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My slogan is watch where you walk and have a big foot for greater smashing area.
I moved to ID from southern UT, where black widows were everywhere (look for the ugliest web and leave it alone) and scorpions that where a pain in the rear (I was stung on the rear so I can say that from experience ). And before that, I was in TN and had black widows in many bushes. When I moved from TN, the movers put on leather gloves when packing stuff from the closets, due to the high number of brown recluse spiders in TN; thankfully, none of them here.
For dogs and a backyard, I would suggest keeping your eyes open when cutting the grass; don't let the dogs get under the deck, and check bushes and makes sure not to store too much looses wood or other crap near the house. Also check outside basement/crawl space windows for webs as well as along the lower edge of the house. And if you have firewood, I suggest wearing leather gloves and long sleeve shirts to pull the wood out...that's me.
In the garage, just be careful where you put your hands....look first.
And when I say, "watch were you put your hands," I also mean watch where you put your fingers. For years, I just reached down, placed my finger in the openings of my trailer tire chocks and pulled them out from under the tires. Well, the day I left UT to move here, for some reason I looked first....this little lady was waiting for the finger....
Are you saying that there are a lot of black widows in Idaho?
There are a lot of spiders here: I've seen a lot of black widows in my garage, when usually I don't see too many. However, I always seem to have problems with hobo spiders, especially in the house. Inside I get a lot of garden and jumping spiders, and I think I've spotted some brown recluse, though I'm no expert.
I wouldn't call it a "problem," per se. They're just there, and you deal with them. Same as anything else.
There are a lot of spiders here: I've seen a lot of black widows in my garage, when usually I don't see too many. However, I always seem to have problems with hobo spiders, especially in the house. Inside I get a lot of garden and jumping spiders, and I think I've spotted some brown recluse, though I'm no expert.
I wouldn't call it a "problem," per se. They're just there, and you deal with them. Same as anything else.
Thanks vandalslol. Do you live in a more rural area? I read the Brown Recluse stays in warmer climates like Texas and as far as I'm concerned those bad boys can stay down there!
Between Boise and where I've lived in SoCal there seems to be a more spiders in Idaho. Anecdotal experiences, so I can't make any specific claims. In the 10 years I've lived in SoCal I've maybe been bitten what I presumed was a spider twice. I rarely see them indoors. Granted, SoCal is more developed.
When I visit family in Idaho I almost always get bitten at least once. Fresh meat maybe? lol I was constantly bitten as a kid. They do have a basement and some big brown spiders...which may be hobos, not sure though. But they're big. My mom has no issues catching them. Quite brave. They have black widows occasionally. As others have noted they're pretty shy. However, the neighbor kid got bitten in a freak accident in the bath tub...one was in washcloth and he had to be hospitalized. It was pretty bad. Came out ok though.
Looks like I'll need to have my yard sprayed regularly. Anyone know of any sprays/treatments that are not harmful to dogs?
I have 3 dogs and we use hot shot, no problems.
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). And before that, I was in TN and had black widows in many bushes. When I moved from TN, the movers put on leather gloves when packing stuff from the closets, due to the high number of brown recluse spiders in TN; thankfully, none of them here.
