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Probably not the only one who finds spiders interesting/curious/useful but most insects kinda disgusting/ugly/dirty.
by formerly_proven 2y ago
Probably not the only one who finds spiders interesting/curious/useful but most insects kinda disgusting/ugly/dirty.
- seanw444 2y agoI've grown quite fond of spiders. I don't have the same aversion I used to when I was younger. There are so many hobo spiders on the exterior of my house, but I leave them be unless they're in my way, because they've noticeably reduced the populations of every other nuisance bug. As long as they keep to themselves and don't invade my space, I'll let them chill. And I just relocate them if they wander in. Killing them is just sad. Wolf spiders are welcome in my basement though. They are smart enough and have good enough eyesight that the likelihood of getting bit by one is super low. They hunt down all the pests in your home. What makes them extremely cool is that they're kinda like nature's hydraulic robots.
- bitwize 2y agoI'm with you. I'm viscerally still creeped out by spiders, but I leave them alone and let them do spider-things (which, as you say, generally involves hunting down insects that I do not want around). The same with house centipedes, which my wife wants to kill on sight but I urge her not to.
- SideburnsOfDoom 2y agoExactly: I appreciate spiders, because they remove flies etc. I'll go out of my way to let web spiders be. I'll safely move a hunting spider out of the house. But I do not want to touch them or pet them.
- nine_k 2y agoHumans have even less aversion towards marine arthropods. A lot of people would find eating beetles gross, but eat gladly shrimp, and find a lobster a delicacy.
- hapidjus 2y agoI don't think this is universal for all cultures.