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Message: <blockquote data-quote="kormath" data-source="post: 63931" data-attributes="member: 4199">Like was posted in Dewdrops thread where she was experimenting with using poison in the bottom of her T enclosures <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite7" alt=":p" title="Stick Out Tongue    :p" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":p" />  saltwater and saline solutions are very poisonous to spiders.  It's a contact killer though, they have to get into it for it to affect them.  Not only does it poison it dehydrates also.  We used to use salt when i was younger to dry out flowers, was lots cheaper than powder laundry soap but that also works. Anyway, there's no way in hell i would put salt or saline near or on a spider, other than those annoying little black jumping spiders that like to dine on my legs at night.  I have a spray bottle of saline just for them.</blockquote>