We lived in our house about three months before I noticed an alarming amount of spiders…Not the harmless furry little guys you don’t mind in your house but a new spider from Australia called the Brown Widow (new to us in Hanahan, SC – there are many links with more information I used Wiki because of the good pictures and links). These spiders are supposedly more poisonous than the black widow but they are much less aggressive. Of course just the fact they where around my house made me weary of spider bites on my family members. My first attempts to get rid of them were quite futile, I removed some and more appeared. It seamed when I would smash one, three days later I would have five in the same place. I researched bug sprays made just for spiders and discovered that there were not may of them. Spiders do not clean themselves the way that other insects do…With most bug sprays you must hit the spiders directly in order to get rid of them.

First thing I did was found a spider spray that lasts longer than just the original spray. I chose a spray called Bengal spider spray, you can pick it up from Wal-mart. This spray works surprisingly well, I sprayed it in all the areas I saw spiders, and where I thought they could go if they were to hide. I used this in combination with a good yard spray. The first year I used Spectracide yard spray (works well, this is what I use now), and have also used Raid Max (also works well). This kills the spiders food such as mosquitoes, gnats, roaches, flies, etc.
- If you have a particularly messy or cluttered yard you are asking for spiders, clean up, this will help more than the spray.
- In addition to spraying and cleaning up clutter it is also a good idea to pressure wash with a light bleach agent if you have a particularly bad infestation.
- Brown Widows are very good a reproducing themselves, their egg pouches can hold as many as 80 more spiders, and they can have 20 sacks in their lifetime. Make sure to smash the pouches if you see them (use a dowel stick), they are very noticeable looking like little balls covered with spikes.

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