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[–] db2@lemmy.world 93 points 2 weeks ago (5 children)

Spiders don't go where there's no food for them. You don't have a spider problem, they're trying to fix your insect problem.

[–] Tedesche@lemmy.world 41 points 2 weeks ago

Seriously. I have zero problem when I see spiders in my house. I'm like, "Oh, good. Keep it up, bro." Totally happy to have arachnids around.

[–] dumbass@aussie.zone 29 points 2 weeks ago

Yeah, I think of them as independent contractor pest control, they come and go as they please and as long as they don't interfere with my day to day, we're all good.

They do good work and don't complain.

[–] shalafi@lemmy.world 19 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

I have macro shots of a tiny jumping spider hauling a fly behind a bathroom pic. She is most welcome to stay.

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[–] faythofdragons@slrpnk.net 8 points 2 weeks ago

This is why I welcome them in. I don't have screens on my windows, so in the summer, flies get in. The spiders are why I don't have a fly problem.

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[–] Pudutr0n@feddit.cl 41 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)
[–] bubblybubbles@lemmy.ml 8 points 2 weeks ago (4 children)

We have no guarantee that you are human, you could be a spider on the internet spreading pro-Spider sentiment!

[–] foodandart@lemmy.zip 7 points 2 weeks ago

There are many spiderbros.. we are legion!

[–] TheLunatickle@lemmy.zip 4 points 2 weeks ago

Or worse, they could be Australian!

[–] JokerSage@lemmy.world 2 points 2 weeks ago

A cockroach spreading anti-spider propaganda.

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[–] dick_fineman@discuss.online 23 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)

Why? Spiders are awesome. They take care of any other bugs, and generally mind their own business.

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[–] selkiesidhe@sh.itjust.works 20 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Relax kiddos. They're looking for bugs, not your bloated ass. Leave em alone for christ sakes...

Unless you live in Australia then I'm pretty sure they're hunting you.

[–] pupbiru@aussie.zone 7 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Unless you live in Australia then I'm pretty sure they're hunting you.

can confirm. am hiding in the wardrobe right now. send help

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[–] StellarExtract@lemmy.zip 18 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

Just chiming in to represent the small minority of people who strongly dislike spiders in our houses

But spiders in your house get rid of spiders in your house. So, if there were no spiders in your house then you’d get so many spiders in your house.

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[–] don@lemmy.ca 16 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)

I’ve seen many of you just chilling in your respective corners, not wanting fuckall to do with us gigantic bastards. With you, there were no mosquitoes.

You homies were chill af, and though it took great effort to overcome the fear, you and yours did not disappoint. Yours have quietly and peacefully traveled my home, often very close to me, and I watched you watching me.

Respect, spiderhomies. Mad respect, and may I continue to remember that you really just want to live, just as we do.

your spiderbabies are terrifying af and could you guys pls make bedbugs your mortal enemy pls bc fuck those assholes thank you for your fantastic work kbye 🀘 rock on spiderhomies

Most spiders do eat bed bugs!

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[–] gerryflap@feddit.nl 15 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

I have 2 spider homies in my bedroom. The past summer they caught a lot of bugs and now they're just chilling. As long as they don't enter the no-no zone they can stay. Jumping spiders are always welcome too

[–] SaraTonin@lemmy.world 8 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Yup. I don’t like having spiders in the house. Know what i like having in the house less? Flies. So the spiders stay.

[–] Echolynx@lemmy.zip 2 points 2 weeks ago

Somehow I've still got both... and house centipedes.

[–] MML@sh.itjust.works 5 points 2 weeks ago

Cause they're the cutest obviously

[–] python@lemmy.world 14 points 2 weeks ago

I will take spiders over moths any day tbh

[–] n3cr0@lemmy.world 14 points 2 weeks ago

They make the best pets. You don't even need to feed them.

[–] ThatGuy46475@lemmy.world 13 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

Spiders eat bedbugs, so that’s nice.

[–] Axolotl_cpp@feddit.it 3 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

I don'5 want a spider min my bed thought

[–] ronl2k@lemmy.world 2 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

Spiders eat bedbugs, so that’s nice.

Cockroaches eat bedbugs too. But I don't think spiders or roaches can eat them fast enough to outdo their reproductive rate during an infestation.

[–] pHr34kY@lemmy.world 11 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

The Australian ones (whitetails) are more populous, venemous, and aggressive than you could imagine in summer. I'd have a kill one inside my house almost every day.

It probably doesn't help that our houses seal worse than an average tent.

[–] thatradomguy@lemmy.world 5 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

Now I have to lookup statistics on how many people die in Oz land due to these demon spawns. Mercy on your soul.

