A lot of people deeply hate spiders and would definitely not want these crawly creatures to inhabit their houses. Although there are pests controller and chemical products that can be used to prevent spiders from living in your house, there are safer and cheaper ways such as using a more natural prevention. By using a natural prevention, you will not only clear the spider infestation in your house, but also create a safe environment for your family.
The baking soda that you normally use for your chores is actually a very effective solution that you can use for getting rid of spiders. Apart from its ability to clean or change taste, baking soda is considered as a multipurpose solution. It is also classified as a pesticide and fungicide category because of its capability of killing bacterial cells and it is also able to kill household pests that include spiders that have been living in your house or outside area including your garden area. You must always take extra precaution whenever you are using baking soda or product because it has harmful side effects not only to humans, but also to the surfaces that you apply the baking soda. Remember to always protect your hands and eyes if you are using baking soda.
If your house has been infected with lots of spiders and really need immediate action, you do not have to fork out your money on expensive sprays, bug bombs or even hiring professional who is an expert in removing spider infestation. This problem will be very disturbing especially to any of us who have arachnophobia. One of the ways to dispose spider infestation in your house the natural way is by using baking soda. Baking soda is a non-toxic options and work as spider deterrent where it does not kill the spiders. It only works as a good deterrent in removing spiders away from your house. Getting rid of spiders in your home is easier said than done. If the person has arachnophobia, surely it will be a difficult task to do, but if the person does not afraid of spiders he or she will be able to clean up the spiders and its webs very easily. It is a simple method for you to apply by simply sprinkling some of the baking soda on the affected areas and you would be able to see the result in a very short time.
To kill spiders with baking soda, you need:
- Baking soda
Killing Spiders with Baking Soda
How to Kill Spiders with Baking Soda
- First of all, you have to clean all areas that you think the spiders might be hiding within your house
- Especially in cluttered areas that is a normal hiding place for spiders
- When you have start to remove any clutter that you find in your house, you have already disposed of their hiding places thus enabling you to easily driving them out of the house.
- You also need to plaster dark holes or cracks that you can find inside your house.
- Apart from that, spiders also love to hide in wood and cardboard, cluttered shelves or boxes. Therefore, if possible, you have to get rid of these items.
- Especially in cluttered areas that is a normal hiding place for spiders
For those of you who have problems with brown recluse spiders, black widows, or other poisonous spiders, natural methods like baking soda will not work to remove them from your house. It is recommended that you seek further assistance from professional exterminator for you and your family’s safety.
- The next thing that you have to do is to sprinkle or drop the baking soda as if you are creating a border that would be keeping the spiders off limits to your house
- Or even making a track starting from the spiders hiding area that leads to the outside area of your house
- You also need to sprinkle the baking soda at any corner or dark area of your house because this is also the spider’s favorite hiding places.
- Or even making a track starting from the spiders hiding area that leads to the outside area of your house
- You should also be dusting the baking soda in the surrounding area where the spiders makes their entrance into your house
- As for those of you who have a loose kind of window setup, you can simply place the baking soda on the area inside your window sill. This method is suitable especially for doors and windows that have gap between its frames.
Always remember that whenever you are removing spiders within your house compound
- Try to ensure that you do not kill any of the non-poisonous spiders that you find because the spiders help you eat other insects like mosquitoes around your house.
- As for those of you who have a loose kind of window setup, you can simply place the baking soda on the area inside your window sill. This method is suitable especially for doors and windows that have gap between its frames.
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