I have neglected my household for about a year....I have been in chronic pain for many year;s and this past one has been harder than the other's. I do clean, of course, but just "on top" no thourough cleansing as one should. So I have started my spring cleaning....and in the kitchen, way back in the cabinet, where I keep pan's I haven't used in a long time, were these smallish spider's and there was a big one too. Not very big, but big enough. Thin brownish leg's and a round body. Not a daddy long legs and not the jumpy ones one sees every once in awhile. Are they dangerous? I sprayed them and they are dead, of course. But before I go any further, I'd like to know more....
2007-03-22 09:15:43 · 7 answers · asked by M.R.M. 3 in Home & Garden ➔ Other - Home & Garden
I don't think it has an hourglass figure ' but it does kind of look like that recluse spider, now I'm really scared....I have this "thing" about them, like alot of people do, I'm sure. So, I guess they must be all over my aptartment, right? Anyone have that exp.?
2007-03-22 09:35:28 · update #1
Sorry, it's me again, my daughter says they don't look at all like the brown recuse one's and for me to put on my glasses. I'm just going to go by what you all said.
2007-03-22 09:43:17 · update #2
You may indeed have many of them in your home. However, I really wouldn't worry at all. My wife has a thing about spiders too, and has me kill every one on sight, but the only spiders you really need to be aware of are black widows (these are the ones with the red hourglass) and brown recluses (brown, and have what looks like a VIOLIN near their head, not an hourglass), though neither of these will kill you, except if you are really old/young or very deathly ill (though if you are bitten, you do want to see a doctor for medication and the like).
The spiders are actually keeping the other bugs out of your home, and that is a good thing!! Just kill the ones you actually see, if it makes you feel better, or call Terminex.
Nothing to worry about!! :)
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2007-03-22 10:06:50 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Hehe these are the spiders my nephew fondly dubbed the "shower spiders". They arent dangerous, and dont appear to be aggressive either. Definately my choice over a wolf spider. They tend to stay in one specific area, such as a cabinet, a shower and closets. However, if they are undisturbed long enough they become very huge!!! So beware ;-)
2007-03-22 16:21:18 · answer #2 · answered by amandalynnesmith19 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The region in that you live in has a great deal to do with hat kind of spider it may be. There are also a few hundred kinds of that style spider.
2007-03-22 16:21:29 · answer #3 · answered by pickles 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
you need to make sure they aren't recluse spiders......look it up online they have pictures all over the place....they are extrememly dangerous and can be fatal.......my friend got biten by one and she almost died.....symptoms were extreme fatigue, tendon bone and muscle aches and stiffness...etc...really check it out on line....good luck.no one has to live in chronic pain....check on line there are a zillion ideas to help and there just may be one for you.
2007-03-22 16:22:08 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
They sound like the ones the infiltrate my cellar regularly. They aren't dangerous. I usually just suck'm up with the vaccuum.
2007-03-22 16:20:54 · answer #5 · answered by swishyvt 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Do they have a darker brown hourglass on their back?
2007-03-22 16:27:34 · answer #6 · answered by Lil' Bossy 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
try this web site it could be a very dangours spider, every time i typed in your discription this is what came up. be carful!
http://home.texoma.net/~linesden/spider.htm
2007-03-22 16:21:13 · answer #7 · answered by Lovley 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