The Real Reason Your House Is Covered in Spider Webs

In this video, we look at the real reason spider webs keep appearing in your home, and it has nothing to do with how clean you are. You will learn what spider silk is, how orb webs, funnel webs, sheet webs, and cobwebs differ, how a cobweb’s sticky gumfoot lines trap crawling insects, and why a house with insects, outdoor lights, quiet corners, warmth, and small gaps is a perfect hunting ground. We also look at why cobwebs last so long, which spiders are actually dangerous, the biggest myths, and what really helps if you want fewer webs. Where the science is uncertain or depends on the species, the video says so. Subscribe, and tell me in the comments: do you leave the spiders alone, or do you clear them out? I read every one. Sources Bertone, M. A. and others, “Arthropods of the great indoors: characterizing diversity inside urban and suburban homes”, PeerJ: https://peerj.com/articles/1582/ North Carolina State University news release on the study of homes: https://news.ncsu.edu/2016/01/bertone... Nyffeler, M. and Birkhofer, K., “An estimated 400–800 million tons of prey are annually killed by the global spider community”, The Science of Nature (open access copy): https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles... University of Basel news, “Spiders Eat 400 to 800 Million Tons of Prey Every Year”: https://unibas.ch/en/News-Events/News... University of Florida IFAS, publication on the common house spider (IN394): https://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/publication... Missouri Department of Conservation, Common House Spider field guide: https://mdc.mo.gov/discover-nature/fi... Colorado State University Extension, house spider fact sheet: https://webdoc.agsci.colostate.edu/bs... Washington State Department of Health, Spiders: https://www.doh.wa.gov/CommunityandEn... Washington State University Puyallup Plant Clinic, Frequently Asked Questions on spiders: https://puyallup.wsu.edu/plantclinic/... “Spiders recycling”, A Moment of Science, Indiana Public Media: https://indianapublicmedia.org/amomen... Wikipedia, Spider web (background on silk types and web kinds): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spider_web #SpiderWebs #Spiders #HouseSpiders #Cobweb #HomeTips #PestControl #Arachnids #NatureFacts