What we treat / Spiders
A messy web with a shiny black spider in it.
Black widows are common in Orange County and they like the places you reach into without looking: the water meter box, the garage door track, under patio chairs, in the block wall. The web is the tell. It is strong, tangled, and low to the ground, not a neat wheel.
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How to tell
- A strong, irregular, tangled web close to the ground: under patio furniture, in the meter box, in the corner of the garage.
- A glossy black spider that hides during the day and hangs upside down in the web at night.
- Tan, papery egg sacs the size of a marble tucked into the web.
What we do about it
Step 1: Inspect
We check the usual places: meter and irrigation boxes, patio furniture, the garage, weep holes, block walls, wood piles, and the base of the house.
Step 2: Remove
Every web and egg sac we can reach comes down by hand and brush. This matters more than spraying.
Step 3: Treat
A targeted treatment in the cracks, weep holes, and wall bases where widows rest during the day.
Step 4: Prevent
The Shield plan’s quarterly perimeter treatment cuts the insects they feed on, so fewer set up next to the house.
“Found widows in the meter box and under every patio chair. They cleared every web and egg sac and I haven’t seen one since April.”
When they show up here
Females are largest and most visible from late summer into fall.