Spiders

Yes. We have both brown and black widow spiders which are very poisonous and can inflict a painful bite.

A fairly effective do it yourself type of method is to knock down webs as much as possible with a long extended type of a broom.

When we do our treatments, a big part of what we do is we do remove the webs everywhere where we can reach. We have extending poles with a brush on the end that can extend out about 15 to 20 feet and sweep down the webs and remove the spiders at that point.

You need to try to take away their food source as much as possible. Limiting exterior lights, disrupting their webs, and having a consistent, routine pest service are the best combined methods to prevent spiders from sticking around.

Usually when you’re dealing with spiders, you should be able to see some webs. They like to set up their webs near lights because flying insects are attracted to these lights and the spiders know this. When the opportunity presents itself, they will feed on any kind of flying insects that are attracted to these lights. So it’s really a food chain thing. If you keep exterior lights on, you’re going to attract flying insects, usually moths. Spiders love moths. If you have a garage, the bottom part of the door near the sensors is a popular spider hangout. They also like the eaves of a house, underneath the roof line where they are protected from most of the weather but can still capture prey.

Popular outdoor spider zones include stacked wood or any kind of debris that is stacked or piled up. They like areas without a lot of disturbance or wind. They are opportunistic predators. They feed on insects and sometimes even small lizards or frogs, depending on the species.

Along the Gulf coast, we do run into brown widow spiders and black widow spiders very often, and they are poisonous. 

Removing their food source by disrupting the webs, and consistent monthly or quarterly pest control service has proven to be the best method of controlling these guys.