I need to Know! What Kind of Spider?

Question

I live in PA. The spider is black and the size of a mole (rodent). It had 2 parts to its body. A small round head and a bigger egg shaped body the shape of an egg. The body had what looked like thick black carpet fibers. The eyes were wild. If you ever saw the movie, "The Fly". It's eyes were slanted and in the shape of cat's eyes and bugged out on the small head in the color of a dark golden brown It was hanging on the concrete support between my garage doors w/the material of a caccoon. I HATE spiders. What kind is this? I mean taranchuilas are scary, but this thing was scary, creepy and looked like somethinfg out of a acience fiction movie!

Answer 1

First learn to ID spiders, here -

http://www.spideridentification.org/

http://www.usq.edu.au/spider/index.htm

http://www.arachnology.be/pages/Identifi...

http://bugguide.net/node/view/1954

Many people find spiders repulsive and scary, yet the majority of spiders are harmless and beneficial.

Preventing Spider Problems

There are many ways to make your home less appealing to spiders. If there are cracks in your foundation or around windows and doors, seal them up.

Check places where water pipes and electrical lines enter your house, and caulk any openings.

Keep woodpiles and debris away from your house.

In storage areas, put boxes up off the floor and away from walls.

Seal boxes with tape to keep spiders from living inside them. In general, cleaning up clutter will mean you have fewer spiders.

Pruning vegetation away from your house and keeping the area next to the foundation clear will also make your house less attractive to spiders.

Outdoor lighting sometimes attracts insects, which in turn attracts spiders. You can move outdoor lighting away from windows and doors if this is a problem around your home.

Removing Spiders

You can remove a spider from inside your house by putting a jar over it. Then slip a piece of paper under the jar so that the opening is sealed, pick up the jar, and take the spider outside.

A broom is also a useful tool for moving a spider outside. - http://www.pesticide.org/spiders.html

You can also use - Spider and Insect Catch and Release Tool

http://www.smarthome.com/61181.html