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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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(17,742 posts)deaniac21
(6,747 posts)ecstatic
(32,705 posts)or get a motel until the problem is resolved.
MadHound
(34,179 posts)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)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.