Hello ClodHopper,
Welcome to The Garden Helper's Forum!!!
We are very glad you found us!!!

I think I'm going to IM "The Bug~Lady" on
your post and see if she can help you!!!

I don't think I've ever heard of a bug like that,
but again, it could be where your area is....

(We have several Texan's, all very, very nice here! Maybe a handfull will come by and say Hello! )

Weezie

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Weezie

Don't forget to be kind to strangers. For some who have
done this have entertained angels without realizing it.
- Bible - Hebrews 13:2





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Ok - - going to get shot for this one - but ....

If you actually found a number of brown recluse spiders - - - first, "bug bomb" your home and garage - if you haven't already. Then, I would get either a duck or goose to keep around as a "pet". Let them help keep the spider population under control. My uncle swears by the geese. He used to live in Oklahoma and says his geese used to even catch and eat water mocassins as well as scorpions and other bugs.

Normally I will not kill a spider - even a black widow. But after having seen what a recluse can do - the severe damage that they cause - - I would rather have no bugs (even the "good" ones) than to have one recluse.

Don't know if you know from first hand experience what a recluse bite does - - and I don't want to over alarm you - - - but .......... Take no chances.

But - also from what I know of the recluse (and it is not much) I'd have to second the Buglady's question - are you sure there were several brown recluses?

Jon

Hi Clodhopper, glad to have you here, couldn't help asking about:

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I'm wondering if I need to put the vinegar on them.

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I haven't heard of that, hope you don't do it While they are on your plant... The vinegar willKill your plants! The Blackies are good fellers keep em around and see the post ...WEEZIE ASKED

On another message board I read a woman was bitten by a spider. She had a weeks stay in the hospital. She will be scarred for life. Please be careful when dealing with spiders like these. hobo spiders and traps
gardencrazy

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my webshots ~ my photobucket

freaky o.O up here, we get these spiders that are shaped and sized just like black widows. The only i reason i can tell that they aren't widows is that they don't have the red spot.

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Thanks for the help all. Since finding these BRS's around the house I have been doing quite a bit of reading about them and have learned quite a lot. Yes, I have seen some of the disfiguring wounds they leave; that's why I'm worried about one of my children happening along on one. Also I have checked and confirmed they have six eyes. So that brings me to BugLady's question.

I live in Snyder, Texas; and I would be happy to assist anyone in trying to collect specimens. So far I have picked up about 5 dead ones (mostly for proof of what they are), but haven't attempted to catch any live ones. You should tell your friends not to tarry though. I have started taking the measures of clearing up clutter around the outside of the house (woodpiles, lumber, etc...) and spraying around the house with CS Lambda-cyhalothrin. This seems to be having an effect already, because I am finding them dead sometimes instead of alive as always before.

Sorry it took so long to get back with you, the family and I went out of town for the long weekend.



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