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Has anyone else noticed the glut of spiders in their yard, like woodland species not commonly seen or big Argiope or Araneus sp out and about ?
I even have a Metepeira sp. in my Chinese maple in my front yard, and a couple of Cyclosa sp. in my garden.
A lot of this stuff I rarely see unless I am on a jont in the woods or a field.

It has been raining a lot up here this year and I am thinking the rains have provided much vegetative food for the insect prey that the young hatchling spiders feed on.
 
My house is 113 years old and is riddled with brown recluses. The SOB'S are everywhere. It's just a matter of time before someone gets bit. What can I use to eradicate them without harming my animals?
 
Try this: :idea:
 

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With heat wave and drought

where i live, a very abnormal amount of spiders this year including brown recluse. I also live in a old 106 year old some what historical huge farm house in country and here is a very effective way to trap spiders in home, GLUE BOARDS ! While not catching every single one, I bought a whole new Bach of glue boards in spring ( 12 ) and just recently checked them and this is no lie, about 20 to 30 plus spiders on every one. Times 12 glue boards = approximately close to 300 spiders of different sizes and the glue boards are still with space ! LOL !
 
I have a shop vac in the basement where it's the biggest problem. Killing an individual is not the answer. I will try the glue boards. My basement is about 1600 sf of nooks and crannies. I'm killing them daily. Thanks guys.
 
Art
You can also try Diatomaceous earth they crawl over it and then die after a day or two, I use it in my invert room on my colubrids to eradicate mites.
It is a contact method so none of my inverts have been harmed.
 
After a walk in my garage I have noticed many Acharearanea tepidariorum [American house spider] scattered about in the scaffold webs they build and in my house there are many Cheirocanthium's this year also [these guys have a bite similiar to a recluse] which I have removed to the great outdoors.
Oddly enough it has been quite dry up in northern Wisconson and I'll be able to compare the difference next week
 
Art,

I second the glue board suggestion that was given. I was bitten by a brown recluse a couple of years ago, and went on a rampage to get them out of the house. HA! The exterminator was honest enough to explain that in this area and this particular house, he could only keep them at bay by spraying monthly for all of eternity.

We clean out over 100 every month on the glue boards. I guess the reassuring thing is that in 5 years at this house, and all those spiders, there has only been one bite. (Truth be told, I think I rolled over on the poor thing during the night, which resulted in the bite.) The odds are in your favor.
 
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