I have to burn my house down

[41magsnub]

Brown recluse spiders in the finished basement...  lots of them along with pillbugs, centipedes, and earwigs. 

I think I can solve this though.  I sprayed the baseboard and floor of every wall inside and out with Ortho.  Put down sticky spider traps in strategic locations.  I spread a granule based bug killer in the lawn for 15" all around the house.  Further, this weekend I'm laying a bead of caulk between the foundation and wall on the outside.

The basement is dry and uncluttered.

Any other ideas to take care of this?

[zxcvbob]

"The basement is dry and uncluttered."

There's your problem.

[Scout26]

1.  Rent a hotel room for an extended weekend.  Pack for that weekend.

2.  Buy several "Bug Bomb"-type aerosol canister from your local hardware store.

3.  Make sure house is good an sealed.

4.  Get family in the car.  Shut off anything with a pilot light.  (I like to turn off the water also.)

5.  Set off Bug Bombs and evac the house.

6.  Enjoy long extended weekend at Hotel (someplace fun)

7.  Upon returning home, relight pilot lights and wash all kitchenware.

8.  Enjoy completely bug free home.

[French G.]

9. Well except for those spiders you packed in your luggage. Better leave naked, burn the car, etc.

Spiders hate tannerite, just sayin.

[just Warren]

You know what's worse? Those damn Brown Extrovert spiders!

They stay up all night partying, you want to sleep but they're high and want to talk about philosophy or politics.

And when you get up there they are asleep on the couch and when you make your breakfast and get ready for your day they get mad at any little sound you make.

[TechMan]

You know what's worse? Those damn Brown Extrovert spiders!

They stay up all night partying, you want to sleep but they're high and want to talk about philosophy or politics.

And when you get up there they are asleep on the couch and when you make your breakfast and get ready for your day they get mad at any little sound you make.

You sir when APS for that day, even if it is half working.

[HeroHog]

You know what's worse? Those damn Brown Extrovert spiders!

They stay up all night partying, you want to sleep but they're high and want to talk about philosophy or politics.

And when you get up there they are asleep on the couch and when you make your breakfast and get ready for your day they get mad at any little sound you make.

May I PLEASE quote you? This is PRICELESS!

[just Warren]

Sure. Thank you.

[230RN]

You know what's worse? Those damn Brown Extrovert spiders!

They stay up all night partying, you want to sleep but they're high and want to talk about philosophy or politics.

And when you get up there they are asleep on the couch and when you make your breakfast and get ready for your day they get mad at any little sound you make.

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[41magsnub]

You know what's worse? Those damn Brown Extrovert spiders!

They stay up all night partying, you want to sleep but they're high and want to talk about philosophy or politics.

And when you get up there they are asleep on the couch and when you make your breakfast and get ready for your day they get mad at any little sound you make.

awesome!

[BobR]

For a state where the brown Recluse is not native Montana sure does seem to have a lot of them. Must be moving in with all of those Californians heading to Missoula and Bozeman. :)

bob

[41magsnub]

For a state where the brown Recluse is not native Montana sure does seem to have a lot of them. Must be moving in with all of those Californians heading to Missoula and Bozeman. :)

bob

No kidding.  I was skeptical until I examined a dead one under a magnifying glass.  Brown...  right shape/size...  had the fiddle

edit - second guessing myself now.  there are a couple of spiders that look REALLY similar to a brown recluse (including a fiddle mark) here:  http://www.spiders.us/species/filter/montana/

[Jocassee]

Not to insult your intelligence, but are you sure you don't have wolf spiders instead? They can have the so-called fiddle mark on their backs as well. If the mark is on the front of the spider and not the large part of the body (thorax?) it seems more likely to be a recluse.
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/25/Hogna_lenta_18.jpg

http://www.spiders.us/species/filter/montana/

According to this, you definitely might have em. A cursory google will give you other features to look for.

Only reason I bring this up is because I have occasionally in a panic mistaken a wolf for a brown recluse :)

If you do have brown recluses, do whatever it takes to kill em...don't want those around kids.