Spider Webs Covering Outside Camera Lens

[radstarone]

Does anybody besides me have trouble with spider webs crossing over the camera lens on outside cameras.
The IR lighting at night appears to attract bugs so the spiders loves to make their web over the camera's lens. I can clean the lens every day but the web is back again the next night.
This does not effect the camera view or focus during daylight but a night all you can see is the spider's web and sometimes the spider.
Does anyone else have the same issue and a solution to solve the problem?

 

[wittaj]

Is it a dome camera or one with a full ring of IR? The newer cameras with only 2 or 4 don't have as many problems.

Solutions are external IR and shut it off or spray the area around the camera periodically

 

[bigredfish]

Dude, you're in Floriduh like me. Bug heaven.

Make ya a redneck spider web remover and give 'em a dusting each evening. They'll finally get the hint and move along

 

[juliand]

where do you buys those cotton swabs?

 

[looney2ns]

where do you buys those cotton swabs?

That's a wade of paper towels on a stick.

 

[mat200]

That's a wade of paper towels on a stick.

I think that's bigredfishs special skitter fishing pole.

 

[bigredfish]

That's a wade of paper towels on a stick.

Darnitt @looney2ns I was gonna sell those for $14.95 and git rich!

 

[radstarone]

I have outside bullet camera's with IR lighting ring around lens. I tried removing the webs daily with a long brush but my spiders do not get the hint and move on.
What makes it worst is that my house is located in the middle of 5 acres surround by woods. I guess I try to find some sort of spider repellent spray if it even exist!
Thanks for your inputs.

 

[TonyR]

I have outside bullet camera's with IR lighting ring around lens. I tried removing the webs daily with a long brush but my spiders do not get the hint and move on.
What makes it worst is that my house is located in the middle of 5 acres surround by woods. I guess I try to find some sort of spider repellent spray if it even exist!
Thanks for your inputs.

Or install an external IR emitter a couple of feet away from the camera but out of the camera's view , pointed to the same area as the camera initially, and disable the camera's IR. The external IR emitter has a built-in photoelectric control to turn it on at dusk and off at dawn. Most operate on 12VDC and some are 24VDC.

@looney2ns reviewed the one below:

Review- New Design Tendelux 10 Watt IR illuminator.

So I purchased one of the new redesigned Tendelux Ir Illuminators to give it a try. You can see it here I have two other older Tendelux IR illuminators that are still running strong after almost 3 yrs in use. One is an 8 watt model, and the other is a 4 watt model. And they've done a fine job...

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I believe @Sybertiger is in FL also and has one or more of the above external emitters installed and can tell you of his experience.

 

[radstarone]

Thanks for the advance.

 

[Oneup]

I feel your pain. I use a pool cobweb brush on a pool extension pole. Also use Raid for for the ones that don't learn.

Amazon.com

 

[TonyR]

From all these FL replies and solutions I'm thinking if I was young and was down that way I could make a few $$$ cleaning surveillance cameras!

"Have Brush, Will Travel"......(working on imaginary business card and magnetic door sign for my '84 Mazda B2000 beater pickup....it goes with my flip flops and Hawaiian shirt, Raybans, Margaritaville ball cap on backwards).

 

[bigredfish]

Saving up for one of these

 

[TonyR]

Saving up for one of these

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Looks familiar! Did you post this before about the cobwebs?
Some things (like cobwebs) just seem to always pop back up after a while.

 

[bigredfish]

No thats a new one, someone posted a week or so ago. Apparently these are real and you can buy them, legally?

If so I gotta have one! especially having lost all my guns in the boat accident with @Ssayer

 

[Snapper30]

From all these FL replies and solutions I'm thinking if I was young and was down that way I could make a few $$$ cleaning surveillance cameras!

"Have Brush, Will Travel"......(working on imaginary business card and magnetic door sign for my '84 Mazda B2000 beater pickup....it goes with my flip flops and Hawaiian shirt, Raybans, Margaritaville ball cap on backwards).

Tony, should we refer to you as 'Paladin' now?

 

[TonyR]

Tony, should we refer to you as 'Paladin' now?

You can if you like....BTW, you just revealed your age.

 

[BobbyArcher]

I feel your pain. I use a pool cobweb brush on a pool extension pole. Also use Raid for for the ones that don't learn.

Amazon.com

I did the same thing except I used this ... Dust Wand ... that I found at Lowe's and permanently attached to a extension pole.

 

[Snapper30]

You can if you like....BTW, you just revealed your age.

Yup I'm definitely not a spring chicken.
I had to look the dates up! The series ran from 1957-1963 which is a surprise to me. I saw the show in the 70's and didn't realize (or remember) it was re-runs.

 

[Davahad]

External IR Emitter is the way to go. On the 2 of the cameras that do not have external constantly removing webs and in process of adding external for those.