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To be fair, the ones that I often come across in my home are literally called “house spiders” (Eratigena atrica)
Meanwhile I’m squashing spiders that are already dead, just to be sure.
The reflected sound of underground spirits.
Echo-gnomics
I used to hate them but then someone told me they are good because they eat other bugs and I was convinced. Now I move them out of my way but let them stay at home. Sometimes it’s funny because some are a bit dumb, and I have to guide them while they try to run away.
For the ones that stay at home, I started naming them lol. RIP Charlotte, Napoleon, and The Dude
I had an Icarus once. Lil guy built the net right above my shower head. Flew too close to the sun eventually 😔
For me the catch and release vs squash with my shoe dilemma comes down to one variable: how close to crawling upon my person where they when I noticed them
honestly i have to wonder if at some point spiders will evolve to actively avoid spooking us, i wanna live in a world where orbweaver spiders have the instinct to wait in specific places (like middle of the windows) where we pick them up and move them to a spot where they can set up a web and catch flies for us.
I never squash spiders. They’re either my buddies and they catch insects that get into the house, or they’re entirely too large to squash; they’d make a mess. If my wife sees a spider and gets scared, I put it outside. It helps that there are no (common) venomous spiders where I live.
Mosquitos, crane flies, flies, and wasps are all fair game though.
