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Pest Control For spiders - Get Rid Of Spiders Fast!

Spiders in a domestic or commercial environment, are in general harmless. However, for most people, a good spider is a dead spider. Spiders are attracted to warm, dark small spaces, such as cracks in bricks, plaster, wooden panelling, air vents, curtain drapes. etc.,
Spider eggs are laid into a silken sac, with many eggs in each sac, which may be fixed to a surface, hidden in the web or carried by the female. Should one see a sac indoors, this indicates that there will soon be more spiders around. The most common of spiders in S.A. are:
• The Rain Spider (large, ugly and harmless)
• Widow or Button spiders, whose bites are venomous and require immediate medical treatment.
• The Baboon spider (part of the tarantula family), has a painful bite, which is mildly venomous, but not deadly to humans.

Spider venom is either neurotoxic or cytotoxic. Neurotoxic venom affects the central nervous system, while cytotoxic venom affects the tissue around the bite. In Southern Africa, the neurotoxic spiders to recognise are the button spiders.

FAQ’s Spiders

Q – Are all spiders poisonous?

Most local spiders are not poisonous, but can give a person some kind of reaction, which differs from person to person.

Q – How do you treat for spiders

A combination spray and /or a “low volume” electric fogging treatment of required bedroom, kitchen, bathroom, study, storeroom etc. cupboards and or storage containers, as well as skirting boards and curtains, behind pictures and hanging tapestries. Also spraying of outside bushes/branches that are close to house wall, if required.

Optional but recommended is the Nupro gassing of inside roof through ceiling hatch, with number of cans determined by size of space, plus accessibility to roof area.