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Spider control in New Mexico

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Spiders in New Mexico: what to know

Around New Mexico

Conditions vary across the state. Choose your city below, then describe what’s happening around your home or business.

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 New Mexico: what the public record shows

Before you compare quotes, it helps to know which spiders actually live in New Mexico, when they are busiest, and what the state figures look like. Everything below links to the agency or university page it came from.

the widows and the violin spiders are probably the most dangerous

Spiders of medical concern in New Mexico

NMSU's arid-Southwest spider project names two groups: Latrodectus widows and Loxosceles violin spiders.

New Mexico State University, College of Agricultural, Consumer and Environmental Sciences

Several species of violin spiders, Loxosceles spp., are also quite toxic. These include L. arizonica, L. deserta, L. apachea, L. blanda and (in eastern New Mexico and by introduction in various parts of the Southwest) L. reclusa

Which recluse species occur here

New Mexico's native recluses are desert species; the true brown recluse reaches only the eastern edge of the state.

New Mexico State University, College of Agricultural, Consumer and Environmental Sciences

This latter species is now established in the Roswell, New Mexico, area

Brown recluse foothold

Loxosceles reclusa is established locally around Roswell rather than statewide.

New Mexico State University, College of Agricultural, Consumer and Environmental Sciences

Spider species recorded in New Mexico

Western black widow (Latrodectus hesperus) — 'The black widow spider, Latrodectus hesperus, is the most common harmful spider in California' and 'occur in most parts of California' (UC IPM); 'common in Colorado' (CSU); Lat…

When spiders are busiest in New Mexico

Widows and violin spiders shelter year-round in seldom-disturbed places; NMSU advises never placing a hand where you cannot see or into a tangled web.

NMSU: 'Fortunately, black widows are very shy and very few bites are recorded for the number of spiders occurring in the region,' and 'violin spiders are not especially aggressive and may live in numbers in a house without a bite occurring.' The brown recluse proper (L. reclusa) is reported in eastern New Mexico and established around Roswell; the rest of the state's recluses are native desert species.

Rules that apply in New Mexico

New Mexico Department of Agriculture Pesticide Compliance

For context, nationally

Throughout North America, but are most common in the southern and western United States — Black widow distribution. CDC/NIOSH
In the midwestern and southern United States — Brown recluse distribution. CDC/NIOSH

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