Giant spiders all over San Diego. Here s why NBC 7 San Diego
They re baaack.
Orb weaver spider “season” is upon us in San Diego County, and this time, locals are seeing and getting creeped out by more of the spiders than usual.
According to the San Diego County Communications Office, it’s not so much the arachnid’s season but simply a matter of the little critters are all grown up and are making themselves and their big webs felt in a big way.
Chris Conlan, the supervising vector ecologist who has been with the County s Vector Control Program for more than two decades, said that rain creates more vegetation across San Diego County and, in turn, more insects and spiders. This means orb weaver spiders have more tiny bugs to eat and they’re well-fed and thriving.
There are a lot of spiders around. We get our house sprayed regularly by our estimable pest control guy, so we don’t see as many as we did 20 years ago, when our house seemed like the local refuge for all things creepy and crawly. I’ve dislodged a number of brown recluse spiders in our garage, seen an average number of black widows, but no tarantulas, which has been a bit disappointing.
A few years back, we got rid of almost all of this hedge which surrounded our pool, which was a veritable giant nest of various, non-dangerous funnel web spiders. Early one morning, our previous pest control guy pounded on our back door. Our numerous dogs went crazy. I got up out of bed, subdued the dogs, and finally opened the door. “I really like what you’ve done with the hedge,” the pest control guy said.