Home Remedies to get rid of Spiders?

[Bones899]

Get a cat. :-) Ours always ate spiders.

[billsmrs]

Thanks all for the suggestions!

Hubby wants to try the lavender oil I think and if that doesn't help I don't know what he will choose next.

We do have to be careful since the public is in and out of the store. We don't want to do something that will make someone sick. Know? Plus my son is here with me sometimes and he does go back to the storage room with me and I would hate for him to get into something. Especially since he has asthma.

[jeskibuff]

Here's a VERY natural remedy. Set up a card table in the storage area, put a red and white checkered tablecloth on it, salt and pepper shakers, a bottle of A-1 sauce and a bottle of Tabasco. Put 4 chairs around the table, and plaster "FEAR FACTOR" signs all over. Once the spiders figure out what's about to happen, they'll be headed for the hills!

[tvguides]

I have Pest Offense and I recommend it. Been using it for almost two years now! I have heard that if you put mint extract on a cotton ball and place around the areas, bugs will stay away. But to kill them, I recommend the bug bombs or a professional.

[Ttulipss]

Sorry, but my answer is a regular visits by an exterminator.

After we moved in our new house, we kept getting daddy long legs. I know, they're no big deal, but I just hate spiders and if they're inside, what else is inside that I don't know about. Next came some cockroaches followed by silverfish - both only a couple incidences, but nonetheless in the house. The last straw for me was another type of spider.....no clue what type, therefore not knowing if a bite could be detrimental to my girls or to my unborn baby if I were bit. Of course we'd kill them, but when there were 6 in the house in one day, I had it and told dh that's it! So the next day I called for quotes and within less than a week had service started.

It was only $64 to get started (set up fees, interior and exterior) and $34 for each monthly visit. Money well worth spent to me! Each month they mainly plan on exterior only, but will do the interior as well for no extra charge if I request. One of these times I want my attic done, too (even though dh thinks it's ludicrous) and they'll do it at no extra charge as well. June was our first month and we've only had the interior done once with no need for a repeat. I'll probably go through winter without having the interior done again and wait until spring when it starts warming up and the spiders come out of hibernation.

If you're allergic to spiders, I would consider it. Black widows are nasty and brown recluses are even worse! Dh was bit by one on his leg and it was very painful to him. I told him, our friends and his brother and sisters told him to go to the doctor, but he wouldn't until his mother actually called and scheduled an appointment for him. The doctor had to lance it and then stuff it with medicated gauze as the spider's venom was disintegrating the tissue in his leg. His scar is about the size of a silver dollar. It was really sick! There was another woman in our county that was bitten by one and the cartilege in her nose started to disintegrate as well as having to have both her legs amputated at the knees. They found her to have certain allergies (including that to bees) that they believed had to do with how her body reacted to the recluse bite.

Good luck with whatever method....just make sure you get those spiders out ~ especially with allergies involved!


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[kellylm]

These are some great ways to get rid of spiders; I really like the idea of Lavender oil. Anyone have a home remedy to keep the cockroaches away?

[Onepiece]

moth balls can help too..

[Lynn S.]

Here's a VERY natural remedy. Set up a card table in the storage area, put a red and white checkered tablecloth on it, salt and pepper shakers, a bottle of A-1 sauce and a bottle of Tabasco. Put 4 chairs around the table, and plaster "FEAR FACTOR" signs all over. Once the spiders figure out what's about to happen, they'll be headed for the hills!

LOL...very funny and creative but I am not sure I want to try it. I am not sure how to get rid of spiders in the house and have searched (only a little). I did see lavender oil mentioned here. What is it you do with the lavender oil though? How does it get rid of spiders? I am planning to keep looking and will come back with any information I get so stay tuned. Especially with colder temperatures here; seems more critters are looking for ways to infiltrate our homes.

[ElizabethS]

Any ideas on how to get rid of spiders in the house are helpful. I have some that I have found in my home and have used an exterminator but prefer something more natural and less costly. Thanks for those listed; great starting point.

[LucyBall]

These are some great tips and home remedies for spiders! I saw someone mention cockroaches and I actually have some advice. Check for open areas (wall around pipes entering for sinks and such) and use foam to fill these areas. Another option is boric acid--use at your discretion and in areas not in human contact.

[kellylm]

I did try some Lavender Oil from the home remedies for spiders ideas. Seems to have worked; am keeping my fingers crossed just in case. Thanks again!

[mrmono1]

Get a cat. :-) Ours always ate spiders.

Mine does the same :0

[chrisj99]

I was hoping there may be a home remedy that may kill them that would be cheaper and more effective than the traditional sprays.

[awatts79]

I could definitely

[Eleanor62]

I ran out of there like someone on fire and called hubby who told me to shut the door and he would get some spray at lunch and spray the room. However, I am thinking th