Spiders don't go where there's no food for them. You don't have a spider problem, they're trying to fix your insect problem.

I like spirderbros.

Why? Spiders are awesome. They take care of any other bugs, and generally mind their own business.

Just chiming in to represent the small minority of people who strongly dislike spiders in our houses

I’ve seen many of you just chilling in your respective corners, not wanting fuckall to do with us gigantic bastards. With you, there were no mosquitoes.

You homies were chill af, and though it took great effort to overcome the fear, you and yours did not disappoint. Yours have quietly and peacefully traveled my home, often very close to me, and I watched you watching me.

Respect, spiderhomies. Mad respect, and may I continue to remember that you really just want to live, just as we do.

your spiderbabies are terrifying af and could you guys pls make bedbugs your mortal enemy pls bc fuck those assholes thank you for your fantastic work kbye 🤘 rock on spiderhomies

I have 2 spider homies in my bedroom. The past summer they caught a lot of bugs and now they're just chilling. As long as they don't enter the no-no zone they can stay. Jumping spiders are always welcome too

I will take spiders over moths any day tbh

They make the best pets. You don't even need to feed them.

Spiders eat bedbugs, so that’s nice.

Relax kiddos. They're looking for bugs, not your bloated ass. Leave em alone for christ sakes...

Unless you live in Australia then I'm pretty sure they're hunting you.

The Australian ones (whitetails) are more populous, venemous, and aggressive than you could imagine in summer. I'd have a kill one inside my house almost every day.

It probably doesn't help that our houses seal worse than an average tent.

Happy to have spiders in my home until I find one in the shower with me. They don't understand how dangerous the shower is for them; I've lost too many good spiders to drowning.

All my pets are spiders and they don't even know they're my pets.

Spiders are great to have in your house. I've got big house centipedes too. The poor pest control guy doesn't get a penny off of me. No termites, no silverfish, earwigs...etc. Sometimes I get ants in the kitchen, but that is easily controlled with some cleaning and cinnamon.

Seriously, those spiders are doing you a favor. Let them do their thing.

Somehow, my kid grew up afraid of bugs. He moved back in with me recently. I had a spider buddy in the kitchen, small, with a web in a corner. He'd been there all summer. We didn't bother each other.

My kid got rid of him.

Fortunately, my kid doesn't go in the garage much. He'd find the black widow residing in a corner which has been home to a black widow since before I moved in almost 30 years ago. I bought the house new-built, she moved in before me. She doesn't bother me, I don't bother her. In fact, I'm the interloper in her history. (Obviously, not the same black widow.)

one about that size decided to make a web across my bathroom door. good morning, whoa.

i like to have a couple wolf spiders hanging around. they stay out of my way and eat the more annoying bugs.

So there is a type of spray used on boats to get rid of spiders. As you can imagine, having an in closed space near the water is prime real estate for spiders. The spray works by making it impossible for spiders to make webs around it. You just use it on all your window frames. Spiders won't pass those lines because they sense that they can"t make webs there. I use the one from Yachticon, don't know if you can order it everywhere, but it works wonders.

We literally call the useful, less webbing ones house spider in german.

If spiders are in your house, then something for them to eat is in your house too.

I remember hearing odor from ostrich eggs repel insects you could give it a try.

You can in fact spend that 10 dollars you've saved on a fly trap plant that attracts spiders and beetles.

However you'd find the population of other insects going unchecked. So you'd have to spend another life savings on another plant for whatever replaces the spiders.

This is the gift that keeps giving. I am sending to my friends who fear spiders.
I am THAT friend!

Never got fear of spiders, i learned pretty quick they arent dangerous.

Here's a flamethrower

You can put your life savings right over here

Animals go where the food is.

This is why ants invade homes and create nests out in the yard. This is why spiders set up shop inside your home and mice scurry in the corners.

If you don’t want animals like insects and rodents in your house, eliminate all possible sources of food. While some will always work their way in, the lack of food will mean they’ll always die quickly or leave just as fast as they came.