OMFG - a HUGE spider just dropped off of the ceiling onto my desk!

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10. Some sources say recluses don't live in Florida

But they do - and not just the North American native brown recluse. Florida imports new varieties. We also have every species of widow spider:
http://www.freshfromflorida.com/Divisions-Offices/Plant-Industry/Plant-Industry-Publications/Pest-Alerts/Pest-Alert-Venomous-Spiders-in-Florida

And people worry about alligators...

True story - my first year in college I went to summer session to do an independent project. They gave me my own office since a professor had retired and the new professor was not coming in until fall.

I was excited about the office until I realized I had visited it during my tour of the college the year before. The biology professor that was in there during the tour studied widow spiders. At the time of my visit he had shelves covered in small containers of live spiders - HUNDREDS of spiders.

My mentor assured me that all the spiders had been moved and that their pest service had made sure there were none left. I was still not comfortable in that office.