SPIDER DETAILS

PESTICIDE TREATMENT:

Spider Elimination Kit Treat the perimeter of the building with a professional residual pesticide such as Cynoff WP, Demon WP or Suspend SC at maximum strength. We do not suggest trying to control black widow spider, brown recluse spider or other spiders or scorpions with the use of pesticides purchased in grocery stores, hardware stores or big home supply stores. They rarely work! As you can see, all of the suggested pesticides are professional wettable powder or microencapsulated formulations. These products not only give you a super long residual kill with no odor, they also provide large particles on sprayed surfaces. This will give you the "knockdown" that you need to eliminate and control spiders. Indoors, you may also spray with Cynoff WP, Demon WP or Suspend SC in areas where spiders enter, hide or hunt for food. These areas may include baseboards, window sills, closets or around plumbing lines. For heavy infestations, you also need to use a contact aerosol such as Pyrethrin aerosol or Airdevil. In areas where spiders are heavy web builders, Cobweb Eliminator should be used two to three times per year indoors and on a quarterly basis outdoors. This will help eliminate existing webs and keep spiders from re-building more unsightly webs around windows, lights, in corners or other areas of your home. For heavy infestations in attics and crawlspaces, power dusting with Delta Dust would be best. Save money, order our Spider Elimination Kit. If necessary, order Delta Dust as extra integrated pest management tool for spider elimination. Use chemical and non-chemical measures to control Brown Recluse Spider, Black Widow Spider and other bugs that either pose a threat to your family or are otherwise unwanted in and around your home. For spider bite information, go to the Brown Recluse Spider Bite web page.

Cynoff and Demon products cannot be shipped to NY, NJ, CT, VT, AK Delta Dust cannot be shipped to NY, NJ, CT, VT, AK

NON-CHEMICAL CONTROL:

Use Cobweb Eliminator to prevent formation of spider webs. Eliminate or shield outdoor lights or bright indoor lights that attract the spiders¡¯ insect food source. Trim weeds around the building foundation and remove debris to discourage insects and spiders from living next to a structure. Seal openings and install screens and door sweeps to prevent spiders (as well as other unwanted pests) from moving indoors. Use a vacuum cleaner to remove webs, spiders and their egg sacs. Spider elimination includes prevention of entry, reduction of spider food and any condition that might encourage spider invasion or reproduction. Disclaimer Top of Spider Page Gallery of Pests

Spider Biology Spider Sprays

Black Widow Spider Brown Recluse Spider Pesticides for Spider Elimination Safe Spider Repellant?

Wondering if you have any solutions for preventing or repelling spiders. We just moved to a wooded area in the Midwest where wolf and tree spiders are prevalent. We're pregnant with our first child and need a safe, non-toxic solution. Any advice you could provide is appreciated! Patty

Chestnuts Proved Effective

I, too, live in a wooded area with what I call "man-eating" spiders. Some of those wolf spiders get pretty big! I put chestnuts around the exterior walls of every room in the house as well as on all the windowsills. Friends, who live in the city and share a balcony with a neighboring apartment, put chestnuts under the sliding door to their balcony. They have had no spiders while their neighbors continued to be infested. I've read a couple of newspaper articles about the use of chestnuts to repel spiders, too. Cathy

Ideas From a Spider Lover

In general, spiders are safe and organic insect control for your house. Except for black widow and brown recluse spiders, they pose no danger at all for your child. Besides providing natural insect control, spiders are an important part of the diet of insect eating birds.

We live with and love our spiders except for the occasional black widow. We consider them an integral and important part of our immediate environment. Indoor spiders are generally shy and reclusive and just want to be left alone. Wolf spiders are active hunters that are like miniature tigers. They are fun and interesting to watch. Their main enemy is mice, and their main defense is being really ugly. Dogs and cats react to their appearance like we do.

If I haven't convinced you to live with your spiders, you can control them in the house safely using Victor brand safe insecticide for crawling insects. It comes in an aerosol can. The only active ingredients in Victor insecticide are mint oil (safe and smells nice), a little bit of detergent to penetrate the victim's chitin exoskeleton, and a bit of oil to make the ingredients last longer in the environment. Victor insecticides are sold at Home Depot, and they have a web site. David

A Good Use for Tobacco

Get a package of pipe or chewing tobacco, soak it in a gallon of boiling water until it cools. Strain the liquid into a clean container. Put a cup of tobacco juice and 1/2 cup lemon dish soap into a hose-end sprayer and spray. I did this at our house two years ago and have been practically spider free since. This works on all kinds of bugs. I thank Jerry Baker, the Master Gardener, for the tip since we were literally being taken over by spiders. Elaine

