How the heck do you Australians sleep at night….

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I try not to kill spiders, we all have a job to do. I get black widows from time to time. When I do I capture and release down by the creek. Mostly Wolf spiders here, and I just leave them be. Don't recall ever being bit, and I have spent a lot of time in crawl spaces running gas piping, and Pex for hot water heat.
 
Geezer Garage said:
I try not to kill spiders, we all have a job to do. I get black widows from time to time. When I do I capture and release down by the creek. Mostly Wolf spiders here, and I just leave them be. Don't recall ever being bit, and I have spent a lot of time in crawl spaces running gas piping, and Pex for hot water heat.
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I know intellectually that getting bitten by a black widow is a low probability, but I have a visceral reaction to them that I've not yet conquered.
 
Oh I could deal with a spider, even one that size. Almost every time I see an article about a snake in someone's house, it's in Australia....well except the time one got in my apartment...and I live in the city!..It was a neighbor's escaped pet!. That's a whole 'nother story. Worse one in Australia though..a year or so ago, a mother went in the bedroom and found a big snake wrapped around her 2 or 3 year old daughter's arm. We mother's do what we have to do but I wouldn't have wanted to be in her shoes.
 
Pappy said:
With this thing roving around?


Her name is Charlotte, (huntsman spider) she's a welcomed member of the Gray family in Australia,
Charlotte loves going from room to room eating bugs n stuff.
ps: she's still growing
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At zero cost this spider as a mobile for a baby crib might work.

This on the other hand doesn't wander around.

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That spider looks larger than most if not all cats and even some small dogs would have a hard time with that spider. 🤣

Also no ordinary swatter would take that spider down for sure or ordinary shoe. You would need a Large Sized Combat Boot for that. 🤣

Wouldn't ever kill a spider though unless it is a killer poison spider and it was on the attack. ;)
 
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