For people living in countries with a temperate (rather than continental) climate, spiders are harmless. The maximum that they are capable of is to cause a feeling of fear or hostility because of their unsolicited “settlement” in the house. Fortunately, you can get rid of uninvited guests. We have put together the most effective ways to get rid of spiders in the house.
Why do spiders appear?
Surely, you are perplexed by why and how these insects appeared in your house (or apartment). The reasons for this may be different:
When it's cold outside, it's warm in your house (and spiders love warm, cozy places).
In your home high humidity. It is known that spiders often make cobwebs in rooms with high humidity: in bathrooms, in the kitchen, etc.
In your house many other insectswhich, by the way, spiders like to eat (for example, flies, midges and cockroaches).
Your home, to put it mildly, does not sparkle with cleanliness and order. We all know that accumulations of debris and pollution cause the appearance of cockroaches, and the latter is one of the favorite “dishes” for spiders. And why do not they come to where you can often and have a lot of goodies?
Do I need to get rid of spiders?
We get annoyed even when we just see a spider. And meanwhile, this insect benefits. Spiders feed on other insects that fill the human home. Some of these arthropods are capable of catching over 500 harmful insects per day. Their extermination is an important mission of spiders.
Surprisingly, these arthropods are, in a way, natural weather forecasters. By the behavior of spiders, you can determine what the weather will be like. For example, if this insect tears its web - it is believed that there will be a thunderstorm. The appearance of small spiders portends warm long sunny days. If in the spring there are many of these arthropods, then it is believed that the coming autumn will be cold.
This is not to say that there is no harm from spiders. But it is rather a negative reaction of a person to them. So, for example, other people are so panicky afraid of spiders that at one glance at them they almost lose consciousness. And, of course, cobwebs woven by arthropods do not decorate our houses and apartments at all. Perhaps the networks intertwined by them, and the appearance of these insects are the main reasons for the hostility of people to them.
After weighing all the pros and cons of spiders, each of us must decide whether to fight them or let them fight other insects in our homes.
What to do when looking at a spider: first steps
If you saw a spider, do not be alarmed. Panic is useless. It will be easier for you to catch and deal with him if you are cold-blooded. Important determine whether a spider is poisonous or harmless. The vast majority of these arthropods are harmless to human life and health. However, some of their species are still dangerous.
In order to understand which spider is in front of you, pay attention to its appearance.So, if it is black, without hair, but with a large tummy, on which a red spot in the form of an hourglass is noticeable, this is a black widow. If on the back of a spider you notice a figure in the form of a violin - this is a brown hermit spider. Both of these arthropod species are very dangerous for humans.
How to get rid of harmless spiders
If you find a spider on a ceiling surface, follow these steps:
Take a transparent glass and a sheet of cardboard.
Climb on a chair.
Using a glass and a piece of cardboard, place the insect in a glass. How to do it? Bring the glass to it and make the spider fall into the glass. Immediately cover the glass with a sheet of cardboard.
Release the insect into the street.
This method can be used if you find a spider in any other place (not only on the ceiling). If the insect at that moment when you saw it was conveniently located in the web, just bring a glass under it and cut the web with scissors. The spider will instantly be in a glass. But he will get out very quickly from there unless you immediately close the glass with a sheet of cardboard. By doing this, you can safely release the insect into the street.
How to get rid of poisonous spiders
If you understand or suspect that you are facing a dangerous spider, follow the instructions below:
Do not let yourself sting. In general, you should be interested in information about whether poisonous spiders live in the area where you live.
It is recommended to keep in your home in such a case. insect collector. Typically, such products are produced by companies that manufacture children's toys. You can, in principle, replace it with a simple vacuum cleaner. By the way, if your vacuum cleaner has a high power, then it will easily suck the hermit spider. With a black widow, of course, it will be more difficult for him - it is heavier.
If you are not afraid, then you can catch dangerous spiders as well as harmless, using a glass and a sheet of cardboard. But the size of these items should be larger, because otherwise the risk of being stung by a poisonous insect increases.
When you catch a dangerous spider, throw it away from residential areas.
If you still could not avoid the bite of a poisonous insect, urgently bandage the area above the place where he stung you. Call an ambulance and explain the situation. In no case do not panic. The fact is that with a feeling of fear in a person, the poison circulates more intensively in the blood. You should keep the bite below the level of the heart until the ambulance doctors help you.
Recommended for your own safety., seeing a spider, spray on it with a special insect repellent.
Precautionary measures
Safety net never hurts. Therefore, always store effective antidotes in your home out of the reach of children. They will be your first aid if a dangerous insect does bite you.
If you cannot determine for sure whether a harmless spider is in front of you or not, then take it as a poisonous insect. Urgently call an ambulance and tell about the situation.
