Kill Spider with Diatomaceous Earth

[@brendapatterson6548]

No good for house spiders then? I was looking into getting peppermint oil, I found 2 very large spiders in my bedroom and I just can't sleep knowing they can crawl on my bed at night. People keep telling me "they won't hurt you, they are harmless" I tell them I realise that but it doesn't stop my mind going on overdrive with fear.

[@LandtoHouse]

+Brenda Patterson this method worked but I don't think it's very effective. It took a while and full coverage.

[@958342]

Please let me know if you find a fast effective alternative. I'm suffering too

[@ElinWinblad]

Brenda Patterson lol years ago i kept waking up to bites (looked rash like)on my neck and face. We thought it might be autoimmune or something. Turned out a line of spiders at night were crawling over me to get to the door which had a tiny crack under it to get outside. Talking big jumping spiders 🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮

[@LandtoHouse]

Not sure what is best for spiders.

[@LandtoHouse]

Eww that is not good!

[@trishsanchez5840]

I had a huge wolf spider come in after a good rain and I dusted him good with the DE and took about an hour for him to shrivel up

[@LandtoHouse]

Haha that's a good test.

[@Shananana99]

Ive used lysol. It worked

[@blizzardangel79]

But the question for me is how long does it take for them to die once they crawl through it not sprinkled

[@idontcareonebit5177]

after 36 hours, he probably died of dehydration, or starvation, dont you think?

[@LandtoHouse]

Dehydration is what I was going for. Starvation can take weeks with a spider that size. The glass shards in the DE cut up the exoskeleton and cause rapid dehydration.

[@trinacox9749]

Lack of oxygen

[@TheVixxen]

Spiders can go months, even up to a year without eating, and about a month without water (sometimes 2). My guess is that it was lack of oxygen.

[@Big_AlMC]

Yes they can last that long without getting anymore water or food. But what if it was slowly draining from their body. Drastically reducing that time​ and draining their internal reserves that would let them live for so long @@TheVixxen

[@MerkinMuffly]

It doesn't work as well on spiders, the bug must have hard exoskeleton for it to be really effective.

[@LandtoHouse]

I was noticing that too. It does get to them but takes a while.

[@ElinWinblad]

I use hairspray.

[@indegostalker2259]

@@ElinWinblad yo good call thats wassup.

[@mamaharumi]

Spiders do have exoskeleton. Diatomaceous earth can take days to work though so It is not an instant killer of anything that is reasonably sized.

[@russwollet8998]

I have a spot where my subflooring ends in my furnace room and there are always a couple black web spiders. A few months ago I went a little crazy with the earth and heavily dusted the entire line. Much of it sitting on the webs. Went down today to turn up the April air and stepped right over it. I looked to see if just had my foot where a spider might have been. No joke there was one every 10 inches sticking out of the subflooring in a web. Still covered in DE.

[@LandtoHouse]

SO they did not get killed by the DE?

[@russwollet8998]

@@LandtoHouse correct

[@MMGJ10]

@@russwollet8998 That's disappointing

[@truebeliever6440]

I'm simply not sure if it works on spiders or not, but DE isn't something that works in minutes or hours. I looked into it's use against grain weevils, which is a very common problem for grains, and usually pesticides are used. There are various scientific studies that demonstrate it's effectiveness, but it takes weeks. For example, DE was shown to control the infestations of grain weevilswithin 21 days in one study: citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/download?doi=10.1.1.594.3470&rep=rep1&type=pdf DE is not some pesticide that merely kills upon application. I think it slowly lacerates their exoskeleton, and makes the environment inhabitable for bugs to live and propagate. It is very effective, but takes some time. It's supposed to be VERY good for long-term control. If it gets wet somehow, it loses it's effectiveness completely, but when it dries, it's perfectly functional again. It will last indefinitely. At least that's the understanding I have, and my 2 cents.

[@LandtoHouse]

That is a good 2 cents. I have also heard about the lacerations. I hear it can work on ants too. This was just a short test that I wanted to try. Thank you for the input.

[@mike12345807]

I think that spider died because it wasn’t getting any air in that container

[@rickpacko9068]

Don't forget that when spiders go through cracks and crevices they will get more of it on themselves. Your experiment is with one basically in the open.

[@v-loss5658]

Couldn’t see the markings, but that was shaped like a brown recluse. They are hard to kill no matter what.

[@sokycraftcompany253]

I just went outside to my garage yesterday and noticed about 5 spiders crawling around so me being scared of spiders I took action to spray around the house some home defense and I’m not sure I can sleep after walking around my house watching how many spiders crawling up the foundation!! Then I caught two in the house later that nite and now I’m tripping. Huge spiders !!? Any ideas

[@ninjainpyjamasguy.8116]

Leave. Burn the house down

[@veganvocalist4782]

I don’t like them either but that is up setting . I never know what to do about them so I just move them out side as I just can not bring myself to take their life

[@LandtoHouse]

Yes this was not effective.

