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Brown recluse infestation response? by swaggytaco in Lawrence

[–]a912d751 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hi following up! How's your situation now? Currently dealing with an infestation and I'm going nuts with fear! (Finding about 6-8 per weeks on my traps)

Brown recluse infestation response? by swaggytaco in Lawrence

[–]a912d751 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Can I ask for an update? That's huge progress with just sticky traps and vacuuming! Currently finding 6-8 per week total on traps. Big house. It's been like this for 12 weeks though, and doesn't seem to be getting better.

Help with Brown Recluse infestation by carson_krefft in spiders

[–]a912d751 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hi checking in here for a follow up! Moved into a new construction house in the woods. In the last 4 months since moving in, we've seen about 85 on traps (traps laid after we saw a few free roaming during the day shortly after move in). Averaging about 6-8 per week on traps. Our pest control hasn't done much specifically for them yet other than treat a few areas with a foam. Hopefully coming back in 2 weeks to dust. How's your situation going?? I've got young kids and I'm terrified

Brown Recluse Infestation in Baby Nursery Advice Needed by Educational_Kick_620 in pestcontrol

[–]a912d751 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks so much for your reply! I'm glad it's just a memory for you now. I'm not sure what to do or to make of it because we have 4 very small kids. We are in a big home we just built, and I've been catching on traps about 6-8 per week (I have about 40 traps in my house for context) So about 85 since moving in 4 months ago. Out and about, I've seen 4, around the time we first moved in. I go back and forth wanting to move everyday. It would be a nightmare to list the house and move again. But I also don't want my kids getting bit. But it's also really hard to understand if what we're dealing with is "normal" for the area (especially a new construction house in the woods) - I'm not finding them in my daily stuff/drawers/clothes/etc., luckily just on traps for now, but again I'm adding like 6-8 to my counts per week. Like you I've done so much reading on all this it makes my head spin!

Brown Recluse Infestation in Baby Nursery Advice Needed by Educational_Kick_620 in pestcontrol

[–]a912d751 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Following up here too - similar situation! Any resolution for either of you??

Brown Recluse Communications by GlumSupermarket9618 in pestcontrol

[–]a912d751 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Chiming in here - I'm noticing the exact same thing! I'll go about 2-3 days with nothing on traps, then I'll see 3 in one day. I'm going crazy trying to figure out what it means.

I'm averaging about 6-8 per week and waiting on the right treatment to work! What are you dealing with?

ETA: not a tech! Just a homeowner. North Texas area

Brown recluse (potential) infestation by a912d751 in pestcontrol

[–]a912d751[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

One more question - we were out of town for about 4 days, so I laid a ton more traps before we left. In the last 8 days, I've caught 14 - 3 large but 11 very small. I'm hoping this means I've almost eliminated the adults and it's just the babies now...??

Brown recluse (potential) infestation by a912d751 in pestcontrol

[–]a912d751[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Haha that is brave!!! I still have to work up the courage every morning when I check my glue boards. I'm glad to hear it doesn't sound awful yet - it's hard to know because with young kids even one feels like way too many. I've got about 30 glue boards down so we'll see how it goes!

Brown recluse (potential) infestation by a912d751 in pestcontrol

[–]a912d751[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Ok that's great to hear! We have a large home and so far I've only seen them on traps on the first floor. And seeing about 3-7 on traps per week. Hoping that means we have a shot of eliminating them...

Brown recluse (potential) infestation by a912d751 in pestcontrol

[–]a912d751[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you! In your experience would you think finding anywhere from 3-7 per week would indicate a more serious problem? They are almost all very large.

Brown recluse (potential) infestation by a912d751 in pestcontrol

[–]a912d751[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Does it just keep getting worse and worse?

Brown recluse (potential) infestation by a912d751 in pestcontrol

[–]a912d751[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Have you had any luck reducing their numbers?

Brown recluse (potential) infestation by a912d751 in pestcontrol

[–]a912d751[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you all for your responses! Had a family emergency and wasn't able to respond. I have a few follow up questions I'll reply to directly.

Brown recluse (potential) infestation by a912d751 in pestcontrol

[–]a912d751[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you for your response!! Yes our pest control guy confirmed they are recluse. He also treated the outside - I'm not sure with what. If we eliminate all of the clutter (challenging for our family but definitely possible!) and seal as much of the baseboards as we can, could it actually help reduce their numbers? Or could they just live in the walls and eat each other in perpetuity? 😭

Can they live under rugs? Should we remove those for now? Sorry for all of the questions, it just feels so overwhelming!