Recently, Mom noticed something strange on the dining room baseboard. Small black spots, like someone had splattered paint.  She wiped them off, thinking maybe it was just dirt or random mess. But the next day, they were back – not only on the baseboards but also on the wallpaper and even the floor tiles, despite her mopping every day. 

We were confused and had no idea what it could be, until we found the answer online.  When Mom found out what it was, she nearly threw up, because it was… Continue reading in the article below the photo 

Mom took a few pictures and posted them in her favorite cleaning group on Facebook. That group had helped her before in all kinds of strange situations – from turmeric stains to weird oven buildup.

“Does anyone know what this is?” she wrote under the photos. “They showed up recently. Definitely not regular dirt. Doesn’t just wipe off. Looks like ink or paint, but we haven’t painted anything!”

The answers came quickly.

“That’s spider poop,” someone wrote. “Oh yes, definitely! Spiders leave that behind,” another confirmed. “It’s not solid, more like ink stains,” added a third.

Mom stared at the screen. Spider poop? Seriously?

She went online to check. And sure enough – pest experts say spider droppings are usually thick, semi-liquid, and look like dark drops.

They can land on walls, floors, wallpaper. Different spiders leave different traces, and it’s hard for the untrained eye to tell which kind they’re from.

The good news is that such “droppings” aren’t usually dangerous – microbes from spider feces typically don’t harm humans. But still – the thought of spiders crawling around the house and marking their territory wasn’t pleasant.

We got to deep cleaning right away. Fresh spots came off easily, but the dried ones were stubborn and sometimes left a yellowish stain behind.