Spiders

[Slargos]

I consider the spiders to be a loose ally in my eternal struggle to exterminate other more annoying insects. So I dont stomp on them outside the house.

But, the bigger (central european sizes, so dont think that big) versions creap me the hell out so if I find a spider in my rooms, it is dead. Anyways a spider web is the sign of a seriously not-maintained room.

Or a basement appartment. 

Regardless, ever since the hookers/roaches incident, I regard spiders with an acute fondness.

Enemy of my enemy.

[Admiral Yi]

Leave the little ones be, stomp the medium ones, cower in fear from the big ones.

[Josquius]

I like having spiders around, the only negative side is when their webs get into inconvenient places or look ugly. I'd rather have them sitting in the corner minding their own business than flying insects bugging me.
This is the UK though bare in mind where we have nothing that can harm you in the slightest. I may well think different if I were in Australia or some other similar place where every living thing is out to kill you.

[Malthus]

I usually catch the larger ones and throw them outside, so that the cat doesn't eat them.

House centepides on the other hand get stomped without mercy.

[Queequeg]

I usually catch the larger ones and throw them outside, so that the cat doesn't eat them.

House centepides on the other hand get stomped without mercy.

When I was about 13, I closed my drapes at night......to find the largest insect I've ever seen, a massive female centipede, peacefully clinging to my drapes.  I've been supremely terrified of them ever since. 

[Malthus]

I usually catch the larger ones and throw them outside, so that the cat doesn't eat them.

House centepides on the other hand get stomped without mercy.

When I was about 13, I closed my drapes at night......to find the largest insect I've ever seen, a massive female centipede, peacefully clinging to my drapes.  I've been supremely terrified of them ever since.

How did you know its gender? 

[Queequeg]

How did you know its gender? 

For most arthropods the females are bigger, and this motherfucker was huge.  Always presumed it was.

[Barrister]

I usually catch the larger ones and throw them outside, so that the cat doesn't eat them.

House centepides on the other hand get stomped without mercy.

IF I see a spider I'll go and get the cat...

[KRonn]

Kill the spiders.  Use lizards to eat up any stray insects.

Then need fisher cats to take care of lizard over population....

[KRonn]

I leave spiders alone.  They are merely biological alternatives to chemicals we would use in a heartbeat.

I have one nasty spider who grows his web on the outside of the window next to my workstation.  He enjoys making me see him stalk and kill the insects that fly into the web overnight while he and I are sleeping. Bastard!

Sounds more like a pet spider.    

And a pet with a macabre sense of humor.     

[BuddhaRhubarb]

I only bother spiders when they web up in stupid area like the doorway, or someplace else i'm going to get webbed. I'm only getting rid of the dumb spiders.

[Razgovory]

I usually catch the larger ones and throw them outside, so that the cat doesn't eat them.

House centepides on the other hand get stomped without mercy.

IF I see a spider I'll go and get the cat...

My cats are afraid of spiders.  Pussies

I tend to kill the spiders in my house as then have a nasty habit of biting me in my sleep. 

[Berkut]

How did you know its gender? 

For most arthropods the females are bigger, and this motherfucker was huge.  Always presumed it was.

But was it huge compared to the males of its species?

Seeing a big spider doesn't tell you it is a female, unless you see a big particular species of spider, that you know is large compared to others of its species - and this is presuming that your claim about the females being bigger is a valid determinant of sex to begin with.

This ends Berkut's pedantic grump of the day.

[jimmy olsen]

Was it this centipede Spellus?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8CL2hetqpfg

[DisturbedPervert]

Was it this centipede Spellus?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8CL2hetqpfg

Horrible.  Mice are vermin, but they're still mammals, and must always be sided with over monstrosities like that thing.