At Excel Pest Control, we've been protecting Kitsap County homeowners for over 20 years with effective pest control solutions. We'll control your pest problems and offer expert advice as well as practical prevention tips to stop pests from ever returning.
All spiders are beneficial because they eat pest insects. Most spiders are relatively harmless and rarely come in contact with people. However, homeowners usually dislike their presence in and around homes because of the webs they leave, their "creepy" appearance, and a few are poisonous to people. The other two, the hobo spider and black widow spider, occur commonly in our area and may present a problem. The black widow spider occurs in the PNW generally in dry, undisturbed areas such as firewood piles, old lumber, dry crawl spaces, bales of hay, etc.