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from Elyria. Not far from Toledo. People
tried scaring me with the scorpion/black widow stories. I've been here
a year and haven't seen anything. I live outside of Phoenix in a newly
developed area. I get my house treated every 2 months and haven't had a
problem. We do have lizards that sun-bath on the block fencing. They will
never bother you nor ever try to come into the house. One thing you can
do is make sure you run water down all the drains of your new home. Maybe
even pour some bleach down them. I found this sight by looking up Arizona
spiders.
I have a reddish-brown spider in my daughters bedroom. I killed it and
didn't think nothing of it. Today there was another one in there. Its about
the size of a quarter and fast. That one also met the end of the line.
I'm thinking maybe she brought it back with her from Mexico. They went
to the biology college down there and stayed outside all week. Maybe a
couple stowed away in her luggage. (I hope only a couple). Anyways I really
wouldn't worry about anything out here. I've asked neighbors if they get
their houses treated and all said yes. They get it down every other month.
Besides these couple of spiders, I've not had a problem.
my full 20 year life. The only time i've
ever seen a spider that might be considered 'big' was about the size of
my hand... This was when i was about 12-14"I can't remember exactly", and
even then all it took was a rock to send the thing to hell.
However
this should be a relief to you; this was in Payson.. The only other spiders
i have seen are your common household spiders. Not much bigger then the
size of a sugar ant and virtully harmless. Even then i rarely see any spiders
at all.. All i can say is get a cat, they make sure the beg bugs don't
bite. Anyway i just wanted to say you'll be completely fine here in Arizona