Do not try to catch this insect with your bare hands. Wear gloves and put on tight, long-sleeved clothing. A hood or other piece of clothing should be thrown over the head. In other words, you should maximally protect your body from the spider by closing.
If you have never caught such insects before, it is better not to take risks.
How to get rid of spiders forever?
If these arthropods literally overwhelmed your home, you should take urgent measures to “evict” them. People living in apartments need to solve this problem together with their neighbors, since spiders tend to wander from one room to another. The best solution here is to call specialists who will do the pest control. The problem will be solved once and for all. During the processing of apartments, there should not be anyone other than professionals in the premises (neither people nor animals).
Professional pest control is the most effective way to get rid of spiders forever, even if there are a lot of them indoors. However, it must be understood that potent chemicals are used for this treatment, which are dangerous not only for insects, but also for human and animal health. Therefore, before carrying out disinsection, it is necessary to remove all food products from the apartment and move the furniture. After processing the premises, wet cleaning is mandatory. Also do not forget to ventilate the apartment. So you and your loved ones will avoid poisoning.
Often pest control helps get rid of these arthropod insects forever. But it also happens that some time after processing, the spiders return again. Then you should think, maybe in your home every now and then there are reasons that provoke the appearance of these insects (for example, garbage, insufficient cleanliness, etc.).
Types of spiders settling in houses and apartments
According to scientists, spiders appeared on earth a very long time ago - more than 400 million years ago. Today in the world there are about 40 thousand species of these insects. Most of them are not dangerous for people and animals. If a person is bitten by a harmless spider, then he will feel only a slight burning sensation at the site of the bite and redness. In order to get rid of these symptoms, you just need to treat the damaged area of the skin with hydrogen peroxide. If this tool is not at hand, an alcohol solution will do. Burning will pass quickly.
Spiders living in residential areas are mostly completely harmless. Moreover, they benefit the person, saving his home from more harmful insects. Spiders are small. They move on legs (long and thin). These arthropods have a brown or yellow body.
But there are also large spiders, reaching a length of up to 4 cm. They live on the streets and twist their cobwebs there, which can be seen on balconies and loggias. Yes, such spiders can infiltrate your house or an apartment, but for a long time they won’t stay there. They just do not know how to live in a confined space. They need freedom, the street. Even food in the form of other insects (cockroaches, midges, etc.) does not appeal to them as much as the will.
Attention! These insects do not bite and never attack humans. On the contrary, when they see a person, they try to escape and hide from sight. It just so happened that they are endowed with a scary appearance.
The following species of these arthropods live in houses and apartments:
Haying spider or centipede. It is also called a window spider. He has a small abdomen (up to 1 cm long) oval or almost round in shape and long legs up to 5 cm. Usually haymakers have from 6 to 8 legs. He twists cobwebs in the dark corners of the room either under the windows. After the haymaker weaves a web, he settles in it in a position upside down in anticipation of food. When prey (midges, flies, or other insects) gets into the web that it weaves, a haymow spider injects its poison and eats the victim.
Rogue spider. Insects of this species enter houses and apartments through open doors and window. Surprisingly, tramp spiders do not weave webs at all. They can hunt other insects without using this trap. They lie in wait for the victim when she does not notice anything, they attack him, put poison into her and eat him. Then the spider searches for food elsewhere. Outwardly, arthropods of this species are similar to centipedes. They also have a long belly and thin, long legs. For a person in the Russian climate, tramps are not dangerous. Harm from their bite will be if stung is in an area with a hot climate. The fact is that under the influence of high temperatures, the poison of a tramp spider can cause inflammation of the skin. It should be noted that these insects, like nomads, do not linger for a long time in one room, but constantly change their habitats.
Home spider. This eight-pointed insect of gray or black color can grow up to 14 cm in length. The house spider weaves cobwebs in the form of a pipe. Usually it settles on the walls or about light bulbs. Predators eating small insects are females of this species. Small house spiders usually do not cause fear in people. They are not difficult to take out of the house into the yard.
How to get rid of spiders indoors
Method number 1. Clean the whole house. Sweep cobwebs from ceilings, walls and corners using a broom. You can also use a vacuum cleaner. Ideally, you should destroy not only cobwebs, but also spider masonry. Otherwise, in the near future a new generation of spiders will dwell in your home. Close vents and windows with gauze either special mesh. So the spiders will not have a chance to get inside your house. It is also advisable to refresh the room redecorating. In general, physical methods of combating spiders can be called the simplest. True, vacuuming will not be very effective if you have a lot of spiders in your house or apartment.
Method number 2. Owners of private houses and cottages should turn off the light outside. Why? The fact is that mosquitoes and other small insects flock to the light. And where they appear - spiders come there. Small insects are their favorite food.
