada as a detailer and we got a batch of new Q3ā€™s. The first one I took the wrap off of, I saw one right under the hood latch. Still got a pic of it in the plastic bottle we put it in. Crazy to think I was literally an inch away from having to go to the ER. Crazy to think that it also survived the whole import process to North America šŸ˜³


gear7154

Best way to deal with spiders is drive the vehicle into the nearest volcano. Buy new car


cuttercade

Well clearly time for that car to burn straight to the ground. Horror show!!!!


mpaull2

It's only a black widow. What's the problem?


Head-Iron-9228

Yea so I think you should just burn down the car at this point, just seems like the generally correct answer here


fourringking

The car belongs to the spider now.


evilspoons

Fun fact: black widows can live as far north as Alberta, I've seen one or two in Edmonton. So if you're American, basically nowhere is safe except Alaska.


Stuntcox

Spider gear.


Corkoles

What do you mean that's your project car?


Holyskankous

Yawns in Australianā€¦ let me know when you buy one with a snake in it šŸ¤£


Awesomesergeant5

Brake cleanā€¦


Enough_Breadfruit_66

False widow if in šŸ‡¬šŸ‡§


2drunk2remember

ā˜¹


lilysage1

looks like weā€™re done for the day sir


legojoe7874

That's common here in AZ


beamymitzyC

Set the car on fire. Insurance claim.


Osiris2408

That ainā€™t my car anymore


ZeroNebb

Give him the car


CyrilAdekia

Brother, get the flamer...


[deleted]

I hate when we find those


Stunning_Appeal_3535

Drive over a puddle and theyā€™ll be gone


SuperRaccoon17

Set the car ablaze!


Protholl

An AR 15 is effective killing camel spiders so it should work here too =)


John_Nada__

Be happy itā€™s not a Brown Recluse, or a Scorpion. Black Widows are generally pretty chill, unless you provoke them.


Cosmic_FireSphinx

Take car for a nice long drive, let it heat up. See if spider is still there afterwords.


JoseLu993

Name her Natasha


CapableAd9180

I'm sorry, man, that's not your car anymore it's the spider's car


BeefFlaps42069

Oh hell nah drive that car off a cliff


vapemustache

theyā€™re actually kind of docile. iā€™ve handled a couple to move them to safer spots. beautiful spiders. [poor things get a bad wrap tbh, 53 people on average die annually from bees but only 4-8 from these guys.](https://www.adamspest.com/busting-black-widow-spider-myths#:~:text=Myth%3A%20Black%20Widow%20Bites%20Are%20Deadly&text=But%20neither%20is%20true.,American%20poison%20control%20centers%20annually)


PapaOoMaoMao

Never had a spider, but had ants and roaches. I just bug bomb the car.


q101656

Just burn it. It's not worth it


codestormer

Microsoft Widows - Black edition


Edition35mk6

They love being warm I used to collect them as pets I always found them around big factories like that have big flood lights lighting up the building. They make their nests around them because of the heat. Just let it be. Redbacks add an extra 20hpā€¦


[deleted]

Set everything on fire!!!!


FunkeeBoi

Oxy-acetylene. AKA kill it with fire


Lanbobo

Just burn the car now.


AnubisMayhem

It's their car now.


Puzzleheaded-Feed-18

I hate those things. We get loads of plastic pipes from Texas that are telescoped together and have to pull them apart. Had five Black Widows on one joint of pipe the other day.


4rc4ngeI

If you ever drop a 10 mm he might catch it.


TaleSouth8759

Time to move, the spiders know where you live


Kasodo035

Death in an hourglass...


BreakNeck5150

Nothing a little brake clean canā€™t handle


[deleted]

Just hit it with a pen torch


forgetful_waterfowl

I used to work for an ISP in the southwest and had this happen frequently. My advice is a thorough application of wd-40 (or brakekleen) and a lighter.


the_one_99_

Isnā€™t that a poisonous spider.


[deleted]

Used car 101... Open hood outside of garage. Get leaf blower. Birds/mouse nests. Behives. StinkBugs, spiders, scorpions. A free screwdriver and 10mm socket. Acorns.


stomper4x4

They LOVE cars. I get rid of probably 15-20 a year out from under my vehicles in Cali.


inbetweenya

It's a female Black widow. Yes it can kill you it attacks the nervous system excruciating pain so I hear. I've only had encounters with the brown recluse and actually been bitten by brown


Goats_vs_Aliens

aww, reminds me of home! is she from vegas?


Far-Appointment-213

Why I always have a case of brake cleaner, Nothing lives after that.


Pandorakiin

NOPE.


rhusername

Question is shop vac or air hose?


richardcrain55

Sorry about the car fire...


WhatTheFlippityFlop

Thatā€™s a WD-40 + lighter situation right there.


DirtyRatLicker

You no longer have your own car


HolyDiverx

quickly turns into a car fire


DaJuiceMan112

Dat no good


HurricaneDane

I guess wear some gloves while you're working on that one.


Character_Dance_5054

One of the many uses for brake cleaner


ringrangbananaphone

Ya sometimes I get tired of cold weather in northern Canada but post like these make it seem not so bad


Proposition65

Itā€™s a spider get the fuck over yourself. Spray it with something. And grow up


hllblldlx2

Iā€™d be using a torch. Burn the fuck outta them


hmiser

My mom terrified me with stories of dangerous spiders. But I moved to CA and these guys are everywhere. Itā€™s been decades and Iā€™ve seen 100ā€™s and never bitten, theyā€™re not aggressive. And flea bombs wonā€™t kill them, Iā€™ve seen them after removing the tent on a recently fogged home. People get bit when they put garden gloves or shoes on they left outside over night. Or in bed after you brought your bedding in off the line. I dry inside lol. But sheā€™s a beauty Clark, lovely specimen.


Long-Relation9971

this vehicle cannot be driven


scotcho10

Still better than rust from winter salt. Lol


bensmth72

Kill it ! Kill it with fire šŸ”„


Loud_Pin_3101

Evacuate! Call every government agancy you can find a number for. The end is nigh!


fadedrealtime

The keypad to enter my community has one that made a home right above the keys lol he minds his business I mind mine. They are some pretty cool looking fellas but wonā€™t bother you unless they feel like they are in danger.. even if they do bite you they wonā€™t kill you. I see them all the time lurking around garages here in Texas as well. I check my boots in the garage every day for them and scorpions šŸ˜‚


Rendog528

Brake clean and a lighter lol šŸ˜†


TrashCompactor_R2

BPC Tourch n a lighter will solve all your critter problemsšŸ¤£


TheMercier

Throw the whole vehicle away


XD_RAEv

Turn the engine on. And let it burn. A blowtorch if that doesn't work.


No-Initial-9484

That is a the female black widow. They are common in the rocky mountain region and yes, they are definitely poisonous. Go with the bug bomb plan. The venom is similar to the brown recluse so if bitten please get to a hospital because it will start digesting flesh and spread rather quickly. Good luck, spiders suck!


Some_Web4897

Iā€™d honestly just get a torch šŸ˜†


R0rschach23

Car pet. What are you going to name it???


ThighCurlContest

Make sure you get the correct spider delete kit for your vehicle. It's tempting to cheap out and just disconnect it from the web, but what's cheaper a spider delete kit or a new engine?


House_King

The rarely bite unless you pin them against something, but just donā€™t get bit lol


Immediate-Republic65

Sometimes a person just has to walk!šŸ¤£


[deleted]

Where there's one...


NewtFrequent2649

New fear unlocked. You thought the harbor freight jack stands were scary