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How can I prevent these spiders from getting inside our home?

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To prevent spiders from entering your home, start by inspecting the exterior of your house. Remove any items that could attract spiders, such as wood piles, dense vegetation, and long-stored objects, as these areas provide ideal hiding spots for spiders. Also, clear a perimeter of at least one foot around your home, keeping it free of vegetation, tree branches or leaves, and stored items. This one-foot barrier helps deter spiders from making their way inside your home.

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Are they dangerous or poisonous?

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Usually not. But a female spider is very protective of her eggs, and may bite if she feels threatened, which will cause a large and painful bump.

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I have been watching a female nursery web spider in my garden for weeks. She has been carrying her egg sack for longer than a week. How much longer will it be until the babies hatch? Will she die after the babies leave?

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The time of death after a hatching depends on the species of nursery web spider. As for how long until the eggs hatch, she will create her enclosure for the eggs around a day or two before they start to emerge from the sac.

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Are they ever purple?

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Yes.

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Does a wandering spider carry its egg sac?

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No; it stays with its egg sac and can be very aggressive in its protection.

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Hello, I have a large spider in my kitchen. I see them quite often and they don't have webs. This one has spun a ball of silk around itself in ceiling corner and is agitating back legs. Any ideas?

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It may be getting ready to lay its egg sac? Without more information, this answer cannot be final but it seems most likely.

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Can nursery web spiders be found in houses?

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Yes, these spiders like to search for their prey, which can inevitably lead them inside your home.

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