Method number 3. Eat Food Spiders. As mentioned above, spiders eat flies, mosquitoes, and other insects, which also live in humans. If you destroy them, the spiders will have nothing to profit from. And then they will go to a more favorable place of residence for them.
Method number 4. Use spider repellers. Today on sale there are special tools whose actions are panicky afraid of these arthropods. The so-called spider repellers are electromagnetic and ultrasonic. The latter emit a powerful ultrasound that people do not feel, but these arthropods feel great. They do not destroy spiders, but scare them away (hence the name). This means that they will quickly leave your home. Repellers are easy to use. It’s enough to turn on the device in power outlet. To achieve a quick effect, try to ensure that there are no obstacles to the waves emitted by the device. You need to use repellers strictly according to the instructions attached to them. By the way, they are effective in the fight against other insects: mice, cockroaches, ticks, etc. It is recommended to use spider repellers in a private house. However, residents of apartments will not hurt to try this tool. Repellers have one drawback: people are better off not sleeping in the room where they work. It is unsafe for human health.
Method number 5. Use the glue trap. You can place it in different areas of the room: behind pieces of furniture, in corners, on cabinets, in deep crevices - in a word, wherever spiders can make a web. Adhesive tape will easily do its job. True, she is powerless against spiders living in the corners of the room directly under the ceiling. A glue trap attracts terrestrial insects. Its biggest drawback is that with its help it is impossible to destroy the laying of spider eggs. Here you can not do without the use of chemicals.
Method number 6. Special remedies for spidersfound on sale will also help get rid of the invasion of these insects. For example, a liquid from spiders in the form of a spray is very popular. It is only necessary to inject this tool in the habitats of arthropods. The effect of drugs lasts up to 6 months. Instead of spray, you can use special dry tablets. They are a poisonous bait for spiders. True, their use requires certain precautions. So, you can not place tablets in places accessible to children and pets.
Method number 7. If a lot of spiders divorced in the house, it is necessary resort to chemicals. “Butox 50”, Raptor and “Dobrohim FOS” give a good effect.Try to use drugs containing pyrethroids. They are sold at household chemical stores. In order for these tools to help, you need to use them according to the instructions attached to each of them. Spray them in insect habitats. It should be understood that arthropod will destroy a special tool only if it gets directly to it. If not, he will stay alive. Remember: chemicals are dangerous not only for spiders, but also for the health of people and pets.
Chemicals Against Spiders
Method number 8. Dobrohim FOS. The main active ingredients of this drug are chlorperifos and fenthion. The tool is highly effective in combating ticks and all other types of insects that settle in a person’s house. Spiders “Dobrokhim FOS” are destroyed by destructive effects on the nerve impulses of these arthropods, as a result of which the latter begin to cramp, paralysis and quick death. The tool can be used in apartments and private residential buildings. Use Dobrohim FOS as follows. It is diluted with water in a ratio of 10 ml per 1 liter, respectively. In the process of processing an apartment (or house) with this drug, young children and animals need to be removed from the premises. The prepared solution is sprayed in the habitats of spiders. You must try to get directly onto the insect bodies. So their death will be inevitable. At the end of the processing of the room, you need to open the windows wide and leave it to air. Neither adults nor children should be in it for the first 24 hours (at least). After this time, thoroughly damp cleaning should be done indoors. One treatment of an apartment or house with the Dobrokhim FOS tool is enough for a month and a half.
Method number 9. Butox 50. The drug is insect-acaricidal. In contact with the body of a spider leads to paralysis of the insect organs and fatal lethargy. Butox 50 is one of the most powerful means to kill arthropods. For use, it is necessary to dissolve 30 ml of this drug in 10 liters of water. The prepared solution should treat the places of spider settlements. After 20 minutes, open the windows wide and ventilate the room. Wet cleaning is also required. If in your home a lot of spiders divorced, then it is quite possible that one treatment can not do. If you notice that the insects have not completely disappeared, repeat it. Butox 50 lasts 2 months.
Remember! Whatever chemicals you use to fight spiders, take precautions. If you yourself are processing the apartment or house, be sure to wear protective clothing and a hat, trying to completely protect your body. Remember to wear a face mask. After finishing work, wash your hands and face thoroughly with soap and water.
How to get rid of spiders folk remedies
In the event that after a short time after the general cleaning you again saw spiders or cobwebs in the house, we recommend that you use folk remedies to help them get rid of them forever. Their undoubted advantage is complete harmlessness to people.
