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Avoid cleaning clutter without protecting your hands.Thomas Northcut/Photodisc/Getty Images
Put on a pair of leather work gloves. Inspect your home and eliminate any sources of clutter, recommends Peggy K. Powell, Ph.D., of the West Virginia University Extension Service. Rid your home of boxes and store items in sealed containers or plastic bags. Keep clutter from under your bed. - 2
Don't take chances with letting a spider go.Jupiterimages/Photos.com/Getty Images
Kill spiders spotted. Use the hose extension on your vacuum to suck up a recluse. Alternatively, kill any brown recluse found with a broom, or kill it with an insecticide formulated to kill spiders. - 3
Keep spiders from entering your home.Jupiterimages/Photos.com/Getty Images
Seal any cracks around your home with caulk, suggests the Illinois Department of Public Health Prevention & Control. Examine window screens around your home and replace any that have small holes or tears. Good screens on your windows not only keep recluse spiders out, but the prey they subsist on. - 4). Sprinkle diatomaceous earth onto crevices and cracks within your home, which will kill recluse spiders that come into contact with it. Also sprinkle diatomaceous earth along the baseboards of your home. Silica gel can also be sprinkled in your home to kill recluse spiders.
- 5). Place sticky traps around your home. Ensure that you places traps in your closets, basement, attic and behind your furniture.
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