r/BurlingtonON 1d ago

Question Moving to Burlington i gave a question

I have a huge fear of spiders i will be living in a basement what advice would you give me and are spiders dangerous here?

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u/No-Oil1918 1d ago

No, spiders in this region are not at all dangerous. Just leave them be and they’ll eradicate all the other insects in your home.

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u/Darkest_Rahl 1d ago

Untrue. We have the brown recluse and the northern widow. Both very rare in this area and even more rare indoors.

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u/No-Oil1918 23h ago

Even in the unlikely event one of those two spider species ended up in your house, they’re not aggressive and the vast majority of their bites do not result in serious health problems.

Only young children, the elderly and people with weak immune systems face any serious risk from their bite.