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the longest i've ever left it.    For days….a few weeks,   i think…today.   But then i didn't.   Today i did.

there are some people who like spiders.   a lot who don't,  really,   who are creeped out by them.   How they have so many legs,  go so fast,  are sneaky…hiding then popping out

These Cellar spiders,  there are two,  have worked diligently to construct this elaborate world   Day after day.  Housemates.    and i think,   a bad choice on their part….not much to eat in here for all this work.   An occasional fly.   Some very small night flying insects that are drawn to the lamp light.    OutSide would be much better.   I try to catch them with  the jelly jar glass and  post card method so i can send them outside,  but they elude me.   So…finally,  today.  The broom.   Gone.   They ran up into the blinds.   Tomorrow theyll begin again.   Their lifespan is 2 years.

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4 responses to “gone”

  1. deb Avatar
    deb

    Lucky you can wipe the slate clean. I have webs like this on the outside of my second floor studio window. ALL the windows in the house! We have Joro spiders. Their webs are super strong and have a golden sheen. I’m looking for a 25 foot stick of bamboo to tear down this years webs. I like spiders but as these seem to have no natural predators, I’ll become one.

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  2. CatherinE Avatar

    I cleaned up a corner of our living room yesterday. Lots of webs were destroyed in the process. I’m sure there is a whole world constructed on the underside of the couch where I didn’t clean. Our homes offer a nice shelter for them to build (for awhile anyway) – outdoors there would probably be even more frequent destruction.

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  3. Nancy Avatar

    I don’t mind the spiders so much, but the webs kinda get to me.

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  4. Yvette Avatar

    I feel so sorry to destroy there work
    But but
    Hub does

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