While spiders can reduce the number of gnats and flies you see in your home, most people don’t want to share their apartments with arachnids. If a spider lays eggs in your home, you could be dealing with a full-blown infestation within a few weeks, so it’s best to get rid of the spiders you see. Here are three tips to help you deal with spiders in your apartment.

1. Take Preventative Measures

The easiest way to get rid of spiders is to make your apartment an unappealing environment. If you seal up any cracks around your windows and doors, you can minimize the risk of spiders accessing your home. If you live on the ground floor, make sure all weeds and bushes outside of your apartment are well-maintained and don’t brush up against the building. Keeping your home free of flying insects that make good spider meals is helpful. However, the best preventative measure to take is cleaning your apartment.

If you keep your apartment clean and organized, there are fewer places for spiders to hide and spin webs. Creating a weekly cleaning schedule and decluttering is a good way to keep spiders away. Not only does this habit often deter new arachnids from taking up residence, but it also makes your home less appealing to any spiders that currently live there so they are more likely to move out.

2. Vacuum Webs

Having spiders in or around your apartment isn’t always a bad thing because arachnids eat many of the smaller insects, such as mosquitos and flies that plague humans. While you might not mind letting a spider live on your balcony, you probably don’t want to see it in your kitchen every time you’re preparing food. One of the best ways to get spiders out of your apartment without harming them is by removing their webs.

Spiders live in the webs they spin, but after a few days they move on to build a new structure. Removing old cobwebs may be part of your cleaning routine, but if you want to deter spiders, it’s important to find new webs. Move the spider outside using a cup or a piece of paper, then get out your vacuum and use it to clean up webs and egg sacs. Spiders are less likely to return if they have no webs inside your apartment.

3. Call an Exterminator

If you’re still seeing numerous spiders in your apartment despite your best efforts to get rid of them, it’s time to call an exterminator for help. Exterminators can spray chemicals that deter spiders and make sure that your home isn’t an appealing environment for arachnids. Some pesticides are harmless to people, but if you’re dealing with an extreme spider infestation, you may need to leave your apartment for a few hours while the chemicals get rid of your arachnid roommates.

If you decide to call an exterminator, you want to hire a team of professionals you can trust to do the job right. At Truly Nolen, we take the time to talk with you before taking action so that we have a thorough understanding of the extent of your spider problem. We’ll thoroughly search your apartment for arachnids and remove the ones we find. We’ll then treat your home with state-of-the-art chemicals and give you advice on how to make your apartment less appealing to spiders.

Call Truly Nolen Today To Make an Appointment

If you’re having trouble getting rid of spiders in your apartment and want to call a professional to help, Truly Nolen is here to offer exceptional Toronto pest control. Contact us today to schedule an appointment for spider removal.