Spiders are a very common creature in life, they are often hidden in the corners of the wall, under the table, niches and other places that are usually invisible to carry out the "web project", and when the cleaning is carried out, you will find that there are so many spider webs in the home. So why do you think that a clean room still shows traces of spiders and cobwebs? Why does it keep "haunting"? Let's take a look.
In daily life, the spiders that often appear in the home can be divided into three types, namely the family ghost spider, the jumping spider, and the white-fronted high-legged spider.
First, the home ghost spider
Home ghost spider, as the name suggests, like a ghostly ghost in the large and small corners of the home, in the shadows, it is the most common spider in the home, with 8 slender "feet" so it is also called a long-legged spider, compared to the obvious legs, it also has eight eyes, growing on the head and chest.
Although it has a frightening name, the family ghost spider is actually a good helper for humans in daily life, why do you say so? Presumably, when I was a child, everyone should have heard the adults in the family say that this spider would eat mosquitoes. Yes, the family ghost spider mainly feeds on mosquitoes, turtles, cockroaches and other pests, don't look at it in the eyes of humans as if it is weak and windy, but it is also a fierce predator in the home environment, the family ghost spider often hunts in the form of spitting silk knots, and sometimes goes to other spider webs to "steal food", although it has a pair of poisonous fangs, but the toxicity is minimal for other insects, not to mention the harm to humans, which is why there are spiders at home, and the elders are not in a hurry. In the rural home, if it does not affect life, there is such a "pest control helper", are you willing?
Second, jumping spiders
Jumping spider, compared to the family ghost spider, it is a spider that exists in daily life but is not easy to find, the body length is not more than 15 mm, and the jumping spider we usually see is about one centimeter in size, although God did not give it a huge body, but opened the door for it to jump. Unlike other traditional spiders, the jumping spider has abandoned the traditional method of hunting with silk knotted nets and instead used more efficient jumps to hunt. Its thick legs allow it to jump up to 6 times the length of its body, and such a mysterious jumping mechanism also makes it one of the research capabilities of super-powered robots.
The recipe of jumping spider is very wide, almost all the insects that can be encountered at home are eaten, mainly feeding on mosquitoes, flies, moths and midges, because it is particularly fond of flies, and it is also called "fly tiger" in the Zhejiang area, referred to as "fly tiger".
3. White-fronted tall spider
Speaking of the white-fronted tall spider, it has to be mentioned that it also has a loud nickname on the Internet - "cockroach extermination artifact", which generally dares to be known as an artifact and must have "superiority". So is it really as god as the nickname, we wait to reveal the secret!
White-fronted tall spider, compared to the above two common spiders, its physical talent is obviously more prominent, more robust body size to bring it is trouble, the nature of timid it often hides on the roof, cabinets and other places that humans are more difficult to detect, always in the night when it comes out to forage, but because the rugged and strong body is always shocking, it is often found in the face of the slippers.
It should be said that the three treasures in this house are turnip greens for pests, and each has its own love. For the white-fronted tall spider, the cockroach is the "guest of honor" of its recipe. Cockroach is not much to introduce, even if the future earth is destroyed, it may also survive, the title of "undead small strong" shows people's helplessness.
So is the white-fronted high-legged spider rumored in the net reliable for being a "cockroach extermination artifact"? In fact, white-fronted tall-legged spiders can indeed prey on cockroaches, and can eat several at a time. But not as the Internet rumors, there are no cockroaches in the home, many merchants also use this as a gimmick to sell white-valued tall spiders online, unbelievable, there are really people who buy !!!
Although the white-fronted tall spider is non-toxic and does not automatically hurt people, it is not impossible to be bitten in a more enclosed house at home! Compared with the toxicity, it is more important to pay attention to the bacteria it carries, long-term cockroaches as food, it is inevitable that there will be harmful bacteria attached to people, so instead of choosing this "cockroach artifact", it is better to buy some cockroach medicine to work!
Finally, to answer the question at the beginning of the article:
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="16" >Why are spiders and webs frequently appearing in the home? </h1>
Spiders tend to chase cockroaches, mosquitoes and other pests, and rooms with many bugs can easily attract spiders. In addition, spiders are generally more liked to be wet places, if you find that many spiders suddenly appear in the home, then the home environment is more humid.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="20" how to prevent spiders >? </h1>
The most important point in preventing spiders is to keep the indoor environment clean and tidy, and to minimize insect-prone plants such as flowers and trees at home. For the wetter areas of the south, you can buy some quicklime covered with a wet towel and put it in the corner where spiders often appear, which can remove some moisture. Regular insecticides can also be used to kill spiders to prevent them from multiplying.
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