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13. They avoid people, so you usually encounter them in basements and attics

Wed Oct 6, 2021, 01:59 PM

Oct 2021

My friend had been in an outdoor picnic shelter at a State Park when he was bitten.

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Why so many of us are casual spider-murderers [View all] Jilly_in_VA Oct 2021 OP

I used to be, until I got older. Now I make Wingus Dingus Oct 2021 #1

I don't care for the "house spiders" Jilly_in_VA Oct 2021 #2

Same here: I escort them outside in a jar. Duppers Oct 2021 #16

I'm fine with them, as long as they stay outside. Cracklin Charlie Oct 2021 #3

Every year we are invaded by millions of Caddisflies mockmonkey Oct 2021 #4

Wow!! You are inundated!! Duppers Oct 2021 #17

I was watching this the other day and... mockmonkey Oct 2021 #18

Yikes!! 😱 Duppers Oct 2021 #19

because they bite Grasswire2 Oct 2021 #5

You're positive it was spiders Jilly_in_VA Oct 2021 #8

positive Grasswire2 Oct 2021 #9

I had a friend years ago SCantiGOP Oct 2021 #10

shudder Grasswire2 Oct 2021 #11

they avoid people but they come into my apartment? Grasswire2 Oct 2021 #14

To clarify: SCantiGOP Oct 2021 #15

I do not kill daddy longlegs. Grasswire2 Oct 2021 #12

The answer is pretty self-evident SCantiGOP Oct 2021 #7

I see the occasional black widow spider. PoindexterOglethorpe Oct 2021 #20