I am most certainly not a lover of Spiders but not quite an Arachnophobic ( Well I don't think so) but we should all remember that the Spider is a very important part of the insect Food chain, we can't live a comfortable life if we extinguish Spiders,
***Spiders are extremely important to agriculture and horticulture. They are predators and their main prey are insects, many of which eat our crops and pester our livestock. In Britain alone, it has been estimated that spiders eat more than the weight of the human population in insects each year!***
Are Spiders Useful - British Arachnological Society
Of Course this small piece seems to be about the UK but I would imagine it is about the World in general.
Spiders don't really come looking for us and I certainly don't go looking for them. If they can get rid of the Dreaded Mozzies then I for one say let them get on with what they do.
JMHO But we should think on
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MY WIFE DEMANDS I leave them be!
To me the ONLY GOOD SPIDER IS A DEAD SPIDER!
We had a MONSTER Spider here one night, my Wife pleaded I not kill it, even showed me it had SIX legs NOT Eight!Sorry; I believe THAT was an EVIL Spider species who had learnt to hide Two of its Eight Legs to trick the gullible, so BAYGON made short work of it!
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When I was around 14 a mate and I decided to short cut via an under road Storm water drain, around 3/4 of the way through I asked him if it had started raining, he said "No why?" and I pointed out the light at the end of the tunnel, it looked all the world like it was raining, and it WAS! It was raining Huntsman Spiders as BIG as your hand! Looking down in the gloom I could see the water rushing past our feet, then I saw them, they were crawling up our legs! We ran back to the entrance and as I leapt out screaming like a lil biatch I landed on my back in the water, looking up once under the water, all I could see was a blanket of Spiders above me floating waiting for me! I KNEW I had to stand up through them to escape, was a very hard choice that day, face the Spiders or stay under and drown, eventually I chose to live and exited screaming again like a lil Biatch I swear I walked on water like JC himself! Not ashamed to admit it, I HATE SPIDERS!-
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