Spider Control
We all have spiders in our homes here in the Pacific Northwest. They are harmless 99% of the time but for those that suffer from arachnophobia they are no laughing matter. Our comprehensive spider program involves the cleaning of spider webs and egg sacs from the perimeter of the home including eaves, down pipes, windows and any other areas our technician notes the presence of webs. The property is then treated with a repellent chemical that will keep the spiders away from the house. Spiders are a solitary creature and do not preen themselves so getting them to ingest a chemical is difficult. They do however re-ingest their webs so disturbing the webs and treating the remaining web can be an effective way of controlling spiders.
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House Spider
Size: They are extremely small creatures, with the females having a size of 3/16 -5/16 inches, while the males are 1/8 -3/16 inches.
Color: They are dull brown in appearance, with the males and females having yellow and orange legs respectively. Their body has a patterned appearance when combined with various shades, helping them to attain a camouflaged appearance.Each female have the capacity of producing approximately 17 egg sacs, which have a brown color and are pear-shaped. 100-400 eggs come out from a single sac that remains with their mother for a certain span. The juvenile spiders hatch within a span of 7 to 10 days after which they gradually disperse. -
Black Widow
Size: Females are 5 inches (127 mm) in length with a leg span between 1.5 and 2 inches (38.1 to 50.8 mm). Males are however smaller about 1/3rd size of its female counterpart.
Color: They have a glossy black body(mostly the females)with red hourglass marking on the undersides of its abdomen, which can also be yellow or even white (which is rare though). The male spiders are not completely black, but have shades of gray or light brown on their body. The hour glass pattern is present in the males too, though it is more of orange than red and at times even yellow. The eggs attached to the mother’s web are pear-shaped with their color being whitish-yellow or pear-shaped. In a particular sac, there are about 200 eggs which hatch in two weeks from being laid. -
Wolf Spider
Size: These species differ in size ranging between 10 and 35 mm (0.4-1.38 inches).
Color: Wolf spiders have a brown body, though they may also be available in gray and black shades.
Other characteristics: They possess eight eyes arranged in rows of three. These species are highly tactile because of the sensory hairs present on their bodies and legs. Their legs could be heavy (burrowing wolf spiders) or thin (as that of the members of the Pardosa genus). The sac is round and globe-shaped made of silk, which remains fixed to the female’s spinnerets situated on their abdomen, right at the end. In this manner, it gets easy for them to carry their little ones along always even before they are born. -
Hobo Spider
1 – 1 and 3/4” (40-50 mm) in diameter, including legs. Body sizes range from 5/16” to 9/16” with females slightly larger than males.
Light to medium brown with dark stripe down center to either side of lighter midline stripes; legs solid light brown with no bands.
Oblong abdomen with longer posterior spinnerets visible from above .
Common in the northwestern U.S.; appears to be expanding its range