Tips on clearing out lots and lots of spiderwebs?

Let a cat in at one end and a mouse at the other. When the cat is done, it should bring lots of spider web with it.

here’s a wikihow on how to do that. Hope it helps.

Go to a dollar store and get a dusting wand. They are light weight & small enough to carry in with you. I’d use a long hose on a vacuum, but that’s cuz I hate being “touched” by sticky webs.

fire

Can you get a shop vac in there? I’d just vacuum them out first, then go at it with an old broom or long handled Swiffer.

@patg7590 fire has definately crossed my mind. While it might be the most effective method, it’s also the most dangerous…so that’s out of the question.
@Samurai Some nice tips in that article, I’m interested in the duct tape sticky-side facing out method, I might try that.
@jbfletcherfan Yeah I could probably get a shop vac in there, but like I said not sure how effective it would be. These spiders had 30+ years to spin these webs, some of them are pretty crazy. It’s worth a shot though.

Whichever method I use I just want to do it quick. No doubt disturbing these webs will cause them to scatter and start moving around, being in a deep dark enclosed space with hundreds on spiders on the move…no thanks… that’s when I want to get the fudge outta there.

@Ansible1 Actually, the spiders usually are active in the early AM & late PM…so midday you should have less “action”. The ones that are active should take shelter as soon as the old webs are fiddled with by you.

I am so ridiculously afraid of spiders. I would seriously rather battle demons than spiders.

@patg7590 Awwwwwwwwwwww They do eat yuckie bugaboos, though.

@SpatzieLover Oh really, I didn’t know that about their activity. I was gonna wait until later tonight to tackle it but ok….I’m goin’ in!

@Ansible1 They don’t want you to see them, so they’ll scramble fast

Roger that…Operation: Sneak Attack is a go

If i’m not back in 3 hours…..call the president

Sorry, I can’t help. I have arachibutyrophobia. I’d just set fire to them, for sticking to the roof of my PB sandwiches.

Those spiders are mostly house spiders, with a few outdoor spiders thrown in, depending on the moisture levels and availability to the outside. They are probably harmless, depending on where you live. Have you considered using a leaf blower to move the webs (and spiders) all to one end of the crawlspace, and then going in after them with a shop vac. While I wouldn’t ordinarily recommend killing spiders, once you have zillions of them in one place, it’s about the only way to clear the web zone. I have put my title of unofficial patron saint of spiders in jeopardy for suggesting that, you know.

Spiders do however serve a valuable purpose, as they eat all the nasty bugs that can cause disease or illness, so if you die later from some diesease carried by an insect that the spiders normally eat, you only have yourself to blame.~

Tumble dry sheets/or sock/tights fastened to the end of a broom handle

@sakura To clean and freshen the air? Use Lavender delight.

@NewZen What are you doing up yet???

@jbfletcherfan huh?

@jbfletcherfan Had a lovely 3 hour sleep, now it’s saturday morning and I’m about to go flying in a four-seater – wanna come?

@NewZen Absolutely. I’m there. :-)

@NewZen I’m chopped liver?! ;D

@Psychedelic_Zebra The leaf blower method would probably work well if there weren’t already a bunch of stuff in the crawlspace. I understand the purpose of the spiders controlling the population of bugs and I wish there were an efficient method to move them all outside. My concern is the population of crap in the basement that needs to go in the crawlspace. I’m not trying to kill them all, just trying to get out the ones in my way.

@Ansible1—-Lurve for the “population of crap” LOL!—

I find flies very annoying. I try to make deals with them to leave me alone and I won’t kill them, yet they keep coming back right when the flyswatter decides to go missing.

@Ansible1 well, good luck, but if I were you, I’d wear some kind of protective gloves, simply because there might be some nasty bacteria or even centipedes in that crawl space, and centipedes will bite you. The bacteria is everywhere, and if you have a wound, even a tiny scratch, you could get some nasty bacteria in it, you could end up with more than you bargained for.

My wife got empitago in her face last year, and even though it is a common bacterial infection, she was hospitalized for three days and they were afraid it would get into her brain, which would be fatal. You can never be too careful.