# There's a spider in my TV, should I be worried?

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**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [November 19, 2004, 12:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/theres-a-spider-in-my-tv-should-i-be-worried/275583 "2004-11-19T00:49:39Z")\
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**Author:** ![parkov](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/71e660/32.png) [@parkov](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/parkov)\
**Post date:** [December 2, 2004, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/theres-a-spider-in-my-tv-should-i-be-worried/275583/21 "2004-12-02T20:52:22Z")

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Careful, the spider may be doing more good than harm: [http://www.boingboing.net/2002/11/15/ants\_love\_apple\_hard.html](http://www.boingboing.net/2002/11/15/ants_love_apple_hard.html)

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**Author:** ![MC\_E](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c77e96/32.png) [@MC\_E](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MC_E)\
**Post date:** [December 2, 2004, 9:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/theres-a-spider-in-my-tv-should-i-be-worried/275583/22 "2004-12-02T21:57:15Z")

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> [@rippingtons\_fan](#):
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> This is actually a good thing because now you’ve got WEB TV!!!

I don’t think Web TV has EVER been a good thing. 😃

We haven’t seen the spider since, despite countless hours of beer-fueled observation of the television in question. I’m hoping it was just passing through.

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