Sorry no real advice. I like them. It helps keep the mossies and other real nasties (eg. disease carriers) out of our house. Try to go for the most natural solution otherwise nasty chemical residue can harm your daughter far more than a huntsman.
Big hugs for the scare though.
From what I am led to believe, huntsman spiders arent dangerous to humans and tend to come inside when it is going to rain. I know they look really scary and I am the first person to run and carry on if I see one, but I think it would be unnessecary to pay for pest control.
Can you use a broom and carry them outside on that?
FWIW- I paid $300 for pest control for mice and we have a 3 b/r house. Usually they charge by square metre.
Rather than paying for pest control there are natural alternatives.
I read somewhere that Huntsmen don't like citrus so make yourself a lemon/water spray and spray this around the areas where you see the huntsmen. If they are on the wall scratch up the rind and rub this where they hang out.
These spiders are harmless - just big hairy ugly scary looking things. They only bite if they are threatened and more often than not only come inside to escape heat or weather.
If you are brave enough you can usher then outside using a soft bristled broom.
While I hate spiders as a rule - I have got use to the hunstmen and can humanely get them back outside where they belong.
Another option is to get a cat!
We don't see huntsmen inside so much since Moe came along only remanents of legs. I actually try to save them from the cat when we see him toying with one
Personally, I'd save the money and just go for the natural alternative Nae suggested. There are so many huntsmen around - for every 1 that you see there are several who are hidden, just hanging out and eating your mozzies and flies
I think you'd keep them away for a little while with the fumigation, but they'd just come back. They are prolific creatures.
Urgh, I would pay for pest control.
Mine & my ex's house had ridiculous amounts of huntsmen and it scared the cr*p outta me and the kids whenever we saw one. I would have done almost anything to have been rid of them.
A friend of mine actually got bitten by one in his sleep and it made him really sick for close to a week, and he was a fit & healthy 40yr old man so I was worried about what they could potentially do to a toddler... I know it wouldn't kill them as their venom isn't deadly but it is still venom and can make you sick.
I'd say spray! We spent $200 spraying here for ****roaches where they did outside as well as inside and anything that crawls up to where they have sprayed outside dies.
Money well spent in my books
OMG... I would never kill a huntsman!! I can't believe you would spray extremely dangerous chemicals aound your family in order to kill of a few little spiders!!
Sorry but I don't like the idea... it's just wrong! I think we need to learn to live with our environment istead of squashing every little crawling creature we see...
One thing I can say is that huntsman spiders prey on other spiders, they will kill and eat the spiders you may be even more fearful of.
Try the citronella around the vents and doorframes first.
I hate them too, they scare me with all those long legs but the spray kills everything around and I don't want that either. Citronella has been working well here.
My parents used to get the spray people in, but it gave me a headache for weeks....
I HATE huntsman spiders, and would kill them all if I could! (sorry guys!) but from what I know its not really worth spraying your house because they have to actually ingest the poison for it to kill them - which there is no guarantee (sp?) they will!
HTH
personally i think huntsmen are cool. I still get a bit freaked catching one to throw them outside but i haven't killed one yet, although I did accidentally run one over with the paint roller. Not sure if he died, but he did turn a lovely off-white. I found him a little later on, pulling paint off his head and sticking it in his gob. It was water based, so not sure if it killed him or just gave him the runs
Anyway, here's a link to a pretty cool flash animation. If you get freaked by spiders, then you can make this spider look like the one that freaked you out, then drag him around by the leg! Good stress relief/revenge!
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