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I see two kinds of daaddy long leg spiders in my San Fran Apartment. One has like a circular body and the other is more elongated and rectangle like. When I moved into this ground level inlaw, it was totally infested with DLL spiders. I woke up many a day to find that I had rolled over one in my sleep and squashed it. Being a lover of all living things, I would scoop them into a dust pan and put them outside. Someday, I would throw out 10 to 15 spiders a day. It was a work of love and finally, I thought I was rid of them. However, they still came in occasionally. Then, other spiders started to appear. I went to change the battery on my wall clock and saw a spider wedged in between the battery and the holder. I poked him with something and he jumped out onto the table. There was no mistaking the violin on his head and I knew he was a brown recluse. I ran to grab a bottle to put him in but the silly cat jumped on the table and scared him away. Now I have to live with this thing and I'm petrified as I have not seen it again. I also have house spiders and jumping spiders all over and I can't get rid of them fast enough. I did see a house spider get caught in a daddy long leg web today. I didn't know that spiders could get caught in other spiders webs. I was looking at him when I saw this stealthy creature appear from under the side table and glide up the web. It was one of those round bellied daddy long legs and a big one but he was almost invisible. He attacked the spider and bit it and it was like paralyzed. He then carried it in his fangs under the side table. Some peeps are saying the the DLL spider has no venom but I clearly saw it bit and paralyze this other spider. I can't kill a spider ever but should I feel safe with all these spiders I am living with? Is it only a matter of time when I'll get careless and pay for it? Is there any humane way I can deter them from coming into my apartment? The place is very old and every window and door has huge gaps which are welcoming entrances for my spider friends who seem to love my place. Help please. Thanks.