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

bitemybanger · 28-03-2012 07:35PM #1

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 · 28-03-2012 07:36PM

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

Crann na Beatha · 28-03-2012 07:37PM

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Logical Fallacy · 28-03-2012 07:38PM

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 · 28-03-2012 07:38PM

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

bitemybanger · 28-03-2012 07:39PM

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 · 28-03-2012 07:39PM

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

Darkglasses · 28-03-2012 07:41PM

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

MisterEpicurus · 28-03-2012 07:41PM

I tend to do this. :rolleyes:

Fluorescence · 28-03-2012 07:42PM

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

RachaelVO · 28-03-2012 07:42PM

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

What's the point in killing them?

Ghandee · 28-03-2012 07:44PM

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

You Bastard.

Sar_Bear · 28-03-2012 07:44PM

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 · 28-03-2012 07:45PM

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 · 28-03-2012 07:47PM

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

jokettle · 28-03-2012 07:47PM

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 · 28-03-2012 07:47PM

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

Otherwise catch and release.

El Horseboxo · 28-03-2012 07:52PM

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 · 28-03-2012 07:52PM

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

Butterface · 28-03-2012 07:53PM

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

neiphin · 28-03-2012 07:54PM

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 · 28-03-2012 07:54PM

I normally eat them for the extra protein.

Cork boy 55 · 28-03-2012 07:59PM

spidersex

GLaDOS · 28-03-2012 08:00PM

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

gar32 · 28-03-2012 08:01PM

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 · 28-03-2012 08:01PM

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 · 28-03-2012 08:06PM

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 · 28-03-2012 08:18PM

Spiders are class.

boomkatalog · 28-03-2012 08:20PM

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 · 28-03-2012 08:25PM

Catch and Release to get them low down dirty bluebottles!

Clover · 28-03-2012 08:29PM

Catch and release mostly .

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