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You take arachnids outside? But they keep insects down! I'm perfectly happy to cohabit with them, so long as there's a clear and evident understanding that wher
by aaronem 13y ago
You take arachnids outside? But they keep insects down! I'm perfectly happy to cohabit with them, so long as there's a clear and evident understanding that where I go, spiders don't, and vice versa -- I mind me of my childhood home, which we shared with a sizable black widow who made good use of the space behind the toilet tank; as long as you didn't go carelessly sticking your fingers in dark crevices, you had nothing to worry about, and that's a good rule in any circumstance. (And black widows really are lovely creatures, once you know how to treat them with proper respect -- not at all like the false widows now cropping up here in Maryland, which are so godawful ugly as to make you imagine they spring full-grown from the forehead of David Cronenberg.)
But don't take my word for it; try it for yourself -- next time you find that a spider's spun her web in a corner, leave her be, and you'll likely find yourself less frequently called upon to escort importunate insects out the door; she'll be happy to take care of the problem, to the benefit of both of you.
- judk 13y agoMore importantly, indoor spiders don't thrive outside. They'll just try to get back inside. Outdoor spiders are different species.
- SwellJoe 13y agoWell, they should go buy their own motorhome. If they cause me trouble (like landing on my face, crawling across my food, hanging out on my pillow or toilet seat, etc.), they get a ride to the outside. Them's the rules.
- SwellJoe 13y agoOh, I think you've taken my comment to be far more extreme than intended. I don't take all spiders outside. But, I live in Texas in a tiny house (a motorhome). Sometimes, this place just ain't big enough for the two of us, and the wolf spider or other big crawly needs to go outside. The ones that roam around too much also get taken outside. If they stay in their corner, we get along just fine. I'm just saying that when I have a choice between taking a "pest" outside or killing it, I take it outside unharmed. Also, one time I came back to my motorhome after staying with family for a couple of weeks and found thousands of baby spiders crawling around on and hanging from the ceiling (and on my face and in my hair). That was another instance where it was me or the spiders, and the spiders got swept outside. I feel no remorse over this decision.