How do I deal with spiders coming from a ceiling vent?

Post date: 2020-07-11 17:53:21
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Welcome to my nightmare. There are dozens of tiny spiders (and a few full sized ones) that have appeared right near a ceiling vent for the central air system in my bedroom, very near my bed. How do I treat this without poisoning myself?

Most of the info is in the header. Other pertinent details;

- The spiders are light tan and the full size ones are about an inch in length. They don't look particularly venomous or scary - they're definitely not wolf, brown recluse, or black widow. Other than that I don't know what kind they are. The baby ones are the same species and about the size of a pin head.
- The room is carpeted
- The second and third floor of the duplex regularly have ants coming in from the floor (3rd floor) and ceiling (2nd floor) each spring for about two weeks in April or May. The landlord has been unwilling to deal with this beyond ant traps (but clearly there's a food source somewhere in the house structure.)
- I'm in Boston MA
- The ceiling vent cover can be removed with a philips head, but other than the immediate cover I have no idea how the vent system works or where it leads
- My immediate personal budget for dealing with this is quite small, let's say $25 or less
-My landlord could get involved if need be, both solution wise and financially but it usually takes days or a week for a solution and I might die of phobia by then. There's also quite a bit of pushback on any expensive, complicated solutions historically.

What would be the simplest way to keep spiders from infesting my carpeted room and not poison myself?

Thank you in advance!
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