Spider invasion, moth balls to drive them out?

Jay_and_Kat · August 22

OK, I'm seeing some conflicting information and some information that gives me pause about using moth balls to drive out / prevent spiders in an RV. Now, we're not going to be putting them in while we're IN the camper, but when the camper is in our storage lot. For some reason this year, the spiders are HORRIBLE, every time we go to the camper we're sweeping spider webs from all over the outside and there's webs on the inside as well...

My concern is that some sites say "don't use moth balls out in the open, the smell is the pesticide and it's horrible for you," some don't mention that. So right now I've got a couple moth balls on a paper plate on the floor of our camper (nuCamp T@B400) at the storage lot to try to drive out / kill any spiders on the inside.

What I'm wondering is, when I go to get the camper in a bit more than a week for a trip, should I open a vent (possibly the roof vent) a bit for the drive to "air out" the moth ball smell as much as possible, or will opening things up at the campground (as well as when I'm loading) be enough?

Lastly, has anyone done this to prevent spiders? Did it work?

subkron · August 22

Looks like there may be a couple of pesticide ingredients in mothballs. One (napthalene) has a short half-life of a day or so but the other's half-life (paradichlorobenzene) is 31 days. TBH I wouldn't want this in my camper no matter how long you wait.
I would recommend seeking out more natural means that are not harmful to humans/pets.

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