My bathroom has become overrun with baby spiders!!?
Question:This weekend, I found a few baby spiders in my bathroom, and I killed them, not really thinking anything about it. However, today, I found no less than 10 (!) around my bathroom...I tried looking for a web, a mommy spider, and an entrance point, but couldn't find anything.
I sprayed the corners and against the walls with pesticide, and that has worked pretty well with those that were crawling on the floor; however, I guess they got smarter, as they've moved higher up! None have moved beyond my bathroom, so I'm very happy about that, but I'm going on vacation for three weeks in a few days, and I thus need to make sure that my eight-legged friends don't overtake my apartment!
I really don't want to call an exterminator for such a relatively small job (the rest of my apartment is virtually bug free), but is there anything else I can do to ensure that I don't come back to an apartment overrun with spiders? This is the first such problem I've had in almost two years...
Answers:
Hope I'm not too late for the vacation, but you can just set off an aerosol spray bomb in the bathroom, leave cabinet doors open and close the door behind you when you're leaving for vacation. Hope this was helpful, Good luck :-)
The mother spider has already made her nest and the eggs are hatching. Look behind the switch plates for the wall sockets and light switch, in the cabinets under the sink, particularly where the plumbing penetrates the wall, behind and under the toilet tank and in the overhead light fixture. Spray those places and any other small cracks or crevices you may find. If this is an apartment, the landlord should be handling the pest control.
Maybe one of Charlotte's kids made it's way to your home.
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