I think spiders are to be observed and identified but generally ignored
otherwise. A rechargeable hand vac is OK for cosmetics. Spraying is just a
waste of time as the spray has to be on the spiders legs to be effective and
if you have it in your sights you might as well suck it up with a vac.
Loxosceles Reclusa/brown recluse/fiddleback/violin spider is just awesome
though. If I thought they were threatening me or my family I would think in
terms of geography.

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The other day I shook a brown recluse out of a pair a pants I was about
to put
on. It was the first one I have ever seen and I hope it's the last.

Brown Recluse spiders are *real* bad. I'd prefer multiple black widow
bites
to a Brown Recluse bite. I think that if I had your experience I'd
seriously consider moving out of the house.

Do you live in a part of the country where they are common?

Very common I'm told, but seldom seen. They are called reclusive for a
reason.
This was the first one I ever saw, but I was pretty sure what it was. I
bottled
it and took it to a local college where it was positively IDed.
I've seen pictures of the flesh damage a Brown Recluse bite can cause and
it's
nasty.