Wolf Spiders: The Best techniques to Get Rid of Them

Wolf spiders are large, active, and ugly and never a welcome presence in a home. However, they have a way of finding themselves in homes and settling in for the long haul. As a result, you need to understand how to get rid of wolf spiders in the house, as well as knowing how to prevent these pests from ever getting into your home and bothering you in the first place.

Wolf Spider Prevention Tips

In many ways, the best manner of controlling a spider invasion is to prevent it from ever happening. These tips are designed for people who haven’t yet noticed wolf spiders in their house. These techniques are pretty simple and don’t require any specialized help, as long as you fully understand what you are doing:

• Remove Weeds Around the House – Wolf spiders often flock to leafy and weedy areas because they can hide here and find prey quite easily. Remove weeds from around your home, rake up leaf litter and mulch, get rid of mulch and yard debris around the house, and wolf spiders are less likely.
• Exclusion Techniques – Inspect the outside of your house for potential areas where spiders may invade, such as pipes and holes in the wall. A wolf spider needs an opening no bigger than a dime to get into your house. Use caulk, screens, and other methods to seal up these areas properly.
• Minimize Outdoor Lighting – Like other pests, spiders are often attracted to lights, and outdoor lights may end up attracting wolf spiders. Cut down on the number of lights you use or switch to sodium-vapor lighting to get the effect that you need to keep spiders out of your house.
• Add Plans to Your Home – Some plants naturally repel spiders and other types of vermin. In particular, lavender is a potent plant that shouldn’t cause many difficulties for your home but drive away spiders. Eucalyptus, lemongrass, and peppermint also repel spiders from a house.

Follow these tips, and you should have minimal difficulty with wolf spiders. However, if you already have wolf spiders in your home and are sick of seeing them, there are a few steps that you can take to get them out.

Effective Ways to Control Wolf Spiders

The following non-natural treatment methods are among the most effective ways to manage wolf spiders without issue. Make sure that you spread these items in areas where you’ve seen them, such as holes where they may hide in your house or areas where you’ve seen them before:

• Pesticides – Many store-bought pesticides can be purchased to eliminate wolf spiders without any issue, as long as you spray them in areas where they feed.
• Traps – These simple traps capture spiders with various smells and baits that get them to come inside and end up dead.
• Non-Pesticide Sprays – Baits and sprays may attract wolf spiders into the open, making it easier for homeowners to kill them with little difficulty.
• Spider “Dust” – Some products utilize a dust-like surface that you can scatter throughout your home to kill wolf spiders in your home.

Most of these products can be purchased at a garden shop or online from the manufacturer or related vendors. Ensure that you check the exact products you use and always read the instructions thoroughly.

Natural Ways to Get Rid of Wolf Spiders

Many home owners prefer natural methods for pest control because they are safer and often cheaper than other methods. Thankfully, there are several different techniques that you can use to get rid of wolf spiders. For example, you can:

• Mix peppermint oil with dish soap and water and spray the wolf spider’s home
• Spread diatomaceous earth around your home and where you’ve seen the spider
• Sprinkle small amounts of boric acid in areas where you’ve seen wolf spiders
• Use tobacco spray around the house and a spider’s living area to kill or repel them
• Place bowls of saltwater near where spiders live to attract them to drink

All of these simple natural steps are very safe to use, though boric acid shouldn’t be used if you have young kids or pets that may examine it out of curiosity. Best of all, many of them are things that you may already have around the house or are readily available in many shops.

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