How Do You Keep Spiders Out

How Do You Keep Spiders Out

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Spiders come inside for two reasons: food and mates. If you break that chain, they lose interest fast. Start by sealing cracks around windows, doors, and baseboards with caulk—think of it as locking the nightclub doors before the party gets wild.

Also, turn off porch lights at night. (Yes, I know you like the ambiance, but that warm glow is basically a neon sign for moths, which are spider snacks on legs.) No buffet, no spiders.

One weird trick that works: peppermint oil. Mix about ten drops with water in a spray bottle and mist your windowsills and door frames. Spiders hate the smell—it overstimulates their tiny sensors—and you get a kitchen that smells like a fancy candy cane. Win-win, unless you really love the scent of dead bugs.

Your Furniture Is a Trojan Horse

Here’s the part nobody warns you about: spiders hitchhike inside on stuff you bring home. That cute vintage lamp from the flea market? It might come with a bonus arachnid family. Firewood is the worst offender—always store it at least five feet from your house.

I learned this the hard way after a camping trip. I unrolled my sleeping bag in the living room and a wolf spider the size of a kiwi shot out like a rocket. I’m still not okay, but my therapist says that’s progress. So now I shake out and inspect anything that’s been sitting in the garage or a storage unit. (Yes, even Amazon boxes. They’re basically cozy shipping containers for spiders.)

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