I have spiders really bad in my house. How do I get rid of them?

Question

I was told that you can put moth balls around your house and they will stay away, but they smell soooooo bad!

Answer 1

Bay leaves have worked for me. And no smell.

Answer 2

I had a terrible Wolf Spider problem when I moved in to my house last summer. I called the exterminator, and the receptionist advised me that before I fork over the cash to get the house exterminated, I should go to the local hardware store and try a product by Ortho, called Home Defense. It cost me about 15$, but I did like she said, and sprayed the perimeter outside the day before a heavy rain, and then the inside of the perimeter of the house, and you know what? I haven't had to spray since. There's no lingering smell, it doesn't hurt pets or small children, and since I have a four-year old, that was a major concern for me. But it worked great. The spiders haven't come back.

Hope it helps, good luck.

Answer 3

First, you get well out of your concern of spiders. save for some species, they are chance free to people. then you definitely go about eliminating them an same way you get rid of difficulty-loose houseflies (or do you anticipate your landlord to come back over to swat your flies besides?) i'm not particular the position such diverse tenants get the effect that landlords are to blame for each little thing the tenant does unlike. What would you do in case you owned the abode, and spiders existed there ? would you call your lender to come back preserve them ? If those spiders are quite brown recluses, then you definitely want to purchase traps to capture them. The brown recluse isn't a spider it really is amazingly seen, because it has a tendency to conceal lots of the time (subsequently its call). typically, they stay in parts not often visited by technique of people in a house.

Answer 4

moth balls put them on the out side of your house not the in side..
they scare a lot of animals off
cats
dogs
spiders
mice
raccoons
possums
deer
you need to go to the dollar store and buy some cheap bug spray for the in doors..it works for me

Answer 5

You don't have to be afraid of spiders to want to get them out of your house, though, and you don't have to spend good money to do it, either.

What you don't want to do is buy expensive sprays and poisons... sometimes they work, sometimes they don't. And if they do work, but you don't do these other things, other spiders will come right in to take their places. Even the worst cases of spider infestation will respond to these simple and frugal cures:

Find and seal all cracks in basement walls and in window casings and doorways. If there is just a tiny crack in your house, spiders will crawl through.

Make your house unfriendly to other bugs. Spiders eat bugs, plain and simple...
and if their dinner isn't handy, there's no reason for them to hang around.

Vacuum up spiders as you find them. It's simple, safe and more effective than poisons. Vacuum the area thoroughly to get the egg sacs, too.

Keep clutter picked up inside the house so spiders won't have a place to hide. They won't stay in an area that is completely smooth and clutter free.

Keep your trash bins away from the house because spiders will stay around them, hoping to catch the bugs that are attracted to them.

Remove old vegetation or wood from against the house foundations. Spiders like to hide in these things and often find entrance from there.

Trim back trees, bushes and other vegetation from touching the house walls.

Keep pet food tightly covered to keep from attracting bugs which attract spiders. (Don't leave pet food in a dish all day.)

All problems seem to have old wive's tales that sometimes work and sometimes don't and spiders are no exception. These things may or may not work, but since spiders have "taste buds" on their legs, they're worth a try:

Put oil of pennyroyal on a cotton ball or scrap of cloth and place where you see spiders.

Borax in shallow lids or just sprinkle on the floor under couches or beds or wherever the problem area is.

Baking soda... same as borax.

Lemon Pledge sprayed on window and door sills inside and out.
Kerosene. Use it on window screens and sills as well as doorways. (Kerosene is flammable until it evaporates, so keep it away from flame or heat.)

Eucalyptus leaves in closets, drawers and under large pieces of furniture supposedly repels spiders.

Use osage orange (also called hedgeballs or mock oranges).

The final way to deal with spiders in the house? Unless you're overrun by them or deathly afraid of them, accept them. They devour less desirable bugs (flies, mosquitoes and a lot more), and they can be quite interesting to watch. Learn their names and find out as much as you can about them. Keep a journal.

If you are seriously afraid of spiders, it would be wise attack the fear through counselling or self help methods. Spiders are very common all around the world, so it's impossible to live without ever encountering them.

Answer 6

Just call Orkin.

Answer 7

I've heard that baking soda is a good one.

Answer 8

lizards, lots of them,