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How To Remove Spiders From Your Garden

Even though spiders are able to eat disease-spreading insects and wasps, we don’t really want to have them around the home or in our gardens. Spiders can also be dangerous, so that’s one extra reason to get rid of them, especially if you have small children. Let’s talk about how to get rid of the spiders in your garden.

Tools and Materials

Peppermint/lemon/eucalyptus essential oil or any chemical insecticides
A spray bottle
Dish soap
A cobweb duster

Protective clothing is essential

While not all spiders can be dangerous, you still have to worry about black widows and brown recluses. Make sure you have your protective gear ready that will cover all your exposed skin. This means that you want gloves, boots, and something to cover your face and eyes.

Remove the spider webs

You want to start by removing spider webs. Not only do these webs look bad, they are also the main way in which spiders get their food, and you may destroy some egg sacks during the removal process.

Get rid of their food sources

Spiders feed on other insects, so if you remove the presence of these insects, by getting rid of their food sources, you also remove a big incentive for spiders to be present in your garden. Make sure that you get rid of any fallen/rotting fruits and that your garbage containers are sealed.

You can use a shop-bought insecticide or natural repellents to get rid of the spiders

When it comes to removing the spiders themselves, you can use commercial products, or make your own repellents. If you choose to go with the latter option, here is what you need in terms of ingredients:

5-10 drops of a spider-repellent essential oil of your choice (eucalyptus, lemon, peppermint, etc.)
1/4 teaspoon dish soap
360ml water (preferably distilled)

Mix all the ingredients together in a spray bottle. Shake the solution for about a minute. Spray the repellent around the perimeter of the garden and in areas that you have had to remove a lot of spiderwebs. You can also spray the repellent around your windows and doors to prevent spiders from entering the home.

Repeat the process as needed

These steps may need to be repeated 2-3 times if you have a serious spider problem in your garden.

However, if the spider presence in your garden is too large, you will need the help of a pro to completely remove it. Contact us today for spider control services.

How The Professional Spider Control Process Works

Spiders, whether they are harmless common house spiders or dangerous black widows, are never welcome into the home, and a spider infestation can be the stuff of nightmares if you have a spider phobia. Luckily, you can hire a pest control professional to not only remove the infestation for you, but ensure that your home is kept safe from infestations for the foreseeable future. Here is what you can expect when you hire a pest control pro to deal with a spider infestation:

It all starts with the inspection

Before any control methods are implemented, a pest control specialist will first run a full inspection in order to determine the extent of the infestation, the species behind it, and the location of the various spider nests. This inspection process will also help identify common entry points into the home and even other pest infestations that may be present. Since spiders feed on insects, there is a chance that there is a secondary pest infestation which supplies all the food that the spiders need.

The control process

Once all the information has been collected through the inspection process, it is time for the control stage. During this stage, the pro will remove all the spiders and spider webs that are out in the open, and then use residual insecticides on the various spider entry points of the home. Residual insecticide may also be applied in crawl spaces and basements, since those are areas where you have a lot of spider and other insect activity. The insecticides will act as a shield that will not only remove current infestation but also offer long term protection against future ones. Finally, the pro will implement any other prevention measures that are needed, and recommend certain measures that you should implement on an ongoing basis (keeping the home free of clutter, making sure that you have screens on your doors and windows, etc.).

Are you interested in professional spider control services?

Spider infestations can be quite dangerous, especially if the species responsible is the black widow or the brown recluse. As such, it’s important to act fast in order to remove these spiders from the home completely, and ensure that no new infestations take place. This is where we can help you. Contact us today if you have a spider infestation that needs to be removed, and we will set an appointment right away.

More Than 2,000 Black Widow Bite Incidents Are Reported In The US Each Year, And Their Venom Is 15 Times Stronger Than That Of A Rattlesnake

America’s three black widow species and the brown recluse spiders are considered the most dangerous spider species in the US. Unfortunately, Louisiana is home to the southern black widow species and the brown recluse species, but serious symptoms rarely follow most bites inflicted by these spiders. Of all three black widow species, the southern variety is involved with the greatest number of medically significant bite cases, but this is due to the species widespread distribution in the US. While bites inflicted by the brown recluse account for most medically significant spider bites in the US, black widows are not far behind. Black widows produce venom that is 15 times stronger than rattlesnake venom, making black widow venom the most toxic of all spider venoms in the US.

Black widows are easy to recognize due to their jet black exterior and well known red hourglass design on their abdomen. Black widows typically avoid establishing a presence within inhabited areas of a home; instead, balck widows are often found dwelling within garages, sheds, basements, barns and within cluttered areas surrounding houses. This is not necessarily the case when it comes to the brown recluse, as this species is not shy about establishing a significant presence within any room of a house. Also unlike black widows, the brown recluse is not necessarily easy to identify, and they are often confused with numerous other spider species that closely resemble the brown recluse. More than 2,000 black widow bite incidents are reported in the US each year, but luckily most black widow bites only see a small amount of venom injected beneath the skin, and some bites are completely free of venom. These days, fatalities resulting from black widow bites are exceedingly rare, but children, the elderly and immunocompromised individuals are at an increased risk of experiencing medically significant symptoms following a bite.

