So, releasing spiders outside kills them?

And they have jobs.

Theyre web designers.

There are no wild silkworms either. But to the best of my knowledge, silkworms rarely infest houses.

Same here (Polish folklore). I ain’t got no beef with spiders. They don’t bother me none.

According to AI (FWIW):

They start out by saving for a down payment…

Some of them. There are some spiders that only lay one egg at a time.

No matter how much I try to encourage them, I can never seem to get more than two or three in my apartment. Still plenty of room for me.

Ba dum bump

Huh, i looked at the photos of all the spiders in this article

And only a couple might be ones I’ve seen in my house. I’ve seen more of them in garages and other “sheltered but outdoors” places. Which makes sense, there’s more food there.

The last spider i saw in my house was a jumping spider.

It crawled out of my folded pillowcase that had been left overnight in the basement laundry room. I gently removed it from my bed and carried it to my bathroom, and wished it good hunting.

I think they mostly live outdoors, but i was too lazy to actually carry it outside. One way or another, it found a place to hide and i haven’t seen it since.

The last inside spider (other than tiny whispy ones) was a black widow in the garage. Those get squished.

Gotta agree with black widows going SQUISH. They are a safety hazard to humans and pets.

And black widows are an excellent reason not to squish other spiders. If you have enough harmless spiders, the dangerous ones have less to eat and a harder time getting established.

You didn’t have to Google. That decision is on you. :wink:

Have I mentioned the raging Brown Recluse infestation in my lake house?

Not being from their region, neither wife nor I recognized them as anything worrisome. In that insect-heavy environment we thought mo spidah mo bettah.

The first semi-annual visit from the exterminator was … interesting. I’d never seen a grown man have a cow quite like that.

Perhaps the solution we seek is to mail them to you.

The first annual SDMB spider exchange is sure to be a big hit.

The only spiders I relocate outside are the Huntsmans that clearly don’t belong on my ceiling. The rest I tend to leave alone, as they remove pests. As long as they’re not in my line of sight, it’s all good.

I like spiders. Very few are dangerous to humans; I live in an area where malaria-carrying mosquitos exist. Spiders help with that problem.

If I am asked to remove, say, a Huntsman Spider, a large (aka scary) spider, I will catch it humanely and release it into the nearby dog park where it has plenty of trees (and flies… pick up your dog shit, folks) to survive.

I have no issue with spiders, they are looking after me.

Geckos, on the other hand… yes they also eat mosquitos, but their shit adheres to walls. I prefer spiders to geckos.

Tbh, they’re not doing a good enough job around here…

Loafing spiders?

You need more spiders then…