Wait, it bit you on each foot?
No. Nononononono! They don’t act like that (can they)?
I’m now going to sit on my couch with a clean blanket clenched to my throat.
Sparky they travel in pairs and each attacks one side.
Hope that helps.
Here’s how it worked for me. I woke up one day with a seriously itchy foot. Over the next few days I scratched at it so much it tore the skin and bled. I dismissed it as just a bug bite of no consequence, but after the itch did not relent, I covered it with a band-aid. This immediately alleviated the itch, but it still hadn’t healed after four weeks or more, and itched again every time I peeled back the band-aid.
About then I was bitten on the other foot. I immediately covered that one with a similar band-aid, and having not torn that blister it healed faster.
A couple of weeks later, after both had fully healed, I went into my bedroom and saw a spider scuttle across the floor. Looking at it closely I saw it was a white-tailed spider, and realised both my bites matched their symptoms. White-tailed spiders hide in clothes or bedsheets, and as I am a scruffy messy type I have unconsciously fashioned the perfect home for them.
I don’t know how many spiders actually were responsible for the bites, one or two, but I have not been bitten since spraying the singular little bastard.
And, as I said, the scar of one still remains.
I just killed 8 more of them tonight. They cant just keep appearing, right? I really don’t want to have to call an exterminator.
Only one was on the floor today, all the others were at where the walls meet the ceilings. I hope that’s a good omen.
Now to start googling to see what kind they are.
Why no exterminator? Is it the chemicals? You put spices on your food, don’t you!
(Okay, not a great analogy, but…)
you wouldn’t have spiders if you didn’t have bugs.
Maybe it’s the spider version of Highlander - next time take its head.
Otherwise, load with Rat-shot (.22 of course). 
And I do have 10’ ceilings…
You know what would be worse than having a bunch of spiders in your house? Not having a bunch of spiders in your house.
When I lived in Taiwan, these were the kinds of spiders we’d find in our house from time to time.
Apparently they’re quite adept at controlling the cockroach population.
Dude, you need to move. This is how those episodes of Infested! start.
Also, your “spider in the bed” story was almost enough to make me pee down my leg. Blargh
You’re right. I found two more tonight when I got home. And both in the bedroom :eek!
Get out while you still can! Leave everything! The spiders have it now.
When we had our spiders, I bought bug foggers like this and set them off in the house. No more spiders after that.
Those damned motherfoggers!
Maybe they just want to regale you with their folklore?
That’s exactly what I used - 3 on both levels of the home did the trick. But you have to move fast once you push that first button if you want to get the others before they get you…
Another update…
They kinda subsided after the last post, then only intermittently appeared.
It’s been full on war since last week, though; usually killing at least 3 a night, sometimes more. Last night I had two, 2!, crawling on the ceiling directly above my bed.
Oh, hell no!
I’m hoping to get an exterminator early next week to finally end this.
Anyway, I just killed two more tonight (one made a nest and I got a face full of it, shudder). I captured one in a jar of bleach and took a pic, which I’ll post shortly. Hopefully someone here can ID the little bastard.
Ok, here’s a picture of the type of spiders that have been foolishly invading me:
Can anyone identify it? I’m really curious about what kind it is.
Some interesting things:
They are almost always on the ceiling (phew!)
They are really fast runners
They are quick to drop via web
Also, they look a hell of a lot larger, especially when you’re sitting on the couch, notice movement from the corner of your eye, and see one on the wall about 3 feet from you.
Also, can anyone suggest a good therapist?
Edit: I’m going to post this at GQ, since it belongs there.