Brown recluse?

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John
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I’m pretty sure it is. In my garage

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Everyone probably has them in their houses. They are reclusive hence their name. Never never never put on shoes or clothing which hasn't been worn in a long time without shaking them out first. Never reach your hands into boxes in attics or closets without first looking. The damage these things cause is frightening and potentially lethal. If you see a lot of silverfish you likely have brown recluse spiders too.

My company fumigated a building years ago that was overrun with these and black widows. After treatment, when the walls were dismantled by the contractor, dead brown recluses fell out by the bucket loads.
 
Everyone probably has them in their houses. They are reclusive hence their name. Never never never put on shoes or clothing which hasn't been worn in a long time without shaking them out first. Never reach your hands into boxes in attics or closets without first looking. The damage these things cause is frightening and potentially lethal. If you see a lot of silverfish you likely have brown recluse spiders too.

My company fumigated a building years ago that was overrun with these and black widows. After treatment, when the walls were dismantled by the contractor, dead brown recluses fell out by the bucket loads.
Oh no don’t tell me this
 
My next door neighbor growing up as a kid was an avid outdoorsman. He got bit by a brown recluse and was in the hospital for a couple days but was ok.

Oddly, he died of Leukemia a few years later. I know they are probably not related, but I do wonder some times if the spider bite caused his immune system to turn on him.
 
I was bit by one on the calf. The pain would drop me to my knees. Day one was bite marks. Day 2 entire area was purple and started scabbing. Day 3 my calf had a slight hole as it was eating away tissue. Got my leg lanced and survived.
Did the pain hit immediately after the bite?
 
We had them pretty bad a few years ago. Have the bug folks come out and spray to kill everything a few times a year. Killing their food source is how you kill them. Most poisons don’t touch them. They have to be starved out or eat bugs with poison in them.

Sticky traps are also key. They eat everything, including each other. And luckily they’ll jump right on a sticky trap for a nice orgy feast and die with their friends.

So kill as many insects as possible and put down sticky traps all over.
 
We had them pretty bad a few years ago. Have the bug folks come out and spray to kill everything a few times a year. Killing their food source is how you kill them. Most poisons don’t touch them. They have to be starved out or eat bugs with poison in them.

Sticky traps are also key. They eat everything, including each other. And luckily they’ll jump right on a sticky trap for a nice orgy feast and die with their friends.

So kill as many insects as possible and put down sticky traps all over.
Thanks man, this is good info. I read somewhere else about the sticky traps.

I called the bug folks and they said “well a lot of times people confuse what is really a brown recluse”. Well I got a picture of that sumbitch.

They should be out soon
 

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