• Notify us of the problem when you schedule your service.
• Vacuum interior areas regularly around and under furniture, behind draperies and blinds, in corners and 'hidden' cubbyholes.
• Eliminate (or frequently move) boxes and other stored treasures in closets and attics.
• Wash down the exterior of your home and landscaping with a light soap (like dish soap) and water solution.  (Do not use a citrus-based soap which may harm plants.)
• Remove their favorite habitats in unused stacks of lumber, bricks, blocks, bark or other materials.

• Treat severe problem areas indoors around baseboards and surface areas.
• Treat severe problem areas outdoors around eaves, doorways, windows and ledges.

The "Daddy Longlegs" (also known a "Harvestmen") is not a true spider.  It  actually belongs to the order of "Opiliones" with a one-part body and only two eyes.   It is not harmful to humans.

• There are nearly 40,000 species of spiders worldwide and about 3,800 in the US.
• Spiders range in size from small enough to balance comfortably on the tip of a pencil to almost 14 inches in diameter.

• Spider silk is one of the strongest natural fibers known.
• Bridge builders have studied spider webs because of their remarkable ability to absorb tension.

• Components of spider venom show promise in medical research, including areas of Alzheimer's and Lou Gehrig's disease and even possibly preventing permanent brain damage in stroke victims.
• There is no correlation between the size of the spider and the degree of venom potency.

• Little Miss Muffet was a real person.  Her name was Patience Muffet and she was the daughter of Thomas Muffet - a late 16th and early 17th century entomologist.
• Aristotle advocated swallowing a spider ever day as a means of staying healthy.