Snakes, Spiders and Bugs.. - RV-Dreams Community Forum

The Junkman · RV-Dreams Family Member

Snakes, Spiders and Bugs..

Lucky Mike · RV-Dreams Family Member

A fan outside for starters.....florida is full of sand fleas also......wait til you run into a python or boa down there then you will have really seen a snake!!!...(14+ft.)

of course the most dangerous species in Florida is the Yankee blue hair......it tends to lurk along the concrete sidewalks and frequents most early bird specials.......they can be identified by their mode of transportation habits....mostly you will notice the white knuckles which protrude normally at the top of the steering wheel and the head being slightly lower.....another good identifier would be they seem to travel the wrong way on a one-way.

be very cautious upon approaching one ......they have been known to eject their teeth during speech & feeding

BiggarView · RV-Dreams Family Member

biggrin biggrin biggrin , LMAO Mike.

As for a bug suggestion, try higher elevation... say 10000 feet higher,.... in a different state.... just a thought biggrin

Brian

cherylbrv · RV-Dreams Family Member

ROFLMAO, Mike! I almost spit out the beer I was drinking! Sadly, I may turn into one of those in a few years.

I thought the noseeums were only during the summer. I was fortunate that when I was in FL I only experienced the sand fleas and gnats, which are just downright annoying (as were the lovebugs) but at least they don't bite.

TRAILERKING · RV-Dreams Family Member

.......Also the Palmetto Bugs are HUGE.

The Junkman · RV-Dreams Family Member

Yea I hear that on the blue hair folk..

I've always been outdoors type as well..However, for 42 years or so.. it was limited to the northeast, mainly the adirondacks and Vermont..

Black flies and mosquitoes was the worst of it..

Maybe i just hit a swarm and was drinking or something... one day I had nothing .. seems the nextday I had 40 bites..

Been reading on them.. not alot that can be done. thankfully, we are moving on the first.. I doubt we will see this kind wildlife there.. this is a wild life preserve area.. lots of otters, bald eagles, big white birds and black ones, and vultures and hawks, etc...

And spiders , snakes, and 1000 different bugs that bite..lol

SnowGypsy · RV-Dreams Family Member

Nature in balance can make all the difference. Here, Kansas, in the 2 towns we have lived in, fleas, spiders, etc. are bad. The last town had an flea epidemic and I use natural products which was exhausting trying to keep up with it. We moved into an RV park outside of town for 3 months after our last house sold and I was horrified as I looked at the dirt roads and weeds. No pests bothered us. In AZ, we had a horned toad that would sit in the front yard and eat the stream of ants that came through, problem solved. I did see here that we have a salamander, fat one, and bugs are now starting to disappear.

The more sugar in your system, the more attractive you are to many bugs. We use the Avon Skin-So-Soft heavy duty one. I had some luck with tea tree oil also. I would avoid bananas in mosquito country for sure.

In NC, in the summer near Fayetteville, we had tiny black mosquitoes that could come through the screens. Long summer.

If you wouldn't mind a lizard or salamander for a pet...........maybe carry it on your shoulder?

-- Edited by SnowGypsy on Tuesday 21st of October 2014 04:46:01 PM

manycats · RV-Dreams Family Member

Why do you think I moved away from hot, muggy, buggy Florida??? I'm guessing you haven't met chiggers yet. Like some parts of Texas everything you meet bites you. Yankee blue hairs swarm during the winter. In addition to driving the wrong way they sometimes drive on sidewalks and often mistake the gas pedal for the brake. Avoid parking behind them and walking behind their cars, particularly at Walmart, they forget they have rearview mirrors.

The Junkman · RV-Dreams Family Member

Well.. Just dropped about 150 on industrial pest control concentrates that are banned in a few states...
One of them has the same active ingredient as the "home defense ortho" brand.. except that store stuff is way less potent.

Will be spraying my RV sites the day I move in.. as most of these last for months.. The next group will enjoy a less buggy environment as well.

This site seems to have the stuff at decent prices..

www.domyownpestcontrol.com/

Picking up 100% deet in the am.. been using 25%.. These bugs down here laugh at that..lol

As to the southern silver backs types... Yea, been almost run over in the parking lots a few times.. What kills me, is these folks seem to go buy the most expensive ride they can.. escalades, Caddy wagons, mercedes.. etc.. and they don't know how to drive ! I wonder what they drove before ?

