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It's why I try not to kill spiders I find in my home and just throw them outside. They're nature's exterminators. Though it's easy for me since in my country we
by ChuckNorris89 4y ago
It's why I try not to kill spiders I find in my home and just throw them outside. They're nature's exterminators. Though it's easy for me since in my country we don't have such dangerous spiders.
- masklinn 4y agoHouse centipedes as well, while they look creepy as hell they’re discreet and efficient bug hunters. Including silverfishes, which are bad and should feel bad.
- yetanotherloser 4y agoSilverfish are beautiful! In my floorboards, or my bookcase, they are not a good sign... but they're so cute! And so ancient - primeval, even. Providing they stick to the back yard I can appreciate them.
- masklinn 4y agoSilverfishes eat books. There can be no peace between my house and theirs, it’s a blood feud.
- hackernewds 4y agoI love geckos for this reason. super efficient at keeping the place bug free and also cute
- cainxinth 4y agoAnd their wall walking abilities are amazing to watch!
- masklinn 4y agoJumping spiders are my best friends, I’d raise them if I could keep anything alive. As-is, I just try not to bother them when one takes up residence in a corner of a room.
- dmix 4y agoIf you like jumping spiders you should read this great Scifi book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Children_of_Time_(novel) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Children_of_Time_(novel) Portia spiders are used to pre-populate a terraformed planet (among a few other species like ants) before humans arrive but [minor spoiler] they eventually take over the entire planet and develop an advanced society. Which causes an interesting conflict when a lost group of humans do arrive much later than planned via spaceship. The sequel book takes the same concept but uses an octopus takeover of a water planet.
- salad-tycoon 4y agoFunny, was thinking the same thing. The audible version is great. Book 1 is pretty good. If you want, stop it there and there won’t be too much you are missing. I’ve listened to the three that are out, this is my preference but would say I enjoyed all 3 but not a lot of value added after the first one.
- dmix 4y agoOh I didn't know there was a 3rd one. But yeah the 2nd one had some slow wading moments, basically the obligation to make it have a beginning/middle/end type story under insane constraints while keeping it plausible. But it's worth the price of admission to nerd out on some earth species taking over some local region of space in another solar system.
- forgotusername6 4y agoThe noise though. A long time ago I stayed in an old stone building in the south of France. There were dozens of these things on each wall. They'd crawl about at night and drive me insane. The pitter patter of a thousand tiny feet...
- agentwiggles 4y agoAs long as they're discreet, they have my tentative permission to go about their business. But I will provide selection pressure towards discretion if I happen to be startled by their appearance. Spiders are slightly higher class citizens, and more likely to be safely captured and released outdoors... but are ultimately subject to the same regime, at least between my walls.
- samschooler 4y agoWhenever I meet a new spider in my home I have 2 rules: 1. Don’t be dangerous to my family 2. Do not enter my bedroom. If these rules are violated I’ll kindly escort them out.
- cainxinth 4y agohttps://old.reddit.com/r/spiderbro/ https://old.reddit.com/r/spiderbro/
- LinuxBender 4y agoCommon black ants as well. If one of them finds a single termite larvae they will leave a pheromone trail and shortly thereafter an army will devour that larvae and they will break up into teams and scout all the walls and floors for more of them. To keep them out of the house interior I find their nest and give them food and water.