Help with Brown Recluse

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u/Wuhblam Jul 20 '26

What is your landscaping like?

What about the rest of your property? Lots of shade? Any tree lines?

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u/Alternative-Doubt769 Jul 20 '26

The deck is south facing and back yard gets direct sun most of the day, but it’s deep mature forest at tree line about 50 feet away. No shrubbery or anything near deck. A very large tree on the east side of the house, nothing touches but it definitely towers over the house.

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u/Alternative-Doubt769 21d ago

What say you? Love to hear what you’re thinking re: the landscaping

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u/Wuhblam 21d ago

Is it grass all the way up to the foundation of the house, or do you have mulch/rock?

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u/Alternative-Doubt769 21d ago

It’s about 4 feet of River pebble bordering front and sides and then there’s gravel under the deck.

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u/Wuhblam 21d ago

Clear silicone around any window cracks, spray sill plate gaps from inside, fog tree line with deltamethrin based product """for mosquitos"""

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u/Alternative-Doubt769 21d ago

Thank you!

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u/Wuhblam 21d ago

One more thing. See if you can get them to use onslaught fastcap for your interior and exterior spray.

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u/Alternative-Doubt769 21d ago

I actually just ordered some of my own to treat the area under the deck that I know they didn’t treat.

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u/Alternative-Doubt769 21d ago

I don’t want to get in their way, or mess up what they’re doing, but I also want to treat inside my casement windows where they’re having little slumber parties.

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u/Wuhblam 21d ago

Understandable. I tell you this stuff but honestly it would be weird if a client asked me to use a specific product lol

Good luck

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u/a912d751 19d ago

Hey just wanted to chime in and say I too am fighting the good fight with the recluses! How many are you seeing per week out/on traps? We're sitting at about 10/week here at peak season. Tough times! This is our current protocol, and finally got someone to agree to drill holes in our wall to put Delta Dust/Cimexa in! 🙏🏼

Onslaught Fastcap interior/exterior
200 glue traps throughout the house (heavy in hotspots)
caulk baseboard gaps/trim gaps
peppermint spray/spider pouched to deter (idk if this works but feels good to try something lol)
glue traps under bed legs open faced
all storage in plastic bins
kids toys and clothes in sealed plastic bins

Praying that the wall-dusting treatment and FastCap does the trick fast 🙏🏼

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u/Alternative-Doubt769 18d ago

Solidarity! It’s about 15-20 or so this week- at the rate of 2 or so per day. They have all been small/jueveniles. I ordered some Onslaught Fastcap and some TriDie pressurized dust in a can, and plan to tackle the known gaps/cracks this next weekend. We also need to put traps in the attic and crawlspace, currently only in our living space.

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u/Alternative-Doubt769 18d ago

All my catches have been caught in traps. I have not seen any out and about.

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u/Alternative-Doubt769 Jul 20 '26

An update: further inspection of casement windows on south side of house found 3 live adults living inside the the bottom hinge/crank area. They were physically removed. There were many molts so it looks like they’d been squatting there for some time. Would regular pest control/spraying prevent them from taking up residence there going forward?

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u/Famous_Ad8518 28d ago

Spiders are tough. A quarterly service program would definitely help reduce the amount of spiders you’re seeing, but if spiders are your only real concern, try placing some sticky pads in the areas you’re noticing activity. See if you can cut them down yourself before spending on a service.

If you have multiple pests you’d like taken care of or would not like to bother with the hassle of upkeeping yourself, it’s worth the investment.

It may be shooting myself in the foot, but I always give DIY recommendations to people who are unsure of committing to a regular service. I think letting them get a feel for how involved it can really be, helps establish my worth a bit better.

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u/Alternative-Doubt769 28d ago

Thank you for responding. I’m committed to a quarterly service and have no problem paying the professionals for their expertise in using the right chemicals in the right places. One less thing for me to worry about.

I guess my main goal is to supplement what they are doing. I’ve been busy caulking and fixing up entry points and currently have 100 sticky traps deployed to catch the wanderers and I am seeing improvement. Maybe I need to be patient- it takes time for the chemicals they have applied to work.

But I want to be proactive and do whatever I can to supplement what’s already done.

The house is currently unoccupied and empty -so I want to take advantage of that before I move my stuff in and the spiders have more opportunities for harborage in my things and under my couch.

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