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What Types of Spiders are Most Common in Toronto?

Power Pest
Mar 27, 2017 Spiders 0 Comment

spiders TorontoSpiders are environmental and often geographical.

Meaning, the spiders you find in your Toronto home may not be the same type of spiders as those a friend in Florida has.

Therefore, it is important that you know what types of spiders are common in your area, and know how to identify them.

For the most part, the spiders you find are harmless, but some are extremely dangerous.

If you notice an increase in spiders in your house, it is best to contact a pest exterminator in Toronto to have them taken care of and prevent them from coming back.

Types of Spiders Common in the Area

1. Wolf Spiders

Wolf spiders do not make webs, which is why they are not as easy to spot.

Instead, these spiders are hunters, and inside your home, they are hunting for their prey (insects).

In the fall, they will look for warmer places, which is about the time you will find them coming inside.

2. Cellar Spiders

Cellar spiders have very long legs, and their webs are typically created in cool, damp areas, like basements.

They are harmless and are quickly eliminated just by removing their webs and decreasing your home’s humidity.

Cellar spiders are also referred to as daddy long legs.

3. The House Spider

A house spider is very common indoors. Services offering pest control in Toronto are typically called out when a homeowner starts to find these little insects crawling around.

The house spider ranges in color from a dirty white to black.

They have visible markings, and their first three pairs of legs are much longer than their body.

They are notorious for building their webs in dark corners and love to create webs under furniture.

The house spider is there to eat insects in your home, but they are harmless to humans.

4. The Black Widow

There are species of black widows found in Canada, and they are 15 times more poisonous than a rattlesnake.

Black widows prefer warm, dry parts of the world and want to be in the dark where they are nice and sheltered, says Canadian Geographic.

The spider is found as far up to southern Ontario in grasslands, chaparrals, deserts, and forests.

One can easily spot a black widow because of its dark black finish and red marking on the stomach.

While dangerous, they are not aggressive. In fact, they will play dead or flee when disturbed.

A black widow only bites when it needs to defend itself.

5. Fishing Spiders

Fishing spiders look like wolf spiders, but they have a different eye pattern.

They are more common in homes near the water, especially around the shoreline.

They eat small insects and minnows mostly but are harmless.

Spiders are a Natural Form of Pest Control for Toronto Homes

While spiders are certainly frightful to see, they are nature’s pest control.

Wolf spiders, for example, help gardeners by removing crop pests like aphids and plant bugs.

Spiders do not transmit diseases like some insects, and while most spiders have a venom gland, they rarely bite humans or even household pets.

Only a few species of spiders could even carry the toxicity to hurt a human, such as the brown recluse or black widow.

Most spiders are nocturnal, which means they crawl around at night while you are sleeping.

Also, they are very shy.

When a spider is confronted, they typically flee the scene and avoid conflict. If a spider is squeezed or held, then it could bite.

Could You Prevent Spiders?

A pest exterminator in Toronto can help eliminate spiders inside the home by performing a detailed inspection of the property and conducting regular exterior sprays to knockout spiders, but you as the homeowner must do your part too.

That means keeping the inside of your home clean and reducing the number of pests.

After all, pests are the diet of spiders. Remove their food source and you remove them.

Here are some quick tips to control or eliminate spiders from your home
  • Caulking windows and doors
  • Adding weather-stripping around storm doors and the bottom of door sweeps 
  • Vacuuming and remove other dead occasional invaders such as centipedes, silverfish, earwigs, and sowbugs  in basements and garages to prevent the attraction of spiders
  • The purchase of a dehumidifier for basements and other areas of homes that can be conducive moisture spots for spiders
  • Removing leaf litter and other organic material that can attract insects such as earwigs, sowbugs and centipedes and they feed on those kind of insects

It is best to wear gloves when cleaning out these areas though, just in case you stumble across a black widow or other nesting spider.

A few spiders here and there won’t hurt though, especially if you want the annoying earwigs to leave your home.

Ready to Get Serious Pest Control for Your Toronto Home?

Power Pest Control, Inc. knows that the sight of a spider will make anyone jump — including grown men.

If you are tired of sharing your living space with your eight-legged friends, let us come out and treat your home.

We will find points of harborage and help you reduce access points so that you can be spider free.

Schedule your quote now by calling us at 647-708-7378 or contact us online.

 

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