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One half of me is fascinated by this as spiders are such amazing creatures. So long as they don't break our house rules they're welcome to stay, especially the
by apricot13 9mo ago
One half of me is fascinated by this as spiders are such amazing creatures. So long as they don't break our house rules they're welcome to stay, especially the spindles! The other half of me didn't scroll far enough down and a a slither of the video played at the bottom of the screen making me think a spider was running across my arm and made me jump!
- colordrops 9mo agoYeah same, we do not bother spiders in the house unless they jump into bed or on food or whatever, and then we just take them outside. With spiders and cats in the house we never see any flies or other insects.
- thaumasiotes 9mo agoWe have a lot of spiders and yet they don't seem to do much about the silverfish. :( They do hunt millipedes and then drag the corpses back to their lair to form a millipede graveyard.
- whywhywhywhy 9mo agoSilverfish are one of the few insects grosser than any spider, even the way they scuttle is revolting.
- thaumasiotes 9mo agoI'm more offended by the fact that they eat books and bookbinding glue.
- bob1029 9mo agoI have a rule with the spiders where if they get too bold they get the vacuum. I don't mind them lurking in the corners but I don't want them crawling across my desk. I think most of them understand the arrangement by now. Only occasional enforcement is necessary.
- jamespo 9mo agoglass and piece of card, come on!
- rubzah 9mo agoIncidentally, this method cured me of arachnophobia. Having it trapped inside the glass, yet in my hand and up close to take a closer look, allowed me to gradually see them as not all that scary. It's like that therapy where you gradually get closer to the thing you're afraid of (desensitization?).
- 4dregress 9mo agoI like to think of them as little robots, however I still need to get my partner to move them. I think it’s their speed which I don’t like!
- loloquwowndueo 9mo agoTHIS. You can then also show the spider to the kids for added interest before releasing it into the wild.
- bob1029 9mo agoThe point is to send a message to the other spiders.
- alwa 9mo agoI deal with trespassing flies this way. They spend some time in fly jail (butterfly net, twisted closed and propped against the door frame through which they entered) pour encourager les autres, then they go free outside at dusk. Pheromones, interpretive dance, telepathy,—I don’t know exactly how the others get the message but I know that they do, and they stay on the correct side of the doorway.
- xattt 9mo agoI tried this with a yellowjacket and a screamer of a Shop Vac that has a six-foot hose. I was sure it would have suffocated from the dust inside the vacuum bag clogging its spiracles. Next morning, the wasp (now with tattered wings) was sitting in the corner of a window. I have no idea how it made it out.
- _qua 9mo agoI've never really understood the "spiders protect you from pests" argument. Yeah, sure they eat flies. But I'd much rather have a fly buzz past me and get stuck to some fly paper than have a spider drop from the door frame on an invisible silk thread and slam into my face, or run across my pillow. Maybe I have arachnophobia, but they're freaky little creatures that I don't want in my living space.
- pwndByDeath 9mo agoThey eat the creatures who want to eat you. Like beautiful guardian angels
- chrisweekly 9mo agoThat's how I feel about dragonflies. Spiders are, to me, equally interesting but less enjoyable. I tolerate a few spiders in our house, but not in bedrooms or the kitchen.
- sheepscreek 9mo ago> than have a spider drop from the door frame on an invisible silk thread and slam into my face, or run across my pillow Rare if ever happens. Maybe 5 times in your life time. I will pay that cost any day. I have made friends with spiders. Flies spread diseases, spiders eat them. Spiders seldom bite humans and when they do, it’s nowhere near as bad as getting scratched by a cat.
- ysavir 9mo agoFor what it's worth, it happens to me about 5 times each summer. But I also welcome spiders as pest control, so it's not a surprise, and I forget all about it 5 seconds later.
- sheepscreek 9mo agoYou should make friends with Canadian spiders then. They are very polite. I don’t remember the last time I got bit :)
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- divbzero 9mo agoIn this case, it’s more on us to not break their house rules when we visit their cave.
- plasma_beam 9mo agoI feel like a lot of the pro-spider replies have never accidentally disturbed or stepped on a momma wolf spider carrying her babies on back and witnessed the pure terror that ensues as hundreds of babies swarm out across your floor.