Is it ok to kill spiders?
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If a spider comes into my house its open season. Even more so if its a poisonous spider. I put the dead spiders on toothpicks near the doors and windows as a keep out sign to other spiders. They should know better.
There are SO many bugs where I live that I try to let spiders off with a pass so they'll keep the rest of them in line. However, I draw the line when I see a spider in my bathroom. I don't do confined spaces with creatures who like the personification of death itself.
Oh god, I just got the scariest mental image of "spider hitler" ever. That would be pretty much the ultimate video game boss enemy.weirdguy said:
Anyhoo, I definitely realize how hypocritical I am about spiders. Basically none of the spiders in my area are capable of causing any harm. It's all about appearances when you really look at it. I mean, I'm not afraid of cats even though I've been painfully scratched and bitten by many cats. Your average cute little housecat is capable of about 1,000,000 times more pain and suffering than an average spider.
I try to ignore spiders if I see them in an out-of-the-way corner. I know they're misunderstood and even helpful for bug control, but if they intrude on my personal space they get squooshed.
There must be something wrong with me, since spiders have never really bothered me. Seriously, once I'm wrapping myself in a towel after a shower and a daddy longlegs climbs up between my breasts and onto my shoulder. I just watched it munch on the edge of a scab for what must have been a minute before it occurred to me most people would have freaked out. Okay, so those things aren't *technically* spiders but they look even weirder.
Oh! If you ever get the opportunity to drop a daddy longlegs from a considerable height, do it. They spread their legs and float down spinning. Too bad they're propably not sophisticated enough creatures to enjoy the ride...still, looks pretty funny.
Oh! If you ever get the opportunity to drop a daddy longlegs from a considerable height, do it. They spread their legs and float down spinning. Too bad they're propably not sophisticated enough creatures to enjoy the ride...still, looks pretty funny.
I cannot speak for other countries that have venomous spiders but in Britain killing spiders is a bad idea, they keep the numbers of other unpleasant insects down. Flies, bed bugs, silverfish and anything else unpleasant in the house won't stand a chance of getting a foothold if there are spiders around. By killing them you increase the risk of getting infested by something else.
British spiders don't bother me one bit either, most cannot even bite you because they don't have the fangs for it. If I lived in a country with dangerous ones I would be more careful, watched a video once of an Australian that recommended using a Dyson to get them out of the house. You can just suck them up into the dust bucket and then dump them safely.
British spiders don't bother me one bit either, most cannot even bite you because they don't have the fangs for it. If I lived in a country with dangerous ones I would be more careful, watched a video once of an Australian that recommended using a Dyson to get them out of the house. You can just suck them up into the dust bucket and then dump them safely.
When it comes to spiders and their right to live, I try to follow the instructions of this sign as well as I can.
I have absolutley no problem with people squashing spiders but I don't do it myself anymore. My Ex used to insist i squash any insect that came inside because she was paranoid that if I put it outside it would come back in. As someone who has a real problem being told what to do I have pretty much made sure to move them on un-squashed ever since, even when I would kind-rather crush them.
Spiders kill pests. If there are spiders around, it means there are things that spiders eat around. So let the spiders be and do their thing.
If it were a disturbingly large spider, I would probably take it outside, I mean isn't that better than cleaning up the mess?
So: not wrong, but counterproductive in my book.
If it were a disturbingly large spider, I would probably take it outside, I mean isn't that better than cleaning up the mess?
So: not wrong, but counterproductive in my book.
Where I live, spiders might get large, but they aren't typically aggressive. I have woods in back of my property as well I burn wood for heat, so I import a number of pests in the house, namely male garden spiders and wolf spiders. To people in warmer climates, these are small time, but the two examples below are a wee bit scary because their size is a bit unusual in these parts and the females that grow huge under the roof are out of the way and nonagressive. I'll use a spoiler tag to keep arachnophobes from being too unsettled:
I prefer to let them be, even if they're inefficient at killing mosquitos because they're interesting, but it isn't like you're going to cause the extinction of an entire species, and I wouldn't feel terrible about killing one because it's not like they're in danger of extinction, and they're more effective than Raid for killing silverfish, which I now have in my home and think that fumigating is going to cause more harm than good.
I also have a small population of zebra spiders [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zebra_spider]. Those are awesome entertainment because they can jump small distances. I wished I could import those into my house because I'm sure they'd cause an extinction of ants and silverfish.
I prefer to let them be, even if they're inefficient at killing mosquitos because they're interesting, but it isn't like you're going to cause the extinction of an entire species, and I wouldn't feel terrible about killing one because it's not like they're in danger of extinction, and they're more effective than Raid for killing silverfish, which I now have in my home and think that fumigating is going to cause more harm than good.
I also have a small population of zebra spiders [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zebra_spider]. Those are awesome entertainment because they can jump small distances. I wished I could import those into my house because I'm sure they'd cause an extinction of ants and silverfish.