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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Denny Dee" data-source="post: 52911" data-attributes="member: 1393">My current "Cmon man!" issue is the fact that my spider room has been infested by common house spiders.   Two species:Some sort of Pholcidae sp. and Steoda sp.  There are lots of nooks and crannies in my room and I used to keep the blinds drawn to minimize the light in the room.  All of a sudden I noticed several webs in the room.  Panic was my first reaction as I assumed somehow I missed an egg sac?  After inspecting the enclosures I realized that it must just be a coincidence and that I had some local house spiders.  Sneaing in at night with the flash light revealed a total infestation!  I have spent the last several weeks breaking down tanks and moving my rack units out vaccuuming amd dusting constantly.  Even have to remove them from my T enclosures <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite4" alt=":mad:" title="Mad    :mad:" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":mad:" />  I have removed hundreds!  Getting much better but I must be missing a few every time I attack and they hatch dozens of babies with each sac missed.  My wife is convinced that they are coming from miles away to live in the presence of my infamous spider room <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite5" alt=":confused:" title="Confused    :confused:" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":confused:" />.  Anyone else ever have this problem?   </blockquote>

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