Where do you live? I live in Northern Wisconsin and just want to know if I should move even farther north?
Spiders are everywhere. In South FL I see fewer spiders than anywhere I have ever lived or visited. I never have spiders in the house and rarely see them outside. Only the crab garden spiders once in a while and they are small. In the wooded areas you will see the big banana spiders. Scorpions are far more common and I see those at least once each summer. They go away from Nov. to June.... at least they hide, usually aren’t out moving around at night.
We have been in this house for 12 years now and I have seen one in the house. It crawled out from under my desk in the sunroom while I was sitting here. It probably crawled in when I had the back door open. We never bring anything inside that was left outside overnight, without checking. They love to hide in shoes, bags, you name it. creepy suckers, can’t stand them.