Spider control in Las Vegas

Spiders in Las Vegas homes and yards

Garages, block walls, patio furniture and pool equipment give spiders lots of quiet places to build webs. Most spiders you'll find around a Las Vegas home are harmless, and many eat other bugs. A few, like black widows, are worth taking seriously, especially if kids or pets spend time in the yard.

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Spiders you may see around the valley

• Black widow: the female is shiny black with a red hourglass shape on the underside of her belly. Black widows are common in the Las Vegas valley. They build messy, tangled webs low to the ground in garages, block walls, meter boxes, woodpiles and under patio furniture.
• Brown widow: a relative of the black widow that's tan to brown with an orange hourglass. Its egg sacs are covered in little spikes, which makes them easy to spot. Brown widows have spread across the Southwest, including Las Vegas.
• Wolf spiders: large, hairy brown spiders that hunt on the ground instead of building webs. They're fast and can look scary, but they're mostly a nuisance.
• Cellar spiders: often called daddy longlegs, these thin, long-legged spiders hang in loose webs in corners, closets and garages.
• Jumping spiders: small, fuzzy spiders that hop. You'll often see them on sunny walls and windows.

Where spiders hide

Spiders like dark, undisturbed spaces near a steady supply of insects. Good places to check:

• Garage corners, shelves and stored boxes
• Under patio furniture, grills and outdoor toys
• Block walls, especially gaps near the top and bottom
• Water and electric meter boxes, and around pool equipment
• Around outdoor lights, where insects gather at night
• Closets, under beds and behind furniture that rarely moves

Why you keep seeing spiders

Spiders follow their food. If crickets, roaches, ants and other insects are around your home, spiders will stick around too. Outdoor lights add to it by pulling in insects at night. That's why a plan for spiders usually covers the bugs they eat as well.

Simple steps you can take today

• Wear gloves when reaching into boxes, meter boxes, woodpiles or under outdoor furniture.
• Shake out shoes, gloves and clothes stored in the garage before you use them.
• Sweep or vacuum webs and egg sacs from corners, eaves and patio furniture.
• Store things in plastic bins with lids instead of cardboard boxes.
• Keep clutter down in the garage and along the side yard.
• Move firewood and lumber away from the house.
• Try yellow bulbs in porch lights to draw fewer insects.

How a licensed company can help with spiders

A licensed Nevada pest control company can inspect the places spiders like to hide, help with spiders and webs around the outside of your home and in the garage, and explain options for the insects that feed them. If widows are your main worry, mention it when they call so they know where to focus. You can ask about any other pests you're seeing in the same free estimate, from scorpions down to the tiniest ant.

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