There's a spider in my kitchen.

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Overly Serious

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It's made a web in the hoop of my mixer tap. He is small and cute and thus far I have been willing to carefully reach around the web to turn the tap on and off without breaking the web. However, I worry this is a bad position for a spider to be in. There's a window near and it's not impossible he will catch some bugs to eat there. But I think he would be better off outside.

I don't know how much energy a spider invests in making a web. Is it a one-time deal like if I take him from the web and put him outside will he just shrug and make a new web no big deal, or will he be SOL having used up all his energy and thread material having gambled it all on the current location? If the latter, I will leave him where he is but I don't know enough about spider biology.

I have had this dilemma before - I don't know if it's best for the spider to be moved outside or to leave them be.

What is best for spider?
 
Overly Serious dijo:
It's made a web in the hoop of my mixer tap. He is small and cute and thus far I have been willing to carefully reach around the web to turn the tap on and off without breaking the web. However, I worry this is a bad position for a spider to be in. There's a window near and it's not impossible he will catch some bugs to eat there. But I think he would be better off outside.

I don't know how much energy a spider invests in making a web. Is it a one-time deal like if I take him from the web and put him outside will he just shrug and make a new web no big deal, or will he be SOL having used up all his energy and thread material having gambled it all on the current location? If the latter, I will leave him where he is but I don't know enough about spider biology.

I have had this dilemma before - I don't know if it's best for the spider to be moved outside or to leave them be.

What is best for spider?
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Spiders are resilient as fuck. They probably get a little miffed at having to make a new web but if you put them in a bush or something they should be fine. There's no harm in placing them somewhere else.
 
Weed Eater dijo:
Spiders are resilient as fuck. They probably get a little miffed at having to make a new web but if you put them in a bush or something they should be fine. There's no harm in placing them somewhere else.
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Thanks. That's good to know. I'll scoop him up and put him in the garden. As someone who has worked hard to pay off a mortgage, I will feel bad lifting him off that great big web, though.
 
A spider in the bath, a spider in the bath, a creepy crawly creepy crawly spider in the bath. I know he's only there because he wants to have a laugh, with hairy legs and beady eyes he'll terrify and tantalize.

Lemmingwise dijo:
Just make sure not to touch them, or you will change their scent and their lover won't want them anymore.
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What if I spray them with some Old Spice?
 
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Some spiders build and take down their web every day. It's not a hardship for the spider to rebuild a web. If you made it a point to destroy the web whenever you saw it then maybe, but relocating it isn't going to hurt.
 
I accidentally brushed the lower part of the web with a frying pan handle. I took the opportunity as the damage was done to put him outside somewhere with lots of shrubbery and I'm sure, lots of juicy tiny flies.

Thanks for the advice, folks. KF comes through for me again.
Maratus volans dijo:
Please take my brother outside.
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Have done so. Was very careful in doing so. Spiders are our friends.
 
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