Re: Spiders NOT ot In defence of the noble arachnoids!

Don't get me wrong - I don't love spiders. They give me the creeps. But I
don't usually kill them - just sweep them out the door.

If you got'em in your house it's a sign your house is dry and "comfortable".
And think of the bugs and other crawlies they eat. I even had a couple in
my last house - those big brown house spiders - that became kinda pets. We
had an understanding - if they stayed above the picture rails (very high
ceilings in the house) I didn't evict them. They were around for ages.

I live in an area infested with red backs, white tails and funnel webs - all
dangerous. I reserve the right to kill those ones if they are inside the
house. And I unhesitatingly squashed the really big ones we got in the
tropics - 7-8" and hairy!! YUK!! (Although apparently not dangerous to
humans I just couldn't overcome my creeps for them)

BTW Did you know that the bite of a funnel web spider (sometimes fatal to
very young/old humans) has no effect on cats? Different metabolism
apparently. I used to panic to see my cats "playing" with them in the Blue
Mountains and the vet said not to worry.

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Cheryl >^;;^< >^;;^< >^;;^<
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(All of whom still play with spiders)
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"bckwrds" <bckwrds@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> Was busy making a hug square and digging thru my bag of goods
> when YIKES two count em TWO bigger then huge ugly long-
> legged brown spiders were inside one of my stash bag.
>
> Not to worry. They're long gone and everyone can sleep in
> peace tonight.....but winter is coming and it's time to get out
> the bug getter stuff and put it around my home.
>
> Donna
> in WA
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