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n2doc

(47,953 posts)
Thu Jul 26, 2012, 11:34 AM Jul 2012

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Man living in 'terror' as his home is overrun by venomous spiders
By LAURA PULLMAN
PUBLISHED: 17:19 EST, 25 July 2012 |



An Omaha man is desperate to move out of his home after an army of venomous spiders have invaded.

Dylan Baumann is cautiously moving around his small apartment after seeing at least forty brown recluse spiders crawling up the walls and across the floors.

A single bite from a brown recluse can hospitalise victims. Baumann has not yet been bitten after taking special precautions.

He has moved his bed away from the wall and pulled up the skirt of the bed to try and avoid being attacked in his sleep.



Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2179019/Man-living-terror-home-overrun-venomous-spiders.html

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Duer 157099

(17,742 posts)
1. What do you call 40 recluses living together?
Thu Jul 26, 2012, 11:37 AM
Jul 2012
I dunno, but can they really be a pack of recluses? Reclusa? Reclusi?
 

MadHound

(34,179 posts)
3. Umm, he could call an exterminator,
Thu Jul 26, 2012, 11:39 AM
Jul 2012

There are also a number of ways to trap and kill brown recluses, some a simple as a shoebox with a small flap cut into it.

He's probably getting a swarm because of the unusual heat and dryness.

This guy is freaking out for no good reason, since he isn't taking any basic actions to alleviate the problem.

brewens

(13,588 posts)
4. I can count on one or two hobo spiders moving in about September. I know where to find
Thu Jul 26, 2012, 11:54 AM
Jul 2012

them and check the corners on the floor every day. Where I live those are the most dangerous. We have black widows too but their behavior makes them less dangerous. They don't move along the ground well. As long as you aren't carelessly poking around in junky corners, you won't get nailed by one of those.

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