fears, phobias and freaking spiders!

[Lady Cop]

i would be living in a motel!!

KETV

OMAHA, Neb. -

An Omaha man's apartment is infested with venomous spiders thought to be brought in by the hot summer temperatures.

Dylan Baumann said he has been catching brown recluse spiders in his apartment near 77^th and Howard streets for four months.

"I saw them crawling across my walls, crawling along my floor boards and saw it crawling by my foot," Baumann said.

Brown recluse spiders are not aggressive, but they could be harmful due to their venomous bite. Out of the 200 species of spiders found in Nebraska, the black widow and brown recluse are considered the most dangerous.

Dennis Ferraro at the Douglas County Extension Office said the higher number of spiders and bugs in general is likely due to the weather.

"We virtually did not have a cold winter this winter, and the hotter temperatures that we're having would probably allow for more reproduction," Ferraro said.

Baumann said he planned to move out of the apartment, but not until September. In the meantime, Baumann said he is trying to co-exist with the spiders by taking precautions like pushing the bed away from the wall and shaking out clothes and shoes before putting them on.

"It's terrifying just thinking that might happen to me," Baumann said.

The brown recluse spider is rare but has been showing up more in Omaha.