What is your spider infiltration rate?

[Ideologue]

Or, more accurately, how often do you see spiders in your house, of an offensive size and manner?

Because I have seen four in the past week, three skulking about the upper corners of my habitation box, one in a chair that dodged my attempts to kill it, and it pleases me not at all.

[Ideologue]

FIVE, one evidently with a great sense of timing.  What is this, a thrillomedy starring Jeff Daniels?

[Admiral Yi]

One every two or three months.

[Ideologue]

To what do you attribute your good fortune?  Lack of vigilance or your inhospitable Iowan clime?

Seriously, this is fucked up.

[Neil]

None, ever.  Altitude and cold have defeated the arachnid menace.

[Ed Anger]

I've seen a distinct lack of daddy long legs this year and an increase in the beefy bite the fuck out of you spiders.

[Admiral Yi]

Yeah Ide, the fact that you live in the tropics probably has a lot to do with it.

[Monoriu]

None.  I almost never see spiders in my home in HK.  I know what you are talking about though, because we saw tons of spiders when we lived in Vancouver. 

I see lots of cockroaches though.  By contrast, we never had any cockroaches in Vancouver.  Somehow cockroaches and spiders seem incompatible. 

[Valmy]

Or, more accurately, how often do you see spiders in your house, of an offensive size and manner?

Fairly often.  Maybe...once or twice a month.  I smash them all forthwith.  But I live in a warm place with my backyard to a greenbelt.  We have bugs and animals and shit in our house all the time.  Nothing to do but rack up giant body counts.

[Valmy]

Somehow cockroaches and spiders seem incompatible. 

They both get along great in my house.

[Eddie Teach]

I don't remember the last time I saw a spider. I do get flying insects from time to time.

[garbon]

In Manhattan? Almost never. Quite freaky.

[HVC]

Never seen one in the 6 years I've lived here.

[Ideologue]

Yeah Ide, the fact that you live in the tropics probably has a lot to do with it.

It is pretty warm.  Over 100 the past couple days I think; definitely was yesterday.  Absolutely miserable and gonna get worse.

[Viking]

Never. That is one of the great things about living in scandinavia. No large exoctic insects.