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re: Do you let Jumping Spiders chill in your house?

Posted on 9/16/25 at 12:14 pm to
Posted by Bert Macklin FBI
Quantico
Member since May 2013
11715 posts
Posted on 9/16/25 at 12:14 pm to
I try not to kill any bugs besides wasps and mosquitos. I;m sure there are other bugs I'd kill but none that I encounter regularly.
Posted by HeyCap
Member since Nov 2014
975 posts
Posted on 9/16/25 at 12:36 pm to
Absolutely. I also hand feed wild green anoles around the house hoping they make a comeback against the brown ones.

Posted by CBandits82
Lurker since May 2008
Member since May 2012
58272 posts
Posted on 9/16/25 at 12:46 pm to
don't ever kill these.

they kick arse.
Posted by migui8618
Member since Nov 2023
595 posts
Posted on 9/16/25 at 1:14 pm to
quote:

I try not to kill any bugs besides wasps and mosquitos.


I notice you didn't say ants. Is this because trying to get rid of ants is like trying to count grains of rice, and eventually they will mutate to the size of Terriers and annihilate us?
Posted by Bama and Beer
Baldwin Co, AL
Member since Oct 2010
84423 posts
Posted on 9/16/25 at 1:22 pm to
Yep. I let them hop around freely and do their thing
Posted by guzziguy
Lake Forest
Member since Jun 2022
746 posts
Posted on 9/16/25 at 1:24 pm to
Found out about these guys when Ophelia, the Monster showed up on my FB feed.
Spiders found in the house will get a friendly escort back into the garden.

Ants, unfortunately, have to be shot with Raid -Lemon Scent, and then vacuumed up. Amazing how long an ant trail can be. They only get the Raid treatment inside the home. Sometimes the the dogs take too long to eat their food and the ants show up afterward. We are already at work.

Flies, mosquitos, etc. all get terminated with extreme prejudice.
Posted by Wildcat98USA
Member since Nov 2023
430 posts
Posted on 9/16/25 at 1:28 pm to
My God, a palm reader would have to retire if you tossed out that fat arse slab.
Posted by HeyCap
Member since Nov 2014
975 posts
Posted on 9/16/25 at 1:44 pm to
What a weird comment. Is this a fetish thing with you or what? Sorry to disappoint but my hands are pretty normal for an average sized male. Maybe you don't understand the concept of perspective?
Posted by Yewkindewit
Near Birmingham, Alabama
Member since Apr 2012
21553 posts
Posted on 9/16/25 at 1:44 pm to
Yes, jumpers are welcome and I love to slide a finder towards one and have it jump around.
Posted by BPTiger
Atlanta
Member since Oct 2011
6011 posts
Posted on 9/16/25 at 2:38 pm to
I have an irrational fear of spiders. One of my oldest memories is of a family friend, a young girl who was about my age, with a chunk of her thigh missing from a brown recluse bite. The image is burned into my brain. Shortly after seeing her leg, I was digging around in the back yard and saw a black widow at my fingertips. That was it - spiders freak me out. Always have, always will, nothing I can do about it.

The black widow was captured by my dad and swam in isopropyl on our countertop for some time.
Posted by chinhoyang
Member since Jun 2011
25471 posts
Posted on 9/16/25 at 3:02 pm to
Jumping spiders are awesome inside. We also have a lot of geckos.

Outside, I like the big black and yellow garden spiders. I try to have as many as possible in my garden. As a kid in Hawaii, there were a lot of garden spiders, particularly in hibiscus bushes. We used to run through the spider areas to see how many spiders would end up on us.
Posted by aTmTexas Dillo
East Texas Lake
Member since Sep 2018
22110 posts
Posted on 9/16/25 at 3:06 pm to
I have some. I have more brown recluses. Once you have those, you don't get rid of them.
Posted by Thracken13
Aft Cargo Hold of Serenity
Member since Feb 2010
18516 posts
Posted on 9/16/25 at 3:18 pm to
yeah - not going there - too many things there capable of killing a person.
Posted by AFtigerFan
Louisiana
Member since Feb 2008
3657 posts
Posted on 9/16/25 at 5:19 pm to
I haven’t had one in the house yet. But I’ve had some in a specific tree when I’m hunting for the past 2 seasons. One of them jumps on me and hangs out until I’m done. I put him on a branch before I get down. Hopefully they’re there again this season.
Posted by geauxtigers
biloxi ms
Member since Nov 2003
2506 posts
Posted on 9/16/25 at 5:27 pm to
yes
Posted by 777Tiger
Member since Mar 2011
87685 posts
Posted on 9/16/25 at 5:30 pm to
quote:

We used to run through the spider areas to see how many spiders would end up on us.


damn baw! you definitely have some of that Marine Corps blood in you
Posted by Cheese Grits
Wherever I lay my hat is my home
Member since Apr 2012
60584 posts
Posted on 9/16/25 at 5:36 pm to
quote:

We used to run through the spider areas to see how many spiders would end up on us.


I guess you were not in India!

Posted by 777Tiger
Member since Mar 2011
87685 posts
Posted on 9/16/25 at 5:41 pm to
quote:

I guess you were not in India!



frick that shite!! I went through SERE and survival school and suffered greatly, if they'd only have known about spiders and claustrophobia they'd have had me singing like a canary in about 30 seconds
Posted by tigerfoot
Alexandria
Member since Sep 2006
60504 posts
Posted on 9/16/25 at 5:42 pm to
I may come down to a house set on fire if my wife saw one,

Tree frogs
Lizards
Geckos
Spiders

Deadliest creatures that exist, listed in order
Posted by 777Tiger
Member since Mar 2011
87685 posts
Posted on 9/16/25 at 5:44 pm to
quote:

Lizards
Geckos


when we lived in Fl those were just part of the family, they came and went, didn't make a mess, and kept nuisance bugs under control
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