If you are finding many spiders in your home, it should be taken as a compliment as that means your house is a healthy habitat.

Alberta, and Airdrie, is a home for many different species of spiders including the house spider, wolf spider, cellar spider, and many more.

The two that often get mixed up the most are the common house spider and the wolf spider.

Kathleen Hancock, co-author of Spiders of Western Canada, said spiders should not be feared.

"They are not dangerous, there's nothing to be frightened of. If you don't like them, just keep your distance. You don't have to kill them. They do more good than harm and learn about them."

Hancock and her husband, John, both wrote the book Spiders of Western Canada to educate people on the different species of spiders that can be found in the West.

She has also dedicated her life to learning and teaching about arachnids.

"We lived in England and he was really interested in spiders, I knew nothing about them at the time. He bought a couple of baby tarantulas and they didn't survive because we had no idea how to look after them. We were concerned about the number being imported from the wild, so I started a business breeding them and I learned a lot."

Hancock said she used to be scared of spiders before she began learning about them.

"It really makes me angry when people go out and buy a spray to kill spiders. Why do you want to kill them? They don't do any harm, they just do good. They keep to themselves. I used to be frightened of them but now I can see absolutely no reason to fear them, at all."

While the many species of spiders that call Airdrie home are completely harmless, the only one to worry about is the Brown Recluse due to the high potency of their venom, and Hancock said if anyone ever gets bitten, seek medical attention immediately.

"The best thing to do would be to take the spider to the hospital so that the doctor can identify it. Best way to slow them down is put them into the fridge for a little while because they're not warm-blooded animals and that's what I used to do when I was trying to move spiders about," said Hancock.

According to Hancock, even the Black Widow doesn't pose much of a threat and won't bite unless they feel threatened.