Around Alaska
Conditions vary across the state. Choose your city below, then describe what’s happening around your home or business.
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Local spider information
Spider control in Alaska
Learn what to look for around your property, explore your city, and ask about an inspection or a quote.
Spiders in Alaska: what to know
What to note
Where you see spiders, how long it has been going on, and anything you’ve already tried are the most useful details to mention.
A useful next step
Ask about an inspection, what treatment would involve, and whether follow-up visits are included. You don’t need to identify the problem yourself before getting in touch.
Local research
Spiders in Alaska: what the public record shows
Before you compare quotes, it helps to know which spiders actually live in Alaska, when they are busiest, and what the state figures look like. Everything below links to the agency or university page it came from.
All spiders in Alaska are predators, feeding on insects and other small arthropods. Most spiders are docile and harmless to humans
Alaska spiders and people
UAF Cooperative Extension's arthropod guide treats Alaska's spiders as beneficial natural enemies, not hazards.
University of Alaska Fairbanks Cooperative Extension ServiceIn Alaska, wolf spiders are encountered around the yard and garden and sometimes even in homes
The big one people find indoors
Fast, gray-brown and about half an inch — the wolf spider is what an Alaskan usually finds running across the floor.
University of Alaska Fairbanks Cooperative Extension ServiceMembers of this group are some of the largest spiders likely to be encountered in Alaska gardens
Largest spiders Alaskans see
Orbweavers build their webs on plants and on the exteriors of homes and decks.
University of Alaska Fairbanks Cooperative Extension ServiceWhen spiders are busiest in Alaska
Alaska's spiders are seasonal garden and yard predators; orbweaver females tuck egg sacs into web camouflage, leaf duff, or 'cracks and creases of homes' for winter (UAF Extension).
UAF Cooperative Extension: all Alaska spiders are predators and most are 'docile and harmless to humans.' The state's commonly encountered spiders are wolf spiders, crab spiders and orbweavers, plus harvestmen, which are not true spiders. No medically significant species is listed for Alaska in this guide.
Rules that apply in Alaska
For context, nationally
Sources: University of Alaska Fairbanks Cooperative Extension Service; CDC/NIOSH. Figures are quoted as the source prints them. How we check our sources
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