Spiders in the house. Kill em or catch and release them?

bitemybanger

Getting a few large spiders in the house recently.
I prefere to catch them and release them(over the neighbours wall;)) but the missus flattens them on sight.
Would you squash or catch and release?

Shryke

Bit of both. You're missing the ignore option though. Mainly that.

Crann na Beatha

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Logical Fallacy

I kill them, stick a toothpick in them and then put them on the front lawn so the other spiders know what happens when you encroach upon my turf.

Creamsoda

My dogs usually stalk them and eat them as soon as they get the chance.

bitemybanger

Shryke wrote: »

Bit of both. You're missing the ignore option though. Mainly that.

Forgot that alright, my dad used to leave them be, said they keep other stuff away.

Butterface

Trap them in a glass then spray with various domestic cleaning products and watch it die slowly

Darkglasses

Depends, in bedroom it's kill on sight but anywhere else they're welcome.

MisterEpicurus

I tend to do this. :rolleyes:

Fluorescence

Catch and release, if I'm bothered. I'll usually just ignore them though.

RachaelVO

Under a glass and a bit of cardboard and out the back door!

What's the point in killing them?

Ghandee

If it rains tomorrow, I'm gonna assume you killed the spider, then you'll be on my enemy list.

You Bastard.

Sar_Bear

See spider - Scream - Run - Get someone else to catch it - flush it down the loo.

Or when I was younger, my dad used to catch it in toilet paper, then chase me round the house with it

inmyday

Butterface wrote: »

Trap them in a glass then spray with various domestic cleaning products and watch it die slowly

What would people say if I did that to a lovely cute puppy???

Why is it alright to kill a spider? especially in Ireland as we have no spiders that are any harm to humans, except pet spiders of course.

Why do people kill insects for no reason? It doesnt make any sense to me. Very cruel.

Biggins

"I wipe them out... All of them..."

jokettle

Kill immediately, usually by dropping something heavy on it. I used to have an Oxford English Dictionary specifically for this purpose.

Why catch and release? The spider is trespassing, they spider community need to know that this kind of behaviour is unacceptable. Letting them off won't teach them anything.

Sugar Free

If my gf is coming over or is already here then kill.

Otherwise catch and release.

El Horseboxo

In Ireland I'll never kill them. Either leave them be or out the back. When across the pond I'll kill them if I think they are poisonous. Especially black widows. The shiny bastards.

44leto

The enemy of my enemy is my friend I fuc-en hate flys, so I pick them up and release them.

Butterface

A spider crawled on my keyboard just now. Don't worry, I have it under ctrl....

neiphin

Logical Fallacy wrote: »

I kill them, stick a toothpick in them and then put them on the front lawn so the other spiders know what happens when you encroach upon my turf.

karme guys

Butterface wrote: »

Trap them in a glass then spray with various domestic cleaning products and watch it die slowly

bitemybanger wrote: »

Forgot that alright, my dad used to leave them be, said they keep other stuff away.

Owen_S

I normally eat them for the extra protein.

Cork boy 55

spidersex

GLaDOS

It's just a spider, why does it require doing anything?

gar32

They eat fly's which eat S*&T and then land on places with food or food will be prepared. Leave them please. They do people much more good then bad.

Sugar Free

ScienceNerd wrote: »

It's just a spider, why does it require doing anything?

That's a good point actually, I often just leave them.

bitemybanger

I remember catching one when I was a kid and tried keeping it as a pet in an old lunch box. Lasted about a week

charlemont

Spiders are class.

boomkatalog

Boyfriend insists on catching and releasing. If he's not around, I fling shoes at them until they either get smushed, or vanish into the darkness, taking any chance I have of sleeping with them.

I asked an ex to catch and release a butterfly in my bedroom before and he smushed it

Cedrus

Catch and Release to get them low down dirty bluebottles!

Clover

Catch and release mostly .

Where To

I usually maim them, pull a couple of legs off.

cocoshovel

Kill crush demolish!

Depending on their size, I either get a whole load of toilet paper and pick them up/squash them, then flush them down the toilet.
Or else imobilise them with something like shaving foam. If they're particularly huge, I get the hoover.

Love2love

cocoshovel wrote: »

Kill crush demolish!

Depending on their size, I either get a whole load of toilet paper and pick them up/squash them, then flush them down the toilet.
Or else imobilise them with something like shaving foam. If they're particularly huge, I get the hoover.

Hoover is no good as they just crawl back out - believe me!

mattjack

bitemybanger wrote: »

Getting a few large spiders in the house recently.
I prefere to catch them and release them(over the neighbours wall;)) but the missus flattens them on sight.
Would you squash or catch and release?

Let me get this right, you throw spiders over your neighbours wall and then your missus flattens the neighbours.

Delirium

catch them and then have them fight the wood-lice in a steel cage death match.

Missmiddleton

I would release them but that would involve handling them. So squish it is

BluesBerry

I have one of those spider catchers I love using it when I see a spider and fecking the spider over the neighbours wall

Indubitable

Spiderbro

RichieC

I leave them be, frankly. I like to name them too.

if you feed them they get big and then in late summer they're big enough to eat wasps and those those complete cnut penny moths.

Bullseye1

Natural fly and other bug killers. I leave them alone.

tatumkelly

I recently noticed a spider as I showered, washed it down the drain... then as I'm blissfully enjoying my shower, this song came to mind... funny how the mind works....

RichieC

Indubitable wrote: »

Spiderbro

ha! exactly, I'd of rather'd a happy ending though, like, when he looked under there was the roaches wrapped up and a tiny baby spiderbro there.... ///I'm misting up thinking about it..

matt-dublin

leave them be, they kill the flies in the summer!!

DConway

I usually leave them, they keep flies away! And usually aren't as annoying!

ditzyfitzy

KILL! KILL! KILL!

Deus Ex Machina

I'm saying nothing, but large spider stuffed in the japper can lead to quite and interesting evening...

jester77

Fry them, I had a plate of spiders for lunch recently while in Asia, they make a decent snack and taste alright

RichieC

29 and counting people are SPIDER NAZIS!!!11

LH Pathe

Catch and release.. w/ scrunched up ball of tissue.

easy does it; don't need no spider karma.. however I do like a glass of fly squash

Indubitable

I generally just leave them be. They get rid of midges and stuff that come in at night then the light is on. Killing flies is a big help also. I clean them out every now and then.

Absolute disaster when eggs hatched in the tractor. Baby spiders all over everything and I kept having to move them onto the floor as the were hanging down the front of my cap in front of my face.