• Cris@lemmy.world
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    3 months ago

    I doubt this will help my deep discomfort but it did make me happy :)

  • flicker@lemmy.world
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    3 months ago

    It’s their suddenness that freaks me out. I had been sitting on my couch for two hours the other night when one scuttled out from beneath my feet!

    • Swedneck@discuss.tchncs.de
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      3 months ago

      this is why i respect web spinning spiders and jumping spiders (despite the name).

      web spinners just spin their webs and sit there, they’re in their lane and flourishing.

      jumping spiders are smart enough to recognize that we are gods compared to them, and that we probably won’t appreciate them making sudden fast movements.

  • Pandantic [they/them]@midwest.social
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    3 months ago

    I think these bois, much like “spider crickets”, get a lot of flack because their legs are TOO DAMN LONG! They’re cool dudes, but something about those weirdly long legs…

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      3 months ago

      Hey, they are the fluffiest critters ever among those that ran over me. They don’t even tickle, just a smooth touch.

      Developes feelings for the house centipedes

  • Krauerking@lemy.lol
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    3 months ago

    I caught one trying to be in my bathroom and decided to be “nice” by tossing it into my basement.

    Down there the entire floor had been sprayed with insect repellent from signs of fleas and roaches, there has been signs of mice and lord knows what else down there too.

    2 days later I found it dead having made it all the way to the staircase. Definitely one of the strongest showings in the Gauntlet but not strong enough.