Dark reality of what really happens to the spiders you take outside from your house

Of all the creepy crawlies that might infest your home, spiders are one of the nicer ones, as at least they'll catch and kill the others for you.

Then again not many people have a terrible phobia of flies, whereas the idea of eight legs and a web to spin has lots more folks startled.

We have had to become well versed in the art of disposing of spiders over the years.

While some people just crush them to death, it's often been thought that the more humane way of getting rid of unwanted arachnid intruders has been to throw them out.

You've surely at some point in your life had to do the classic move of putting a glass over a spider and sliding a bit of paper under it to create a makeshift prison, while also making it easy to toss the spider out of a window.

However, what happens to a spider after you've taken it from the cosy environment of your home and chucked it back out into a cold, unkind world?

That's a house spider, putting it outside could kill it. (Elva Etienne/Getty Images)

It really depends on the type of spider you're getting rid of, and you should figure out whether the eight-legged intruder is native to your local area or a house spider that got inside some other way.

If the little web-spinner came in from the outside then it should probably be alright out there once again, but if it's a house spider that got inside some other way, then you could be condemning the poor thing to death.

Spiders get in your house in all sorts of ways, usually through gaps in doors and windows, but on occasion they'll get in through things you bring yourself.

Arachnid curator Rod Crawford told Live Science that spiders native to your area should be able to survive being put outside, but house spiders would struggle much more.

"I don't think I'd make it on the outside any more." (Kristina Igumnova/Getty Images)

He suggested that instead of the spider being thrown out you should instead take it to another part of your home where you'd be more comfortable with spiders living.

Find some place that you'd be happy for your new roommate to squat in and put them there, hoping that the message seeps through to them.

Crawford also said that if you really wanted to stop spiders from invading your home then you ought to seal up gaps and cracks in your home as that should do the trick.

Maybe they just want to be your friend?

Topics: Animals, Spiders, Home

Joe Harker

Joe graduated from the University of Salford with a degree in Journalism and worked for Reach before joining the LADbible Group. When not writing he enjoys the nerdier things in life like painting wargaming miniatures and chatting with other nerds on the internet. He's also spent a few years coaching fencing. Contact him via [email protected]

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