Method number 10. Peppermint oil. Pleasant for people, the smell of this ester is harmful to spiders. You can use peppermint oil or just plant the plant itself in a pot. Spiders will quickly escape from your home. These insects are afraid of the aroma of mint, especially pepper. The oil of this plant is used by moistening cotton swabs in it and placing them in the habitats of spiders. It is recommended to use this tool every 2 weeks. You can prepare the solution by adding 20 drops of peppermint oil in 0.5 liter of water. With a ready-made solution, spray all corners and crevices, as well as baseboards in the house. If you yourself or any of your loved ones don't like the smell of this ester, can replace it with tea tree oil. Eucalyptus ester will do.It should be remembered that if you or someone from your loved ones suffers from allergic diseases, it is better not to use essential oils, but to choose other means to kill spiders.
Method number 11. Fir oil. Spiders are afraid of the smell of needles. An excellent tool is to moisten cotton swabs in fir essential oil, arrange them on plates and arrange in the places of accumulation of these insects. They will run away for sure.
Method number 12. Other natural flavors. In places of frequent habitation of spiders it is effective to decompose in order to scare them away hazelnuts, chestnuts or orange peel. The chestnut must be broken in half, or at least pierced, so that the insects smell its smell.
Method number 13. Vinegar. It is necessary to dissolve in equal proportions water and 9% vinegar. Using a spray bottle, spray the finished solution into corners and crevices - wherever spiders are found. Even better if you can spray the product on the insects themselves. Contact with acetic acid will destroy the spider. If after processing you still have a working solution, pour it into small containers and place it in the places that these insects visit most often. If for some reason you do not want to use vinegar, you can replace it with citric acid. By the way, she does not need to be diluted with water.
Method number 14. Sheep's wool. It is believed that spiders are afraid of its smell. Moreover, sheep’s wool is unpleasant for them in any form. Even if you just put a thread from a sweater knitted from wool of sheep, this will be enough. You can also put shreds of sheep’s wool in places where spiders accumulate.
Method number 15. Natural powders. An excellent tool for the destruction of spiders is diatomaceous earth (mountain flour). When this absorbent enters the body of an insect, it begins to draw moisture from its body. Dehydration conditions spiders do not stand up and die. The tool helps to get rid of not only them, but also from other insects in the house. Diatomite is not dangerous for people and animals. In addition, it is easy to use: just sprinkle it in your favorite places of spiders.
Method number 16. Boric acid. It kills spiders, while it is safer for adults than many other drugs. It is necessary to treat the corners and cracks in which the insects settled with this powder. But it is better not to use this tool in homes where there are children and pets.
Preventative measures
Did you manage to get rid of spiders in the house? Congratulations! But this is only half the battle. You need to carry out preventive measures so that you do not have to deal with them again. Do not worry, it will not take much time or effort, especially - funds. But you will notice the positive effect of the preventive measures almost immediately (of course, if you perform the recommended actions not negligently, but in good faith and regularly). The main thing here is constancy. Keep an eye on your home tirelessly and you won’t have to see hordes of spiders in it.
So what should you do? Get out, get out and get out again! Cleanliness and order in the house - this is his main protection against spiders and other insects. Do not leave food or other waste in the house, but immediately try to take out the trash. Your kitchen should not have mountains of unwashed dishes, otherwise cockroaches will appear, and spiders will come to hunt for them. Do not forget: flies, midges and any other small creature is food for arthropods. Therefore, do not lure either those or other sewage in your home.
Rating of effective remedies for spiders
Raid from ants and cockroaches. This tool is guaranteed to kill the spider, if you direct the spray directly at him. The advantage of Raid also lies in the absence of an unpleasant pungent odor. The duration of action of the product after treatment is about a month. Raid is intended for indoor use only. At the time of use of the aerosol, children and animals should not be there. Using Raid, you achieve several goals at once, since it is equally effective against the ant, cockroaches and spiders. Hazard Class 4.
Spray Joker Bun. The drug is intended specifically for the extermination of spiders. It does not have a pungent odor, but at the same time it has a destructive effect on these and other insects. This spray is contraindicated for use in catering. The product must be sprayed in a residential area in the window and doorwaysas well as baseboards and corners. Contacting a spider with a spray leads to its death every minute. Keep the product out of the reach of children and pets. Hazard class 3.
Aerosol "Raptor". Designed for crawling insects. The product has a mint smell and is able to destroy a wide variety of pests and parasites, as well as spiders. The action of the aerosol after treatment of the dwelling is quite long - 3 months. One spray of this product is enough for a room with a total area of 60 sq.m. Hazard class 3.
Aerosol Against Spiders Bros. This tool can be used both in apartments and in outbuildings, open verandas and terraces. The main active ingredient is microcapsules, which penetrate the spider's body through direct contact. If sprayed onto an insect, it dies instantly. One treatment of the room with this tool is enough for 3 months. Hazard Class 4.
