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[quote=Anonymous]I've found them, killed them, and been bitten by one.  They like dark places.  Creepily enough, we had several living in the hollow internal space of the shed door outside.  But I have found them on my porch and commonly in my woodpile.  We had an exterminator come after the door incident, and he basically said there wasn't too much you could do, but that the good thing was that they don't come inside - very rare to do so.  He also said that for the most part, the females stay in their webs.  So usually bites happen when you disturb their web.  The exterminator said that the only way to deal with them is to kill them when you spot them with a spray or something.  And, which I find unrealistic, to remove areas where they want to live (like our woodpile or your lawn furniture).

When I was bitten, I sat against the wood pile out in our back yard and one bit the back of my leg.  It hurt a LOT and I felt horrible, but I did not have to go to the hospital or even stop breastfeeding my child (multiple panicked calls later).  I just felt like I was having extremely painful muscle pains, sweats, and nausea for about a day and then the next evening I was fine again.

My doctor told me to always wear protective clothing, including gloves, whenever I mess with unused outdoor spaces.  So lawn furniture would be a classic example.[/quote]

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