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7. Where are the spiders that eat cockroaches?

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Wed Jun 24, 2020, 02:00 PM

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Why you shouldn't kill spiders in your home [View all] MoonRiver Jun 2020 OP

Spiders are our friends! Aristus Jun 2020 #1

Yes, that's what we do! I do have an animal phobia, but it's not spiders. MoonRiver Jun 2020 #2

If they manage to be seen by anyone in our house, we catch them and put them safely outside. onecaliberal Jun 2020 #3

Same here MoonRiver Jun 2020 #5

...which will most likely kill them. SeattleVet Jun 2020 #25

Sorry about that, but I'm going to relocate the ones I find. That is the best I can do. onecaliberal Jun 2020 #31

Many indoor spiders are specifically adapted for indoor living Silent3 Jun 2020 #60

I'm sorry, but my wife makes me kill them. calguy Jun 2020 #4

Not for this girl. MoonRiver Jun 2020 #8

This girl has to catch them and put them outside Doreen Jun 2020 #65

Not for this gal, I love spiders! ❤ Raine Jun 2020 #102

My cats hunt them. NT Happy Hoosier Jun 2020 #6

Where are the spiders that eat cockroaches? TreasonousBastard Jun 2020 #7

Using insecticides favors cockroaches. They are resistant to insecticides. hunter Jun 2020 #37

You want Mediterranean geckos. Igel Jun 2020 #93

I don't see them in my home anymore. Buckeye_Democrat Jun 2020 #9

Centipedes eat baby roaches..at least that's what I heard LeftInTX Jun 2020 #22

I think they kill just about every pest, from the looks... Buckeye_Democrat Jun 2020 #26

I have those too-the centipedes Rebl2 Jun 2020 #62

Do they seem to clear out your home of other insects? Buckeye_Democrat Jun 2020 #63

What if there are many many many... lame54 Jun 2020 #10

A few are fine. They start having 100's of babies and they can get out of control. nt Quixote1818 Jun 2020 #11

I see something that big in my house and it better pay rent! Maeve Jun 2020 #12

OMG - I would head for the hills if I saw a spider that big in my house. Politicub Jun 2020 #13

Maybe it's the camera angle. Might not be that big. MoonRiver Jun 2020 #18

I never kill spiders. cwydro Jun 2020 #14

This part doesn't work for me: "make more spiders" Renew Deal Jun 2020 #15

Spiders scare me to death. I can hurt myself trying to avoid them. Having said that, Arkansas Granny Jun 2020 #16

We try to take a live and let live approach as well. Dagstead Bumwood Jun 2020 #76

Spiders, and pretty much all other insects, freak me out. smirkymonkey Jun 2020 #77

I am a big chicken d_b Jun 2020 #17

And then one night you get a spider bite right underneath your eye Captain Zero Jun 2020 #19

I have about 6 spider bites right now. They're red,itchy, and oozing sinkingfeeling Jun 2020 #38

capture and release. maxsolomon Jun 2020 #20

Never heard of an "indoor spider." MoonRiver Jun 2020 #23

drinking glass and a postcard? maxsolomon Jun 2020 #28

Yes! MoonRiver Jun 2020 #45

I have a 2naSalit Jun 2020 #21

Horrible! What kind of spider bit you, if you know? MoonRiver Jun 2020 #24

Never saw it/them. 2naSalit Jun 2020 #34

OMG, that is monstrous! So sorry you went through that hell! MoonRiver Jun 2020 #64

Thanks. 2naSalit Jun 2020 #72

Yikes stopwastingmymoney Jun 2020 #66

Wow... 2naSalit Jun 2020 #73

Don't get bitten by a really venomous spider like a Black Widow or Brown Recluse. Blue_true Jun 2020 #85

That's my ethos regarding spiders too. 2naSalit Jun 2020 #94

Baking soda paste. I will try to remember that if I am infortunate enough to get bitten again. nt Blue_true Jun 2020 #95

Baking soda and water... 2naSalit Jun 2020 #97

I can likely make a lotion using it. Would take me maybe 30 minutes. Blue_true Jun 2020 #98

