Spiders around your home
Spider control for Amarillo-area homes
Webs in the eaves, spiders in the garage and the occasional surprise indoors. Spiders are covered by your Home Protection Plan, with a technician visit about every two months.
Overview
Most spiders rarely bite, but few people want them by the front door
Texas A&M AgriLife Extension describes spiders as largely beneficial: they feed on flies and plant-feeding insects, and with few exceptions they rarely bite. Only two kinds in Texas are considered medically significant, the brown recluse and the widow spiders, which include the black widow. Everything else is mostly a matter of where spiders build webs and where they turn up.
Spiders follow their food. Outdoor lights draw insects to doors and windows, and the spiders that feed on them settle nearby, so webs collect in eaves, porch ceilings, garage corners and window frames. The wind adds another factor: many young spiders travel by ballooning, drifting on silk threads, and AgriLife notes this typically happens on windy days. The National Weather Service calls the Texas Panhandle one of the windiest regions in the country, so new spiders can arrive between visits.
Spiders are also hard to treat with sprays alone, because they often live on webs above treated surfaces. That is why removing webs and egg sacs matters as much as treatment. Your technician may do both, sweeping the eaves and treating the places spiders travel and settle.
What is covered
Spiders are part of your Home Protection Plan, with an optional add-on for the inside of your home:
- Spiders: included in your plan
- Interior liquid application: a free add-on to the Home Protection Plan
Spiders are covered as a group, so you do not need to know which kind you have. No treatment keeps every spider away from a home, but regular visits give your technician a chance to clear webs and egg sacs and treat entry points on a steady schedule, and your 100% warranty covers re-service if pests we cover return between visits.
The Home Protection Plan at a glance
One year-round plan covers most of the pests on this site, so you are not booking a separate visit for each problem. Here is how it works.
- Visits about every two months, year-round: six a year, each within about 15 days of its target date
- Covers rats, mice, spiders, wasps, carpenter bees, earwigs, non-wood-boring ants, millipedes and centipedes, American and Palmetto roaches, stink bugs, pill bugs and silverfish
- Add-ons: carpenter ants, voles and exterior fleas and ticks, priced separately, plus interior liquid application at no extra charge
- A 100% warranty: free re-service if covered pests return between visits and, if the same activity is verified to persist after two free re-services, a refund of your last charge and the end of your plan with no cancellation fee
- A 12-, 18- or 24-month initial commitment: 3 business days to cancel after you sign, and an early-termination fee if you end it sooner
- After your commitment ends, your plan continues on the same schedule until you ask us to stop (at least 30 days before your next scheduled service)
Signs of spiders
Webs are the most visible clue, and where a web is located says a lot about the spider that built it.
Webs in eaves, corners and window frames
Cobwebs and orb webs collect where insects gather, especially around lit doors and windows and under roof eaves.
Round egg sacs hanging in webs
Egg sacs hang in webs or sit tucked into sheltered corners. Widow egg sacs are rounded, about half an inch long, and hang from the web.
Strong, irregular webs in rarely disturbed spaces
Black widows build strong, sticky, irregular webs and hang upside down in them, showing a reddish hourglass on the underside. Their usual spots include woodpiles, garages, crawl spaces, shrubbery, rain spouts and gas and electric meters. Wear gloves when you reach into those places, and call us if you find one.
Large, fast spiders indoors at night
Wolf spiders are hairy, mottled spiders that hunt on the ground after dark and commonly slip in under gaps at the bottoms of doors. They are generally not dangerous to people or pets, though they are often mistaken for brown recluses.
Plain brown spiders in storage areas
Brown recluses have six eyes and a dark violin-shaped mark, and they hide in cracks and crevices, stacked firewood, attics, crawl spaces and cluttered storage. They are shy, and bites usually happen when one is pressed against skin, such as in clothing or bedding. If you think you have found one, call us at (806) 209-4849.
How it works
What a typical spider visit looks like
A typical spider visit starts with removing what spiders have built, then treating the places they live and travel. Your technician adjusts the work to what they find.
Inspect
Your technician may look over the eaves, porch ceilings, window and door frames, garage entrances and the foundation line for webs, egg sacs and spider activity.
Sweep the eaves where needed
Your technician may sweep webs and egg sacs from the eaves and high corners with a telescoping pole, so higher eaves can be reached from the ground.
Treat eaves, entry points and cracks
A duster head on a pole can reach under eaves and arches, and a hand sprayer can treat the cracks and gaps around doors, windows and the foundation.
Add the inside if you want it, then repeat
Interior liquid application is a free add-on to the Home Protection Plan. Visits repeat about every two months all year, so your technician has regular chances to clear webs and egg sacs.
Seasons
When spiders are active in the Texas Panhandle
Spiders live in and around Panhandle homes all year, but how many webs you see follows the weather and the insects. In warm months, insects gather around lights and open doors, and spiders build where the food is. Spring adds wind: the National Weather Service reports that wind speeds of 50 mph or more occur every year in the Panhandle, most commonly in winter and spring, and ballooning spiderlings ride that wind.
Because the Home Protection Plan runs year-round, your eaves and entry points can be checked on a steady schedule rather than only when a web catches your eye.
Season by season
Spring
Spiderlings typically balloon on windy days, and winter and spring are the windiest seasons in the Panhandle (National Weather Service). Sweeping webs and egg sacs from the eaves can be part of a visit.
Summer
Outdoor lights draw insects to doors and windows, and spiders settle where the food is. AgriLife suggests aiming lights away from doorways and turning them off when you do not need them.
Fall
Firewood, cardboard boxes and stored items are common hiding places for brown recluses and widows. AgriLife recommends wearing gloves when you work in these areas and sealing stored boxes with tape.
Winter
Visits continue on schedule. If you are seeing spiders indoors, ask about interior liquid application, a free add-on to the plan.
Spider control questions
Have a question that is not here? Call us and we will answer it.
Call (806) 209-4849Are brown recluse and black widow spiders covered?
Spiders are covered by your Home Protection Plan, so you do not need to know the species. When you call (806) 209-4849, tell us where you saw the spider so your technician can pay particular attention to that area.
Why do I still see spiders after a treatment?
An occasional spider is normal even with regular service. Spiders wander in from the yard, drift in on the wind and often live on webs above treated surfaces. If spiders keep showing up between visits, call us at (806) 209-4849: if pests covered by your plan return between visits, your 100% warranty includes re-service at no charge.
Should I be worried about wolf spiders?
Wolf spiders look intimidating, but Texas A&M AgriLife Extension describes them as generally not dangerous to people or pets. They hunt on the ground at night and often come in under gaps at the bottoms of doors. They count as spiders under your plan, so mention them to your technician.
What should I do if I think I have been bitten?
Seek medical care for a black widow bite, as Texas A&M AgriLife Extension advises, and see a doctor about any bite that worries you, bringing the spider if you can. Pest control is not medical care.
Can you treat spiders inside my home?
Your regular visits typically focus on the outside of your home, where spiders build webs and get in. Interior liquid application is a free add-on to the Home Protection Plan. Ask for it when you request your quote or at your next visit.
How often will you visit?
About every two months, year-round: six visits a year, each within about 15 days of its target date. A typical visit may include inspecting and sweeping the eaves and treating entry points.
Service areas
Where we work
We serve Amarillo and nearby communities across the Texas Panhandle. Choose your community to see what is active there through the year.
Ask about spider control
Request a free quote and we will confirm your plan and schedule your first visit, or call us at (806) 209-4849 and tell us where you have been seeing spiders.