sparkles@piefed.zip 17 hours ago
I’ve gotten brave in my old age. I only relocate them if they become extremely inconvenient …like my doorway spider (sorry frank). I ignore house spiders entirely as they transit my house. Good luck, leggy friend.
I have a pretty orb weaver on the porch (or I did last summer). Hope I get another.
We have a few mildly dangerous ones and I have kids.
Our rule is if the spider stays in his world we leave it alone, if it’s in ours, they may be out of luck. The doorway is a neutral zone along with usually the entryway and questionably the kitchen.
ivanafterall@lemmy.world 6 hours ago
Same, I had two Joros this year. Their webs are LITERALLY gold, it’s so cool. They really just chill. Imagine my disappointment when both disappeared before the New Year and I learned their lifespans. :(
sparkles@piefed.zip 5 hours ago
Those are beautiful. Not native where I am. It reminds me of the “banana spiders” where I grew up. There used to be these big, majestic nests of them. I ran face first through one as a kid. Definitely a core memory.
ivanafterall@lemmy.world 5 hours ago
Not native here, either, but supposedly not a real threat to anything. They’re everywhere now. Coolest thing I learned is that their babies can “balloon” and fly for up to hundreds of miles. And the little tiny baby spider in the web isn’t a baby, it’s the little bitch-ass male. The size difference is insaaaane.
sparkles@piefed.zip 5 hours ago
Poor male spiders in the web with big mama 😢