12 Home Remedies for Spiders

Spiders eat common household pests, such as clothes moths, cockroaches, fleas, mosquitoes, and flies. That doesn’t mean you want to share your home with spiders, though. Chances are that you will encounter spiders in your home at some point in your life. According to Bayer Advanced, spiders make their way into two out of three homes in the United States. Fortunately, there are several home remedies for spiders you can use to effectively rid your home of these pestss.

1. White Vinegar

White vinegar is one of the best home remedies for spiders you can use because spiders hate its strong and pungent odor. The acetic acid in vinegar can also burn and kill spiders on contact, but is safe for you and your pets.

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Necessary Items

  • White vinegar.
  • Water.
  • Spray bottle.

Directions

Combine equal parts white vinegar and water in a spray bottle. Spray the solution in all of the cracks and crevices in your home, as well as anywhere spiders can hide. You can also spray the solution directly onto spiders. Repeat daily until all the spiders have fled from your home.

2. Cedar

Cedar is another one of the most effective home remedies for spiders you can use. Spiders hate the smell of cedar, which makes it a great natural spider repellent.

Necessary Items

  • Cedar blocks.
  • Cedar shavings.
  • Cedar mulch.
  • Cedar chest or cedar hangers.

Directions

Place a cedar chest or cedar hangers into your closets to repel spiders. You can also put cedar mulch around the perimeter of your house to keep new spiders from venturing indoors. Putting cedar blocks or shavings into your cupboards and drawers will chase spiders out of these hiding places as well.

3. Cloves

As far as home remedies for spiders go, cloves are a good one. The eugenol cloves contain is often used as an insecticide to get rid of pests, such as crickets, spiders, and fleas.

Necessary Items

  • Cloves.
  • Clove oil.
  • Water.
  • Spray bottle.

Directions

Mix a little clove oil with water in a spray bottle, and spray the solution into the cracks and crevices in your home as well as anywhere spiders like to hide. You can also put a few cloves into spider webs to scare spiders away.

4. Chestnuts

Chestnuts are another one of the most effective home remedies for spiders. Because chestnuts don’t rot quickly, you can keep them around the house for quite some time to help repel spiders.

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Necessary Items

Directions

Put a few chestnuts on windowsills to keep spiders from entering your home. You can also put chestnuts near your baseboards to help repel spiders.

5. Peppermint Oil

Spiders cannot stand the strong smell of peppermint, which makes peppermint oil for spiders a fantastic repellent. As an added bonus, when you use peppermint oil for spiders around your home, your home will smell great.

Necessary Items

  • Three cups of water.
  • One teaspoon of dish soap.
  • One tablespoon of peppermint oil.
  • Spray bottle.
  • Cotton balls.

Pour three cups of water, one teaspoon of dish soap, and one tablespoon of peppermint oil into a spray bottle. Shake the bottle well before spraying the solution in all of the places spiders can hide in your home and repeat daily until the spiders are gone.

You can also try soaking cotton balls in peppermint essential oil and placing them into any cracks you have around your windows and doors. Replace the cotton balls daily until the spiders are gone.

6. Diatomaceous Earth

Diatomaceous earth is good for getting rid of many types of pests, including spiders. Diatomaceous earth is made out of the naturally-formed fossils of diatoms, microscopic water-dwellers. When a spider walks through diatomaceous earth, its microscopic razor-sharp edges cut the spider. The spider dries out and eventually dies. This makes diatomaceous earth one of the best home remedies for spiders you can use in your home.

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Directions

Spread a thin layer of diatomaceous earth around the windowsills, baseboards, corners, and cracks in your home. You can also put diatomaceous earth around the perimeter of your home to keep new spiders from coming indoors. You should not get diatomaceous earth wet or it will not be effective.

7. Black Pepper

Black pepper has a strong smell and taste and is an effective natural spider repellent.

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Necessary Items

  • Two to three teaspoons of black pepper.
  • Three to four cups of water.
  • Spray bottle.
  • A mask to cover your nose and mouth.
  • Protective eye goggles.

Directions

Put three to four cups of water and two to three teaspoons of black pepper in a spray bottle. Shake well before spraying the solution into all your home’s cracks and crevices. You should wear protective eye goggles and a mask to cover your nose and mouth while you spray the black pepper solution and keep this solution away from children. This black pepper solution is effective at repelling spiders, bugs, and lizards, too.

8. Tobacco

As far as home remedies for spiders go, tobacco is an effective one because spiders cannot tolerate the smell of tobacco.

Necessary Items

  • Tobacco.
  • Water.
  • The juice of one whole lemon.
  • Spray bottle.
  • Strainer.
  • Bowl.

Directions

Soak one to two tablespoons of tobacco in one cup of hot water in a bowl for 30 minutes, strain, and mix the juice of one lemon into the tobacco water. Then, put the solution into a spray bottle and shake it well before spraying the solution around your home. Repeat daily until all of the spiders are gone.

9. Borax

Borax is an ingredient in many enamel glazes, detergents, and cosmetics. It is also an effective ant and spider repellent. Spiders die if they walk through borax.

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Directions

Here’s how to keep spiders out of your house using borax: sprinkle the powder in the cracks and crevices of your home, in places you’ve seen spiders, and on their webs as well. You can also sprinkle borax between your window screens and windows and in the thresholds of your doors to keep spiders from entering your home.

10. Citrus

Citrus is another good and safe natural spider repellent you can use in your home.

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Necessary Items

  • Citrus fruits, such as oranges, lemons, and grapefruits.
  • Orange peels.
  • One cup of vinegar.
  • Water.
  • Spray bottle.

Directions

Put citrus fruits, such as lemons, oranges, and grapefruits into a bowl in your kitchen to repel spiders. You can also rub orange, lemon, or grapefruit peels onto windowsills and doorways to keep spiders from coming into your home or make a citrus vinegar spray to clean with. To make this cleaning spray, soak several orange peels in one cup of vinegar overnight, then pour the infused vinegar into a spray bottle and add water.

11. Citronella

Citronella is best known for its ability to repel mosquitoes, but it also repels spiders. Spiders cannot stand the smell of citronella, which makes it one of the best home remedies for spiders you can use. Additionally, citronella is not toxic to people or pets.

Necessary Items

  • Citronella oil.
  • Water.
  • Lemon dish soap.
  • Half-quart spray bottle.
  • Citronella candles.

Directions

Fill a half-quart spray bottle with water, add one tablespoon of lemon dish soap, and five to 10 drops of citronella oil to it. Shake the bottle well before you spray the solution onto every surface you’ve seen spiders; repeat daily until all of the spiders are gone.

You can also burn citronella candles in the rooms you’ve seen spiders hanging out. The smell will drive them out of your home.

12. Salt

Salt doesn’t just make food taste better, it is also a natural spider repellent. Salt is a good home remedy for spiders because it is readily available and inexpensive. Salt is effective at getting rid of spider and preventing new ones from coming into your home.

Necessary Items

  • One ounce of salt.
  • One gallon of warm water.
  • Large stirring stick.
  • Spray bottle.

Directions

Pour one ounce of salt into one gallon of warm water, stir until the salt has dissolved, then pour the solution into a spray bottle. Spray the solution around the windows and doors in your home and into any cracks and crevices in your home. You can also spray it directly onto a spider to kill it. Repeat daily until all of the spiders are gone.

Conclusion

Spiders can be a real pain to live with. Fortunately, with these home remedies for spiders, you don’t have to worry about how to keep spiders out of your house anymore. Please share your experiences with us in the comments section.

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