[brittneyrose825]

Last night I was going to head down stairs to brush my teeth when I noticed a whole motherload of baby spiders on the ceiling and hanging down above the stairs. Ugh !! We vacuumed some up but it woke Audrey and we had to call it quits. Anyone have any advice on how to get rid of them? And is it dangerous for Audrey ? I got zero sleep and moved Audrey to our bed so I could keep an eye out! Oh man this is awful!!any advice is greatly appreciated!!

[Sweetpea24]

What kind of spiders? or do you know?

[martilynne]

Ugh, I don't know what to do. I hate spiders, that is super creepy.

[brittneyrose825]

They're little teenie white and brown spiders

[Smashie]

Sounds like American House spiders:

Parasteatoda tepidariorum - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

They're not aggressive, but who wants a gajillion spiderlings running around? Most of those spiderlings will eat each other within the next couple days, but still.

We're a pretty spider-friendly house, and usually let a couple of these spiders hang out (especially if they're earning their keep by eating ants, etc). But the key to keeping them out is to keep a well-swept house. Don't let them set up shop in a web because the females will eventually pop out an egg sack, and then you'll have the billions of babies to deal with again. If I see an egg sack, I remove it from the web and destroy it. But a female can pop out several egg sacks from any one fertilization, so you have to keep on top of it.

More than you wanted to know, right?

[Sweetpea24]

yea there good, they wont hurt baby. i have wood spiders there bigger then my thumb ewww.

[brittneyrose825]

Thanks ladies ! Made me feel a little better. Just was more worried about baby! I'm counting down till August 1st when we move into our new house and out of this attic apartment!

[mommy_jackie]

I HATE spiders they freak me out!!!! And theres a bunch of them here too!