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Duppers

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16. Same here: I escort them outside in a jar.
Wed Oct 6, 2021, 11:54 PM
Oct 2021

My son used to be terrified of them until, between homes,* the 3 of us had to live in a camper for almost 4mos. One cannot avoid spiders in a camper, sooo he had to adapt.



*Sold home, rented a house until our builder finished our custom hm. Then suddenly the landlord decided she wouldn't month-to-month rent to us. So, we bought a small camper where we lived from 9/1 to 12/22. Fun times! But yay, our 12yo's spider phobia was banished!

I used to be, until I got older. Now I make Wingus Dingus Oct 2021 #1
I don't care for the "house spiders" Jilly_in_VA Oct 2021 #2
Same here: I escort them outside in a jar. Duppers Oct 2021 #16
I'm fine with them, as long as they stay outside. Cracklin Charlie Oct 2021 #3
Every year we are invaded by millions of Caddisflies mockmonkey Oct 2021 #4
Wow!! You are inundated!! Duppers Oct 2021 #17
I was watching this the other day and... mockmonkey Oct 2021 #18
Yikes!! 😱 Duppers Oct 2021 #19
because they bite Grasswire2 Oct 2021 #5
You're positive it was spiders Jilly_in_VA Oct 2021 #8
positive Grasswire2 Oct 2021 #9
I had a friend years ago SCantiGOP Oct 2021 #10
shudder Grasswire2 Oct 2021 #11
They avoid people, so you usually encounter them in basements and attics SCantiGOP Oct 2021 #13
they avoid people but they come into my apartment? Grasswire2 Oct 2021 #14
To clarify: SCantiGOP Oct 2021 #15
I rarely intentionaly squash them, and that's never for jumping spiders. yonder Oct 2021 #6
I do not kill daddy longlegs. Grasswire2 Oct 2021 #12
The answer is pretty self-evident SCantiGOP Oct 2021 #7
I see the occasional black widow spider. PoindexterOglethorpe Oct 2021 #20
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