House Spiders In Streator: Learn the Facts!

Do you know that when you see a spider in your Streator home, it may not be a house spider? It's true—just like finding a bug in your bed doesn't make it a bed bug. Okay. So, what is a house spider? The spiders that are considered house spiders are spiders that can acclimate to indoor living. These are the spiders we're going to take a look at today. If you live in Streator and you've wanted to know why you see spiders in your home, what those spiders are doing in your home, and how to get rid of spiders, we have some good news; that's what we're talking about today! But if you need immediate assistance with a spider problem, hop over to our contact page and drop us a line.

Why Are There so Many Spiders in My House?

This is a good place to start. House spiders in Illinois get inside homes all the time. You may see a spider because it just got inside or you might be seeing it because it is a common house spider making an appearance out in the open. What is the difference? An outdoor spider is going to go back outside. Outdoor spiders need damp conditions that aren't found in your home. Common house spiders tend to need less moisture. Here are a few reasons you may see common house spiders more often.

• Spider sightings often increase when spiders run out of resources in hidden places, such as wall voids, attic voids, and basement areas.
• You might see spiders during their mating season. This will bring them out of hiding.
• You might see spiders more often if you have a food source in your common areas, such as fruit flies, fungus gnats, phorid flies, house flies, cluster flies, etc. 

Why Do Spiders Get Inside?

Spiders go where food can be found. Spiders that feed on fruit flies, as an example, may be much happier in your home—particularly when fruit flies become a problem. It is difficult for a spider to find lots of fruit flies in one place outside. A spider that likes to eat truckloads of fruit flies is the American house spider. This is the most common house spider in Streator. Other common house spiders, like daddy longlegs spiders, jumping spiders, and yellow sac spiders, also like tiny flies like the fruit fly. They also like many other common household insects. This is why they get inside your home.