The brown recluse can actually be identified by a “violin” shape on their body! I’m a bit of a nutter and let most spiders chill where they are in my apartment if they are safe lol
It’s chilling inside. It ain’t bothering me, I actually like the company lol. I might move it outside later but It’s kind of cold out and it seems happy.
I have some house rules for spiders: no bed, no hanging above bed, no sudden movements, avoid open spaces, no counters, get away from my feet. They are welcome to any dark corner of my home.
My rules are if you make a web you can stay, but all running spiders will be put outside. No bed, no hanging above the bed, no towels, never on my body without permission, and if you don’t let me catch you with my homemade spider trap (a little bell jar and paper coaster), I’ll inform the cat of your whereabouts.
Here’s a baby step towards spider tolerance: neither of those spiders can make a Charlotte-type web. So, any spider you see hanging out in one of these 🕸️ is not only not a danger to you, she’s taking prey and space away from the scary ones, so you want more like her to crowd them out.
I like these Halloween orange guys! Their web lines look too thin to hold them. Took me awhile to find a picture where the web wasn’t torn, because they like to build where light is coming from a window or door at night, to catch night bugs, so people tend to find them by walking into it face-first in the morning. But they’re good guys!
Every spider is a brown recluse unless it’s a black widow.
The brown recluse can actually be identified by a “violin” shape on their body! I’m a bit of a nutter and let most spiders chill where they are in my apartment if they are safe lol
It’s chilling inside. It ain’t bothering me, I actually like the company lol. I might move it outside later but It’s kind of cold out and it seems happy.
I have some house rules for spiders: no bed, no hanging above bed, no sudden movements, avoid open spaces, no counters, get away from my feet. They are welcome to any dark corner of my home.
Pretty much as long as they aren’t in or above my bed and so long as they aren’t touching me as you said they are okay with me.
My rules are if you make a web you can stay, but all running spiders will be put outside. No bed, no hanging above the bed, no towels, never on my body without permission, and if you don’t let me catch you with my homemade spider trap (a little bell jar and paper coaster), I’ll inform the cat of your whereabouts.
No way I’m getting close enough to make it the violin shape. I’ll just continue assuming they’re all brown recluses, tyvm.
Here’s a baby step towards spider tolerance: neither of those spiders can make a Charlotte-type web. So, any spider you see hanging out in one of these 🕸️ is not only not a danger to you, she’s taking prey and space away from the scary ones, so you want more like her to crowd them out.
I love the pointy boys that make really good webs!
I like these Halloween orange guys! Their web lines look too thin to hold them. Took me awhile to find a picture where the web wasn’t torn, because they like to build where light is coming from a window or door at night, to catch night bugs, so people tend to find them by walking into it face-first in the morning. But they’re good guys!
https://images.app.goo.gl/VL2eiTdvCBFPNwkr6