Sealing Gaps and More Keep Spiders out of Your Home

Spiders are some of the most alarming pests. Sometimes they can be good, such as when they’re in the garden stalking the insects that eat your plants. Sometimes, they’re bad, like when they infest your house. Spider pest control isn’t like insect control. To get rid of spiders, you have to get rid of what they’re hunting first. What steps should you take to keep spiders out?

Start with Sealing Gaps

The first step is to keep spiders out by sealing gaps in walls and floors. This can be more difficult with older homes, but it’s necessary. Use caulk and other sealants where appropriate. If you find a lot of spiders coming into your home, then you need to look near windows. This is where many cracks and gaps appear first.

Trim Back Plants

You’ll also want to trim the plants and bushes that are very close to your home. Spiders love these areas for building webs and stalking prey. It gives them necessary shade and lots of anchors for webs. Trim these back to keep spiders out. The spiders’ hunting grounds will stay a little clearer of your home.

These steps also serve another purpose. They don’t just keep spiders out, they also keep the insects spiders feed upon out. The fewer prey animals inside your home, the less reason for spiders to enter it.

Insecticide Isn’t Effective

Insecticide can be useful for clearing out the animals spiders hunt, but won’t have any real effect on spiders themselves. Spiders don’t have the kind of contact with surfaces that insects do. It’s a good preventative measure to keep out their prey, but won’t solve a problem you already have.

Spider Removal

Spider removal should be done by a Brevard County pest control service, especially if the spiders are dangerous in any way. Experienced pest control technicians will be the most effective and thorough solution. It’s not easy to get rid of spiders and the most frustrating thing you can do is just get rid of a few only to overlook others. A pest control service like Slug-A-Bug will eradicate the spiders and addresses the whole problem, not just a part of it.