Way back in the 70s I lived in a dumpy old farm house. I came home one night with my 2 small children and there were 5 tarantulas in my bedroom. I grabbed my shoe rack and we stood on my bed and I threw shoes until I killed them all. I wouldn't kill them today. They're really pretty nice for spiders. I have a lot of them that live in my yard they usually only come out after a rain.