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Alright, /an/, Picture unrelated.
I just got bit, for the SECOND time this summer, by a Brown Recluse. So, I need some tips on how to repel spiders, because apparently ridiculous amounts of Bug-Bombs only serves to make them more active. So, ITT, ways to keep spiders the hell out of the house.
>> Anonymous
Get a cat
>> Anonymous
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Glue traps along baseboards. Keep ground level windows closed or screened, go around the outside of your house and note any cracks in the foundation. Buy a seasonal perimeter insecticide and go all along foundation, window wells. Make a barrier.

In terms of dealing with them inside. Keep clothes and shoes off the floor. Shake everything that is left on the floor off and give it a visual check.

Keep your bed 5 inches away from any walls. most predator spiders without webs do not climb very high. Most will just run along the baseboards over and over, sometimes climbing walls and freaking you out.

Spiders need water, note any leaks in crawlspaces (careful there) or your bathroom.

I lived in a basement room that had a horrible hobo spider infestation, they are very similar to brown recluse in habits (rather aggressive) I was there for three years and did not suffer a single bite, though probably killed several hundred of the fuckers.

Idiotic room mate left the laundry room windows open all the time, they were ground level.
>> Anonymous
>>149705
Hobo spiders are more aggressive but with a less dangerous venom. Recluses are not really aggressive, hence why they're called "recluses."
>> Anonymous
>>149719


Exactly. Brown recluses skittish and will make a lot of effort to avoid you. Humans usually encounter them in dark, quiet, areas such as a basement, garage, storage area, or tool shed. If you have an area like that--especially one that is cluttered up with boxes and similar items, then that is a good place to find a recluse. However, avoiding them is also easy. Make a lot of noise. If you have to pick up a box or search for something, bang on the items around you to scare off any spiders that may be there. It's easy to get bit if you reach into a dark area to pick up an object with said spider on it--but really, they don't want anything to do with you, so if you can make it obvious that you're there, the spiders will run away.

You can keep the spiders away by keeping the area busy, well lit, and free of clutter. Getting rid of the spider's prey (insects) is good as well.
>> Anonymous
From what I understand the carcasses of dead insects also attract them. Constant bombing without cleaning up the remaining dead bugs probably attracts more of them in the long run.
>> Anonymous
>>149732

149730 here. About 5 years ago I moved into some new property. On the property was a large metal building (basically a huge shed) which had been unused for several years. It was empty, but needless to say it was filled with insects & spiders. When I first moved in, it was very common to see recluses there. I sprayed along the base of walls and corners with commercial insecticide and started using the building. After about a week, no more recluses. To date, five years later, I have never seen another one--though the insects have since come back. Activity is a HUGE benefit. Brown recluses really are reclusive. If there is anything happening in the building, they leave.
>> Anonymous
OP here, and the problem is that they get me while I sleep. I'm switching rooms, because they seem to only be in that room an the kitchen. I live in Central Texas, so all the rain lately has been driving them inside. the people who built tis house left PLENTY of problems, cracks in the wall, the foundation is all screwed up, etc. We've been fixing it up, but they have alot of room to hide in here.
>> Anonymous
>>149762

Houses in central Texas fail. All of them. Even the new ones. Foundations are almost impossible to keep level because of the shifting earth so there are havens for insects all over the place. I was lucky, when I lived in central Texas all I had to worry about was scorpion stings (nasty things if you don't pay attention!).

The only thing I can say is what>>149705said about putting insecticide around the foundation. If you don't have any small animals I would suggest doing this inside as well, along with around your windows, etc.

If possible switch from cardboard boxes to plastic containers, boxes make a nice, dark, cozy environment for spiders to hide in during the day. The act of moving everything from one box to another should also drive out the spiders, and it makes it easier to keep everything dust free.