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How to Keep Spiders Out of Your Garage
How to Keep Spiders Out of Your Garage. Spiders are insect-eating arachnids and are essential to the ecosystem in your landscape. To your dismay, though, your garage may be the perfect haven for spiders. Aside from fumigating your garage with a pesticide labeled for spiders, you can also adopt several cleaning and landscaping habits. These habits...
Spiders are insect-eating arachnids and are essential to the ecosystem in your landscape. To your dismay, though, your garage may be the perfect haven for spiders. Aside from fumigating your garage with a pesticide labeled for spiders, you can also adopt several cleaning and landscaping habits. These habits will help keep most of the spiders out of your garage.
Things You'll Need
Caulk
Mortar or cement
Vacuum
Broom
Dryer sheet
Plastic containers
Mower
Pruning shears
Turn off any outside lights near your garage, which attract insects that spiders eat.
Seal up cracks and gaps in the windows and doors. Look near the foundation as well.
Keep an organized garage and clean it often. Spiders prefer dusty areas. Ensure you clean the ceiling and corners. Also, remove the spider webs when you see them. Check weekly. A vacuum works well, as does a broom with a dryer sheet attached to the end to clean hard-to-reach areas.
Use plastic containers to store possessions rather than cardboard boxes which spiders can find a safe place to hide in. If you use cardboard, seal the seams well with packing tape. Also, keep boxes off the floor and away from the walls, if possible.
Clean up the outside near your garage. Overgrown bushes, piles of leaves, out-of-control weeds, wood piles and debris all provide shelter for spiders and make your garage more attractive to them.
Tips & Warnings
If you have a spider problem in your home, the same techniques will work.
