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Old 05-10-2012, 11:44 AM   #35
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Originally Posted by Otsy View Post
The brown recluse are probably being mistaken for Hobo Spiders, very similar. My basement suite in Kelowna was full of them. Probably killed one a day. Nasty little things.
In BC hobo spiders are found, but the giant house spider is much more common:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giant_house_spider

In a basement suite I was in Vancouver I used to live in, I found a couple of spiders aorund 3-4 inches in diameter. They were tough #######s. I couldn't kill them with a broom, only pin them temporarily. It took 5 or 6 good wacks with the broom pan to finish them off. Thankfully, I've only ran across them a few times during my time in Vancouver.
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