Are spiders helpful to people?

Are spiders helpful to people?

Absolutely! Spiders are essential in maintaining a natural balance within environments all around us. They are important predators in every ecosystem they exist in. There are literally billions of spiders in the world feeding on even more insects every single day. Populations of flies, mosquitoes, cockroaches and other insects would be astronomical without spiders to keep them in check.

Spiders provide us with free pest control around our homes, and they are on duty day and night. This Black House Spider (Badumna insignis) is capturing an introduced pest, the European Wasp (Vespula germanica).