Have you ever found a black widow spider specimen in the wild?

Which Spiders Are Most Commonly Spotted In Louisiana Homes?

Spiders are everywhere. You may subscribe to the notion that at all times there are spiders around three to ten feet away from you. Whether these figures are correct or just a common rumour, you can bet that they are never very far away from you, whether you are inside or outside. Scientists have discovered 46,000 species of spider in the world to date, so it’s not hard to conclude that there are always at least a few nearby. Most spiders are not harmful to humans even though some of those might have venom, but there are only a few venomous spiders that can actually cause harm to us. Thankfully, spider bites are fairly rare, as spiders certainly aren’t after us for a meal, unlike other insects such as mosquitos, so it’s not like they are searching us out or stalking us – even those that live in our homes. Louisiana neighborhoods are filled with spiders, with certain spiders living in people’s homes and others in more natural habitats in the state. Here are some of the most common spiders you are likely to find in Louisiana.

One spider that every human is bound to run across at some point or another is the common house spider, also known as Parasteatoda tepidariorum. These common spiders are recognizable by their cobweb-like homes, which are not circular, but rather asymmetrical, and are usually found along fences and under the eave of your porch. The other spider you are likely to come across at home is the cobweb spider, or steatoda triangulosa, which are a bit smaller than the common house spider, and are generally found indoors and under furniture with their webs close to the ground. You may also notice the wall spider in your home. These are tiny little spiders, around 2-3 millimeters long, and they tend to build their tiny webs in the corners where walls meet, hiding there from any human predators. They also eat ants, so they can actually be helpful keeping them out of your home.

There are also some larger spiders that like to settle in people’s homes. One of these is the Twinflagged jumping spider, which doesn’t build a web to catch its prey, but uses its speed and incredible jumping ability to leap at their prey, grabbing it at the same time it bites down to prevent it from escaping its clutches. These spiders have amazing eyesight, able to see up to a foot away from them. Considering their size, that is a long distance for their little eyes to be able to see clearly. The crevice weaver spider builds its white, wooly webs in the cracks in walls and dust-filled hideaways that conceal them and their web. When a meal gets caught in their web, they quickly rush out of their hideaway to grab it. These spiders don’t move around a lot, and will stay in the same place with the same web usually fixed onto a ceiling or wall as long as the prey keep coming there. This can end up being a long time, as the females can live 11 years. They are commonly found in barns or sheds.

What spiders have you caught residing in your house? Do you know what kind of spider it was?

The Habitat Of The Spider

Spiders are a very prolific species – they are found everywhere except for Antarctica, and in every environment they are in, they play the essential role of keeping insect populations in check. Some of these spiders will prefer to live indoors rather than outdoors, so let’s take a look at what type of habitat they prefer when they are in the home.

Preferred spider locations

Spiders will enter the home in a variety of ways, but they usually follow the pattern of other pests, where they enter a building through gaps and cracks in the exterior walls. Once they are inside, the spiders will look for areas where they have access to moisture, food and shelter. Areas that are dark, damp and cluttered are ideal, but you will see species that lay cobwebs up in the corners of the room.

Black widows and brown recluses in particular prefer cluttered areas, often hiding in piles of clothes or inside shoes. In fact, that’s how most bites happen. Someone in the home goes through some clutter, clothes or tries to put on their shoes and there is a black widow or brown recluse inside. The person will press on the spider, which will panic and bite because it feels threatened.

Regular spiders will lay their webs and wait nearby for prey. It usually takes less than one day to set up the web, and the reason you have webs everywhere if you do not take them down is because the spiders will abandon any web that is not catching prey.

Getting rid of spiders in the home

Getting rid of regular spiders from the home is fairly straightforward – destroy their webs and kill them if you find them out in the open. You also have the option of using repellent products or insecticides. However, when dealing with dangerous species such as black widows and brown recluses, you want to be careful and get some professional help. A pest control specialist can remove existing specimens and then look for the nest and eliminate it, making sure to eliminate or try to eliminate all the spiders indoors. You may also come across a very large infestation in your home with multiple nests. In this situation, you will also need the help of a pro to remove all of them. Contact us today if you find yourself in either of these two situations.

Archive for the ‘Spiders’ Category

How To Remove Spiders From Your Garden

How The Professional Spider Control Process Works

More Than 2,000 Black Widow Bite Incidents Are Reported In The US Each Year, And Their Venom Is 15 Times Stronger Than That Of A Rattlesnake

Which Spiders Are Most Commonly Spotted In Louisiana Homes?

The Habitat Of The Spider

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