House Spiders

freshnesschronic · 10-01-2010, 03:24 AM

I was about to go to sleep and I saw a spider crawl from my sheets onto my laptop screen in this pitch blackness that is my room.

Now I'm freaking paranoid it might be a brown recluse which is a terrible spider and dangerous to bite. I don't remember, it was about 1.5 inches total length, light color brown/grey and didn't seem very fast.

Any home-owners have advice, know where to look/exterminate or...am I overreacting? I know spiders kill a lot of other nasty insects but I don't want any bugs in my room!

spudcon · 10-01-2010, 06:09 AM

Almost all spiders bite, but they don't really eat that many bugs. I say squash him if you see him. If you want to control bugs in your house, keep a gekko, or a toad in your home.

glatt · 10-01-2010, 07:31 AM

Just whack it with a slipper. Try not to do it where it will make a splattered mess. Get some toilet paper to wipe up the mess right away. It's not a brown recluse.

Rhianne · 10-01-2010, 07:34 AM

He sounds cute to me. My advice is to call him 'Bob' and make him your friend.

Spexxvet · 10-01-2010, 07:44 AM

"House Spider"? Does he have a limp, use a cane, and diagnose really odd-ball medical conditions?

classicman · 10-01-2010, 08:08 AM

I love Rhianne.
~~~~~~~~~

Its a tiny lil bug ... Kill it and smile as you drift off to dreamland.

HungLikeJesus · 10-01-2010, 08:53 AM

I usually pick those up and take them outside. I've never had one bite me.

Happy Monkey · 10-01-2010, 09:36 AM

Brown Recluse (some images especially unpleasant).

xoxoxoBruce · 10-01-2010, 10:09 AM

Catch it and mail it to Rhianne.

BigV · 10-01-2010, 10:33 AM

House spiders are your friends. Ask yourself who else is patrolling your home for tasty bugs? spudcon's wrong. All they eat is bugs. Think how many bugs it takes to make 1.5 inches of spider? The spider couldn't care less about you--leave her alone.

In the interest of domestic felicity, I have, on occasion, escorted them outside. I have never been bitten.

Pete Zicato · 10-01-2010, 10:49 AM

According to this graph, there are no brown recluse in Chicago. So you're safe Fresh.

Juniper · 10-01-2010, 10:54 AM

My bedroom visitor yesterday was one of those little gray jumping ones.

Generally spiders don't scare me, except the huge ones that live in my basement (Wolf spiders, I think) but spiders that jump? :::shudder:::

And yes, according to that map, we get Brown Recluses where I live. 'Tis true, I've seen em.

glatt · 10-01-2010, 11:39 AM

Did I ever show you guys the cutie I saw on vacation while walking at dusk?

HungLikeJesus · 10-01-2010, 01:06 PM

Did you put it in your pocket?

Rhianne · 10-01-2010, 01:36 PM

Our house is full of spiders, we like them, they're beautiful creatures. Send him here if you like and we'll make him feel at home.

10-01-2010, 03:24 AM	#1
freshnesschronic Professor Join Date: Dec 2006 Posts: 1,555	House Spiders I was about to go to sleep and I saw a spider crawl from my sheets onto my laptop screen in this pitch blackness that is my room. Now I'm freaking paranoid it might be a brown recluse which is a terrible spider and dangerous to bite. I don't remember, it was about 1.5 inches total length, light color brown/grey and didn't seem very fast. Any home-owners have advice, know where to look/exterminate or...am I overreacting? I know spiders kill a lot of other nasty insects but I don't want any bugs in my room!

10-01-2010, 06:09 AM	#2
spudcon Beware of potatoes Join Date: May 2007 Location: Upstate NY, USA Posts: 2,078	Almost all spiders bite, but they don't really eat that many bugs. I say squash him if you see him. If you want to control bugs in your house, keep a gekko, or a toad in your home. __________________ "I believe that being despised by the despicable is as good as being admired by the admirable."

10-01-2010, 07:44 AM	#5
Spexxvet Makes some feel uncomfortable Join Date: Dec 2005 Posts: 10,346	"House Spider"? Does he have a limp, use a cane, and diagnose really odd-ball medical conditions? __________________ "I'm certainly free, nay compelled, to spread the gospel of Spex. " - xoxoxoBruce

10-01-2010, 08:08 AM	#6
classicman barely disguised asshole, keeper of all that is holy. Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 23,401	I love Rhianne. ~~~~~~~~~ Its a tiny lil bug ... Kill it and smile as you drift off to dreamland. __________________ "like strapping a pillow on a bull in a china shop" Bullitt

10-01-2010, 08:53 AM	#7
HungLikeJesus Only looks like a disaster tourist Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: above 7,000 feet Posts: 7,208	I usually pick those up and take them outside. I've never had one bite me. __________________ Keep Your Bodies Off My Lawn SteveDallas's Random Thread Picker.

10-01-2010, 07:31 AM	#3
glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 27,717	Just whack it with a slipper. Try not to do it where it will make a splattered mess. Get some toilet paper to wipe up the mess right away. It's not a brown recluse.

10-01-2010, 07:34 AM	#4
Rhianne Nearly done. Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Teetering on the edge. Posts: 1,134	He sounds cute to me. My advice is to call him 'Bob' and make him your friend.

10-01-2010, 09:36 AM	#8
Happy Monkey I think this line's mostly filler. Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: DC Posts: 13,575	Brown Recluse (some images especially unpleasant). __________________ _________________ \|...............\| We live in the nick of times. \| Len 17, Wid 3 \| \|_______________\| [pics]

10-01-2010, 10:09 AM	#9
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	Catch it and mail it to Rhianne. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

10-01-2010, 10:33 AM	#10
BigV Goon Squad Leader Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Seattle Posts: 27,063	House spiders are your friends. Ask yourself who else is patrolling your home for tasty bugs? spudcon's wrong. All they eat is bugs. Think how many bugs it takes to make 1.5 inches of spider? The spider couldn't care less about you--leave her alone. In the interest of domestic felicity, I have, on occasion, escorted them outside. I have never been bitten. __________________ Be Just and Fear Not.

10-01-2010, 10:49 AM	#11
Pete Zicato Turns out my CRS is a symptom of TMB. Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Chicago suburbs Posts: 2,916	According to this graph, there are no brown recluse in Chicago. So you're safe Fresh. __________________ Talk nerdy to me.

10-01-2010, 10:54 AM	#12
Juniper I know, right? Join Date: Aug 2008 Posts: 1,539	My bedroom visitor yesterday was one of those little gray jumping ones. Generally spiders don't scare me, except the huge ones that live in my basement (Wolf spiders, I think) but spiders that jump? :::shudder::: And yes, according to that map, we get Brown Recluses where I live. 'Tis true, I've seen em.

10-01-2010, 11:39 AM	#13
glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 27,717	Did I ever show you guys the cutie I saw on vacation while walking at dusk? Attached Images

10-01-2010, 01:06 PM	#14
HungLikeJesus Only looks like a disaster tourist Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: above 7,000 feet Posts: 7,208	Did you put it in your pocket? __________________ Keep Your Bodies Off My Lawn SteveDallas's Random Thread Picker.

10-01-2010, 01:36 PM	#15
Rhianne Nearly done. Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Teetering on the edge. Posts: 1,134	Our house is full of spiders, we like them, they're beautiful creatures. Send him here if you like and we'll make him feel at home.

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