An entomologist explains why not to kill spiders in your home

[Prorootect]

Exodus 20:13 You shall not murder.


An entomologist explains why not to kill spiders in your home:

"I know it may be hard to convince you, but let me try: Don’t kill the next spider you see in your home.
Why? Because spiders are an important part of nature and our indoor ecosystem – as well as being fellow organisms in their own right.
...
My colleagues and I conducted a visual survey of 50 North Carolina homes to inventory just which arthropods live under our roofs. Every single house we visited was home to spiders. The most common species we encountered were cobweb spiders and cellar spiders.

Both build webs where they lie in wait for prey to get caught. Cellar spiders sometimes leave their webs to hunt other spiders on their turf, mimicking prey to catch their cousins for dinner.

Although they are generalist predators, apt to eat anything they can catch, spiders regularly capture nuisance pests and even disease-carrying insects – for example, mosquitoes. There’s even a species of jumping spider that prefers to eat blood-filled mosquitoes in African homes. So killing a spider doesn’t just cost the arachnid its life, it may take an important predator out of your home....

I know a few spider researchers who overcame their fear by observing and working with these fascinating creatures. If they can do it, so can you!" ...

-video on the website...

On educateinspirechange.org:
An entomologist explains why not to kill spiders in your home

 

[Prorootect]

Yes, I understand that you are not too interested in the subject of spiders... ha hmm but in general (in General Chat...) I like them... when in the countryside there were some spiders in the kitchen, some of them, I named them by name... it was cool sometimes to see their behaviour, the fly hunting...OK. OK.

So in general I like all animals, don't like to kill...
I had met a lady, and I saw her behavior with the meat flies: she liked to kill them with her hand, to crush them with her bare hand... It was something really disgusting, believe me, but she didn't want to listen to my strong objections... Sure she was stronger than them, but attacking the weaker ones is lame, dumb and not honorable, of course...

Sure, you can learn a lot from animals, just by observing them.
Animals I think are better than men, because they don't lie...
Betty White - 'Animals don't lie. Animals don't criticize. If animals have moody days, they handle them better than humans do.'
Animals will take care of you - no questions asked.
No prejudices.
Read more:
19 Reasons You Think Animals Are Better Than People: 19 Reasons You Think Animals Are Better Than People

- Do animals think?
Scientists think that animals think: Scientists think that animals think

So what YOU think about, please?..

 

[plat]

Spiders are godly. I never kill them. The mere thought of killing a spider is an anathema. The large outdoor spiders--have you ever seen their webs in person? Works of art, they are.

If I see a spider in my apartment, I put her outside when it's sunny. I think most spiders are female, no? Spiders, snakes, rats, I like them. But I would not want to live in the same place with them, for sure.

 

[Freki123]

Same here, I put them outside. Just because I don't like them doesn't mean I have to kill them.

 

[oldschool]

Same here, I put them outside. Just because I don't like them doesn't mean I have to kill them.

My wife gets freaked out by them, so I try to remove them without killing them. Sometimes I am successful. But I am going to hell in any case!

 

[Burrito]

I'm with ya. I don't like to kill animals. And yep, I try to move insects from my house without killing them.

And animals -- like dogs -- are often more loyal than many people.

But animals do lie...

This harmless snake lies that he's a venomous snake by adopting the color pattern of a different snake.

This snake is lying -- that he's dead.

Here are the Best Liars in the Animal Kingdom

From sneaky squid to blue jay impressionists, deceit abounds in the animal kingdom.

www.nationalgeographic.com

My dog (RIP) used to lie to me about needing to make a poo-poo ..... when in actuality, he just wanted me to take him outside.

All that stated.... yeah, animals are probably better than mankind. 🐿

 

[Prorootect]

My wife gets freaked out by them, so I try to remove them without killing them. Sometimes I am successful. But I am going to hell in any case!

Put them in an empty matchbox.
Don't go to hell.

 

[Burrito]

Put them in an empty matchbox.
Don't go to hell.

Yeah Oldschool.

Don't go to....

Your Buddy,

-Burrito

 

[blackice]

I kill all black widows on site with malice. Our former and current house have had persistent gatherings of the like. If we didn’t have small children I may not have, but I take no chances. Other spiders are more live and let live.

 

[TairikuOkami]

I do not mind spiders as such, they help to get rid of insects, but I consider them illegal immigrants and I always deport them outside.
They seem to like crawling on my face at night or even crawling into my nose, not a very pleasant experience. They like dark spaces.

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[bribon77]

But I am going to hell in any case!

I do not believe that God sends you to Hell an Eternity for Killing a Spider, it would be an unjust God.
I do not have that God.

rats, I like them. But I would not want to live in the same place with them, for sure.

I can't even see the Rats, I feel a sense of disgust fear and I don't know what else I am able to run away and leave my House.

 

[blackice]

I can't even see the Rats, I feel a sense of disgust fear and I don't know what else I am able to run away and leave my House.

They are a disease vector.

 

[oldschool]

I do not believe that God sends you to Hell an Eternity for Killing a Spider, it would be an unjust God.
I do not have that God.

I quite agree! Maybe I was not clear I was joking?

 

[bribon77]

I quite agree! Maybe I was not clear I was joking?

I know it was a joke. I killed some spiders, because I don't want to let my daughters bite them and cause an infection.
And the mosquitoes that are seen in summer if I see one within my reach crush it without compassion.

 

[plat]

Aww, come now, Bribon. Don't you want to kiss this adorable little face?

Spoiler

But seriously, rats are quite intelligent. But as with all bugs and critters, better they be in the streets and whatnot. There are agencies that can remove these critters humanely. That is what I would choose if it came down to it. Even the scariest, and yeah, black widows are plenty scary. But I respect the choices of others. It's a case-by-case type of thing, I bet.

 

[show-Zi]

Among spiders that live in Japan, this spider, which has a relatively large body, is a worker who lives in homes with pests and preys on them. Once the pests have been completely eliminated, they leave their homes looking for their next home. It's like a wandering gunman. Some Japanese citizens call this spider a sergeant.

I think that what humans learn from them is 'Do not judge everything just by appearance.' Same as the countermeasures for phishing sites.

Spoiler: huntsman spider has appeared

 

[oldschool]

Once the pests have been completely eliminated, they leave their homes looking for their next home. It's like a wandering gunman. Some Japanese citizens call this spider a sergeant.

In the U.S. we call him Palladin: Have Gun Will Travel

 

[[correlate]]

I do not believe that God sends you to Hell an Eternity for Killing a Spider, it would be an unjust God.
I do not have that God.

I agree with you bribon77
God does not unite to send others to hell immortally
Maybe he will send us to the hospital, and the hospital (hell) stay time will vary according to the degree of sins . .

 

[ForgottenSeer 823865]

for the believers (which I'm not): he may just don't care at all of us, because we were just an experiment.

 

[Venustus]

I love all animals great and small...Each serves a purpose...I avoid terminating anything
Say hello to my little friend,,he just happens to be the deadliest spider on the planet