Home Remedies For Black Widow Spider Removal In Roseville

Have you heard the phrase: she took it to the next level? This statement conveys the idea of increasing intensity, complexity, improvement, or pushing the boundaries. Now, let us apply that thought to spiders. Most people do not want to be around spiders. Although they are a necessary component of our ecosystem, we want them to remain outside. While we do not like it when common household spiders invade our Roseville homes, we certainly do not need black widow spiders lurking in our houses. When black widow spiders infest our homes, that is a next-level spider problem. 

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You are probably reading this article because you have seen a spider(s) in your Roseville home that you suspect are black widows. Please continue reading to get the information you need to confirm or reject your suspicion, and if black widows are in your house, learn what you need to do next.

Identifying A Black Widow Spider

So that you can get a good understanding of what is lurking in your home, we will begin with a general definition and move to the specifics. Spiders are not insects but are arachnids. Although both are in the same Phylum (anthropoda), they are in different scientific classes (Arachnida and Insecta). What are those differences? Well, insects have six jointed legs, but spiders have eight. Also, insects have a three-part body (head, thorax, and abdomen), but arachnids have a two-part body (cephalothorax and opisthosoma). Insects have two antennae and may have stingers and wings, but spiders have none of these appendages; spiders have spinnerets, which insects do not possess. In summary, spiders have eight legs, a two-part body, spinnerets, and multiple eyes, usually in two or three rows. Now that we know general spider features, we will examine black widows.

Black widow spiders have a shiny black 1 1/2 to 1 3/8 inch body. In addition to their glossy appearance, they have two reddish-orange triangles that merge to form an hourglass appearance on the underside of their abdomen (opisthosoma). Another way you may identify these spiders is by the location of their nests. 

Whereas most of us are familiar with spider webs in the upper corners of doors and windows, black widow spiders spin irregular webs at ground level, usually less than one foot in diameter. So, if you walk into a spider web as you enter through a door, it is not a black widow web; it is likely from a house spider. Furthermore, if the web is large and circular, it was not created by a black widow but is probably the work of an orb weaver spider. Although they can survive in cooler temperatures, black widows prefer warm, dry places to construct their habitats. When they invade a home, they migrate to dimly lit and cluttered areas in garages, basements, or crawl spaces.