Preventing Spiders

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Spiders (or arachnids) can be beneficial in your home. Now of course, that depends upon WHAT SPECIES of spider it is...if it's a brown recluse or a black widow - yeah...you want them gone....

Ensure all screens are not ripped or broken and sit firmly in their setting...

weather stripping on ALL doors and windows...

make sure all pipes leading INTO the home are caulked and sealed...

Throw away or recycle newspapers or mail - especially STACKS of paper....magazines and old cardboard boxes. Spiders can hide and live in paper products without being noticed. Clearing out stored paper products can elevate spots for the spiders to live, making them easier to find.

Regularly dust behind and inside bookcases and entertainment centers. Vacuum all baseboards and corners of the home.

Removing dusty areas is another way of eliminating areas where spiders can hide.

If you are still desperate to get rid of them - use an insecticide fogger inside the home - this will decrease the number of spiders already living in the home. Make sure you follow the instructions TO THE LETTER. if you do NOT use it per the instructions on the can, it can harm to humans and animals inhabiting the home.

We were getting scorpions in our home. We read to caulk EVERY single miniscule crack and hole you can find outside your home...not matter how small. My husband spent a very very long time doing this. We bought a LOT of caulk. It seems to have helped though bc we have not found one since. Another good thing to do is go crazy with cleaning...behind furniture and under furniture. Do this often. Good luck.

we live by a body of water and have a lot of insects outside on our siding, and because of that we get a lot of spiders out there eating them. I don't like the webs and everyonce in a while a knock them down but I always wonder what it is going to the ecocyle and will the bugs take over the world???

Give it a day and check again, I bet you got them all.

Its hard to get rid of them and i try not to use pesticide, but will if infestation is overly bothersome by treating the perimeter of the house with an ecologically aware pest control company. Then keep kids and animals out of the yard for a day or two even if there is no recommendation to do so.

Spiders are not aggressive creatures and you cannot keep them out of your home. So just chill. It isn't like they are going to eat you alive or anything.

Are you sure you are dealing with spiders because their babies tend not to go out in the open, like on a wall.