All things great and small
"I tried to kill a spider with hairspray. It's still alive but its hair looks fabulous."Funny, eh? I thought it was funny. I haven't killed a spider in years. I can't. I can't kill insects. I used to be able to, when I was younger and less thoughtful maybe but now... Well, now you should see me rescue moths out of the bathroom in the summer when
( Read more... )
I have no fear of bugs of any kind, although I'm not really fond of the way praying mantises hold on to you with their little pinchy claws. I live, however, in an entire household of "Ackkkk!!! Ackkkk!!! Getitofme-getitoffme-getitoffme!!!!" arachnophobes. Actually most of the denizens of my household won't actually get close enough to one to let it touch them. My 16 year old won't let a single form of animal life be killed, however, so I am often called into the room to remove the offending insect, and take it outside.
I give everyone the creeps by doing it barehanded, but really, it is the only surefire way to make sure it does not get loose before I get it outside. I go downstairs, open the back door to the deck by the piano, and toss it out.
A few years back my husband started to paint the house, and when he got to the corner of the deck by that door where the east wall of our bedroom jogs out, he noticed that there were a vast number of spiders in that one location. Apparently, when released out the back door, they just took refuge in the nearest corner, were fruitful and multiplied.
Well, we know one door that won't be the entryway for as many flies!
Reply
It's cool that your spiders were so comfortable they stuck around. I don't have any on my balcony anymore because I started feeding the blue tits around here last winter, and they saw my balcony as some kind of insect snack bar along with the food I fed them. Eat and get eaten, I guess...
I don't have a spider icon, but I have the candy icon. The candy icon is made of win! :)
Reply
Leave a comment