Cellar Spiders
in Oakdale, MN

Oakdale, Minnesota does its best to entertain the residents by hosting a variety of parties and events. One of the most popular is the Mystery Egg Hunt, which is family friendly and well attended. Though the Egg Hunt is a fabulously exciting activity for families, this is a game no one wants to play in their home when it comes to finding spider egg sacks; especially if they are those of the cellar spider, a long, spindly-legged arachnid often mistaken for “daddy long legs.”

The cellar, crawl space, or basement of a home is creepy enough. For children, these are scary places. Add in something ominous like the cellar spider and it ups the ante in the fear department. Their long, crooked legs and wispy, irregular webs create an instant ick factor when encountered in a cellar or crawl space. These spiders are highly successful predators. Their diet consists mainly of mosquitoes, flies, and other winged insects but when food sources are low, they stalk to other nearby webs and through a process of vibrations to confuse the other spider, the cellar spider attacks and devours one of its own species.

Though their legs sometimes extend as long as 2 inches and are rather scary in appearance, their bite is harmless to humans. Though they aren’t poisonous, their presence can be problematic. Unlike other solitary spiders, cellar spiders prefer to live close to one another making infestations common in any dark, damp place such as attics, warehouses, closets, and basements.

Home and business owners often try to solve these spider issues on their own to no avail. A trained professional will come in and disrupt their comfortable environment, solving the problem in a quicker process. A combination of the correct products, identifying cracks and sealing off entrances to your home, reducing food sources and properly ventilating the area can vanquish these disgusting spiders. Leave the dirty work to the professionals, we can take care of all your pest control needs.