Why did spiders pick your home?
A spider doesn’t go looking for food in the kitchen the way a cockroach does. It’s a hunter. It settles somewhere quiet and waits for food to come to it, and that food is small insects: mosquitoes, flies, midges and moths. So if you have a lot of spiders, you very likely have a lot of small insects too, even if you haven’t noticed them.
Spiders like the places nobody touches: high ceiling corners, behind a wardrobe that never moves, under the stairs, storerooms, basements, shutter boxes and the corners of the balcony. In the garden they build between plants, along the wall and around the lights, because that’s where insects gather at night.
Egg sacs are a story of their own. The spider wraps its eggs in a silk sac and sticks it in a hidden corner. Left alone, one sac releases a crowd of young spiders all at once, which is why some people swear spiders seem to come out of the walls.
Spiders in Egypt: most are harmless
Here’s the good news for a lot of people: most spiders in Egyptian homes are not dangerous. The long-legged spider in the bathroom corner, the little jumping spider on the wall and the ones building webs on the balcony are unlikely to hurt you. They actually eat insects. A few on the balcony are no cause for alarm. A lot of them indoors, though, means there’s plenty of food for them, and that’s the problem we treat.
A few species do have a bite that can be painful or need a doctor. Near the desert and around farms you may also come across spiders, or spider-like creatures, you aren’t used to. The rule is simple: if a spider looks strange to you (shiny, large, or an unfamiliar colour), don’t handle it. Photograph it from a distance, send us the picture, and we’ll tell you how to deal with it.
The creature people in desert areas and farms call the camel spider isn’t a true spider and has no venom. It is fast and frightening to look at, though, and its bite can hurt, so don’t pick that one up either.
How we deal with spiders
We start with an inspection and try to identify the species, because that tells us where it hides. Then we remove webs and egg sacs from corners and high places we can reach. It looks like a small job, but removing one egg sac saves you a whole new batch of spiders.
Next we treat the hiding places: corners, cracks, window frames, behind furniture and under the stairs, using Ministry of Health approved residual products. For villas and houses with gardens we carry on outside, along the wall, the facade, the lights and the planting.
We also treat the small insects the spiders live on. Skip that step and you’ll be rid of today’s spiders, only for new ones to move in for the same food. German Egypt Control is licensed by the Ministry of Health and Population, licence no. 32.
Villas and compounds
In Fifth Settlement, Sheikh Zayed and 6th of October, villas next to the desert or empty plots see far more spiders than flats in central Cairo. Gardens, outdoor lighting, storerooms and garages give spiders everything they need. Here, treating the outside of the house often makes a bigger difference than treating the inside.
The same goes for offices and shops with glass fronts that stay lit at night. Insects collect on the glass, spiders build in the corners above the sign and around the floodlights, and customers notice.
When to call us
Call us if the webs come back every week however often you clean, if you find egg sacs, or if you see a spider you can’t identify in a child’s room. In storerooms and basements nobody has opened for months, don’t reach into dark corners or old boxes before switching on a light and looking carefully. Send us a photo on WhatsApp. Anywhere in Egypt, a technician can reach you the same day.
After the treatment: what to do
- Don't wipe treated corners with water for a few days. If a new web appears, take it down with a vacuum cleaner rather than a cloth.
- Use less outdoor lighting at night, or switch to yellow bulbs, so fewer of the insects spiders hunt gather around the house.
- Tidy the storeroom and balcony and get rid of old cardboard boxes. Spiders like quiet places nobody disturbs.
- Wear gloves when you move old things around in the storeroom or garden.
The price is set after the inspection
The cost of spider control depends on the size of the property, whether a garden, roof or basement also needs treating, how many webs and affected areas we find, and whether other insects need treatment at the same time. We confirm the exact price before we start, and the inspection comes with no obligation.
After treatment you receive a guarantee certificate stating the period and the service, and if the problem returns within that period we come back at no extra cost.