Spiders and Lemons

This is part of an article that I copied on repelling spiders:

"I learned this from the man who trained the spiders for the movie Arachnophobia. Spiders have their taste buds on the tips of their legs. They also hate the taste of lemon pledge. Dust your windowsills and doorframes with the pledge, both inside and out, and any areas where they accumulate. The spiders will find that they don't want to live with you." Helen

High Frequency Solution

You could be our next door neighbor! We live in the Midwest in a woody area with wolf spiders, too. They were everywhere in the house and yard! Do you know that wolf spiders carry venom? They are a cousin to tarantulas and look just like them too! I have small children and two cats and did not want to use poison sprays. My solution might be a bit pricey as an initial investment, but in the long run is the most inexpensive and safest solution to the problem. I purchased those electronic bug devices that you plug into the wall. They are not cheap. They run about $35.00 each for a good one. I purchased three - one for the basement, one for the main floor and one for the upstairs. They work constantly emitting a high pitched frequency that is undetectable to humans, cats and dogs.

My initial investment cost me $100.00. Since that time, two years ago, I have never purchased another can of bug spray. I have never seen another bug or spider in my house except the occasional fly that comes in when my kids leave the door open! My neighbor purchased one to get rid of her carpenter ants that infested her attic. Since that time, the ants are gone. CAUTION: These emitters work on a high frequency noise targeted to specific critters. Be careful when purchasing them to know which frequency the device is targeted. Some are designed to get rid of mice and rodents but do not purchase them if you have mice, hamsters or gerbils as pets in your house! Likewise, if you have a pet spider or snake, be careful not to purchase a device targeted to these creatures.

Horse Apple Delight

I live in Texas and have found the fruit from the bois d'arc tree or also known as osage orange tree (the fruit we call horse apples here) are a great repellant for spiders. I don't know if you have these trees in the Midwest. But if you do, try quartering the apples and place one quarter in each corner of a room. The spiders just disappear. I used this when we moved into a house that had been unoccupied for a year and the spiders were in total residence. Within a week, they had all left! Judy

However their are two North American species that are dangerous to humans: Black Widow Spiders and Brown Recluse Spiders, and should consider spider control.

Most spiders are harmless, but we do include recommended treatment and products for general spider control at the end of the section.

BLACK WIDOW SPIDERS The female has a shiny black, globular abdomen with two yellow or red markings in a triangle shape. It looks like an hourglass. Males are smaller, lighter in color, with light streaks on the abdomen. The web is irregular, many times found along exterior foundations on slabs, under stones and rocks, behind shrubs .They usually don't enter structures .They will bite if provoked. The bite feels like a sharp pain ,like a needle puncture. After 15 minutes to an hour there will be muscular cramps. Bites are rarely fatal, but you should seek medical attention.

For recommended spider control for the Black Widow Spider see Spider Control Measures

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BROWN RECLUSE SPIDERS The body is yellow to dark brown, with the body size of 1/3-1/2 inch long. Combined with the legs it could be about 1 inch or longer in diameter .The dorsal has a dark brown violin shaped marking, very distinctive. Their web is off white to Gray .They can be found outside, under rocks, debris, wood piles, etc. ,but many times they are found inside.

Brown Recluse spiders can be found in storage areas like closets, basements, attics, garages and cellars. Sometimes they can be around above the ceiling duct work or register. Many times people get bit by putting their hands or feet in something that has been in storage. You should always wear gloves when handling debris outside the home The initial bite is not intense, but poisonous. After 8-12 hours, the pain is more intense, and over the next few days large sores form leaving a disfiguring scar. You should seek immediate medical treatment after the bite.

For recommended spider control for the Brown Recluse Spider see Spider Control Measures

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RECOMMENDED MEASURES :SPIDER CONTROL Recommended insecticide residual products for spider control are:

Demon WP

Cyper WP

Demand CS Demand CS will not leave a powdery residue that can be seen on dark surfaces such as the Demon WP or Cyper WP, which are wettable powder formulations.

Spray around all entry points like doors and windows, sprayed along baseboards, indoor plumbing connections, in the basements and garages, and sprayed in the upper corners where they may web. It is also suggested to use Cobweb Eliminator every two-three months to prevent further cobwebs.

*Also recommended for spider contol is an aerosol such as D-Force HPX with a crack and crevice tip , applied along baseboards, to window and door frames, corners, pipes and other areas where spiders may crawl.

Using Drione Dust, or Delta dust dusted in the attic area would be a good measure for spider control if there is an infestation in the attic area. Handy dusters for the attic area would be either the