Here is why you should NEVER kill the spiders you find in your house

by Shirley Marie Bradby

June 23, 2018

Here is why you should NEVER kill the spiders you find in your house
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Spiders certainly do not look very attractive, this we know. With those eight legs on their segmented and hairy body, spiders are among the most universally despised animals and feared by human beings.

Arachnophobia is the most common among phobias and without a doubt, many of us suffer from it, at different levels. 

Nevertheless, we invite you to think twice before killing the spiders you find inside your house. It could be more to your advantage to allow them to continue to live.

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The first thing to consider is that spiders are not really intruders between your four walls. Even if you do not know it and you do not see it, there's a whole ecosystem of insects and other small animals that live in your house with you, moving silently in the corners. Spiders are at the top of the food chain and contain the spread of all the other small roommates in your home, some of which are really harmful to humans. Mosquitoes, for example, are among the main prey of domestic spiders and leaving those cobwebs where they are will save you so many nocturnal bites!

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In addition, it must be considered that, if it is true that most spiders are poisonous to some degree, there are very few species that can hurt human beings. Some spiders do not even have a bite powerful enough to break through our skin. Since they know this very well, spiders are rarely aggressive, and in fact, they fear humans far more than humans fear them and therefore, will go out of their way to not bother humans.

Consequently, we urge you to leave the spiders you see on the walls of your house alone. Even if you do not know it, they actually work for you!

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