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[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Spiders and I have an agreement: don't spin webs at people height. Spiders get the corners, ceilings and anywhere we don't walk. If you try to spin a web on the bananas, RIP.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (2 children)

As long as the size doesn't bug you, you'd probably enjoy huntsman spiders. They prefer eating other insects and even other spiders, and generally leave people alone, even run away from us. They dont spin webs, they eat any bug they can get, including venomous insects. They love eating mosquitoes and cockroachs. If for some reason you feel like attacking one, dont, not only are they helpful, they can jump quite a distance and are faster than you at their peak speed.

This post was made by the Friends of the Huntsmen.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago

This is why I love jumping spiders.

I’d be terrified of a huntsmen spider, but I love jumping spiders i leave them be whenever I see them, knowing that they will snack on all the fruit flies, moths, and mosquitoes that make it into my house.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago

That’s a no from me dog. If I saw that in my house, I’d move. As in, move fast to the door and never look back. He can have the house, and all my shit. I’m taking my dog and getting the fuck out of dodge.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago

Spiders won't eliminate your bug problem either. The presence of predators in an environment doesn't imply all of their prey will soon go extinct.

You eliminate bugs by preventing their entry, reducing or removing their food and water sources, and/or interrupting or preventing their mating cycles. Or occasionally deploying something that kills everything in an area (though if you don't also do the other steps above, they'll eventually return).

[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 months ago (1 children)

The longleg spiders in my house stay around the ceiling near one of the windows, plenty of moths show up every once in a while. Also a bunch of tiny, pencil lead sized flying things.

Meanwhile, the ants all run around the floor.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 months ago

Ants should be allowed they are cool

[–] [email protected] -1 points 2 months ago

Any spider smaller than a quarter is welcome in my home. Any spider larger gets served a non deadly eviction notice