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Getting rid of spiders at home or in an apartment is a task that is quite possible for an independent solution, so if you decide to get rid of spiders, it is not at all necessary to call special services that use chemicals to remove spiders. In this article, we will tell you how to quickly and safely get rid of spiders from your home using improvised or natural remedies.

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While spiders help keep pests like flies and mosquitoes at bay, no one wants to have one in their home. Many people are afraid of spiders, this fear is known as arachnophobia.

In addition, these creatures leave webs and dead insects inside the house, and some types of spiders can be dangerous to you or your pets.

Most spiders live on outdoors, but they often enter dwellings in search of food or shelter. They come into the house through cracks and under doors. The problem occurs more often in summer and autumn. If spiders are camping in your bedroom, you can safely get rid of them with some non-toxic methods.

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Why do you need to get rid of spiders at home?

If you are a committed vegetarian, botanist, or just a vulnerable person, you can try to focus on the fact that spiders are theoretically useful for the home and garden, that they exterminate other insects that otherwise poison life with impunity. But for many, this truth about spiders doesn't make for better sleep at night when you know there's a spider living under the bed or at the head of the bed - often a really scary and terrifying one.

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Fortunately, there are many ways to get rid of spiders, even without harming their health. Although spiders are very persistent insects that do not leave the area without a fight, it is worth trying the spider control methods described below. With luck, you will get rid of spiders in your apartment or house and save a decent amount of money.

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Are spiders dangerous?

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Spiders, in principle, are completely harmless to human health, both inside and outside the house, especially when compared to other insects, however, they are certainly an annoying and uncomfortable factor.

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Are spiders dangerous? In most regions of our country live exceptionally safe for humans, but even in Russia live poisonous spiders, whose bites can cause serious reactions - for example, karakurts in the southern republics, in the Saratov, Volgograd regions and even in the Moscow region.

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Spider bites tend to be most dangerous to children or the elderly, or people with weakened immune systems. Therefore, it is not surprising that most people try to keep spiders away from their homes.

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There are chemicals and pesticides that can kill spiders, but they are often dangerous to people and pets; not environmentally friendly. The best way get rid of spiders in the house, keep your home clean.

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Do you want to get rid of spiders in your house? Don't let them get through!

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A good way to prevent spiders in your home or apartment is to make sure there are no things around the house that attract spiders.

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Spiders often build their homes outdoors in plants, leaf heaps or piles of rubbish, old trees, or dark hiding places like old tires or buckets.

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These things, being in close proximity to your home, are more likely to help spiders become interested in your home. Create some distance between such things and the house, to reduce the risk of spiders living under your bed or in your kitchen.

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Identifying and sealing possible insect loopholes is also important, to keep spiders away from the apartment or house. These procedures are related to the sealing of doors and windows, small holes or cracks, sealing gaps and holes. Sometimes it makes sense to treat any gaps with spider repellant before sealing, which will further protect your home.

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How to get rid of spiders at home

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If you notice any spider egg sacs at home, it is likely that the spider itself has been hiding in the dark crevices of your house or apartment for several days.

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First of all, you need to vacuum the whole house, always under sofas, beds, in the corners of cabinets. Don't forget to throw out the vacuum cleaner trash bag immediately.

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Spider glue traps very effective way get rid of these insects. You can place dozens of glue traps throughout the apartment - sooner or later the spiders will definitely cling to them. While these devices probably won't completely eradicate the spider problem, partly because they don't contain any pesticides, they're just treated with a special scent that attracts spiders. But if some traps end up sticking more spiders together, you can determine which corners of your home are most vulnerable to spiders and act accordingly.

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empty jar

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You can save the life of a spider and at the same time get rid of it in another elementary way. As soon as you find the spider's lair, take an ordinary glass jar and a piece of paper - at least a sheet from a notebook, then carefully cover the spider with a jar, put a sheet of paper under the neck, turn the jar over and go to nature, where you perform an act of mercy by releasing an insect on the grass. ..True, there may be a bird nearby ...)

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A vacuum cleaner

It is important to keep your home clean to prevent pest infestations, including spiders. Clean out areas that attract spiders, such as stacked storage boxes, piles of newspapers and old magazines, under the bed, and under the sink.

When vacuuming, be sure to eliminate all cobwebs, along with spiders and their eggs.

Every week, vacuum behind and under your bed, as well as closets, sofas, chairs, nightstands, and other furniture. Use nozzles to clean air ducts, ceilings, fixtures and corners. Hold bookshelves clean and comfortable.

Cover vents and kitchen chimney with fine insect screens.

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Peppermint Oil

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Spiders just can't stand the strong smell of peppermint - it will make them leave your house. As an added bonus, mint will make your home smell pleasant.

To do this, pour 3 cups of water into a spray bottle. Add to it 1 teaspoon of dishwashing liquid and 1 tbsp. a spoonful of peppermint oil. Shake the bottle and spray this product on all possible places where spiders might be. Repeat once a day for a couple of weeks.

Soak cotton balls in peppermint essential oil and place them in cracks and gaps around doors and windows. Change the cotton wool daily until you stop noticing spiders in the house.

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To get rid of spiders for sure and make your home absolutely not interesting for them, remember that cleanliness in the house really contributes to this. Remember that spiders feed on other insects that are attracted to leftover food, especially sugar, such as ants and cockroaches.

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If the ant path does not overgrow to you, be sure to wait for the invasion of spiders.

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The same goes for mosquitoes and other flying insects that are attracted to light, heat and moisture. Install slightly more muted light bulbs, and the risk of spiders in the house will drastically decrease.

