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Message: <blockquote data-quote="MrXY" data-source="post: 827296" data-attributes="member: 2744">I kill black widows and brown recluses on sight; fortunately they are not real common where I live. With other spiders I'm extremely lenient; I usually leave them alone or at most catch them in a jar and release them outside. I lived for years in an old mansion in New Orleans. Between all the cracks and passages in walls and the swampy climate it was thoroughly colonized by spiders, including some huge ones. My cat and I lived in harmony with the spiders and they were such effective exterminators I never had to spray for insects. I spent many evenings reading in my living room overwatched by my allies, who learned they could sit in the open in complete safety. Sometimes when in bed one would crawl onto my arm, leg or face and I would brush it off. I was never bitten.</blockquote>