Home Pest Control - How To Prevent Spiders From Entering Your Home

Are you afraid of spiders? These tiny insects with eight long legs and little round bodies instill fear in about half of all women, and at least ten percent of all men. Why is this, when most spiders are relatively harmless? Because there are a few spiders in Arkansas that are not harmless: in fact, a handful of spiders can inject poisonous venom in humans and sometimes, this can be deadly. If you have spiders in your home it's important to address the problem immediately, especially if someone in your home has a fear of spiders. There are many ways to get rid of spiders and even more ways to prevent them from entering your home in the first place. To protect your home from the regular every-day American house spider and the deadly spider varieties (including the brown recluse spider), here are a few things you yourself can do in and around your home.

The common American house spider normally enters your home during the summer while looking for insects to feed on. Because so many insects manage to find their way indoors during the summer months, your home makes the perfect insect hunting ground for clever spiders. As the weather gets cooler in the fall months, spiders that are looking for a warm place to spend the winter will enter your home. The American house spider is harmless, but it will spin its webs in the corner of your home and thus becomes a nuisance. The American house spider is generally rather indistinct- normally their bodies are about a quarter of an inch long, and they are usually a shade of dull brown. They aren't known to bite people very often, and when they do, their venom is not considered dangerous.

Deadly spider varieties like the brown recluse have similar habits to the common American house spider- they too are looking for a nice, warm place to spend the winter and will enter your home in both the summer and fall, looking for food and shelter. The brown recluse is between ? inch and ? an inch long, generally brown in color with an oval shaped abdomen. It's quite difficult to tell them apart from the common American house spider, but if you look closely at a brown recluse spider, you will see its body shows a strange dark brown violin-shaped spot. The brown recluse uses it's poisonous venom to kill insects, and it's venom is poisonous to humans as well. It's very important to avoid coming into contact with these spiders, and the best way to keep them out of your home is prevention.

There are no fool-proof methods of preventing spiders from entering your home, but if you follow these steps, the chance of having spiders in your home is minimized:

Make sure that holes or tears in window or door screens are repaired.

Apply weather stripping around doors and windows to seal any small cracks.

To keep insects from coming in the chimney, install a chimney cap.

Install hard wire mesh in dryer vents and attic vents.

Close up any gaps or holes around utility pipes and wires.

Seal any cracks or openings in your home's siding.

Remove piles of wood or other objects from close vicinity to the foundation.

Because regular outdoor lights can attract insects to your home, install sodium vapor lighting outdoors.

Get rid of any insect populations inside your home so that spiders have nothing to feed upon.

The very best way to keep spiders out of your home is to make certain that your home is free of all insect activity by using the steps suggested above. Also, keeping a clean home that is free from spider webs will help make sure that spiders cannot survive easily within the walls of your home. If you are finding spiders in your home despite having employed the prevention methods described here, a treatment performed by a professional pest control specialist is the next step. Pest control professionals will be able to locate any spider infestations in your home and have the tools to take care of the problem. They will be able to identify the type of spider that is infesting your home and give you advice on what you can do to avoid spider infestations in the future. Pest control professionals are trained extensively at pest extermination, and they know how to safely and effectively take care of your pest concerns.

If you have a spider infestation in your home, contacting a pest control company who offers pest control in your area is the best way to keep your home and property pest free. For spider control and extermination in Little Rock or anywhere else in Arkansas, you can contact http://www.callmccauley.com for more information.

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Identify and Prevent Dangerous Spiders in Your Home

Our pest control technicians have been getting lots of complaints about spiders lately. A couple of customers have even stopped by our office, bringing dead spiders in Ziploc bags so we could identify the intruders. In both these cases, the culprits were sac spiders.

Although the bite of the agrarian sac or yellow sac spider commonly found in our homes is not fatal to humans, this type of spider is believed to be responsible for more bites than any other spider, usually when trapped in ones clothes or bedding. The bite stings and causes a red welt and irritation similar to a mosquito bite. (If any insect bite causes a severe or unusual reaction, contact a physician immediately.)

The sac spider typically builds its sac-like web in corners, behind shelves and framed pictures and can sometimes be spotted running across walls or ceilings. It is light yellow with a darker stripe down the center of its upper abdomen and, like most spiders, has eight eyes arranged in two rows at the top of its head, difficult to see with the naked eye.

Most spiders are not dangerous and can usually be eliminated by removing their webs and/or eggs. Spiders seen out in the open during the day are unlikely to bite people.

Although we often hear reports of the brown recluse spider in our North-Central California region, in fact the brown recluse doesn't live in California. The only recluse spider native to California lives in the Southern California desert and is less toxic to humans than its close relative, the non-native Chilean recluse spider, which has become established in Los Angeles County. Recluse spiders have a violin-shaped mark on their heads, which may or may not be easily distinguished, and have only six eyes. They are active at night and tend to stay hidden in dark, undisturbed places like storage boxes or old clothes or shoes.

The only California spider known to inflict serious injury to humans is the black widow, which usually is found outdoors in hidden locations such as in wood piles or underneath porches or sheds. Take care when you're outside gardening, especially at this time of year, when the weather is still warm and sunny. The black widow's web may not be visible in the sunlight, and you can easily stick your fingers into the wrong place.

The adult female black widow has a shiny black body, slender black legs, and a red or orange hourglass-shaped mark on the underside of a large, round abdomen. The body, excluding legs, is 5/16 to 5/8 inch long.

The best way to prevent spiders in your home is to vacuum up webs and avoid clutter build-up that can provide hiding places. To prevent spiders from entering your home or commercial building, seal foundation cracks and other access holes, keep window and door screens in good repair, and keep areas around the building foundation free of clutter.

If you are troubled by a spider infestation, our trained pest management professionals will make a free home inspection, identify the type of spider, determine the best method for safely eliminating them from your property, and follow up with regular de-webbing or other treatment to prevent their return. Some of the information in this article was obtained from the UC Statewide Integrated Pest Management Program. Visit http://www.earthguardpestcontrol.com for more information, call us at 916-457-7605 (877-D-BUGIN-U toll-free) or e-mail us at contact@EarthGuardPest.com.

Dave Picton is owner of Earth Guard Pest Management Services (http://www.earthguardpest.com), serving the Greater Sacramento, California, region. Earth Guard is a family-owned pest control company specializing in customized pest management services for your home or commercial site, offering free estimates, senior discounts and a 100% satisfaction guarantee, with no contract, no cancellation fees. We specialize in protecting your home, family or place of business from dangerous pests in the safest, most effective way possible. Our trained, certified professionals are educated on the lifecycles and breeding patterns of household pests, including ants, termites, roaches, silverfish, spiders, fleas, rodents and pigeons. We offer a full line of "green" products and services and hold the EcoWise certification. Contact us today for a free estimate: toll-free (877) 328-4468 or e-mail contact@EarthGuardPest.com.

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