Spiders: 5 Tips to Reduce Spiders Indoors

Spiders, let's face it, these creatures are creepy!  Spiders are a common pest control issue.  Pest control professionals in the northwest see and treat for spiders regularly about 10 months out of the year.  While there are far more virtually harmless spiders than there are deadly ones, the deadly ones give all spiders a bad name!   There is a reason this pest is featured on a specifically creepy holiday.  I don't know about your house but in mine, if a spider goes zipping across the wall (or floor, or ceiling) someone is shrieking at the top of their lungs (and no, it's not me)!  Luckily for my family, dad/husband is a pest control professional, so it is a rare occasion that a spider has the opportunity to enter my home!  Here are a few tips to keep your home free from spiders.

• Keep laundry and clutter off of the floor.  The longer a pile of laundry, toys, papers etc. sits untouched, the more likely it is that it will become home to a creepy crawly eight-legged beast spider.  Keeping laundry rotating through and up in laundry baskets or hampers is one way to minimize the draw.  Keeping toys in bins and papers filed also decreases common indoor dwelling areas for spiders.
• Regularly sweep and vacuum especially areas with less traffic.  Most people are pretty good about keeping regularly trafficked areas of the house swept and vacuumed because there is a constant reminder that it needs to be done.  It is also important when sweeping and vacuuming to make it to the dark forgotten corners of the hallways and closets, behind and under furniture, and any place that can be dark and forgotten for a long period of time.
• Regularly dust and remove cobwebs.  Regularly dusting and removing cobwebs and dust from furniture, in corners etc. much like sweeping and vacuuming is a way to keep under-trafficked areas of the home from becoming forgotten welcoming homes to spiders.
• Regularly go through and purge items that are sitting unused and keep stored materials in air tight containers.  Keeping stored materials loose or in bags and boxes is inviting not only to spiders but a wide variety of other pests.  Purge unnecessary items and papers on a regular basis. For those things that need to be stored for much of the time, choose air tight storage containers that are more difficult for spiders and other pests to inhabit and infest.
• Have a regularly scheduled spider and or general pest treatment indoors.  You may want to treat both indoors and outdoors if you live in an area prone to spider infestations.  If you have an array of unwanted pests and or spiders it is a good idea to have a regularly scheduled spider or general pest treatment with a local pest control company. Click here for coupons in Portland, OR and Vancouver, WA

With these few basic tips, you should be able to keep your home free from spiders.  Most professional pest control companies can schedule regular maintenance for spiders and general pests.  A maintenance is a good option for preventing future infestations from happening and keeping a maintenance schedule is often a much more cost effective option than waiting for a problem to get bad before making the call.