How to Get Rid of Wolf Spiders (4 Easy Steps)

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Watch how to get rid of wolf spiders guaranteed! This video will show you the proper steps and the best products for wolf spider control!

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The Wolf Spider is one of the most common spider species in the world. They get their name from their hunting behavior. Rather than use a web to trap insects, they stalk and hunt their prey, sometimes chasing them down with blinding speed.

The wolf spider can be found throughout the world on every continent but Antarctica. They are found throughout the United States from border to border and coast to coast.

Wolf spiders are sometimes mistaken for tarantulas because of their large and hairy bodies. They range in size from a quarter of an inch to two inches long. They also range in color from tannish-orange to gray and black. They typically have spots or stripes on their bodies to help camouflage them. Because of this, they can easily blend into their environment, going unnoticed by you or larger predators.

Wolf spiders are typically found in open grassy areas like yards, fields or pastures. They do not spin webs, but instead nest in burrows in the ground. They can also be found under yard debris, leaf litter, in mulch and flower beds, around shrubbery, or in or around firewood.

They can also be found indoors, usually coming in to hunt other insects or, most commonly, to avoid colder temperatures in Fall and Winter months. They will typically be found around windows, doors, in closets, garages, or basements.

To get control of wolf spiders, start outside with exclusionary measures. Be sure to seal any voids or entry points to your home. You can use caulk or a mesh product like Stuf-Fit. Stuf-Fit is a flexible and versatile copper mesh that is resistant to corrosion from various elements. Stuff it into voids and other openings around your home. This is an excellent method to exclude spiders, rodents, and other insects from entering your home. Also be sure to clean up and remove any yard debris or clutter.

Next, use Bifen LP insecticide granules in the yard. This is a powerful granular insecticide that offers a quick knockdown and a two to four month long residual. You can use this with either a hand spreader or push spreader. Spread the Bifen around your lawn, and flower beds or mulch areas.

After that, activate the Bifen granules by spraying Reclaim IT over your yard. Reclaim IT is a liquid concentrate that will not only activate the granules, but also work with the granules to create a deadly one-two punch for spiders and other insects, and it offers a ninety day residual. Broadcast Reclaim IT over your yard with hose-end sprayer. Also use this with a pump sprayer and spray flower and mulch beds, entry points, and the siding of the structure to create a deadly barrier.

Inside, use the Reclaim IT and pump sprayer and spray along baseboards, in garages, around windows, around doors, under and around appliances, or any voids the spiders might be entering. Be sure to spray with low pressure to avoid splash.

Also use Catchmaster glue boards to trap hard to find spiders. This is a board with a sticky surface that will trap the spiders and other crawling pests. The wolf spider will walk across the board and get stuck, and can then be disposed of. Place these in garages, closets, and storage areas. You can also use a product like Pyrid aerosol for quick contact kills.

Finally, prevent wolf spiders from returning by keeping your home and yard clutter free. Check that any entry points are still sealed. And be sure to perform regular insecticidal treatments.

These professional products and steps will not only help you control wolf spiders, but many different types of pests. This is ideal because it eliminates the spiders’ food source, giving you effective, long-lasting control.

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[Impalingthorn]

Just so ya'll know, half the spiders shown in photos here are not wolf spiders.

There are pictures of Wolf Spiders, but there is also a mixture of Grass, Fishing, and Huntsman Spiders. Grass Spiders are relatively similar, but Fishing and Huntsman Spiders are entirely different beasts and get way larger.

[frobclok]

Wolf spiders are good for your garden as they kill pests and actually dangerous spiders

[novelist]

I don't like spiders, but I certainly don't want to use those insecticides.

[JoeyJustJoking.]

I kept one as a pet, he came in the house to escape winter because they aren't a fan a cold weather, once spring came I let him go, his name was cheetah

[shush]

THANK YOU SO FRICKING MUCH! Me and my mom found a HUGE wolf spider and freaked out, and sadly, since our house is REALLY OLD, much of where you said they can be found is very identical to the backyard of our house, it has stepping stones, old and broken patio and lots of bushes, so like, we gotta step up and fix the backyard or else we're doomed.

[ruinsane]

We do not kill spiders or other insects unless we feel truly threatened by them, which is pretty much never. Although I will say that having a giant wolf spider crawl across your face while your asleep in bed is not fun. This happened to me. We caught the spider and put it outside. When you live in the woods, expect spiders to visit you.

[LaRhondaTurner]

I just saw one of these on my ceiling in MY BEDROOM! he escaped among my purses into my closet. I have no idea where he went and am not too keen on looking for him among my clothes and purses. OMG!!!

[aaaaaa-umlx]

And what if Spider Man gets into my house

[dazaipleaseloveme__]

When me and my family lived in our old house we had a HUGE invasion of wolf spiders!
My mom said every time she got home from work wolf spiders all around the doors just waiting to go in.
Me and my sister lived downstairs or bedroom and playroom was there.






Then one night me and her was playing and she told me to put the toys up. I got all of them in the tub, then I went to get the lid. I lifted it up and then out of nowhere theirs a GIANT wolf spider! I screamed my sister rushed in and I yelled for my mom. When my mom came in she asked what was wrong. I told her their is a giant wolf spider. She thought it was nothing and looked over. Then she yelled for my dad. That night I was terrified that a spider would crawl up and go in my mouth (for some reason).

[highcotton]

I do not kill them if they are outside. They keep my pest insect population way down and don't bother me at all. I also agree with others that when you use these dangerous chemicals you kill much more than one insect, you kill off diversity and endanger all wildlife.

[Mrdestiny]

Very interested in these. I found a very small black widow where I work and caught a wolfspider hanging around the black widow nest yesterday

[deadfishy]

I keep them alive, they and centipedes are my living insecticide.

[josephhill]

How do I know if a Wolf Spider lives in my PS4?

[TheCalifornian]

I would never intentionally kill a wolf spider. They arent poisonous. Just trap them under a cup and put them outside.

[palanthis]

Wolf spiders are good and harmless to people. They actively hunt down and kill things that can actually be dangerous to people. When I see one in my basement, I just say hello and carry on with my day.

[LAUGHOUTLOUDPUPPETS]

I Saw a wolf spider in my room named him cotton eye joe. I only have two questions where did he come from and where did he go? LOL and on a side note Id rather have a few wolf spidersw run along my baseboards trying to hide then have a bunch of yellow sac spiders dangle from my ceiling when im trying to sleep. they wig me out. and wolf spiders eat them.

[kennyryan]

Don't kill them. They help remove bugs that are a lot worse to have in your home.

[ernestoxavier]

They’re great to have in the yard of found inside please trap and release outside unharmed!!!

[winks]

I was outside and I think I saw one of these and I thought it was a turantula and today I was outside and I saw a hole in the ground I don’t ok ow if it was a wolf spider

[garfels]

I keep finding dead spiders an my room in the basement. I live in Kentucky. Do you think that it could be wolf spiders? Thanks in advance.