The wife help 2 ladies back the suv up in the walmart parking lot.. lol.. it took 5 mins.. no joke.. back and forth, back and forth..Crazy state..Way worse than vegas, that way..

Alie and Jims Carrilite · RV-Dreams Family Member

Anything with a high concentration of DEET helps, Citronella plants and candles help too. We have 4 little Tiki torches that we set out if open flames are allowed. The other factor that helps is to limit the amount of aftershave you may use. Different deodorants also attract the bugs. The more you smell like something good to snack on, the more bugs you get.
If you smoke it's worse as the increased level of CO2 is the common attractant.

-- Edited by Alie and Jims Carrilite on Tuesday 21st of October 2014 06:52:20 PM

PIEERE · RV-Dreams Family Member

And this is what she said: "I don't like spiders and snakes and that's not what it takes to love me; Woo Hoo!!" LOL!!! What you need is a large turbo-fan to blow them bugs far away!! When I lived down there I had one of those blue-light bug zappers; the bugs thought it was a blue light special at KMart; would have to empty it every morning of the non-survivors.
In the south you don't hang outside after the sun goes down and you need to wait one hour after sunrise to go outdoors! Spiders and Snakes and Big Lizards don't care what time of the day it is!!!
If you don't like the cold and snow and strong winds of Winter; Then you need to put up with the other little inconvieniences! PIEERE

Alie and Jims Carrilite · RV-Dreams Family Member

Forgot to add that a nice smokey campfire works real well!

Genecolleen · RV-Dreams Community Member

Noseeums are typically around salt water marsh areas. That's why I bought a RV. Anywhere but Fl.

The Junkman · RV-Dreams Family Member

I like .. "things that crawl, things that fly, things that creep around on the ground" ... Legend of wooly swamp..lol

I may get those torches.. was worried the dog would knock it over..

Been having fires.

Have a small box fan. Time for a upgrade..lol

LibertyLinda · RV-Dreams Family Member

And here I thought our discovery of chiggers, banana spiders with huge webs, scorpions, wasps with saddles on their backs, rat, copperhead & water moccasin snakes and black widows, red ants, fire ants and supposed huge wild hogs - all who want to consume humans - was bad! DEET is good.

soos · RV-Dreams Family Member

We spent one winter in Florida. Its Arizona for us from now on.

The Junkman · RV-Dreams Family Member

soos wrote:
We spent one winter in Florida. Its Arizona for us from now on.

I think we will be the same... we just came from Vegas for 7 years... Best weather, no bugs... well, roaches .. but they are easily controlled.

We thought we'd check out some coastlines, and ocean and all that. 1 winter here may turn out to be enough to last a lifetime.

MNdrifters · RV-Dreams Family Member

We are in Florida right now and have been using Bath and Body Works Japaneese Cherry Blossom body spray. It seems to work good plus it has sparkles so we look nice too! Ha!

bjoyce · RV-Dreams Family Member

We are not seeing that many bugs here in Wildwood, Florida.

The Junkman · RV-Dreams Family Member

bjoyce wrote:
We are not seeing that many bugs here in Wildwood, Florida.

I think these noseems are salt or brackish water bugs?

I was up by you today, windows down.. roof open.. no bugs.. Inverness, same thing..

Nope .. just here.. tried to eat out side earlier.. had to come in..

Is that why the villages are popular with some people?

-- Edited by The Junkman on Thursday 23rd of October 2014 06:54:38 PM

bjoyce · RV-Dreams Family Member

The Villages is its own world, over 100,000 people who mostly get around on golf carts. You should take the free bus tour to learn more.

The Junkman · RV-Dreams Family Member

bjoyce wrote:
The Villages is its own world, over 100,000 people who mostly get around on golf carts. You should take the free bus tour to learn more.

There's bus tour ? lol.. Didn't realize it was a attraction. Just looked like alot of retired people living.. or dieing.. depending how you look at it..

I know it has more going on that inverness or Homosassa. lol .. Just got back from the big cooter fest... don't bother..lol

Diana and Jim · RV-Dreams Family Member

We were there a few weeks ago. No need for a bus tour...just drive right in. That was one of Mitt Romney's favorite place to campaign a few years ago! They have their own radio station piped in throughout the place.

