![]() ![]() They like to prey on other insects who may be moving sluggishly or hibernating themselves. These don’t sleep continuously, though, so they can go about in search of food on those days when winter is less cold. There are some spiders who do hibernate in winter, usually in rock piles or piles of leaves. A lot of these sac nesters may die themselves when the winter months come, but supply their eggs a nice warm sac to survive in until spring. These may be found in places like garages, sheds, etc., as well as in attics and other, close to people areas. Jumping spiders and others do make their own sac-like nests to pass the winter in. Then, without meaning to, we disturb their homes and, because they don’t know what else to do, they bite! But, sometimes, they find their way into a coat sleeve, in the linings of couches, etc. Usually they will find somewhere that is not often disturbed. Along with other warmth hunter species, the brown recluse will build his home in boxes of papers, cracks, crevices. A good example of a spider type that moves into a lot of our homes is the brown recluse spider whose bite is very dangerous to human beings. They don’t really want your company any more than you do theirs. Though some spiders like to live in our homes all year round, there are those that dwell in your home only in the winter months and are looking for warmth. Some actually do prepare for winter by weaving a web under loose bark or building overhangs where they are insulated from the cold. ![]() Others, however, will die in the winter but leave their egg sacs well protected to hatch out the next spring. ![]() There are those spiders that like to come on in and dwell with us in our nice warm homes. Did you ever wonder where all the spiders go in the winter? (Excluding those little rascals you still find occasionally in your house!) Do they die? Do they hibernate? Do they just hide somewhere where you don’t see all of them?ĭifferent types of spiders handle the winter months differently. ![]()
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