God, how I hate spiders. We have our house and yard treated, in Florida, so we are pretty much bug free. One of our community members got bit by a Brown Recuse spider and he almost lost his hand before they got it under control.
When I was stationed in Ca, in the dessert, there were guys that caught Tarantulas and keep them in glass cases. They would put a brown one in with a black one and they would fight like crazy. Always thought this was a stupid thing to do. Anyway, I didn't get near them as they can jump a fair distance.