• Neato@ttrpg.network
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    4 months ago

    Spiders and I have an agreement: don’t spin webs at people height. Spiders get the corners, ceilings and anywhere we don’t walk. If you try to spin a web on the bananas, RIP.

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      4 months ago

      As long as the size doesn’t bug you, you’d probably enjoy huntsman spiders. They prefer eating other insects and even other spiders, and generally leave people alone, even run away from us. They dont spin webs, they eat any bug they can get, including venomous insects. They love eating mosquitoes and cockroachs. If for some reason you feel like attacking one, dont, not only are they helpful, they can jump quite a distance and are faster than you at their peak speed.

      This post was made by the Friends of the Huntsmen.

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        4 months ago

        That’s a no from me dog. If I saw that in my house, I’d move. As in, move fast to the door and never look back. He can have the house, and all my shit. I’m taking my dog and getting the fuck out of dodge.

      • bl_r@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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        4 months ago

        This is why I love jumping spiders.

        I’d be terrified of a huntsmen spider, but I love jumping spiders i leave them be whenever I see them, knowing that they will snack on all the fruit flies, moths, and mosquitoes that make it into my house.

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          4 months ago

          I love jumpers because they’re cute. The anime sized front facing eyes and movements that make them look so damn curious all the time—I just can’t get over those.

  • Hugh_Jeggs@lemm.ee
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    4 months ago

    Tourist version -

    Me - here’s your chalet. Remember, it’s very well insulated for the winter weather, so in summer just keep the windows and doors closed during the day and it’ll stay cool inside for the same reason, then you can open the windows in the evening. Otherwise it’ll just be boiling hot and full of flies. There’s no need for AC.

    Guests - ok that makes sense

    Guests two days later - MY CHALET IS BOILING HOT AND FULL OF FLIES YOU HAVE TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT I NEED AC

    Me under my breath - seriously fuck off you stupid cunts

  • Buddahriffic@lemmy.world
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    4 months ago

    Spiders won’t eliminate your bug problem either. The presence of predators in an environment doesn’t imply all of their prey will soon go extinct.

    You eliminate bugs by preventing their entry, reducing or removing their food and water sources, and/or interrupting or preventing their mating cycles. Or occasionally deploying something that kills everything in an area (though if you don’t also do the other steps above, they’ll eventually return).

  • Kor@lemmynsfw.com
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    4 months ago

    I’m late to the party, but I don’t see this linked yet Can I introduce you all to Travis? This guy does deep dives into the spiders you might trip over in your house and has recently started also doing general spider knowledge as well.

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    4 months ago

    I always worry that the spiders I leave alive will have ten million spider babies. Is that not a concern for any of you?

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      4 months ago

      Spiders will die off when their food supplies decrease. Spiders are also quite hostile to each other, so they’ll never get overpopulated.

  • I Cast Fist@programming.dev
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    4 months ago

    The longleg spiders in my house stay around the ceiling near one of the windows, plenty of moths show up every once in a while. Also a bunch of tiny, pencil lead sized flying things.

    Meanwhile, the ants all run around the floor.

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    4 months ago

    Any spider smaller than a quarter is welcome in my home. Any spider larger gets served a non deadly eviction notice