Spider Control Gilbert / Phoenix Metro

Spiders feed off other insects, including harmful ones, considering spiders beneficial to the environment and regular home pests. But their webs are a nuisance, and spider bites can be painful or dangerous to humans. Controlling spiders begins with reducing their food supply: proper sanitation and control of other insect species will eliminate most spider problems. Regular vacuuming and sweeping of infrequently used spaces such as storage areas, crawl spaces, and attics will also help. Below you will find information on spiders that frequently harbor around residential and commercial buildings.

Black Widow Spiders harbor in areas that are close to the ground for protection. This usually means that black widows will draw a web in areas such as firewood and boxes so that they aren’t exposed to danger. Black Widows are easily detectable as they have an hour glass red shape on their abdomen. Black Widows are found in areas such as firewood, boxes, and eaves so that they can be safely transported into homes and buildings undisturbed. Black Widows do not bite humans out of instinct rather out of survival and irritation. When black widow spiders bite they can cause severe pain. Black widows let out a venomous neurotoxin when they bite so young and elderly people are most susceptible to a severe reaction.

As the name “recluse” suggests, Brown Recluse Spiders, are shy. They retreat when possible, and prefer dark, undisturbed places near or on the ground for their webs, which are used for nesting, not for trapping prey. In fact, the typical web seen in visible areas such as a wall or eave is most likely not due to a brown recluse, but to other types of spiders that may even pursue the brown recluse as prey. Brown recluse spiders usually live in dense clusters. Usually where one is found, there will be more. They are scavengers, preferring dead prey to live.