Spiders Inside/Outside Car
 

Hey all
So I got my Z back in April and since then I've killed/seen several spiders of mostly the same species in the interior as well as exterior. I've been parking in the same spot for the past 4 years and don't think I've seen the same amount over that entire period. I saw 1 inside and 3 on the roof just this morning.
Has anyone else had a similar issue, and has there been issues of Nissan products arriving in NA with spiders?

Just seems coincidental and wanting to run it by my dealership before getting it bug bombed.

I live out in the woods and occasionally have a web or two on the outside of it but never on the inside. :ugh2:

yah, ive not had a spider web inside the car either.

usually they just die due to no water/food. are you eating stuff in your car? maybe you have mice and ants you dont know about... :ugh:

maybe even a giraffe..

Nope haven't eaten a single thing in it.
And I don't know if I would complain about a Giraffe :p

OP's interior?
http://www.goget.com.au/wp-content/u...r-web-cars.jpg

Weirdly, I think Mazda has a TSB about this -- spiders finding their fuel door area tasty... I've seen a few ultra creepy "albino" spiders congregating around gas pumps in FL and also scuttling around my car at times, so you are not a madman on this one...

If the ones you are encountering are wood spiders (flat, brown, square-ish, no webs, and very fast), I'd ignore them as they don't bite, and as long as an egg was't laid somewhere in your car, not a big deal.

Anything else, while its not necessarily a risk, is a bit unsettling, as many spiders, poisonous or not, leave painful bites.

Also, who wants to be doing 65 on the interstate and find a giant spider land on their lap?

I'd say, try either parking elsewhere and/or getting a half decent car cover. For any spiders that might be lurking in the car, pick up one or two of those sticky traps, and leave one in the trunk and maybe on the passenger floor (be careful not to trap yourself :) ) and see if anything gets caught.

Good luck!

A heads up on bug bombing the inside of a vehicle. My wife left the sliding back window open on her Frontier and a gaggle of spiders took up residence inside. Of course she freaked out and I did the only thing I could think of and set one of those off inside. It was a friggin mess in there. That shyt left a residue over everything and took awhile to get all the trim and upholstry cleaned.

Yea I would get it done professionally, but I'm still hesitant to do it at all because of that :ugh2:

I almost wrecked my Altima a few months back due to the appearance of a rather large spider from the headliner, right in front me. As I attempted to eliminate it I momentarily forgot I was driving. But, no spiders in the Z yet. The Altima stays outside, while the Z gets the garage.

And, just to add to my and other posts on this, I too advise against any bug bombing -- it will really stink up the interior.

Also, spiders are pretty hard to bug bomb -- those things have to pretty much be crushed, drowned, starved, or set on fire to wipe out. Arachnids are tough bastards.

Glue traps should nab them, however, without messing up the interior.

I have had a few little spiders here and there... I get in sometimes and there will be a web here and there... Just knock the webs out of the way and she's as good as new.

Yea I think I'll give the glue traps a go first and see what comes of it.

I would not worry too much about it. It sounds like a sign of the coming apocalypse. As long as you are a goo person, there should be nothing to fear when the reckoning comes.

Yea that works great with my screaming like a little girl fear of spiders lol

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I almost wrecked someone elses car as a giant cockroach flew out of no where on to my face. Is was not funny! I always keep my windows closed etc and garage door closed also for this very same reason. Especially living in the tropics.

Yea I've seen the crazy things that come out of the tropics and...Australia...see one of those giant man eating spiders and that's it I quit. There's a reason all the really scary things got put on a continent far far away.

Want some real entertainment, in a masochistic kind of way (since you don't like spiders)? Look up Camel spiders on google, and be glad you don't live in the Middle East...

Yea im also glad that spiders are only that size, imagine if they were larger like a houscat..and if they could hiss. Ugh I wish I could get all the insects of the world on a island and nuke it from orbit. OP leave your car out in the sun and let it burn

anyways those australian bastards have it worse, I heard this pic is common over there

Working on the Z this year and this one walked up. That's an 8 inch pickle jar lid it's on.

I think spiders like Z's.

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Put a couple of Bounce Dryer sheets inside the Z. For some reason, critters don't like the smell of them. And will leave in a few days. I have a couple of them in my Power Wagon. I use that truck alot offroad. I used to get alot of critters in it too. You can use moth balls too. If you like the smell of them.

Well at least you haven't seen this one inside your car!

Spiders in the car happen in my area. Never leave the windows down, etc.

Wont that bring all the female moths hangin' around????:tup:

Nah, females like to put their male balls in their purses so that the males don't hang out with their freinds. :icon14:

My wife's idea of fixing a spider in a car....https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/...1_1831458c.jpg She doesn't care for spiders too much.

No spider in the Z. Have an old Sentra with spiders on the passenger and driver side mirrors.

My old RSX at one point had a mouse living in it. Punk chewed up my Oakleys, left a mouse trap on the passenger foot area one day and the next day the trap was gone. Check the trunk and it dragged the trap all the way to the trunk and left it's tail behind. Never saw evidence of a mouse in the car again.

I don't have a spider problem but an ant problem :mad: