SPECTRUM HG-95686 "HOT SHOT" SPIDER TRAP

by Hot Shot Products

Product Features

• "HOT SHOT" SPIDER TRAP
• Traps and kills household spiders
• Fits into corners where spiders roam at night
• Captures black widow, brown recluse, hobo wolf and other roaming household spiders
• Captures scorpion, roaches and other household pests

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 5 x 0.6 x 11.1 inches ; 4.8 ounces
• Shipping Weight: 4.8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• ASIN: B0014LEBCC
• Item model number: HG-95686
• Average Customer Review: 2.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #57,415 in Patio, Lawn & Garden (See Top 100 in Patio, Lawn & Garden)

Product Description

"HOT SHOT" SPIDER TRAP *Traps and kills household spiders *Fits into corners where spiders roam at night *Captures black widow, brown recluse, hobo wolf and other roaming household spiders *Captures scorpion, roaches and other household pests *Contains natural scent attractant *Non-toxic - ready to use *4 pre-baited traps

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Dead Bugs Don't Lie, March 8, 2011

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Spudman (Pasadena, MD United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: SPECTRUM HG-95686 "HOT SHOT" SPIDER TRAP

Our unfinished basement is a refuge for all kinds of creepy crawlers, especially crickets and spiders. For the six years we've lived here, I've used various brands of sticky traps, and all of them have worked.

When folded up as a corner trap, the Hot Shot Spider Trap is a lot smaller than I thought it would be. It's also a lot of unnecessary work. I either fold mine into the trapezoidal shape (I think it's a trapezoid, and I know it's not a square or a rectangle.) or just lay it flat on the floor. The traps catch spiders, crickets and all sorts of unidentifiable things. Several times I even found little snakes glued to death on these traps. Yuck!

I like that the user may separate one individual trap at the middle crease to make two narrow strip traps. Lay these against the wall all about your target area, and you'll catch some bugs.

One thing I don't like about a flat trap is that the sticky surface is accessible to curious dogs and cats. I make sure to lean something over these glue invites or put them under things that our dogs can't get to.

An advantage to using these traps flat is that more sticky surface is available to catch bugs. When folded, the sticky surfaces are used for the sides of the boxes also where bugs may or may not become victims.

2.0 out of 5 stars Wasn't very great.., November 30, 2011

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Tessa's Mom - See all my reviews

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This review is from: SPECTRUM HG-95686 "HOT SHOT" SPIDER TRAP

So, we have a spider problem and I got these to help after spraying pesticides. They weren't very sturdy and it seemed like the only thing they caught was dirt and dust. I put one by all of our doors in a corner, behind the TV in a corner of the living room and at the end of the hallway. Well, on numerous occasions I saw spiders just crawl right over them. They weren't "attracted" in any way to whatever sticky stuff is on the trap. I was quite disappointed. But, I did see that it caught a tiny little spider in the one behind the TV. I talked to the exterminator and he said to get the traps that are flat and open, basically like a sticky sheet of paper that you put on the ground, so they don't have a choice and can't walk all over it without getting stuck.

4 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars <revised> Non Effective. (shipping overcharge issue resolved), August 26, 2008

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-n "nuevovo" (Pacific Northwest; United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: SPECTRUM HG-95686 "HOT SHOT" SPIDER TRAP

EDIT: 01/2011

My original review was critical of exorbitant shipping fees added at checkout.
This item now seems to ship via Amazon Prime so my original review is now irrelevant. (wish I had noticed before so many of you tagged as "not helpful". If only there was a way to be alerted when product details on reviewed items had changed)

Regarding the product itself: I live in the Pacific NW of the USA. Starting in late August then through October or so we get a significant boom in the native spider population--who all seem to want to come into my house to keep warm. There are many species small and large, harmless and not-so-harmless (brown recluse).

One night I went in to kiss my sleeping-daughter goodnight only to find a big boy the size of a half-dollar climbing up her pillow.

I got some of these traps and scattered them around my home. I put them everywhere. In the rafters of my basement; in my crawlspace, in the attic, under my daughter's bed, in closets and generally anywhere I had seen the critters or where cobwebs evidenced their recent occupation.

I left them in place for quite a while...I'm guessing at least a year. Not once, ever, did I find a trapped spider in these devices. Oh, I killed and captured plenty of them the old fashioned way...but these things were not a help.
I even replaced the traps with fresh ones. I'd say I left them in place for a year to 18 months. In fact, some of them are still in place.

So. Big zero on efficacy. I don't know what it is, but the spiders in Washington State see these things and smell something that warns them "do not enter". Maybe they will work better in another region with different spiders. I don't know.

-n-