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Blease Exterminating

We have been protecting South Georgia's home, family and health for 8 years. We treat both Residential and Commercial property, and offer a free home inspection and quote to help.

Spiders and Wasps

Are Spiders and Wasps invading your home? Both insects are predator insects that can be beneficial to the environment by controlling other bad insects such as cockroaches, flies and mosquitoes. However, if they are troublesome to your home and would like to eliminate the problem, give us a call and we will come out.

Spiders

Most spiders are unlikely to bite humans because they do not identify humans as prey. Spiders, even small ones, may however bite humans when pinched. For instance, a common jumping spider (Family: Salticidae), around 3/8 inch (1 cm) long, when pinched between the folds of a human's palm may inflict a bite that is about as painful as a bee sting. None of these spiders will intentionally seek out humans, but they should be removed from one's house to avoid accidental injury.

Venomous Spiders!

Spiders in the world which have been linked to fatalities in humans, or have been shown to have potentially fatal bites by toxicology studies of their venom, include:

  • The Brazilian wandering spider

  • The Australasian funnel-web spider

  • The widow spiders, including the Australian redback spider

  • The six-eyed sand spider, and possibly other spiders of genus Sicarius

  • The recluse spiders

Illness Causing or Stinging!

Spiders which likely are not deadly to humans, but which are nonetheless medically significant include:

  • The hobo spider (this is doubtful, however)
  • The yellow sac spider
  • Certain species of tarantulas
  • The false black widows
  • The huntsman spider
  • The redback jumping spider

Wasps

The various species of wasp fall into one of two main categories: solitary wasps and social wasps. Adult solitary wasps generally live and operate alone, and most do not construct nests; all adult solitary wasps are fertile. By contrast, social wasps exist in colonies numbering up to several thousand strong and build nests-but in some cases not all of the colony can reproduce. Generally, just the queen and male wasps can mate, whilst the majority of the colonies are made up of sterile female workers. The following are present in most wasps with some exceptions.

Characteristics

  • two pairs of wings (except wingless or brachypterous forms in all female Mutillidae, Bradynobaenidae, many male Agaonidae, many female Ichneumonidae, Braconidae, Tiphiidae, Scelionidae, Rhopalosomatidae, Eupelmidae).
  • An ovipositor, or stinger
  • Few or no hairs except Mutillidae, Bradynobaenidae, Scoliidae.
  • Nearly all wasps are terrestrial; only a few are aquatic.
  • Predators or parasitoids, mostly on other terrestrial insects.

BioControl

Some species of Pompilidae, such as the tarantula hawk, specialize in using spiders as prey, and various parasitic wasps use spiders or other arachnids as reproductive hosts.Wasps are critically important in natural biocontrol. Almost every pest insect species has a wasp species that is a predator or parasite upon it.Parasitic wasps are also increasingly used in agricultural pest control as they have little impact on crops. Wasps also constitute an important part of the food chain.

Call today for a free home inspection and quote, at 229-891-3501!