White-tail spiders are slender, dark grey spiders with a creamy white tip on the end of the body. They are wanderers, not web builders, and they hunt other spiders at night. That is why people in Brisbane tend to find them in odd places like bedding, towels on the bathroom floor, shoes and piles of washing.
Because white-tails feed on other spiders, especially black house spiders, controlling them means dealing with their food source too. The crew we book treats the places white-tails move through indoors and the web-building spiders around windows and eaves outside. With fewer spiders to hunt, fewer white-tails come inside looking for a meal.
- Internal spray of skirting boards, doorways and wardrobes
- Perimeter spray of window frames, doors and eaves
- Web brushing to reduce black house spiders
- Checks of mulch, leaf litter and garden beds near the walls
- Advice on keeping clothes and towels off the floor
During the day, white-tails shelter in cool, damp spots such as leaf litter, garden mulch, under pot plants and among stored boxes. They are seen more in warm weather and after rain. Raking leaf litter away from the walls, keeping garden mulch back from doorways and shaking out bedding that has touched the floor all help between visits.
For the internal part of the treatment, plan for people and pets to stay out of treated rooms until dry. Most homes are done within one to two hours. We give you upfront pricing on the phone before booking. To book white-tail spider control in Brisbane, call 07 3543 7772 and tell us where you have been finding them.
