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Originally Posted by SupDock
Unfortunately, if they are truly recluses they can be challenging to kill. Because of their long legs, their body doesn't drag across the poison, and it often just kills their prey. Don't be assured though, as they can go without food for a very long time
I dealt with them in the past, and had multiple exterminators tell me that fumigation is the solution
Realistically, they are present in most Midwest homes, and they are rarely encountered. If you saw 10 on each of 6 traps, you have a serious infestation.
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Take away their food supply by killing other household pests and you'll see them knocked back a bit.
But you're right, spraying does very little to actually kill them and sticky traps are your only good bet. In my old place I killed one in my storage area, saw 3 or 4 dead in my garage and one night had one of the little ****ers climb across my leg.
Put sticky traps along every baseboard under every bed/dresser in my house (they like to hid behind trim and stick close to walls as they travel). Only caught one more.
Had a pro come out and take a look, said I may have a few, but it's Missouri so you oughta just live with it.
My new place has water in the backyard so no shortage of grass spiders and shit. We just have a pest control company come out every 3 months or so to do general stuff (and it turns up a bunch of large fuzzy dead spiders in my shop every time) but in 4 years I've never come across another recluse.
I think having all the grass spiders around the perimeter keeps them down a bit and killing stuff inside the house keeps them from having much to thrive on so it's kept 'em out.
Agree with the OP though - I don't mind spiders at all. But man, brown recluses just freak me the **** out. I know a girl that had a big silver-dollar sized scar on top of her wrist from one of those things and just fuuuuuuck thaaaaaat.