Would this bother you?

MaggieD said:

I am sooo glad to hear that! I'm phobic about creepy-crawlies, but I've managed around it. We don't kill them in our house either. A piece of paper and jar without a lid solves my fears. We put them outside in warm weather and in the crawl space in cold. I cannot abide killing or injuring living critters.

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I can agree with that for the most part.

The only bugs I have zero sympathy for are roaches. They are disgusting as hell.

Maggie

We ( my Wife and I) live in the country,, in the summer we leave the sliding glass door wide open for the nice breezes, I catch spiders, frogs, centipedes , I once caught a garter snake in the hall closet, and a gopher snake in the garage ( and they look a whole lot like rattlers, just without the rattle)

I try not to kill any of them, just catch and release.. As a kid we had terrariums and I always liked to have praying mantis in them , Now those are some bugs that are fun to watch..

I do kill the ground squirrels as they dig big holes in the back yard ( I have 2.5 acres), If I don't get them the dogs do..

Think of the spider in the jar as a learning experience for a child.. They can see just how nature works ( kinda).

djl

MaggieD said:

Do you see the sadness in this story, or is it me? Can anyone relate?

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It's just you. I used to do similar stuff as a kid. I especially loved praying mantises. I'd find one almost every summer and keep it in a tupperware box and feed it crickets.

I'd also capture bugs and stick them in a jar to watch them fight. Wolf spider and wasp was pretty epic.

Well, he probably ought to feed the thing....

I'm not sure spiders have the mental capacity to suffer from captivity, though, particularly the small ones.






They should take him to Australia and see if he has any luck catching a giant huntsman. You may be less sympathetic once you see the giant *******s. Up to a 12" legspan, I believe, and quite fast.

What offense did the spider commit?

Mr Person said:

Well, he probably ought to feed the thing....

I'm not sure spiders have the mental capacity to suffer from captivity, though, particularly the small ones.

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The spider ate other insects -- this is murder. But do laws apply to spiders?

CycloneWanderer said:

Brown recluses can survive up to 6 months in a sealed, airtight bag without food or water. Freaking aliens. No food for months at a time is not usually a big deal for a spider. Just have them feed it at some point in the next few weeks and it'll be fine. Don't even need to give it air all that often either.

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But that seems to be cruel. It is like Supermax prison combined with starvation diet. Does the spider bear culpability for killing other insects?

MaggieD said:

I know...I'm loony. But let me hear your thoughts...

Ok, so I'm visiting with friends, and one tells me that her 7-year-old son captured a spider. They put it in a jar, and the little boy checks him all the time to see how he's doing. Okayyyyy.

She told me her husband opens the jar a few times a day to quickly let air in and then closes the jar fast so the spider can't escape. Then she told me that, after a day or so, the spider built a web in the jar.

I am heartbroken. WTF is wrong with me??

Do you see the sadness in this story, or is it me? Can anyone relate?

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You are a sensitive soul Maggie.

SCitizen said:

The spider ate other insects -- this is murder. But do laws apply to spiders?

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Spiders aren't insects. They are arachnids.

I had a spider in a container made specially for bugs. The spider built her web and then her egg sack.

It was fascinating to watch the spider do what she did and when the babies hatched, they left in all different directions. Most made it outside.

Watching bugs and spiders is a great learning experience, or at least it was for me.

MaggieD said:

I know...I'm loony. But let me hear your thoughts...

Ok, so I'm visiting with friends, and one tells me that her 7-year-old son captured a spider. They put it in a jar, and the little boy checks him all the time to see how he's doing. Okayyyyy.

She told me her husband opens the jar a few times a day to quickly let air in and then closes the jar fast so the spider can't escape. Then she told me that, after a day or so, the spider built a web in the jar.

I am heartbroken. WTF is wrong with me??

Do you see the sadness in this story, or is it me? Can anyone relate?

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The spider doesn't care. As long as it has something to eat and some water to drink, all is well. Put some holes in the top of the jar and add some water and dead flies.