Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!allegra!mit-eddie!think!harvard!caip!seismo!umcp-cs!aplcen!osiris!jcp From: jcp@osiris.UUCP (Jody Patilla) Newsgroups: net.consumers,net.misc Subject: Re: Spiders Haters Unite Message-ID: <773@osiris.UUCP> Date: Wed, 23-Apr-86 06:15:34 EST Article-I.D.: osiris.773 Posted: Wed Apr 23 06:15:34 1986 Date-Received: Sat, 26-Apr-86 06:33:03 EST References: <310@gvax.cs.cornell.edu> <7216@tekecs.UUCP> <2755@sdcrdcf.UUCP> Organization: Johns Hopkins Hospital Lines: 16 Xref: watmath net.consumers:4994 net.misc:9512 > One solution that my wife and I found was crickets. If you can > put up with the occasional chirping, get a couple of crickets and > let them loose in your house (or more, depending on the size of > your house). Crickets eat bugs (e.g., spiders, silverfish, etc.). > I have been told that if you do not like the noise, praying > mantises also work. Crickets ALSO eat books, paper, your clothes, you name it. I don't think you really want them in your house. -- jcpatilla ..{seismo,allegra}!umcp-cs!aplcen!osiris!jcp Show me a man with both feet firmly on the ground and I'll show you a man who can't take his pants off.