TheNewhalls · RV-Dreams Family Member

The Junkman wrote:
bjoyce wrote:
The Villages is its own world, over 100,000 people who mostly get around on golf carts. You should take the free bus tour to learn more.
There's bus tour ? lol.. Didn't realize it was a attraction. Just looked like alot of retired people living.. or dieing.. depending how you look at it..
I know it has more going on that inverness or Homosassa. lol .. Just got back from the big cooter fest... don't bother..lol

I visited the Villages a couple of years ago. Things must have changed a lot since I was there, because there was a lot of partying going on back then. The average age didn't look that old. I liked it a lot. If it were closer to the Gulf of Mexico would consider living there if we ever came off the road.

Camper Chronicles · RV-Dreams Family Member

Alie and Jims Carrilite wrote:
Forgot to add that a nice smokey campfire works real well!

That's what we used on every day it wasn't to hot and it worked great. Lee also let the spiders run rampant oupside the rig and they kept the insect population down. Amazing how fast those guys will spin a web When your not moving.

The Junkman · RV-Dreams Family Member

TheNewhalls wrote:
The Junkman wrote:
bjoyce wrote:
The Villages is its own world, over 100,000 people who mostly get around on golf carts. You should take the free bus tour to learn more.
There's bus tour ? lol.. Didn't realize it was a attraction. Just looked like alot of retired people living.. or dieing.. depending how you look at it..
I know it has more going on that inverness or Homosassa. lol .. Just got back from the big cooter fest... don't bother..lol
I visited the Villages a couple of years ago. Things must have changed a lot since I was there, because there was a lot of partying going on back then. The average age didn't look that old. I liked it a lot. If it were closer to the Gulf of Mexico would consider living there if we ever came off the road.

apx Median age is 66 there..

Yep.. retirement communities.

I think communities like these around county are great .. and pretty sure i will die in one.. or a condo community.. I prefer the AZ ones though, I think.. not sure..

The Junkman · RV-Dreams Family Member

Lee and Trace wrote:
Alie and Jims Carrilite wrote:
Forgot to add that a nice smokey campfire works real well!
That's what we used on every day it wasn't to hot and it worked great. Lee also let the spiders run rampant oupside the rig and they kept the insect population down. Amazing how fast those guys will spin a web When your not moving.

oh no.. I've sprayed the underneath of the entire rig, my truck, and the car..lol .. i don't see many crawling bugs around those..

Plus now, I just received the super duper pesticides i will be hitting the entire property with today.. as we decided to stay another month.. getting tied up looking at junk properties for investment.

RVPAINTER · RV-Dreams Family Member

We live in Punta Gorda Florida - going on 2 years now and we find very few if any bugs and snakes - we are on the Gulf of Mexico and most days are spent outside - always a breeze off the ocean - sounds like you are perhaps inland - try the west coastline for a cure to your problems.

The Junkman · RV-Dreams Family Member

We are in Homosassa springs.. on the gulf coast...on a channel of it actually, or swamp.. We have a boat launch and the channel takes you to the ocean.

I'm told the no seeem's like salt and brackish water.. not fresh water..We also sit right next to a wild life, preserve.. no roads or people.

We just cancelled our reservations at bay bayou for Nov.. gonna hang out here another month and try and find a cheap property to flip or rent..Seems to be some deals around this part of the state..
Drove by like 20 dumps today..lol
Here's our view.so you can tell what it is.. Bugs, snakes, spiders, ... lots of birds, some otters, fish jumping.. etc..btw .. this rents for $650/mo..w/screen bldg, and dwelling w/ washer dryer, fridge..etc..
It's nice..First 1.5 mo was fine. Noticed the colder weather is nice too.. everything goes..I hope it freezes tonight..lol

-- Edited by The Junkman on Saturday 25th of October 2014 04:19:17 PM

RVPAINTER · RV-Dreams Family Member

This certainly explains the bugs and snakes!

The Junkman · RV-Dreams Family Member

Yea, I'm starting to understand why the villages are popular...lol and the other central fl communities..lol

Soundslike right on the water of the coastlines may be great too..

Alie and Jims Carrilite · RV-Dreams Family Member

If you can stay at a coastal area where your not hemmed in by tree's it helps..... a lot. Keeping a breeze is necessary to outdoor comfort.