permaculture

["Scott Hitchins" <ScottH@wcig.org.au>]

Perhaps rather than trying to change the behaviour patterns of the
spiders with negative feedback, try changing the behaviour of the people
with positive feedback: Offer incentives for the live capture of
spiders; either on a per head bounty basis or a prize for the person
catching the highest number of live spiders each week (e.g. getting to
leave an hour early on Friday or a bottle of wine etc). The end-of-week
option has the advantage of being a fixed cost: paying-out per capture
can lead to seasonal budget blow-outs.  If all else fails, explain to
female staff that, by screaming and panicking every time they see a
spider, they are perpetuating role-stereotypes forced upon them by the
behaviour of their mothers (and others).  -Some people will believe
anything. Or, to paraphrase Bill: "You don't have an excess of spiders,
you have a shortage of schmucks".
Regards,
Scott      

Scott Hitchins
Community Programmes Co-ordinator 
WCIG
scotth@wcig.org.au
-----Original Message-----
From: permaculture-bounces@lists.ibiblio.org
[mailto:permaculture-bounces@lists.ibiblio.org] On Behalf Of mIEKAL aND
Sent: Wednesday, 30 May 2007 11:52 AM
To: permaculture
Subject: Re: [permaculture] repelling wolf spiders

So far the solutions are citrus scent on all door jambs, osage orange  
broken up & spread outside the door, same with black walnuts, &  
french marigold barriers.  & we're talking a lot of wolf spiders,  
maybe not armies, but at least patrols.  You've reminded me that I  
should try to convince the operations people that the spiders could  
be trapped & released somewhere else (like in my own garden) because  
I'm pretty sure they are being flushed down the toilet or stomped on.

~mIEKAL


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