Your thoughts on spiders?

[mobilehaathi]

What odd poll options....

I hate spiders, but I try to take them outside when I can. If those MFers join me in the shower though, no mercy.

 

[Heebeejeebies]

What odd poll options....

I hate spiders, but I try to take them outside when I can. If those MFers join me in the shower though, no mercy.

Well, those guys are just asking to go down the drain...

 

[chrono1081]

I'm generally terrified of them although I did have a "pet" spider living in my apartment around Christmas. He didn't bug me so if I saw him I'd leave him alone (he was really little).

He since died and I have only seen one since, a different kind that terrified me so I killed it : / (I picked it up by accident thinking it was something on my kitchen floor like a piece of food or something).

 

[plinden]

As long as it's not a Brown Recluse, I don't have a problem. I like them - they eat all kinds of nasty bugs.

A couple of years ago I was sitting at my desk at work when a fairly large spider ran across the floor. My coworker was about to squash it when I shouted "stop!" and saved its life - he must have thought I was crazy.

Here's a picture of my daughter facing off with a Wolf spider (edit: actually, it's likely an Orb Weaver)

 

[Designer Dale]

No dangerous spiders near me so I don't see any reason to kill them. In fact I encourage others to leave spiders alone... They are a good, environmentally-friendly type of bug control, specifically disease-carrying insects such as mosquitoes.

I also have a pet tarantula so its seems wrong to kill spiders in front of her.

Wait. "her"? I mean, did you check?

Are Pink Toed Tarantulas all girls or do some of the guys like to play dress-up?

Seriously.

Dale

 

[Heebeejeebies]

Wait. "her"? I mean, did you check?

Are Pink Toed Tarantulas all girls or do some of the guys like to play dress-up?

Seriously.

Dale

I did sex my tarantula. I have a female Rose Hair. It's a lot easier than sexing snakes, let me tell you.

 

[Thomas Veil]

Hahaha that sounds like fun to watch. My dog just seems to ignore them, wish she'd try to eat them.

Maybe if you salt them.

 

[SlasherDuff]

I love spiders, never had a problem with them at all. I hate touching their webs though

 

[dmr727]

Big hairy ones kind of gross me out.


In general spiders don't bug me, though.

 

[SkyBell]

Never had a problem with them. In fact, when I see one crawling along the floor or such, I often am curious and will follow them until they disappear. They can live in my house as long as they want.

 

[Nermal]

In general spiders don't bug me, though.

Good, because they're not technically bugs

 

[dmr727]

Good, because they're not technically bugs

Heh! Reminds me of a Calvin and Hobbes comic, although if I remember correctly that one had to do with bats.

 

[Elbert C]

I haven't seen any spiders in my house yet. But then again the largest ones here are only about 2mm in length, 3mm at the most.

 

[SporkLover]

I tend to leave them alone as long as it's not one of the dangerous spiders.

They can eat whatever bugs they might find.

 

[east85]

Not all spiders are equal. Ground spiders are my enemies (destroy them immediately).. web spiders are not.

Why? Because web spiders almost always stay put. I had one that lived in the same spot for 6 solid months. No worries about them crawling all over me in my sleep.

 

[sushi]

Guess...

 

[iJohnHenry]

Guess...

OMG, are you subjecting Mr. Fuzzy to arachnid cruelty??

 

[dukebound85]

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[maflynn]

They really don't bother me, but my wife freaks out when she sees them.

 

[iBreatheApple]

While I do kill them, I honestly couldn't care less about spiders. What I can't stand are roaches. I'm the biggest wuss when it comes to roaches that it's hilarious.

 

[kazmac]

give me a spider

over a roach any day.

When I see a roach, I react like an elephant when it sees a mouse.

Spiders are pretty useful as another poster mentioned and don't bother me.

My cats play with them before eating them. And then wonder where their new multi-legged friends went.

 

[RITZFit]

I don't like seeing them but I know they serve a good purpose. Where I find them determines my next actions...a ceiling corner in the living room, "live and let live"; anywhere in my bed room, "deuces!" *splat*

 

[niuniu]

I believe in genetic memory and that a large portion of the population can access it on a subconscious level.

It explains arachnophobia and trypophobia as some of us are reminded of our creators which are both terrifying and arachnid like in form.

Perhaps this fear is artificially inserted into our gene pool so that should our overlords choose to reclaim us for some purpose we will fear them and be instantly subservient to them.

 

[Dr McKay]

Depends on the size of them, if they are moderately small, I shall give the Spider a name and co-exist.

It's the big ones I can't tolerate, they're up to something....

 

[Huntn]

I don't like them, but if I can, I toss them outside as I recognize they are my friend in a round about way.