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Originally Posted by GH85Carrera

Yea, I have killed a few black widows on sight even though they were outside. Brown recluse are never outside, usually up in the attic or somewhere with very little going on.

My mom had a tarantula as a pet. Of course she also worked at the zoo as a docent. She handled a 6 foot boa constrictor, and 4 foot alligator, and a couple of other critters. She often took those animals to schools to show school children.

I've handled someone's pet snake before. I've held a wild caught caiman (3-4') in the Amazon jungle in Brazil. I've moved various spiders out of the house with sheets of paper or sticks. I have moved copperheads (with improvised "snake hooks"). I don't even necessarily kill black widows. If a black widow or brown recluse were in the wrong place at the wrong time, I'd kill it, or if someone else insisted.