Oh that's a good idea, never thought of that one. 2naSalit Jun 2020 #99

Nope- once a spider invades he is a hostile and he is dead RAB910 Jun 2020 #27

Thank you! They're free to live OUTSIDE. NurseJackie Jun 2020 #30

+1000 smirkymonkey Jun 2020 #78

It's my understanding KT2000 Jun 2020 #29

So does a vacuum cleaner. NurseJackie Jun 2020 #32

And carpet cleaner. And regular washing of bed stuff and spraying the mattress with Blue_true Jun 2020 #86

But for everyone else... there are SPIDERS!!! NurseJackie Jun 2020 #87

If I see one inside.....after I am done screaming.... AJT Jun 2020 #33

I used to live in an area with Brown Recluse Spiders dlk Jun 2020 #35

We have them in GA and the same. But I discovered Hortensis Jun 2020 #81

I have heard that their bite is very nasty. Blue_true Jun 2020 #88

I'm sure the several spiders most of us kill each year are only a small fraction of the total. johnp3907 Jun 2020 #36

I've known people bitten by Brown Recluse spiders. They are more deadly than black widows. dlk Jun 2020 #83

I just grab a magazine. Let them walk on it and direct them Guy Whitey Corngood Jun 2020 #39

Be my guest! MoonRiver Jun 2020 #46

. Guy Whitey Corngood Jun 2020 #54

I even put stink bugs outside DeminPennswoods Jun 2020 #40

Not at my house. UTUSN Jun 2020 #41

They're a lot more welcome than roaches, ants, and silverfish. Hermit-The-Prog Jun 2020 #42

Sorry. I mostly see black widow spiders and they are dead soon after. PoindexterOglethorpe Jun 2020 #43

The problem is that even if out of sight, they crawl around at night. Blue_true Jun 2020 #90

I'm of the "out of sight, out of mind" philosophy. PoindexterOglethorpe Jun 2020 #100

I was washing dishes and found a spider floating in a water glass Binkie The Clown Jun 2020 #44

Lol, I think we were separated at birth! MoonRiver Jun 2020 #48

Upstairs spiders, I leave alone (I even save them if the get stuck in the tub). demmiblue Jun 2020 #47

The only thing I kill are flies. marie999 Jun 2020 #49

I just spray for bugs quarterly and don't have spiders PTWB Jun 2020 #50

*Not applicable in Australia JHB Jun 2020 #51

I'm not afraid of the little spiders I ocassionally find in my house. SharonClark Jun 2020 #59

I started watching a Tarantula YouTube guy ismnotwasm Jun 2020 #52

Baby spiders are very cute Mossfern Jun 2020 #53

Awww MoonRiver Jun 2020 #57

I won't kill a wolf spider, the small black ones are cute and daddy long-legs are ok. 58Sunliner Jun 2020 #55

hell no demtenjeep Jun 2020 #56

GIANT spider outside Texas home wants inside! Link: Pathwalker Jun 2020 #58

Good for them for not killing it, and relocating it, instead. GoCubsGo Jun 2020 #71

I have a rule spiders, insects, mice, etc marlakay Jun 2020 #61

This message was self-deleted by its author geralmar Jun 2020 #67

Black widows get an instant death sentence. Codeine Jun 2020 #68

Yes and brown recluse as well. StarryNite Jun 2020 #75

Luckily we don't have those here. Codeine Jun 2020 #91

Seeing spiders reminds me of being a Pikaia... Buckeye_Democrat Jun 2020 #69

I hve a spider vaccum that sucks them up getrly into a plastic tube SoonerPride Jun 2020 #70

I'll smash everyone I can Wanderlust988 Jun 2020 #74

If they look small and harmless, I will try catching them on a tissue and hurling them outside. BusyBeingBest Jun 2020 #79

Nope, in my house they die unless my housemate is home to escort them outside. Marrah_Goodman Jun 2020 #80

Sorry. I got bitten by a black widow in bed one night. Blue_true Jun 2020 #82

Any bug in my bedroom has to be killed, with no exceptions. ecstatic Jun 2020 #84

They're very skittish around people. Buckeye_Democrat Jun 2020 #89

The little ones are cute and I don't bother them. I always name them Bob. betsuni Jun 2020 #92

And rats, and mice too? Ok I kid. GulfCoast66 Jun 2020 #96

I love spiders! 🕷 🥰 Raine Jun 2020 #101