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Indorex for spiders?

43 replies

shooshoospiders · 01/11/2022 15:12

Hi, posting for traffic!

Does indorex truly work on getting rid of spiders? I’ve tried peppermint sprays, branded repellent sprays specifically for spiders, but nope still get them, despite people swearing by it!

At £16 a can on amazon it’s pricey but i’m desperate at this point, i’m tired of seeing the fuckers everyday since moving to ground floor (and loads of bushes outside my window 🙄)

Thanks all

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NameChangeForARaisin · 02/11/2022 18:59

Yes it works, it is deadly to everything! I used it when our cat brought in fleas, I inadvertently got some on the back of my hand and the next day my skin had shrivelled up.
Be careful with it!

Chocolatefreak · 02/11/2022 19:07

What a horrific thread! Spiders are good insects - just take them outside in a cup. FGS don't poison them and your home. And definitely don't do it in front of your kids so they learn your bad habits.

Hedgesfullofbirds · 02/11/2022 19:07

@Mojoj,👏fully endorse your comment, why this obsession with wanting to kill every living thing with which you share your home? What a sad world we live in

jugglerofballs · 02/11/2022 19:12

Indorex works for months. We spray around doors and windows and around the edges of rooms on the floor, every September. For months afterwards everything that comes into contact with it dies. I would not use it when pg or with a baby or toddler around, it’s pretty strong stuff. You need to air the rooms you’ve sprayed for a few hours before using them.

YellowTreeHouse · 02/11/2022 19:39

@jugglerofballs Thanks, I’ll hold off and just keep crushing them instead.

Tickledpickled · 02/11/2022 19:45

Crushing them??? Seriously? That’s just horrible.

YellowTreeHouse · 02/11/2022 19:47

Tickledpickled · 02/11/2022 19:45

Crushing them??? Seriously? That’s just horrible.

Not with my hand, obviously. With a shoe or a heavy book or something. To be quite honest as long as it’s dead I’ll use whatever means necessary.

Sunnyqueen · 02/11/2022 19:57

Conkers definitely work tbf. But yes indorex as well, also the bombs are good. Honestly, who gives a fuck...once they enter my house they are dying. Its their own fault.

bombemma · 02/11/2022 20:04

Worked great at mine. Turns out I must of had a terrible woodlose problem, didn't even know but months after doing indorex I wake up most mornings to dead louses around my skirting board.

Not seen a spider since

Hedgesfullofbirds · 02/11/2022 20:07

Fortunately some of us DO give a fuck and are happy to share our lives with other living things other than Homo sapiens, the most destructive pest of all.

And, judging by the experiences of some on here, 'Indorex' is another highly noxious chemical which should be removed from production - have people really not learned from the past - suggest you read Rachel Carson's 'Silent Spring' for an insight into the long lasting damage caused by insecticides and other pesticides. FFS

Somethingsnappy · 02/11/2022 22:39

Chocolatefreak · 02/11/2022 19:07

What a horrific thread! Spiders are good insects - just take them outside in a cup. FGS don't poison them and your home. And definitely don't do it in front of your kids so they learn your bad habits.

Spiders are not insects.

But I agree with taking them outside in a cup.

Lulu45677 · 02/11/2022 22:52

It does work go for it- I found lots of dead spiders the days after spraying. I’ve had hardly any this spider season. I might re spray tommorow I don’t know how often your meant to do it though does anyone else know?
i don’t care about the comments saying it’s mean either those people don’t have arachnophobia.

Lulu45677 · 02/11/2022 22:53

*live ones

LittleBeluga · 02/11/2022 23:02

You only have to spray the house once per year. I usually do it each spring to prevent fleas, but autumn would probably be best if it's spiders you want rid of. It definitely works, for every kind of creepy crawly.

Uzume13 · 28/06/2026 02:38

Mojoj · 02/11/2022 16:50

Or here's an idea - grow a backbone and leave them be!! Assuming you live in the UK, they're completely harmless and great at eating any other bugs in your house.

So many people feel bad for eradicating spiders but if you have a phobia, it’s all consuming and no amount of ‘they can’t hurt you’ works sadly. Arachnophobia is the most common one so I’m surprised you’ve not heard of it!

Arachnophobes know spiders can’t actually do anything (in the UK anyway), but rationalising an irrational fear simply doesn’t work and is a bit of a silly thing to say. 😞 If there’s any non harmful option which involves completely removing them without seeing, touching, acknowledging or ‘feeling their presence’ and means I never see one, I’m more than happy to hear about it though. It’s not about backbone, it’s about phobias…only you appear never to have heard of them, weirdly 🤔

Doingtheboxerbeat · 28/06/2026 04:08

Uzume13 · 28/06/2026 02:38

So many people feel bad for eradicating spiders but if you have a phobia, it’s all consuming and no amount of ‘they can’t hurt you’ works sadly. Arachnophobia is the most common one so I’m surprised you’ve not heard of it!

Arachnophobes know spiders can’t actually do anything (in the UK anyway), but rationalising an irrational fear simply doesn’t work and is a bit of a silly thing to say. 😞 If there’s any non harmful option which involves completely removing them without seeing, touching, acknowledging or ‘feeling their presence’ and means I never see one, I’m more than happy to hear about it though. It’s not about backbone, it’s about phobias…only you appear never to have heard of them, weirdly 🤔

This 👆 sadly.
I would happily share my home with thousands of them, even under my bed , its as much theirs as it is mine - I just never want to see them, ever 😭.

Millytante · 28/06/2026 05:47

For the love of God who posted a bloody great photo of a spder in a thread guaranteed to attract those in fear and loathing of spders?
Are there really people around who are ignorant of arachnophobia?
Fast scrolling, I only caught a glimpse, but it was enough to raise my heart rate to a terrifying degree, and make me dizzy and nauseous from panic.
(So sue me. )

Doingtheboxerbeat · 28/06/2026 12:16

Millytante · 28/06/2026 05:47

For the love of God who posted a bloody great photo of a spder in a thread guaranteed to attract those in fear and loathing of spders?
Are there really people around who are ignorant of arachnophobia?
Fast scrolling, I only caught a glimpse, but it was enough to raise my heart rate to a terrifying degree, and make me dizzy and nauseous from panic.
(So sue me. )

Luckily I caught it in time because someone will always do this, so I scroll slowly for this reason.

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