Agree with Chelsa’sChicks...Glue traps work really well but can be a death trap for anything small that gets caught in them. We lived in a rental property one time on the northern beaches of Sydney, over one of the wettest summers on record, and there were lots of roaches (the big flying ones and the little German ones), despite our best efforts to keep the place clean. I was saddened one day to find a little dead house gecko in a glue trap, attracted by the roach feast, so I started checking the traps regularly. I managed to release a common garden skink by putting olive oil on it where it was stuck, and VERY gently prising its tiny legs and body away from the surface of the glue. The oil did the job, and the skink was cooperative. Similarly with a huntsman spider, which was released with all 8 legs intact (I’m one of those people who likes spiders and only catches and releases spiders outside the house because my wife is scared of them. There are some hilarious videos on U-Tube of people trying to catch huntsman spiders with clear containers, but the trick for catching spiders is to cover them with an opaque bowl (e.g. metal) so they don’t see your hand and think they’re in a safe hiding place, then gently slide a firm bit of card or stiff paper between the rim of the bowl and the surface the spider is on, covering the bowl completely, and lift away.)
