Arachnids welcome. I’ll even give them their own house.
The amount of spider love here is so refreshing. Gives me hope for humanity. I love my arachnid roomies. Except for you, Mr. Brown Recluse. I’m so sorry, but you gotta go. We’re just not that compatible.
I love them too but I have a 12lb doggo and a widow came in my side door the other day and I killed it without question and for better or worse went nuclear with the bug spray.
Generally I like bugs and I have a bug net so I can catch and release instead of killing.
But when it comes to the safety of my pup I will not think twice.
I completely understand. I don’t get too many widows, but I try to relocate them instead of going scorched earth on them. They’re fairly slow and easy to catch. Those recluses are quick as fuck and, well, usually not as fast as a shoe or flyswatter.
I have usually 8 or 9 orb weavers around the house during the warmer seasons. They’re amazingly beautiful creatures. Even if they build over one of the outside doors, I just use another until they move. Don’t want to screw up their webs.
They are welcome on my home. I recently learned not to put them back outside. Instead, I only rescue them from my tub because they can’t get grip.
I recently learned not to put them back outside.
Why not?
I got orb weavers, I catch and release until it’s about 30-degrees F. After that I let them chill in whatever corner they’re in, but they usually die because they’re supposed to be hibernating.
They are incredibly welcome guests in my home. Their food, mosquitoes and flies, are not.
They eat the bugs that eat my food and can make me sick. The enemy of my enemy is my friend. Just don’t jump on me.
But the flies arent
House spiders are pretty predictable, generally stay in their lane
Flies are all round bastards, determined to ruin any situation they can
I’m allied with the spiders
Yeah, when I saw the first spider after I moved to a new home I texted my best friend to celebrate and we were happy as fuck! I hope that spider is doing fine… haven’t seen him in a while…
Pretty predictable, except the one i felt in my shorts a couple of weeks ago.
Spiderbro, Spiderbro Kills the flies just for fun
