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Backseat Driver

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2. Our household policy: If they stay on the ceiling--okay; on the wall or floor--fair game!
Fri Sep 8, 2023, 10:43 PM
Sep 2023

Spiders give me the creeps. A spider scream is an identifiable sound around here. We have high ceilings and there are places on stairways that reach up 15 ft. I would have trouble removing those dustbunnies/weblike structures for sure even w/extendable tools. I do "save" house/garage crickets and/or millipedes and shake them loose outdoors from paper towels. I flatten house flies dead with a swatter or whatever's handy and spray lots of hair spray on wasps/hornets; pollinator honey bees and bumbles rarely come indoors and I'd try to shoo them back outside if I can. Last night DH and I watched a young small praying mantis for a half hour climbing the outdoor pergola post--fascinating.

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