In Costa Rica, I used to encourage the spiders, including the tarantulas and matacaballos (a red spider nearly as large as a tarantula) because they kept the cockroaches down. I’m not phobic, but man I really hate cockroaches.
I did have a scorpion in pants when I put them on one time. It stung me pretty good, though thankfully not on any part that hangs. I made a new record getting out of those pants. Thank god I wasn’t standing on a slippery floor around a lot of glass at the time.