What are the odds? I’m reading this nightmare spider news story last week, and then I run into a huge spider web, face first, the same day? In my own backyard?The news story concerned this poor family that bought an expensive home outside St. Louis, Missouri in 2007. Unbeknownst to them, their new home had one tiny, itty-bitty little problem – it was infested with Brown Recluse spiders. A leading spider expert later estimated their number at between 4,000 to 5,000 spiders.Shades of the movie, Arachnophobia?The family tried everything to get rid of the venomous creepy-crawlies, including ripping out insulation ...