Hitch-hiking spiders

ihadablackdog · Post by **ihadablackdog** » Tue Sep 03, 2019 8:13 pm

Quite often I will get cobwebs on my wing mirror which I assume is a spider taken refuge in the mirror housing.

When I wash the car I give the mirror a good blasting to try and flush them out, but doesn’t work and I guess I could damage the mirror wiring???

So, what to do?

Can I just spray some insect spray in it?

PerryGunn · Post by **PerryGunn** » Tue Sep 03, 2019 8:45 pm

ihadablackdog wrote: ↑Tue Sep 03, 2019 8:13 pm Can I just spray some insect spray in it?

That's what I do on our X3 but the wing mirrors always seem to get a new resident a few days later - and this year seems to have been particularly bad as we seem to have experienced a spider population explosion around here...

Luckily, I don't get any on the Alpina as it's garaged with a cover over it so nothing for the spiders to catch

Mr Tidy · Post by **Mr Tidy** » Tue Sep 03, 2019 9:00 pm

I seem to have cobwebs on my door mirrors every time I use my car - and some on the rear light/boot-lid area.

The only ones that annoy me more are the ones that spin a web at head height across the garden path that I don't see before they are on my face - I hate that!

Mr roadster · Post by **Mr roadster** » Tue Sep 03, 2019 9:07 pm

So you’ve got the first Z4 spider and they said they weren’t going to carry on after the new zed

AnilS · Post by **AnilS** » Tue Sep 03, 2019 10:25 pm

Any sprayed foaming product aimed around the door mirror has then making a sharp exit.
I have a spray bottled filled with diluted washing up liquid for this.
A few squirts in there before I start washing the car does the trick.

buzyg · Post by **buzyg** » Tue Sep 03, 2019 11:46 pm

If that were a Porsche, you would be paying far more for the spider.

PerryGunn · Post by **PerryGunn** » Wed Sep 04, 2019 7:09 am

buzyg wrote: ↑Tue Sep 03, 2019 11:46 pm If that were a Porsche, you would be paying far more for the spider.

Especially if you went for the SIPC* and WICF* options

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*SIPC - Spider in Porsche Colourings
*WICF - Webs in Carbon Fibre (only available with SIPC)

buzyg · Post by **buzyg** » Wed Sep 04, 2019 8:26 pm

PerryGunn wrote: ↑Wed Sep 04, 2019 7:09 am
buzyg wrote: ↑Tue Sep 03, 2019 11:46 pm If that were a Porsche, you would be paying far more for the spider.
Especially if you went for the SIPC* and WICF* options
PorscheSpider.jpg

*SIPC - Spider in Porsche Colourings
*WICF - Webs in Carbon Fibre (only available with SIPC)

Clearly a connoisseur.

Zedtastic · Post by **Zedtastic** » Thu Sep 05, 2019 6:00 am

I sprayed WD40 into the back of the mirror area. Spiders can't run away fast enough. It makes a mess, so best to do just before a car wash.

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