House Spiders

House Spiders

Tegenaria atrica and others - wolf spiders, daddy long legs, slater spiders, orbweb spiders etc.

Spiders differ from insects in possessing 8 legs instead of 6 and only two main body parts, head and thorax. The thorax is a fusion on the thorax and abdomen found separate in insects. Spiders have multiple pairs of eyes, 4 pairs of legs, mouth parts and silk spinning spinnerets.

Female spiders are very good mothers and are often seen tending their egg sacs, "ovoid papery balls", containing up to 200 - 300 young at a time. After the first moult the young spiders are totally independent.

Spider silk has many uses. They use it to weave webs and silk snares, catch prey, escape from danger, survive winters draped in silk 'sleeping bag', build nests for young, send and receive vibrating signals, truss up prey for storage, and "transportation" via silken ropes, parachutes or balloons (often aided by the wind; special insect traps on aircraft have collected spiders from altitudes of nearly 5 kilometres).

Palps, "short leg like organs" exist on either side of the head. Used like hands, these palps are specialised for mating and enable the male to deposit his semen into the female sex organ.

For more information on spiders and their identification check out the Landcare Research or Te Papa websites.

Spider Proofing - How to get rid of spiders and protect yourself from White Tailed and other spiders

1. Treat areas where spiders are seen with NO Bugs Super or NO Spiders, both available in a concentrate or a ready to use trigger spray.
2. Whitetail Spiders are hunting spiders and like to hide in dark dry areas. The roof void is often the place that these spiders lurk and build their nests. Spray the roof voids with NO Spiders or NO Bugs Super or use NO Bugs Bug Bomb or Borafume if the voids are hard to access.

NO Bugs Super contains the active ingredient Deltamethrin and NO Spiders contains Permethrin which are both potent, safe and UV stable synthetic pyrethroid insecticides.

Unlike the active ingredients in most fly sprays with ingredients that break down in UV light rapidly (sometimes less than three hours), Deltamethrin is UV stable and will retain its residual insecticidal efficacy for up to four months even in full direct sunlight. It is consequently very useful for treating the spiders around both the outside and inside of your house.

In general insects are one thousand times more susceptible to Deltamethrin than other ingredients and white tailed spiders are no exception to this rule as they are particularly susceptible to Deltamethrin.

Kiwicare's NO Bugs Super available in a ready to use 500ml trigger spray or concentrate form contain Deltamethrin. Just follow the easy to read instructions on the product for application around the home, and enjoy the peace of mind created by knowing that your home is protected from the particularly nasty White Tailed Spider.

NO SPIDERS CONCENTRATE

Safe, effective surface spray provides control of spiders for up to 2 months outside or 3 months indoors.  Spider proof your home. NO Spiders flushes Whitetail spiders from their hiding places and as they walk over the treated surfaces they will die.  Spray exterior areas such as spouting, gutters, windows, doors, under eaves, and ventilators. Interior spray around windows, doors, corners, and areas where spiders have been noticed. NO Spiders is effective against spider mites and other insects in ornamentals and conifer.

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NO SPIDERS TRIGGER SPRAY

Ready to use version of the NO Spider Concentrate. No dilution required.  Handy to have to quickly spray areas where spiders, including Whitetail, have been seen.  Spray areas around the house as detailed in the NO Spiders Concentrate information.

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Alternatively use:

NO BUGS SUPER CONCENTRATE and NO BUGS SUPER TRIGGER SPRAY

NO Bugs Super is an excellent broad spectrum insecticide giving long term control of most crawling and flying insects and spiders. This is a good alternative to NO Spiders Products.

NO BUGS BUG BOMB

Use this product for a quick knockdown of insects such as, Borer on the wing, Silverfish, Booklice, Weevils, Moths, Fleas, Flies, present in the room at the time of release.  To maintain a bug free environment use NO Bugs Bug Bomb in conjunction with the appropriate long term treatment such as Kiwicare NO Bugs Super, NO Borer, NO Fleas Total.

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NO BUGS BORAFUME FUMIGATOR

This fumigator is activated by a reaction between water and the chemical inside the Borafume fumigator.  The fumigator will kill borer ‘on the wing’ and other crawling / flying insects, including spiders, present at the time of its activation.  Borafume is especially good at flushing out and killing cockroaches.  For long term control, follow up with a Kiwicare NO Borer residual treatment.

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