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House Spiders (no pictures of spiders)
Are you scared of spiders or do you love them?
I can understand some people not liking them, they have lots of eyes and hairy legs, they don’t look cute and cuddly, well I do not think so, do you?
If you are, then I’m afraid it is that time of year for those spiders you see in the corner of your eye scurrying quickly across the carpet, and your family only realise when they hear you scream as you jump on the sofa!
- Have you done that?
- I bet you have!
I used to when I was little but now, I will quickly catch it and put it outside. I do not pick it up in my hand, some people do but I wouldn’t like it running around in my hands, just the thought sends shivers down my spine. I always get a glass and put it very carefully over the spider and while holding it tight, I get a piece of card and slowly place the card under the glass, if you do it slowly the spider will walk onto the card, then I pick up the glass and cardboard together holding the card underneath and take it outside and release the spider in the garden.
The spiders you see are normally male and they are in fact looking for a female, so that’s why you see them more this time of year, they very rarely come in from outside, they have most probably been in your house all the time, somewhere dark and quiet and likely making their webs all year long.
I know most people don’t like them, but they are a good thing to have in your house, spiders are predators and they eat flies, moths, gnats, mosquitoes and many more insects. (predator means, an animal that hunts, kills, and eats other animals)
Some spiders catch their food in webs and others chase and capture.
So, the next time you see a spider, don’t kill it, remember he is just looking for a female and he does not mean you any harm, he is more scared of you, look how big you are compared to the spider on the floor.
#theperfectpetparent
