What are some other ways to limit my risk of bites?
• Dont leave clothing lying on the floor. • Remove bed skirts and see that sheets are not in contact with the floor. • Keep clothing and shoes off the floor • Shake out shoes before putting them on. • Step on gloves before putting them on, to kill spiders that may be inside. • Keep a space between furniture and the wall ;or curtains. • Wear gloves and long sleeved shirt any time you handle boxes that have been in storage. • Before moving boxes into your home, or from your home to another persons home, take them outside and carefully inspect them for spiders and spider egg masses. By the way, other pests, such as cockroaches, are sometimes introduced into new areas by way of cardboard boxes, too. What are some other things I can do if I have brown recluse spiders in my house? Clean up spider egg sacks. The brown recluse sack is a mass of white silk, roughly circular, but flattened, and attached to a wall or other surface. Caution: Sometimes cleaning up their webbing without killing them
