Little Critters in the wing mirrors

Mobius 1 said:
Just use a silicone sealant (the type you use on shower glass that can easily peel away if needed) and seal the gaps on the mirrors.

Edit - I should point out that I’ve never tried this. It’s the first thing I thought of though. It might make a mess :p
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What happens when you need to adjust the mirror glass
 
those gaps around a mirror .. at least on 3 series ones, if you use a pressure washer/spray at wrong angle, you are likely to put water in and kill the small motors.

Spiders should be providing some service in return for board&lodgings - blind spot signalling with their view down the road.
 
Mobius 1 said:
Put a conker in there. Spiders don’t like them right
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i was thinking of doing that.. or if i remember they don't like cedar.. so if i take a bunch behind each wing mirror to see what happens.

I was also thinking of seeping conkers/cedar in peppermint oil for a few hours and putting them in the wing mirrors, that way it should act liek a diffuser and won't dry out as quick.. but these are all experiments i don't know if it will work.

PS.. i don't turn my mirrors, so it shouldn't be an issue.. especially hate it when the mirrors dip downwards when you reverse.. find it offputting
 
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I inadvertently evicted the resident spider from my driver's side mirror today.

He was cool with the trip through the car wash but I gave the mirror a quick squirt of waterless wash afterwards and he was off :(

If I'd known I'd have made sure it was somewhere nicer to live than a Lidl car park in Barnsley :o
 
Thread made me laugh. The focus lives next to a hedge so I've just embraced the wing mirror spiders.

It is alarming the occasion when they get in the car though. As for whatever reason the sunvisor is the place to be. Hiding then dropping down when driving.
 
My front garden (patch of mud with some weeds anyway) seems to have endless spiders. I was cleaning the MG last week and they were hiding from the wash mitt and then scurrying back out between wipes! Not sure how I can possibly reduce the numbers...maybe level the garden and then nuke the car with bug spray inside and out?


I was afraid to wipe this off in case the ****er reached around and slapped my wrist :eek:
 
Manbatius said:
Thread made me laugh. The focus lives next to a hedge so I've just embraced the wing mirror spiders.

It is alarming the occasion when they get in the car though. As for whatever reason the sunvisor is the place to be. Hiding then dropping down when driving.
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same.. Theres a hedge directly beside where i park on the driveway and my bins are behind the car so i often see spiders creating webs between the bins and the car boot.

Even though i try and get rid of the webs on the wing mirrors, i see a random web inside the car closest to the mirror so its either hiding somewhere inside where the vents are or scurrying back to the wing mirror
 
Its not just me then!

I park in the middle of a double driveway with plenty of an 'air gap' and still have a spider in each wing mirror with large webs each morning..

The Mrs' Tesla is parked literally within inches of some tall bushes which are covered in spider webs and zero spiders in the wing mirrors..

I can only put it down to the Spiders being a bit vein and prefer hanging out in an NA 5.0 v8 over one of those namby pamby EVs..

I've tried a leaf blower directed right at the gap in the housing, a bit of a wash out with a hose pipe but the little buggers are quite intelligent and know exactly where to hang out to avoid eviction..

Edit, Google AI search results indicate somethings worth trying:
  • Citrus: Spiders dislike the smell of citrus, so you can try rubbing lemon peels around the windows and doors of your car, or make a spray with water, one teaspoon of dish soap, and lemon oil. Spray the mixture on the side mirrors and doors.
  • Spider traps: You can try using spider traps to catch the spiders.
  • Spider repellant spray: Spray the repellant into any hiding places where spiders might be hiding.
  • Chlorine spider bombs: If other methods fail, you can set off a chlorine spider bomb inside your car to kill any spiders.
the citrus one sounds good, and as a bonus I'll have to have a few G&Ts with ice and a slice to use up the rest of the lemon!
 
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Had a little spod surprise me by taking residence on my reverse camera the other day. Although that close to the camera, he was just a fat blob.
 
Demon said:
Its not just me then!

I park in the middle of a double driveway with plenty of an 'air gap' and still have a spider in each wing mirror with large webs each morning..

The Mrs' Tesla is parked literally within inches of some tall bushes which are covered in spider webs and zero spiders in the wing mirrors..

I can only put it down to the Spiders being a bit vein and prefer hanging out in an NA 5.0 v8 over one of those namby pamby EVs..

I've tried a leaf blower directed right at the gap in the housing, a bit of a wash out with a hose pipe but the little buggers are quite intelligent and know exactly where to hang out to avoid eviction..

Edit, Google AI search results indicate somethings worth trying:
  • Citrus: Spiders dislike the smell of citrus, so you can try rubbing lemon peels around the windows and doors of your car, or make a spray with water, one teaspoon of dish soap, and lemon oil. Spray the mixture on the side mirrors and doors.
  • Spider traps: You can try using spider traps to catch the spiders.
  • Spider repellant spray: Spray the repellant into any hiding places where spiders might be hiding.
  • Chlorine spider bombs: If other methods fail, you can set off a chlorine spider bomb inside your car to kill any spiders.
the citrus one sounds good, and as a bonus I'll have to have a few G&Ts with ice and a slice to use up the rest of the lemon!
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tried most of these.. but too much of a faff monitoring over an hourly/daily period to what affec they have, though i do know that its not a good long term solution, unless you plan to do one of these as a daily task
 
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