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WagnasT@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

• BubbleMonkey@slrpnk.net ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  I have a super old house that has these in it, along with spiders and other various creepy crawlies (nothing dangerously venomous in the area, save one spider species I’ve never seen, which only produces mild tissue necrosis).

  I really don’t mind them -certainly not enough to do anything about them- and the cats like chasing them in the middle of the night, so whatever.

  But man, on the rare occurrence I go to the bathroom in the middle of the night and see one in the red light of the nightlight, skittering across the wall with a quickness, scares the bejesus out of me. Every. Damn. Time.

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  • WillFord27@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Do they ever crawl on you? I’ve found that if I ever spot a spider in my house, in the next week I’ll find it somewhere on me

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    • BubbleMonkey@slrpnk.net ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Literally never, no. Occasionally they hang from their silk and get close, but not super often.

      But my spiders know me. They see me every day and know I’m not gunna bother them even if I see them (I even talk to them sometimes) so they give me a wide berth as well. They mostly hang out where I can’t (or won’t) reach, which works for me. Only downside is cleaning up webs a few times a year.

      What kind of spiders are crawling on you? That’s pretty unusual from what I understand, unless they just blow down on their silk or whatever? Or maybe you have a lot more spiders than I do and they just hide better ;)

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      • WillFord27@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        Had a spider bro in my bathroom for a month, one day he disappeared. The very night I woke up to him crawling on my face. It was unfortunate for us both

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    • hazardous_area@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Not crawling on me but I found one of these mother fuckers in my pants by putting on the pants. Was not excited to find out why my leg hair was moving

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  • PersnickityPenguin@lemm.ee ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Man and my wife and I complain about sugar ants infesting our kitchen.

    Yeesh…

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    • BubbleMonkey@slrpnk.net ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Oh yeah, ants I don’t fuck around with. They get liquid bait whenever I see one inside. Fruit flies also get traps (red wine in a glass, cover with plastic wrap and poke some holes, add a drop of dish soap to the wine to break surface tension so they fall in and drown)

      But harmless insects/arachnids are fine by me. I grew up in an old house in the woods, catching snakes and bugs in brush piles with my cat. It’s sort of what I expect living to be like, honestly.

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