[–] NotASharkInAManSuit@lemmy.world 7 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Did a quick google, they aren’t lethal, and they hide from people and eat other spiders, so they’re one of the good ones. Surprisingly very few people die from the horrors of Australia, they’ve got a really robust setup for getting people anti-venom. Virtually no one dies from spiders in Australia, the last reported death was in 1980.

[–] pupbiru@aussie.zone 3 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

afaik our anti venom program is so good we pretty much supply the entire world with anti venom

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[–] pHr34kY@lemmy.world 2 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

I'm surprised it's so low. My brother in law just sent me a photo posing with the red-bellied black snake that he found in his suburban Melbourne backyard today.

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[–] tatterdemalion@programming.dev 10 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Happy to have spiders in my home until I find one in the shower with me. They don't understand how dangerous the shower is for them; I've lost too many good spiders to drowning.

[–] SaraTonin@lemmy.world 7 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

You probably haven’t. Spiders can trap air with the hair on their skin and can survive a trip down the drain. They’ll probably climb back up again once it’s dry.

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[–] Aceticon@lemmy.dbzer0.com 9 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

All my pets are spiders and they don't even know they're my pets.

[–] SippyCup@lemmy.ml 4 points 2 weeks ago

I have a pet wolf spider that lives in the room my wife keeps her plants in. Except it isn't a pet because I don't feed or care for it and if my wife finds it she'll insist I move it outside.

Thing is, I'm pretty sure I have moved it outside. Several times. It hangs out in one of the plants, and my wife likes to move them outside sometimes. And it's doing a great job keeping the flies from leaving that room. So Shelob stays.

[–] Bytemeister@lemmy.world 8 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Spiders are great to have in your house. I've got big house centipedes too. The poor pest control guy doesn't get a penny off of me. No termites, no silverfish, earwigs...etc. Sometimes I get ants in the kitchen, but that is easily controlled with some cleaning and cinnamon.

Seriously, those spiders are doing you a favor. Let them do their thing.

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[–] DarrinBrunner@lemmy.world 7 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)

Somehow, my kid grew up afraid of bugs. He moved back in with me recently. I had a spider buddy in the kitchen, small, with a web in a corner. He'd been there all summer. We didn't bother each other.

My kid got rid of him.

Fortunately, my kid doesn't go in the garage much. He'd find the black widow residing in a corner which has been home to a black widow since before I moved in almost 30 years ago. I bought the house new-built, she moved in before me. She doesn't bother me, I don't bother her. In fact, I'm the interloper in her history. (Obviously, not the same black widow.)

[–] Rooster326@programming.dev 8 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

I don't know how to tell you but spiders only live up to 3 years.

Good news: You missed a number of funerals.

Bad News: you missed a few birthdays

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[–] CaptnNMorgan@lemmy.world 2 points 2 weeks ago

I wonder how many kids get bit by black widow's because their parents didn't recognize them as dangerous

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[–] m3t00@piefed.world 7 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

one about that size decided to make a web across my bathroom door. good morning, whoa.

[–] burntbacon@discuss.tchncs.de 4 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

I still have pictures of the asshole orb weaver that decided to bar me from leaving my house at freaking five o'clock in the morning. That was a very, very unpleasant realization. Then there was another one that decided to make my entire cabin (it was a one roomer, so very wide for the kitchen/living room) it's webspace. Like, I'm okay if they build a web across my window, or in a corner, but not in my areas. They aren't paying enough of the rent to get that privilege.

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[–] unknown1234_5@kbin.earth 4 points 2 weeks ago

i like to have a couple wolf spiders hanging around. they stay out of my way and eat the more annoying bugs.

[–] Daemnyz@lemmy.ml 4 points 2 weeks ago

So there is a type of spray used on boats to get rid of spiders. As you can imagine, having an in closed space near the water is prime real estate for spiders. The spray works by making it impossible for spiders to make webs around it. You just use it on all your window frames. Spiders won't pass those lines because they sense that they can"t make webs there. I use the one from Yachticon, don't know if you can order it everywhere, but it works wonders.

[–] kieron115@startrek.website 3 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)

If spiders are in your house, then something for them to eat is in your house too.

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[–] SippyCup@lemmy.ml 3 points 2 weeks ago

You can in fact spend that 10 dollars you've saved on a fly trap plant that attracts spiders and beetles.

However you'd find the population of other insects going unchecked. So you'd have to spend another life savings on another plant for whatever replaces the spiders.

[–] MonkderVierte@lemmy.zip 3 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

We literally call the useful, less webbing ones house spider in german.

[–] MrSulu@lemmy.ml 3 points 2 weeks ago

This is the gift that keeps giving. I am sending to my friends who fear spiders.
I am THAT friend!

[–] Jankatarch@lemmy.world 3 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

I remember hearing odor from ostrich eggs repel insects you could give it a try.

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