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  • switcheroo@lemmy.world
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    21 hours ago

    Spiders are great. Just today my husband cheered me up while I’m sick by saying a new spider moved in on the porch last night and it caught a huge bug. I oozed my way outdoors so I could view it’s work.

    People need to start learning and stop being such babies. They are small in comparison to you and most can’t or don’t want to hurt you, only biting when you try to squish them.

    Note: Australia is exempt from all that. You do you, boo. Note2: excellent webwork and indeed a large bug

  • mechoman444@lemmy.world
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    1 day ago

    House spiders are almost exclusively harmless and gain a terrible reputation. Down here in the south east we have an abundance of orb weaver spiders.

    Absolutely gorgeous and, for the most part, totally harmless. I genuinely don’t understand why people are so terrified of these things. Spiders are one of the reasons we’re not completely overrun with insects and other pests, and most species would much rather avoid us than have anything to do with us.

    The brown recluse and black widow should obviously be treated with respect, but even they are highly misunderstood. Neither species is particularly aggressive toward humans, and bites are relatively uncommon. They generally bite only when threatened, trapped against the skin, or otherwise disturbed. Their reputation is considerably worse than their actual behavior.

    Spiders aren’t out looking for people to bite. They’re predators doing an extremely useful job of keeping insect populations under control. Unless you have a medically significant species in your home, there’s usually very little reason to be afraid of them and quite a few reasons to appreciate them.

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      23 hours ago

      I love spiders, but they still creep me out. So I prefer to bring them away if they’re in my house. Garage is neutral territory, mostly. But when a Wolf Spider and I both scare the crap out of each other, it gives me heebie jeebies tho

  • Seth Taylor@lemmy.world
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    can learn our routines

    The spiders in my room are very concerned about how little sleep I’m getting and how irregular my bedtime is

    • Obi@sopuli.xyz
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      13 hours ago

      The little flies and mosquitoes which would otherwise be bothering, spiders are friends.

  • NotASharkInAManSuit@lemmy.world
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    1 day ago

    I had to evict the jumping spider that lived in my curtains for 2 years because I was moving, I felt terrible. That little lady worked hard and earned her place, I offered to bring her to the new apartment, but she declined, I wish her the best.

  • Washedupcynic@lemmy.ca
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    24 hours ago

    I love having spiders in my residence. Sometimes I find them stuck in the bathtub or sink and I save them and let them go free. Like yes my spider bro, keep eating the fruit flies and other annoying bugs. I like the little creepy centipede looking bugs also because they eat bedbugs and other insects. (Spiders and other natural predators of bedbugs will not mitigate an active bed bug infestation.)

  • wh90b@sopuli.xyz
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    1 day ago

    My cat was getting into the basement at my exes house, and the spiders SENT A FUCKING MESSAGE. They got their biggest guy to come up and perch on the toilet paper in the bathroom. I decided I didn’t need to pee and secured the basement door better from then on.

    • RampantParanoia2365@lemmy.world
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      1 day ago

      “Sir, it doesn’t appear to exist.”

      “That’s impossible, Wilkins. Run your test again. You can forget about lunch.”

      “I’ve run it 7 times, sir. It’s…his days are totally…random. Anyway, they’re serving Eggplant. No thank you.”

      “My God, Wilkins. We’re doomed. Did they have any chicken fingers?”

    • 13igTyme@piefed.social
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      2 days ago

      Wow my feed just had back to back censored posts.

      FUCK. FUCK. FUCK. FUCK. FUCK. FUCK. FUCK. FUCK. FUCK. FUCK. FUCK. FUCK. FUCK. FUCK. FUCK. FUCK. FUCK. FUCK. FUCK. FUCK. FUCK. FUCK. FUCK. FUCK. FUCK. FUCK. FUCK. FUCK. FUCK. FUCK. FUCK. FUCK. FUCK. FUCK. FUCK. FUCK. FUCK. FUCK. FUCK. FUCK. FUCK. FUCK. FUCK. FUCK. FUCK. FUCK. FUCK. FUCK. FUCK. FUCK. FUCK. FUCK. FUCK. FUCK. FUCK. FUCK. FUCK. FUCK. FUCK. FUCK.

      • Zacryon@feddit.org
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        That’s it. The last ‘FUCK’ was one too much. I am now lost and deeply rotten forever, no longer able to live as a normal human being. The ‘FUCK’ is now a part of myself. This is, what all the demure people have warned me about. /j

  • GalacticGrapefruit@lemmy.world
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    I kinda miss the wolf spider that lived in my bathroom window. Such a chill little roommate. It just kinda showed up one day, set up its little web, and we each just minded our own business.

    I kept my showers short, never opened the window, and if I swatted a fly in the kitchen, I’d deposit it in its web. Never gave me much in return. But that’s fine. I was just happy to have its company.

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      set up its little web

      Then it wasn’t a wolf spider. They don’t build webs* and are active prowling hunters that won’t stick around in one place for long. Window sills are usually prime funnel-weaver (Agelenidae) real estate.

      *There a few exceptions like Sosippus bit it’s only a handful out of over 2500 wolf spider species that build webs.

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        6 hours ago

        Thank you for the clarification. I didn’t know what the species was, I just kinda assumed wolf spider since it had similar markings. Wish I knew what it actually was now, honestly. Still a chill little dude.

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          Yes, it’s a very common thing that spiders of all sorts do. But by far the most common spiders that do that are funnel-weavers in the Agelenidae family. It’s probably one of those for you and the original commentor.

    • banazir@lemmy.ml
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      1 day ago

      I had a spider who lived under my shower basin at a previous house. I never bothered him and he must have been eating something since he hung around for a long time. Cool dude.

  • myyass@lemmy.world
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    20 hours ago

    Not exactly related but a huge wasp got into my house today. It chose to hide in a lamp in the corner of the room. I taped it closed with duct tape. I stood there listening to it being cooked alive, gotta switch those bulbs to LEDs lol, and stick to the tape. It died. I kinda felt bad since I gave it the 1940’s treatment.