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Exterminators Eliminate Spider Infestations Thoughout Southeast Wisconsin
Spider infestations are extremely common in Wisconsin, especially during winter. As the colder months approach, spiders seek refuge in warm, dark places. Spiders often hide in basements, HVAC duct work, closets and even bed sheets. When warmer weather returns, spiders become more active, venturing out into living spaces and the outdoors in search of food.
Using bug spray is fine if you’re dealing with an occasional spider or two, but it’s no way to deal with a spider infestation. If it seems like spiders are taking over your house, you may have an infestation. Unless you’re going for a House of Horrors theme, you’ll probably want to get a professional exterminator out to your house ASAP.
From our home base in Milwaukee, Ehlers Pest Management serves not only the greater Milwaukee area and it’s suburbs, but also Racine and Kenosha. Our experienced exterminators will identify the type of spider infestation you have and use proven pest control methods to ensure results—including pet-friendly, organic pest control formulas. We’ll also determine probable entry points to help you prevent future infestations.
The black widow spider is glossy black, or dark to light brown, measuring up to ¾ inch with an abdomen 3/8 inch in diameter. Black widow spiders can be identified by the asymmetrical, scaffold-type webs they commonly spin near the ground. The webs are typically found in areas offering protection, like piles of boxes, boards, and firewood. Black widow spiders are also identifiable by their harmful bite. Intense cramping and body pain are common symptoms of a black widow spider bite. People are often bit in outhouses where the black widow hides under toilet seats and when picking up or putting on items the spider crawled into.
The cellar spider is cream colored, with a very thin shape measuring up to ¾ inch long. Cellar spiders are identifiable by the huge, tangled webs they spin and hang upside down in. Cellar spiders attach additional webs to their existing webs, resulting in vast amounts of cobwebs. The webs are commonly found in dark areas like basements, sheds, crawl spaces, garages, and warehouses.
They are distinguishable from spiders by appearing to have a one piece oval body, and their lack of venom and silk glands make them harmless to humans. While most daddy longlegs are varying shades of brown, some diurnal species are yellow, green, and black with black and reddish mottling. Most daddy longlegs are predators feeding on insects and plants near outdoor lights, while others are scavengers feasting on dead organisms and fecal matter. Outdoor lighting lures insects to the daddy longlegs’ web for easy consumption.
The domestic house spider is brownish gray with numerous multi-colored markings, with bulbous bodies measuring up to one inch with a two inch leg span. They are identifiable by their flat webs featuring a funnel-shaped hideout on one side. Domestic house spiders are proliferous web-spinners, choosing lit areas where flying insects are easily found for food. Domestic house spiders prefer to spin webs near holes and cracks that offer ideal locations for the funnel hideout. The webs are commonly found in outdoor vegetation, crawl spaces, garages, and basements. Domestic spider bites are harmless, making them relatively safe.
The garden spider black and yellow, measuring up to 1.5 inches with a 3 inch leg span. Garden spiders are identifiable by the enormous, flat sphere-shaped webs they spin across open spaces between trees and shrubs. The webs are spun along the flight paths of insects posing as potential food. The webs are commonly found in fields, forests, and yards.
The jumping spider has earth-tone coloration, identifiable by its eight different shaped eyes and stocky legs. Jumping spiders are one of the fastest moving spider species, capable of jumping 25 times their own size. Jumping spiders live worldwide in deserts, scrublands, tropical forests, near windows of North American homes, and the Himalayas’ in rocks, leaves, and tree bark. Indoors, jumping spiders live near insects in planters, wall cavities, and window sills. Jumping spiders are carnivorous hunters who stalk other insects to eat as opposed to snaring insects in a web.
