How to Keep Spiders Out of Your House

How to Keep Spiders Out of Your House

Spiders often find their way indoors through small openings around your home while searching for food, shelter, or a place to build webs. Fortunately, a few simple steps can help keep spiders from becoming regular visitors.

Seal Entry Points

One of the best ways to keep spiders out is to block the places where they enter. Inspect your home for:

• Gaps around doors and windows

• Cracks in the foundation

• Torn window screens

• Openings around utility lines and pipes

• Gaps around vents and exterior fixtures

Sealing these openings can significantly reduce the number of spiders entering your home.

Reduce Their Food Supply

Spiders feed on insects, so reducing flies, ants, mosquitoes, moths, and other pests also helps reduce spider activity. Keeping your home clean and addressing insect problems makes your home less attractive to spiders.

Remove Webs and Egg Sacs

Vacuum or sweep away spider webs regularly, especially in corners, ceilings, closets, garages, basements, and behind furniture. Removing egg sacs can also help prevent future spider populations from developing inside your home.

Eliminate Hiding Places

Spiders prefer dark, undisturbed areas. Reduce clutter in storage rooms, closets, garages, attics, and basements to eliminate places where spiders like to hide.

Treat Common Entry Areas

Applying a spider killer around doors, windows, baseboards, garages, basements, and other common entry points can help kill spiders on contact and reduce future activity when used according to the label directions.

For the best results, combine regular treatments with routine cleaning and home maintenance.