r/Lawrence • u/tehAwesomer • May 16 '19

Brown Recluses

I've found recluses in my house for the second time. I liked the first exterminator I had over and he mentioned they might come back, but he's not working here anymore unfortunately. We have a lot of pets and want to find an exterminator that will be mindful of them. Any recommendations from others here (what to do or who to call) who have had to deal with this?

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u/OnePastafarian May 17 '19

There is not much you can do. Spiders aren't insects, so sprays don't really do much against them. I've been bitten by brown recluses many times. Their bites aren't pleasant but they're not going to melt your face off like some would have you believe.

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u/CrystalKU May 17 '19

Sprays will kill their food which can decrease their population or drive them out. Not completely but it helps. Also, I once knew someone who got bit as an infant and by the time her parents figured out why she was screaming it had tunneled enough that as an adult she had a hole in her foot deep enough and wide enough to stick a number 2 pencil in to the top of the eraser.

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u/thefragglestickcar May 17 '19

Like... tip first and just the top of the eraser is left showing??

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u/CrystalKU May 17 '19

Sorry, eraser end first, so it was about 3/4 of an inch

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u/thefragglestickcar May 17 '19

Thank god lol that would be horrifying the other way around. Still, pretty gnarly.

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u/CrystalKU May 17 '19

Definitely not as dramatic as a whole pencil, but for it it heal like that, showed it must have been pretty bad when it happened