Case File — Spider Control
Spider Control
Most Georgia spiders are harmless — genuinely useful, even. But that's cold comfort when you're clearing thick webs off the porch every morning, a wolf spider the size of a half-dollar sprints across the basement floor, or you spot the telltale red hourglass of a black widow behind the garden hose. Spiders are also a signal: a home with heavy spider activity is a home with plenty of insect prey to feed them.
That's why our spider control works on both levels — removing the spiders and webs you can see, and cutting off the insect food supply that invited them in the first place.
Spiders we deal with in Metro Atlanta
- Black widows — glossy black with a red hourglass; favor garages, meter boxes, woodpiles, and crawl spaces, and their bite is medically significant
- Brown recluses — uncommon in our area but occasionally encountered; a violin-shaped mark and a bite worth taking seriously
- Wolf spiders — big, fast ground hunters that wander into basements and garages in fall
- Joro spiders — the huge yellow orb-weavers whose golden webs have taken over north Georgia; harmless, but nobody wants a face full of web
- Cellar spiders and cobweb spiders — the endless corner-web builders indoors
The Local Angle
The Georgia spider situation, honestly
Two Georgia spiders deserve real caution: the black widow, which is common across our area in undisturbed spots like meter boxes, crawl spaces, and stacked firewood, and the brown recluse, which is rarer here than its reputation suggests but does turn up. Neither wants to meet you — bites almost always happen when a hand reaches somewhere unseen. We treat exactly those harborage zones so the encounter never happens.
Meanwhile, the joro spider — the giant yellow orb-weaver that arrived in north Georgia around 2014 and exploded across the region — has made 'spiders' a fall keyword in households across the metro's east side. Joros are harmless to people and pets, but their massive webs across porches, playsets, and walkways make homes feel overrun every September and October. Web removal plus perimeter treatment keeps them at the tree line where they belong.
How our treatment works
Inspect the harborage zones
We check the places dangerous spiders actually live — garages, crawl spaces, meter and irrigation boxes, eaves, woodpiles, storage areas — and identify what we find.
De-web and treat
We physically remove reachable webs and egg sacs (each sac can hold hundreds of spiderlings) and apply targeted treatments to cracks, corners, and harborage points where spiders hunt and hide.
Cut off the food supply
Spiders go where the insects are. Our exterior barrier reduces the prey population around your home, which is the single most effective long-term spider control there is.
What's included
- Identification of dangerous vs. nuisance species
- Web and egg-sac removal from reachable exterior areas
- Targeted treatment of garages, crawl spaces, and harborage zones
- Exterior perimeter treatment that reduces prey insects
- Practical storage and lighting tips that make your home less spider-friendly
- Covered under our quarterly plan, with free re-treats between visits
Spider Control questions, answered
Are joro spiders dangerous to my family or pets?
No. Despite their alarming size and color, joro spiders are shy, their fangs rarely break skin, and their venom is not medically significant to people or pets. They're a nuisance, not a threat — but a yard where you can't walk to the mailbox without hitting a web is still a yard that needs attention, and we can help keep them pushed back.
I found a black widow in my garage. Should I be worried?
Take it seriously but don't panic. Where there's one widow there are often more nearby in undisturbed clutter, and their bite is genuinely medically significant — worth an ER call if anyone is bitten. Wear gloves around woodpiles and storage, and have us inspect and treat the harborage areas. Widows are one of the best reasons professional spider control exists.
Why do I suddenly have so many spiders in fall?
Fall is spider season in Georgia three times over: it's mating season (which sends wolf spiders wandering indoors), it's when orb-weavers like joros reach full adult size after a summer of growth, and cooling nights push both spiders and their insect prey toward the warmth of your home. A refreshed fall barrier — part of every quarterly plan — is timed for exactly this.
Where We Offer It
Spider Control across Metro Atlanta
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