Although some people are quite fond of the little guys, even keeping tarantulas as pets, for the majority of people, spiders of any kind are far from being their favourite animals! While genuine arachnophobia, where someone may even be scared to go outside in case they see a spider, is a lot rarer than people think, it is fair to say that a large portion of the population find spiders a bit unsettling.
For some, this means calling someone brave and asking them to remove a spider for them so they don't have to go near it, for others this means ending the spider's existence with a shoe, book, or whatever else is to hand!
But as well as being a bit cruel, killing spiders is unnecessary for the safety of the people in your home, and your home hygiene overall. In fact, allowing a spider or two to live in your home can actually be beneficial. Here we take a look at why:
While some spiders are dangerous, the vast majority of those found in homes in Canada pose no threat to humans, and unlike other bugs like cockroaches, spiders don't tend to cause infestations, tending to live fairly solitary existences.
If you see signs that some creatures are living in your home, like evidence of roaches, mice, bed bugs, wasps, termites and other beasties, it is necessary to call an exterminator or take some steps to remove the creatures yourself, because they breed prolifically, can hurt you, can damage your possessions or the structure of your house, or make your house 'dirtier'.
Spiders don't really do any of these things. They are not a sign that your home is poorly maintained or dirty either – every home in the world entertains the odd spider from time to time.
Certainly it is important to be aware of how to identify any poisonous spiders that can be found in your area, but in Canada you are likely to be dealing with harmless house spiders which, while they can be quite large, are not venomous and are also not especially keen to get too close to humans.
Most spiders live on a diet of insects, which they catch in their webs. This makes them very effective at getting rid of flies, wasps, mosquitoes and other creatures that commonly make their way in through windows.
While a spider living in a dark corner of your room will not be able to take on a wasp's nest – there is only so much he can eat – a lone stinging wasp that comes into your house is usually no problem at all for him, and something that flies around stinging your children is generally something you don't want in your house!
Flies spread germs and are generally annoying, mosquitoes bite and make that annoying whining sound, but a spider will quietly carry out these minor pest control duties for you without causing any fuss.
So next time you see a spider in your house, ask yourself if it is really bothering you. Most of them tend to stay out of sight a lot of the time, only occasionally coming into view, and they don't really have any interest in crawling into your mouth as you sleep either, despite some of those 'gross out facts' type lists you see online!
For some, this means calling someone brave and asking them to remove a spider for them so they don't have to go near it, for others this means ending the spider's existence with a shoe, book, or whatever else is to hand!
But as well as being a bit cruel, killing spiders is unnecessary for the safety of the people in your home, and your home hygiene overall. In fact, allowing a spider or two to live in your home can actually be beneficial. Here we take a look at why:
Killing Spiders is Unnecessary
While some spiders are dangerous, the vast majority of those found in homes in Canada pose no threat to humans, and unlike other bugs like cockroaches, spiders don't tend to cause infestations, tending to live fairly solitary existences.
If you see signs that some creatures are living in your home, like evidence of roaches, mice, bed bugs, wasps, termites and other beasties, it is necessary to call an exterminator or take some steps to remove the creatures yourself, because they breed prolifically, can hurt you, can damage your possessions or the structure of your house, or make your house 'dirtier'.
Spiders don't really do any of these things. They are not a sign that your home is poorly maintained or dirty either – every home in the world entertains the odd spider from time to time.
Certainly it is important to be aware of how to identify any poisonous spiders that can be found in your area, but in Canada you are likely to be dealing with harmless house spiders which, while they can be quite large, are not venomous and are also not especially keen to get too close to humans.
Spiders Can Help Keep Your House Free of Worse Things
Most spiders live on a diet of insects, which they catch in their webs. This makes them very effective at getting rid of flies, wasps, mosquitoes and other creatures that commonly make their way in through windows.
While a spider living in a dark corner of your room will not be able to take on a wasp's nest – there is only so much he can eat – a lone stinging wasp that comes into your house is usually no problem at all for him, and something that flies around stinging your children is generally something you don't want in your house!
Flies spread germs and are generally annoying, mosquitoes bite and make that annoying whining sound, but a spider will quietly carry out these minor pest control duties for you without causing any fuss.
So next time you see a spider in your house, ask yourself if it is really bothering you. Most of them tend to stay out of sight a lot of the time, only occasionally coming into view, and they don't really have any interest in crawling into your mouth as you sleep either, despite some of those 'gross out facts' type lists you see online!
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