Can spiders do any harm?
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Can spiders do any harm?
I always have a few spiders in my office, not an infestation just 3 or 4 perhaps. I think they get in via the air bricks from the outside. Now they don't do me any harm and I refuse to squash them. They are also tricky to pick up without damaging them and I don't mind removing the odd web to keep the place looking clean.
But I just wonder if they can actually do any harm such as creeping into the back of a computer and buggering up the electronics?
Anyone know?
David
But I just wonder if they can actually do any harm such as creeping into the back of a computer and buggering up the electronics?
Anyone know?
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But these spiders don't hang about and the sight of an empty glass would be enough.......
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Not like this are they ... http://www.motifake.com/image/demoti...1256668767.jpg ...?
No need to worry ...
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No need to worry ...
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Spiders will do you no harm at all, in fact they will help keep the flies down ;-) but should you not want the spiders why not get a Praying Mantis as they eat spiders, although you may then need a humming bird to get rid of that but then...ok i'll stop.
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a humming bird would keep you awake all night
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I know a girl in this country that ended up in hospital because of a spider. She was in a bad way for some time too.
It fell from her sun visor and she stacked the car untidily in a field.
It fell from her sun visor and she stacked the car untidily in a field.
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Not like this are they ... http://www.motifake.com/image/demoti...1256668767.jpg ...?
No need to worry ...
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No need to worry ...
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lol, this is a myth, they will sometimes walk on you, or your face when wandering about, but run like **** when they realise that the surface they are walking on is alive and they might get squished, spiders are pretty much scared of massive moving things, and a moving breathing mouth is not going to attract any spider. It is feasable that you may feel something on your face, squash it dead, and then somehow it may go in your mouth all whilst sleeping........Blame lisa holst for this myth.
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I know an old lady who swallowed a spider......
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All jokes aside, there has been a lot of false widow spiders about this year.
We had one outside our back door and are quite a bit further north than you. They dont really bite humans that often, but if you do get bitten and you are fairly light you might find yourself off work for a couple of days with flu like illness.
Larger humans wont really notice it or will feel off for a few hours.
We had one outside our back door and are quite a bit further north than you. They dont really bite humans that often, but if you do get bitten and you are fairly light you might find yourself off work for a couple of days with flu like illness.
Larger humans wont really notice it or will feel off for a few hours.
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Had one of these descend from the living room ceiling when we lived in South Africa (Hunting Spider)
Not my hand btw
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Not my hand btw
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