Spiders getting into my house

[Anonymous]

I actually live in Stafford, I have only ever seen them in the finished part of my basement.. And I can totally relate to the panic attack.. after seeing FIVE of them last night, I barely slept at all... Luckily (knocking on wood) I haven't seen any this morning. May I ask how much having them come out and spray costed you?

[Anonymous]

I found this on-line: The wolf spider enjoys preying on crickets, cockroaches, grasshoppers, beetles, ants, other spiders and even small amphibians and reptiles." In my mind, I'd rather leave the spiders because I'd rather have them than the rest of this stuff in my basement. In fact, I do have a couple of wolf spiders in my basement which I leave because we occasionally have a cricket problem. But then I have an unfinished basement.

If you want, frogs and toads prey on wolf spiders...you could always get a pet toad or frog and let them road the basement.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I didn't know that, but the only bad luck I've had so far is more spiders!

imagine how bad your luck would be if you also killed spiders

[Anonymous]

Yeah, I guess in their defense, I haven't seen any other creatures in the house.. but at the same time, I'm REALLY not a fan of them still..

When no one else is home and I really want to get rid of them, if the cat doesn't take care of it I've either vacuumed up or flushed down the toilet the other ones I've seen... Good think I'm not superstitious!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It is bad luck to kill spiders

It's worse luck to get bitten by one.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It is bad luck to kill spiders

It's worse luck to get bitten by one.

or have your young child get bitten by one.

[Anonymous]

It's about $130 to have them spray. I do it once in spring, once in summer and once in the fall. I'd pay much more to guarantee no spiders! I was bitten by a wild spider once, and the resulting abscess and quarter size scar on my leg were/are not pretty.
I must admit that I'm even scared of them dead. A few weeks ago I found one on his back all curled up. I know it's an irrational fear, and I'm trying very hard not to pass it along to my kids.

[Anonymous]

Montgomery Pest Control sprays our basement, garage, foundation, and yard for $85 every 3 months. We have seen nary a spider nor a cricket since they started last summer.

[Anonymous]

Pest control is your friend. I don't let them do the inside of my house, but I have a service contract. If I am home when they come, they ask if I have been having any issues and they will promptly take care of it. Or if I call with a big issue they come out right away. We use American Pest Control and have been very happy with them.

[Anonymous]

We have a few egg sacs (I'm pretty sure that is what they are according to google) on the grill cover that I've been watching all winter. Now that the mild weather is more consistent and temps. are above freezing I'm worried the eggs will hatch. Any way to get rid of them? There are about 8 or 9 sacs total and thinking of all the tiny wolf spiders inundating the porch and the house grosses me out.

[Anonymous]

No advice, but I call my dad crying everytime I see one and then I sit petrified and wait for him to come over. Fortunately if you leave them alone they normally are happy to camp out for awhile so someone can handle the situation.

[Anonymous]

My house is now 4 years old. For the 1st 2 years we fought a daily battle with giant wolf spiders (with legs about 4 inches...) Since we have pets we sprayed the outside of our house, yet they still made in it. I think through the fireplace in our master bedroom, because one morning I woke up with a painful swollen spot on my collar bone. (I tend to protect myself pretty well in my sleep so I'm betting the bugger got his...) I watched the bite and my 1am the following night I became pretty worried when I saw the beginning of red lines. One leading up my throat and one leading under my arm. I was in the emergency room by 7am with Sepsis. While these aren't Poissoness spiders they can leave small hairs in their bites that can get infected and because of where the bite was there was very little blood flow. We now spray but it really doesn't work. I have learned they like the hiding spots talking about earlier. I used to keep my shoes in their shoe boxes, but we found they really like that set up. All paper bags and boxes go out! We live on the side of a rock hill, which they love, so the only thing we can do it try to protect our house by being vigilant at keeping hiding spots cleaned up and smashing them. I think I've had my spider bad luck... Now I'm theirs...

[Anonymous]

Sweet baby Jesus, I just Googled wolf spider! Where are you located? I feel for you.

[Anonymous]

When i was 18 and home from college, i was taking a shower in my bathroom and not really paying attention when i stepped into the shower and saw hundreds of baby spiders covering the wall and a giant wolf spider just staring me down. They were literally a foot away from me. I started screaming so loud and hysterically i woke my dad who broke the door down (it was locked but he's 6'4''in and 235 pounds) to find me jumping around naked spraying myself all over with lysol trying to kill any baby spiders that got on me. 8 years later, i am still afraid of spiders and when i see one in my house, i become convinced there is a nest.somewhere. although DH does tease me, he lets me get the house sprayed more than needed because of my fear.

[Anonymous]

We had a bunch last winter, in the walls coming out along the baseboards. Since we had our crawl space waterproofed/sealed and the space between the basement and the walls sealed we haven't seen any this year. They are roamers and hunters, so if they are living in your walls they are catching other things to eat.