[@MMGJ10]

Tell me where you live and I'll come step on them as soon as you put them outside. Thanks

[@kchiles100]

Agreed... This was not the video I was expecting, wtf 😬😢

[@teddyruxbin9300]

Thats a big ass spider!

[@nintendolunchbox]

How long would he have lived with no food or water in a container without the dirt treatment ?

[@LandtoHouse]

I just read that spiders can live a few months without food. So I am guessing a while :)

[@akarafi]

That's not what killed the spider, he died from water and food starvation

[@persebra]

Its suppose to good as long as the area you apply it in is dry, if that area gets wet, you would have to re-apply it. At least that is my understanding.

[@LandtoHouse]

You are right! It washed away very easy when it rained. Inside the house it killed ants very fast.

[@SquawkCode]

You can spray it on with water.

[@tamaraweber3296]

Which Diatomacious earth did you use? The kind you can eat or the other kind? Was it suffocation in addition to the earth?

[@LandtoHouse]

+Tamara Weber I used animal grade for this. Later I tried food grade and it's better. I guess smaller parts. I don't think it was from suffocation because I owned it several times a day and spiders can live a long time with little air.

[@allencampbell1058]

Which brand of DE is best to kill parasites in body?

[@countrygirl9059]

Only FOOD GRADE DE. It'll say it right on the package.

[@jordancourtney6537]

None probably

[@daveed1797]

Maybe he died from hunger

[@BonafideToolJunkie]

Spider lives matter, buddy

[@bababooey2433]

why kill a spider for no reason

[@LandtoHouse]

+iguanagames 269 It was a test to see how well DE worked on spiders. I might use DE around my house one day and wondered if it would work well.

[@BULLBOOMBEARBUST]

+veronica dolan For no reason? This info is very useful for people who need a safe, non-toxic way to get rid of annoying and possibly harmful spiders out of our homes. Also, commercial pesticides could also cause sickness or even disease to humans. This was a very useful video. Thank you Land To House!

[@LandtoHouse]

+Jeremiah Jaws I know several people who would never say "kill a spider for no reason" they are the ones standing on a chair screaming. Outside spiders are fine but when you put your foot into your house shoe and a spider is crawling about in there it's no good. I agree about the harmful chemicals too.

[@MMGJ10]

Bleeding heart dumb dumb

[@1234567jrl]

I only kill in my house

[@DonziGT230]

I put some on a couple brown widows this morning and they're still alive many hours later. They're not in a container, just in their webs on an old swamp cooler that's not in use. I used food grade freshwater DE that I think is from Australia because the research I did said it was the best for killing bugs. If it doesn't work I'll be bummed, I bought a bunch of it and have spread it all over the yard hoping to get rid of the black & brown widows as well as the other annoying spiders. I wouldn't mind the non-dangerous ones if the webs weren't such an unsightly mess, my GF on the other hand has a bit of spider phobia so I want them all gone.

[@LandtoHouse]

+DonziGT230 I think I read somewhere that de is not good for spiders. Something about the way their legs don't come in contact with much ground.

[@DonziGT230]

I shot the powder right onto them, one so much that it was almost solid white.

[@LandtoHouse]

+DonziGT230 goodness. That should so it.

[@DonziGT230]

It didn't. Several days later they still looked healthy so I shot them with Raid fogger, the only off the shelf thing I've found that takes them out.

[@chrismolina1037]

@@DonziGT230 That's because Brown Widows are basically the spawn of Satan and crawl up through cracks in the earth from Hell! I have Black Widows, and they're bad enough, I just can't keep them down, they must reproduce crazy fast!

[@vickierby7935]

are you using food grade diatomaceous earth?

[@LandtoHouse]

Yes it was food grade.

[@sirgenocidal1327]

I did it with a fly and by morning he was dead

[@flashfire8701]

Looks like he dude if no oxygen not the powder.

[@LandtoHouse]

Probably what happened.

[@darockiscooking9936]

Use insect spray takes 10 seconds

[@linzieloo1]

What spray please could you recommend, as when I have tried it takes a while and even then some seem not to be affected by it. Thank you.

[@michaelf.3846]

That's probably from being out in the sun dummy

[@MelodicMizeryPs3Vids]

i need 100 pounds of that shit

[@indegostalker2259]

ya know.... the most disturbing part for me is when you say "...how long it takes him to... go away". You are killing a creature. Not only that but you kept him in a little prison cell for 24 hours. Then killed him with chemicals (if not, chemistry)... You killed him man. It DIED. .... How long it takes him to D I E. ... It's so weird seeing you deflect the truth, as if someone is going to FEEL BAD because you said it, never mind what you ARE DOING, ON CAMERA. Far out, man. Was your name Jared? cause you look like a Jared. ...Jared, the Bug Killer. oh.... Seth.... Jared Seth same thing.

[@theobbyxx]

its just a bug lol not deep. Stop crying online