Pest Control: Spiders in Your Home
It’s coming up to spider season. They enter our homes, looking for a place to keep warm during the colder months. If you’re one of the millions who are scared of spiders, you’ll appreciate these tips to pest control your eight-legged enemies.
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Food
The most effective way of dealing with spiders in your home is to remove any food sources. Such versatile and inventive creatures can avoid the kind of sprays and pesticides that are highly effective against other creatures; however, removing anything the spiders eat will mean they have to move on. Most web spinning spiders will wait for their prey to come to them instead of going out hunting. It won’t take long for them to figure out that your home isn’t the place to get the tastiest snacks.
Traps
If you have a serious issue with spiders then finding the source is key. Glue traps are an excellent way to triangulate where openings are that might be letting in more than just the odd spider. Using them effectively is easy. Simply set out the trap and when you have caught a few spiders check to see where they’re located on the trap. If they’re on the left-hand side then you need to be looking to the left of the trap for the problem. If you have a few of the traps dotted around, then you’ll be able to find the source of the issue much more quickly.
Sprays
Once you’ve found the opening then it’s much easier to use an insecticide that is designed specifically for dealing with spiders. As most spider legs are long enough to keep their bodies off the surface they’re walking on, they avoid the impact of most sprays that you leave on the walls, except for when they’re sneaking through smaller gaps. Find out where they’re coming in, where they live, where they walk and apply insecticide and you’ll be ridding your home of spiders at the source.
Glass
Don’t forget, seeing a spider once doesn’t mean you have an infestation! Most spiders are solitary animals and this means you’re not likely to suffer endless cobwebs if you’ve only got one or two living in your home. This does mean that just dealing with spiders on sight is a highly effective way of getting rid of them. Catch them under a glass and take them outside. They’ll scurry off elsewhere to make a home and, if they find a food supply, won’t be moving back anytime soon. Spiders aren’t so scary once they’re outside where they belong so this simple trick for dealing with them is the best for the environment and for your peace of mind.
