MrJameGumb@lemmy.world
on 05 Feb 16:00
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For me the catch and release vs squash with my shoe dilemma comes down to one variable: how close to crawling upon my person where they when I noticed them
CaptainPedantic@lemmy.world
on 05 Feb 16:09
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I never squash spiders. They’re either my buddies and they catch insects that get into the house, or they’re entirely too large to squash; they’d make a mess. If my wife sees a spider and gets scared, I put it outside. It helps that there are no (common) venomous spiders where I live.
Mosquitos, crane flies, flies, and wasps are all fair game though.
Swedneck@discuss.tchncs.de
on 07 Feb 08:35
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honestly i have to wonder if at some point spiders will evolve to actively avoid spooking us, i wanna live in a world where orbweaver spiders have the instinct to wait in specific places (like middle of the windows) where we pick them up and move them to a spot where they can set up a web and catch flies for us.
I used to hate them but then someone told me they are good because they eat other bugs and I was convinced. Now I move them out of my way but let them stay at home. Sometimes it's funny because some are a bit dumb, and I have to guide them while they try to run away.
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For me the catch and release vs squash with my shoe dilemma comes down to one variable: how close to crawling upon my person where they when I noticed them
I never squash spiders. They’re either my buddies and they catch insects that get into the house, or they’re entirely too large to squash; they’d make a mess. If my wife sees a spider and gets scared, I put it outside. It helps that there are no (common) venomous spiders where I live.
Mosquitos, crane flies, flies, and wasps are all fair game though.
honestly i have to wonder if at some point spiders will evolve to actively avoid spooking us, i wanna live in a world where orbweaver spiders have the instinct to wait in specific places (like middle of the windows) where we pick them up and move them to a spot where they can set up a web and catch flies for us.
I used to hate them but then someone told me they are good because they eat other bugs and I was convinced. Now I move them out of my way but let them stay at home. Sometimes it's funny because some are a bit dumb, and I have to guide them while they try to run away.
For the ones that stay at home, I started naming them lol. RIP Charlotte, Napoleon, and The Dude
I had an Icarus once. Lil guy built the net right above my shower head. Flew too close to the sun eventually 😔
<img alt="" src="https://infosec.pub/pictrs/image/35437e62-833d-4103-9146-738d457a50b0.jpeg">
Meanwhile I’m squashing spiders that are already dead, just to be sure.
<img alt="1000018497" src="https://sh.itjust.works/pictrs/image/6fd5b96f-52ab-43d8-a86e-eb409064d391.jpeg">
To be fair, the ones that I often come across in my home are literally called “house spiders” (Eratigena atrica)
www.burkemuseum.org/…/myth-house-spiders-belong
The reflected sound of underground spirits.
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