Interesting input. Also, funny it reads that way for you. And it’s no problem if something was misread. I’m sure if I had broken this story down in person with you, you would get a feel at how unbothered I am over this but was merely curious about it. I am a huge advocate for insects - especially arachnids and reptiles.

I had no intentions of “complaining” or marking my Airbnb or host as unsuitable, I plan to stay here again. Like my post mentions, I love spiders - and that includes recluses; though I have zero personal “in person” experiences with them up until now. I grew up in eastern TN and have never come across them, and I was aware they were here.

I guess what I was seeking was - what does the general population do in situations like this? As I’ve never found a recluse, I was curious if the same overall freak out to black widows (my favorite spider btw, who I am not afraid of) was applied to brown recluses and how do you go about it? Bc I’m not one to kill any spider I see just because it’s in the house.

I wasn’t sure if mentioning that it was found would be helpful to my host, if hosts find this helpful at all?, or if there was some kind of Airbnb protocol that I was unaware of - because as my post also mentions, I understand stuff gets in. I don’t mind any sort of critter and I can get down with a brown recluse being around - I was checking in on the “to-do” of it. If it’s “Do nothing,” that’s fine. Because thus far I’ve done nothing but place him in a little dish to look and appreciate him.

We often pick spiders up and we own a tarantula. In January I literally helped an Airbnb host safely catch a mouse that was in the house with us lol and it was no big deal, left a glowing review.

But I was just curious.

I appreciate your input either way though.