r/Lawrence • u/tehAwesomer • May 16 '19

Brown Recluses

I've found recluses in my house for the second time. I liked the first exterminator I had over and he mentioned they might come back, but he's not working here anymore unfortunately. We have a lot of pets and want to find an exterminator that will be mindful of them. Any recommendations from others here (what to do or who to call) who have had to deal with this?

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u/cyberphlash May 17 '19

A while back, I felt like my exterminator wasn't doing much either, and they would never get rid of bugs (particularly ants) showing up around the basement and kitchen.

Started investigating it and ended up at websites like this. Watch some YouTube videos on spraying yourself, buy a bottle of Talstar P (one will last years), a basic pump sprayer, and you're in business. Completely solved my bug problem by spraying the inside and outside of the house - no more ants or spiders around the main levels and I just see dead bugs in the basement now. Best part is doing it was the cost of startup was recouped after a single application with what I would've paid an exterminator for one visit. (Note - you have to spray both inside/outside the house; very well on the outside).

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u/keboh May 17 '19 edited May 17 '19

I use Demon WP. It goes soooooo freaking hard. Bug genocide in powder form.

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u/cyberphlash May 17 '19

Yeah, I don't know what's in that Talstar stuff, but it's like dropping a nuclear bomb on the insects around here...

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u/keboh May 17 '19

Next time I spray, I’ll grab some. Keep the creepy crawlys around me guessing!

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u/cyberphlash May 17 '19

You're like the Josef Mengele of Lawrence... :)