@Sylvhem @kel they're upsetting but useful, that's why I delegate dealing with them to other people and/or the cat

@Murkrow @kel @Sylvhem even if they didn't provoke an irrational fear response, cute spiders are just a food-source for the less cute ones

have to eliminate the food sources to keep these monstrosities away: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White-tailed_spider

@vi @Sylvhem @Murkrow That's a neat one! Looks like a nuisance at worst, too? I wouldn't want it dead either, anyway

@kel @Murkrow heh, nope. they're highly aggressive, and they're vagrants so they get into bedsheets, towels, clothes, everywhere

the best case is their bites are extremely painful and irritating, at worst they'll put you in hospital

and because they're imported from australia, they're the top of the insect food-chain around here, there's nothing bigger or scarier than them to keep their numbers down

@vi @Murkrow ah, thanks for the quick lesson :} ok, so it's actually a pest, but I'd still hesitate at squishing one

@vi @kel @Murkrow I'm sorry, but could you keep me out of this conversation please? I'm really arachnophobic :s.

@Sylvhem oops sorry :{

@kel No, don't worry, that's fine ^^. It's me who boosted this post in the first place.
I just don't want to be involved anymore, but have fun :).

@Sylvhem sure ^^, sorry

@vi Don't be sorry, that's not your fault at all ^^. Thank you for your understanding though.

@vi @Sylvhem @kel I'm just going to pretend I clicked on that bc I KNOW it's something horrible