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[-] Empricorn@feddit.nl 1 points 13 minutes ago

...outside. They deserve to live outside. I unapologetically squish insects and arachnids alike inside my home.

[-] ArmoredThirteen@lemmy.zip 9 points 2 hours ago* (last edited 2 hours ago)

I have so many spiders on the lower floor of the place I'm in now I've given up on even bringing them outside. I identify what they are to keep track if we have an uptick in dangerous ones. If it is a particularly gross one it goes in the garage to war it out with the cellar spiders otherwise I just shoo them under furniture so I don't have to think about it. Damnit I'm turning into my dad...

[-] fossilesque@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 2 hours ago

They keep the bad stuff out, I figure. I try to put them in my plant pots if I find them around.

[-] LanguageIsCool@lemmy.world 4 points 2 hours ago

I saw a couple recluse spiders in my apartment several months ago and maybe I’m an idiot, but I left them alone. They were truly more scared of me than I was of them. They don’t want to bother me and only will if I threaten them. So I left them alone and they just chilled in their “recluse” hiding spots.

[-] EtherWhack@lemmy.world 3 points 1 hour ago

Widows are more common in my area and I do the same.

[-] Alteon@lemmy.world 1 points 1 hour ago

Uhhhh....I would not fuck around with recluses. One bite will melt a golf ball size hole in your flesh. If you really want, you can catch and release but you for sure don't want them in your house. If they breed, you're looking at a serious problem.

[-] niktemadur@lemmy.world 4 points 2 hours ago

My preferred method is using a piece of paper, slide it gently under them and lift.

[-] fossilesque@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 2 hours ago

Tried and true! I also add a jar because they make me jump, I can't help it lol. I have had big orb spiders crawl on me in the woods while climbing in the US and we have large spiders here incl. the giant English house spider here. They are both the size of hands. Freak me the fuck out haha.

[-] hedge_lord@lemmy.world 21 points 4 hours ago
[-] Matriks404@lemmy.world 4 points 2 hours ago

I agree that we shouldn't disturb nature, but let's not forget that animals kill each other all the time. There's no such thing as ethics in nature.

[-] lowleveldata@programming.dev 2 points 30 minutes ago

What if we are the ethics in nature

[-] Geometrinen_Gepardi@sopuli.xyz 7 points 4 hours ago

Spiders are good, they eat the other bugs that cause trouble. The spiders we have are tiny though.

[-] MintyAnt@lemmy.world 2 points 3 hours ago

Asian Lady beetles on the other hand...

[-] Nikko882@lemmy.world 8 points 4 hours ago
[-] fossilesque@mander.xyz 5 points 4 hours ago

I have no idea what you are talking about. ;)

[-] KoboldCoterie@pawb.social 10 points 5 hours ago
[-] Atelopus-zeteki@fedia.io 5 points 5 hours ago

Corny, Cute, and Ethically, Environmentally Sound. TY!

[-] Atelopus-zeteki@fedia.io 4 points 4 hours ago
[-] hmonkey@lemy.lol 0 points 4 hours ago

Well there is no absolute morality and spiders are scary so...

this post was submitted on 15 Mar 2025
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