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How do I get rid of Spiders outside?

Hello, I am in my first home of my own :) I am trying to save money so I do not want to use pest control services very often. So I bought a sprayer and some Spectracide Triazacide (sp?) concentrated insect spray. I applied per the instructions around the outside of my house. I am not sure if it worked for other insects, but the Spiders are still everywhere. I live in Missouri and they are bad here, including Brown Recluse spiders. They are really bad on my decks, they get in my garage, and they are in these bushes I have outside. I spreyed all of this, but it did not kill the spiders. What is a good outdoor spray to use that will kill and keep spiders away? Spiders in my yard do not bother me. They don't scare me, and I know they can be good. But they bother me in my garage, and when they cover my front porch. MO, where I live, has a ton of Brown Recluse spiders, these are not fun to be bit by...

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1. get some bird feeders in your yards, they will eat the spiders and be fun to watch as well
2. Why on earth would you want to get rid of spiders outside!? That is where they belong!!!!! They eat flies, and mosquitos. (Unless they're widows... those are nasty little bastards!) They're doing you a favor! Leave them alone!
3. I bought a can of spider spray
4. get the type insecticide product that hooks up to your hose and go nuts responsibly. That will help, but you know, spiders are just terrible this year. I have a very very big yellow and black on that is just too big and pretty to kill.
5. Please, Please, Please, don't kill the spiders outside. Do you even know what kind of spiders you have. If you have as many as you say you have then you most definitely have other problems with bugs because spiders must have something to feed on. Do you have roaches, carpenter ants, thirps, white fly, termites? I would suggest you catch the different types of spiders you have and IDENTIFY them before you try and kill everything around your house. There are too many good creatures that you need around your house to indiscriminately kill everything. Please shoot me an email and I will gladly help you. There are many less damaging chemicals and other natural things (as someone pointed out "bird feeder") that will do a much better job at keeping them in check.
6. yes