They generally live and thrive in homes and buildings.
Do spiders live in attics.
True to their name they prefer to be reclusive and to hide in out of the way places in households such as crawl spaces attics garages and cellars.
They hide in dark areas.
They ll help monitor the areas so that if any brown recluse spiders are active in other areas of the home besides just the attic you ll be able to tell from what the traps catch and take appropriate action accordingly.
Nevertheless many people are frightened of spiders and thus may want to kill those living under their roof.
Others like dry warm areas such as subfloor air vents upper corners of rooms and attics.
The brown recluse spider can inflict a serious and painful wound with its bite which is venomous sometimes requiring medical attention.
Spiders prefer quiet dark and undisturbed areas including attics.
From the innocent daddy longlegs to the harmful brown recluse here are the most common house spiders how to identify them and when to worry about a bite according to entomologists.
Additionally i suggest you start spraying the outside of the home to prevent more from getting inside.
Tens of thousands of spider species have been identified throughout the world.