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Note: Advantage kills fleas, but does not kill ticks. If your dog or cat needs protection from ticks and fleas, you might consider using Frontline Topspot or Frontline Spray. Frontline is safe to use on dogs, cats, puppies and kittens when used as directed by the label. The infestation best way to treat for ladybugs is to use the same methods and products used to control boxelder bugs. Tempo WP is an odorless product which is labeled for use indoors infestation (if the need ever arose) and also on most shrubs and plants around your home. If you only have the beginnings of a ladybug/ lady beetle infestation, you can get by with treating the interior and exterior of your home with Demon WP. This product will do a good job, but Demon WP is not labeled for spraying the wide range of shrubs and ornamentals, as is Tempo WP.

Beneficial or not, if spiders become a pest you need to go to our SPIDER ELIMINATION section, where you will find pesticide (such as Suspend SC) and non-chemical control methods. Most infestations require both infestation methods. And remember, the better you understand any pest, the easier it will be to eliminate or control. Spiders are the largest group of arachnids. There are more than 35,000 named species worldwide, including about 3,000 in North America, but probably most spider species are still awaiting identification. When someone brings a spider to us for identification, it is usually large (which makes one believe it might be a Tarantula) or is marked with brilliant colors (which many believe infestation might be a black widow), but most spiders that we are asked to identify are harmless. These predators live almost everywhere - on the ground, under rocks, inside and underneath playground equipment, among grasses, on plants, in tree branches, in underground caves and even on the water.

Spiders frequently stray into dwellings or other indoor habitats, or may be accidentally introduced on firewood, laundry that has infestation been hung out to dry, and on flowers. Spiders will also sneak into our homes in boxes, clothing or furniture. In windows and near outdoor lighting, web-building spiders often construct webs because insect prey may be attracted infestation at night by the lights and by air currents. Spiders are easily recognized by the 4 pairs of seven segmented legs and (like all arachnids) have a cephalothorax and infestation abdomen. But unlike scorpions, mites and daddy-long-legs, the cephalothorax and abdomen of the spider are separated by a visible waist or pedicel. The top of the cephalothorax is protected by a shield-like covering called the carapace.