Keeping Spiders Off Gutter

Use a broom and sweep it away whenever possible.

Keeping spiders off gutter.

Burn citronella candles to keep spiders away. Leaves and twigs bounce right off. Through the use of environmentally friendly methods for repelling spiders one can reduce or completely eliminate the need for dangerous insecticides and prevent spiders from making their webs on your property. For a permanent solution install a gutter shield to keep the debris from collecting inside your gutters.

Remove organic debris such as leaves grass clippings stacks of wood and sticks. This will reduce mosquitoes and moisture pests that crawl on the ground near your home. Clean your gutters and repair damaged splash blocks and downspouts. Mix lemon and tobacco and sprinkle the solution liberally to eliminate spiders.

Attach a spray nozzle to a water hose and spray the area under your house eaves with water to knock down and destroy spider webs egg sacs and spiders. Keep your shades drawn at night to reduce flying insects that draw in spiders. Combine five drops of tea tree oil 1 ounce of neem oil two tablespoons of dish soap and enough warm water to fill a spray bottle. Thanks to a unique hooded design leafguard allows nothing other than rain to reach the gutters.

Spray this solution in areas where you see spiders. Also to avoid spiders from entering your house just fill a flower vase with a little bit of water and add 5 drops of lavender oil to it. Then wait for the next rain to see if that fixed it. If you find the muck thoroughly clean it by hand or with a pressure washer.

Spider and insect control on the exterior of home helps keep spider population down indoors. The best and longest lasting option to deter nesting birds is aluminum gutter covers. You can sprinkle a dash of lavender oil in the spider dominated areas. The smell of cedar directly repels spiders so it can be used in a number of applications.

Keeping spider webs knocked down will also minimize spiders on the outside of the home. Cedar mulch spread around the perimeter of your home can help keep spiders from getting near. For this solution you ll need to have a flat area above your gutters on which to mount it and you ll need several around your home. Clean off all existing spiders webs from the siding of your home.

It s a relatively cheap project and you ll need just one free afternoon to spread the mulch properly. You can apply insecticide around doors windows vents outside stairwells window wells along foundation under lip of siding. Lavender oil is a great spider repellent.