Although spiders can seem like they are out to get you, they actually want nothing to do with you. Spiders often hide because they do not know what you will do to them. The difference in size alone is enough to frighten a spider.
Spiders are also hiders because this is how they often catch their food. They lay a trap by spinning an ornate sticky web or by creating a funnel structure with their web. They hide nearby so they can be right there if their trap nabs a meal.
Though spiders may look menacing, they will only bite if they feel trapped or threatened.
However, most people do not welcome spiders into their homes. In fact, the most spiders you have around your home can increase the likelihood of getting bit because they could be hiding in a place you don’t suspect.
Prevent spiders from coming inside
Spider food consists of flies, cockroaches, mosquitoes, fleas, and moths, among others. After reading that list, you may be thinking that you want to keep a spider around to get rid of these other pests. But the fact is if you work to stop attracting these other pests, spiders will no longer find food in your home and will leave as well. Keeping a tidy, clean home is the best way to keep all pests out, including spiders. Tips to preventing spiders are:
- Do not leave food sitting out on the counters overnight
- When the trash can is full, take it out to an outdoor bin with a good lid
- Sweep often
- Keep a tidy home without clutter
- Wipe down table and countertops with an all purpose spray
- Contain all food to the kitchen or dining room
Not only are there scents that deter spiders from coming around, if you also discourage a spider’s food source from coming into your home, you can usually stop spiders as well.
Repel spiders by using:
- White vinegar spray
- Orange scent around windows
- Peppermint essential oil
- Cedar essential oil
- Mint plants around your home
Signs of a spider infestation vs an occasional spider
Besides seeing multiple spiders a day, a spider infestation has a few more signs that you can look for.
In an infestation, you will see multiple spider webs popping up around your home. If you are finding spider webs around your light fixtures, behind doors, or across windows, and they quickly reappear after you remove them, you may have a full fledged infestation on your hands.
An occasional spider may have made a web, but if it receives too much attention, the spider will move on.
A spider infestation will produce several shed or molted spider skins around your home. Spiders have to shed their skin in order to grow bigger. If you are finding what looks like dead spiders around your home, you may actually have alive, and slightly bigger, spiders creeping around.
You probably will not see a single spider’s shed skin and if you do, it would only be one.
If you have a spider infestation, you most likely will have other bug infestations as well. As discussed above, spiders come in search of food. If you have a pest problem with insects that spiders love to eat, you may also get a spider infestation.
A house fly or two may attract a spider, but if there is not enough food to go around, multiple spiders will not infest your home if the competition for insects is high.
If you need a professional pest control service to rid your home of spiders and you live in Passaic County, give Abarb Pest Services a call today.
