How to Keep Spiders Out of Your Home
Warm weather is coming, and with it will come bugs of all types. Unfortunately for arachnophobes, (people with a fear of spiders) where there are bugs, there are spiders. Spiders play a very important role in the ecosystem. However, that doesn’t mean they should come into your home. Keeping out all pests is important, and spiders perhaps more than any other should be a cause for concern. That’s why Bee Smart Pest Control is here to give you tips on how to keep spiders out of your home.
Keep The Home Clean
One of the first things to do in all pest prevention is to ensure the home is clean. This is especially true if you’re wondering how to keep spiders out of your home. Spiders are very sneaky critters and excel at hiding. A clean house, however, has very few hiding places to be found. You should be sweeping up webs and eggs sacks if you find them during regular cleaning. Common house spiders lay around 250 eggs per silk sack! Cleaning up dusty areas is also helpful, spiders tend to frequent areas with dust and cobwebs. Decluttering your spaces helps prevent spiders as well. Spiders look for areas to hide that are dark and enclosed. Stacks of magazines, dirty clothes, cardboard boxes, and even firewood give them plenty of hiding places.
Remove Other Pests
The main attractor for spiders is a food source. If you’re seeing more spiders than normal, it may be an indicator that you have an infestation of some other pests. Make sure that your home doesn’t have a way for any insects to enter. Caulk around any holes that may lead from outside, into your home. This includes gaps in windows, as well as cables, cords, faucets, and electrical lines that run outside. If you have any mesh window or door screens, check to see if they are torn in any way.
Remove vegetation within eight feet of your home. Close vegetation allows a safe space for insects and a hunting ground for spiders. If it’s too close to your home it will lead to pests inside. Outdoor lights also attract insects, which in turn attract spiders. Consider turning off outdoor lights, or replacing your bulbs with yellow sodium vapor lights, which are found to attract bugs less. The best way to prevent bugs from entering your home is to create a pest control barrier around your home. Bee Smart Pest Control offers preventative maintenance that includes creating a barrier around your home that will help kill bugs after they’ve been exposed. This gives you peace of mind knowing even if something does try and enter your home, it won’t be there for long. Our pesticides are pet and child safe once they are dried, but they stick to the pests as they enter your home and kills them after a short period of time.
Do It Yourself Prevention
If you look online you’ll find tons of do-it-yourself, or DIY, methods for preventing spiders. Most of these methods rely on natural chemicals and odors spiders don’t like. These methods range from spraying vinegar around your baseboards, to sprinkling cedar chips around your home. While these may seem tempting, there are no guarantees any of them will work. Spiders are different from species to species and may require a unique solution determined by the type of spider you’re working with.
Call A Professional
If you do have an infestation, you need to call an exterminator. A professional pest control company will create a specialized plan for your unique situation so you’ll be sure to have the pests killed as efficiently as possible. While an infestation may be stressful, Bee Smart Pest Control will help you get a personalized solution. We pride ourselves on our safety and ability to relate to our customers on a personal level. Contact Bee Smart Pest Control online, or call us at 720-937-0527, to get a solution for your exact pest control problem today!