sclan 0 Posted February 29, 2012 New here so if this is a dumb question, have at it. I have several cams outside on telephone poles which are a @#$@ to get to and clean the pesky things off. Since I record mostly by motion detection areas, I am tired of remoting into my property and seeing motion captured on one camera only to watch the dam spider slowely build it nightly web in front of the ir emiters. I was thinking about some sort of sticky trap? Any secrets out there other than a flame thrower and a can of raid? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
shockwave199 0 Posted March 1, 2012 Do you have winter by you? That's one nice thing about colder temps- spiders bye bye. I've been enjoying the break. Aside from having external IR fixtures away from the cameras, not much you can do. I've tried bug spray on cotton balls and then wedged them into the sun shield on my bullets. Works ok, but of course when it rains the cotton soaks and slimes down over the lense. Not a great solution for cameras in the elements. And you need to refresh the spray too. Since all eight of my cams have IR and a few are high enough to need an extension ladder, I bought a telescoping truck washing handle with a microfiber brush on the end. This gets me about 22' up- plenty. And it collapes down for the 8-9' foot cams and then to 6' for storage. I love the thing. It's a ritual every night before I go to work, walking around to all my cameras and clearing stray webs. As summer turns to early fall the problem is at it's worst. I clean, go to work, monitor the cameras overnight remotely, get half a night where they're clear, and then a spider will just park it's ass right on the lense- sometimes for a long while. I turn off recording on the effected camera at that point. Doesn't happen to all my cameras, but the spiders seem to have a few favorites. They don't build webs- they just sit. I mostly get stringy cobwebs. I just deal with it. Good luck. Dan Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Soundy 1 Posted March 1, 2012 Best solution: lose the IR cams, get good day/night cams, and use motion-activated security lights if you need extra lighting. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
