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I am thinking about moving to the Cary/Apex area and I hate spiders. I am wondering if there is a spider (or insect) problem in the area.
Also, I live in an area in California that is newly developed and everyone has had issues with mice since the construction was done on old farms. Are there mice problems with the new construction areas in Cary?
Cary is a more established community so you may not have as much trouble with the mice. But most of the newer developments are built on land where farms were not very long ago. There was mouse activity in both of the Johnston County houses where I lived, which were near farms and/or were former farm sites. A little D-con and the introduction of a pair of cats into the household did a lot. The mice can carry fleas, so protect against that, but the cats' scent alone goes a long way in repelling mice. Mice have one of the keenest senses of smell of any mammal and do not tend to go where there are predators.
Black widows and brown recluses are there just like anywhere else in the South or Midwest. I occasionally saw brown recluses outside in NC, but never in the house.
Fact - this is for everyone moving from the Northeast or the West Coast to anywhere within an afternoon's drive of the South Atlantic or Gulf coasts - there are more bugs. You will have to deal with it.
I inspect houses for a living. I have been in approximately 5,000 crawlspaces and have seen Recluse spiders just a handful of times. Black Widows are very common though, but they rarely leave their web. Neither species wants anything to do with us and they are of very little threat unless you accidentally touch one. Widows will almost never be found inside of a house(in the living area anyway).
Termites are the bugs you better worry about around here lol.
Ok, I'm from the northeast, and I don't like spiders and I don't like snakes, but I can deal with it. What I want to know is with 2 small kids (2 and 4) and 2 border collies, do I need some sort of antidote on hand. IE if the one of the dogs gets wrapped up with a copperhead is there some sort of epipen I need on hand? Or do I just dig a hole?
spiders like tree debris in general, or anywhere natural that will pull in their food source.
If a dog gets bit by a copperhead, it will recover on its own just fine(provided it is not a small dog, they may be more susceptible to the venom). You can give the dog benadryl to relieve some of the swelling/pain. I have had a couple dogs bit over the years and they were fine after a few days.
I was told recently that spiders mostly reside in pinetrees or piles of pinestraw.
I was digging out some pinestraw around my friends house to put down some mulch and about a thousand spiders scrambled out.
So, I would first hire an exterminator to come and inspect the house, have them treat it, THEN move in.
Oh, and beware of pinestraw. (if that's true)
We just put in a contract on a Cary home that has lots of pinestraw in the backyard! Is this true about spiders making their homes in it??! Most of the pinestraw is in the middle and back of the backyard - not right up against the house. Do you think the spiders will just stay in the straw - or will they migrate toward (or into) the house?
Spiders will live wherever there is a foos source. Keep the crawlspace bombed every few months and sprinkle some sevin dust around the foundation wall twice a ear. That pretty much cures spiders....no food, no spiders.
Spiders will live wherever there is a foos source. Keep the crawlspace bombed every few months and sprinkle some sevin dust around the foundation wall twice a ear. That pretty much cures spiders....no food, no spiders.
We just bought a house and we have noticed that there are white "puffs" all over the backyard in the pine needles. We think they are spiders but are not sure. Is there a particular type of spider that lives in the pine needles? Can we have an someone come spray for them? I, on the other hand, would hate to kill all the spiders because they are good for insect control. What about my kids, what if they play in the white "puffs". Thanks
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