Spiders, as a rule, prefer their natural habitat, but they may well “make happy” the owners of private houses or apartments with their presence, penetrating into households in search of shelter and food. The ideal way to protect your home from uninvited guests is simply not to let them inside, taking appropriate measures. However, if this moment is missed, there are many ways to get rid of unpleasant insects.

Preventive measures

If peaceful coexistence with spiders is not your plan, then the first thing you should do is to treat all the holes and cracks through which insects can enter your house.

For this, ordinary putty is used, with the help of which cracks on windows and doors are filled. Torn mosquito nets should be replaced, as arthropods can freely penetrate even through small holes.

If necessary, it is better to turn off the light outside - it attracts the attention of not only spiders, but also other insects. Blackout curtains or blinds that block out the light in the room will also prevent spiders from being tempted to visit you.

Attract insects and poorly carried out repairs, and cracks in the ceilings and floors.
You can bring a spider into the house by accident if it clings to clothes with its tenacious paws.

Since the main food of spiders is other insects (ants, two-tails, mosquitoes, flies, cockroaches), it is necessary to ensure that they do not appear in the dwelling.

To prevent the spread of this misfortune in the house, you need:

• clean up leftover food, crumbs and other food debris;
• keep clean, sweep the floor, vacuum the carpets and carry out wet cleaning, including hard-to-reach areas;
• dispose of rubbish in a timely manner;
• use plastic containers for storing things and products.

If the preventive measures did not help or were not fully observed, do not despair, spiders can and should be fought. And they will help you with this:

1. A vacuum cleaner with which you can collect both adult spiders, and cobwebs, and bags with laid eggs.
2. Traps (adhesive strips), which should be placed horizontally and thrown away as soon as several spiders hit it. However, this method will only help get rid of adults.
3. A brush that sweeps away insects and cobwebs.
4. Wet cleaning. The rag that was used should be burned, as thousands of insect eggs can be laid in the web.
5. Intexicides. They spray corners and crevices. Before use, you should carefully read the instructions to reduce the risk of poisoning people and pets. However, it is important to understand the possibilities chemicals if aerosol spraying did not occur at the places of direct accumulation of insects, then the poison will not affect them in any way.
6. "Panicle" of reed cane or stems. If you walk it in all corners of the apartment, there will be no trace of spiders.

If you are unable to cope on your own, you can resort to the help of specialists by contacting the appropriate organization. A professional, having treated the room with chemical pesticides, will clean the house of spiders, however special means very powerful, so it will not be possible to stay indoors for several days in order to avoid poisoning.

Some owners prefer a humane way to get rid of spiders - transportation, simply sweeping insects outside.

Folk ways to deal with spiders

To date, many are known folk ways insect control, which were successfully used by our grandmothers.

Spiders are very afraid of chestnuts. Break the nuts, spread them in places where insects accumulate, and soon there will be no trace of them. There is no scientific explanation for why insects do not tolerate chestnuts, but the fact remains that this remedy is very effective.

Helps with spiders and peppermint oil. Add 20 drops of oil to water, stir and pour the liquid into a spray bottle. Spray the solution into the corners and crevices of your home, especially before entering. Or, soak a cotton swab in oil and wipe all the corners, cracks and places where spiders can accumulate.

If there is no peppermint oil, then it can be replaced with tea tree oil, lemon or eucalyptus oil, they have a similar effect.

In basements and other non-residential premises that spiders have chosen for themselves, you can treat the walls and ceiling with lime or paint, insects categorically do not like the smells of paint and whitewash.

Vinegar is the main enemy of spiders. Mix in equal parts water and vinegar, pour the mixture into a spray bottle. Spray all surfaces of the room and directly on insects, they will not survive the vinegar attack. Saucers with vinegar can be placed in the corners. No less than vinegar, spiders hate the smell of lemon and tobacco.

If you love animals, get a cat. A huntress by nature, she will catch spiders with great passion.

Spiders cannot harm a person, unless, of course, we are talking about poisonous species. However, the presence in the dwelling of unpleasant multi-legged creatures, even if they do an excellent job of killing flies and mosquitoes, few will like. Moreover, some people are terrified of them. Now that you know the measures to combat these insects, it will not be difficult for you to get rid of uninvited guests.

Spiders and humans have been accustomed to coexistence for millions of years and are quite tolerant of each other.

The natural habitat for most species of these often feared and disliked insects is natural. Several of their species live in apartments and private houses: this is a home spider and a haymaker spider (kosinochka). How to get rid of spiders in the house?

Reasons for the appearance of an unwanted guest

The web in the house is an indispensable sign of the presence of a spider, because it is with its help that the insect lures potential prey into its webs. Its cleaning, which is recommended to be carried out in combination with other measures, is one of the methods of getting rid of the spider, otherwise the next day new corners of the room will be filled with cobwebs. To understand how to get rid of spiders in the house, you should know that such insects are quite voracious and settle where there is food: flies, ants, cockroaches. Therefore, if there is a home a large number cobwebs with their owners, it is worth paying attention to the presence of other tenants who are their potential food. And the deprivation of the eight-legged food forces the latter to leave the inhabited premises and look for places richer in prey.

In order not to make a close acquaintance with these insects and not to beware that the poison from spiders can somehow harm the inhabitants of the house, arthropods simply should not be allowed into your home.

Spider remedy: cleanliness in the house

An important element of getting rid of spiders that are afraid of cleanliness is cleaning the room: regular and thorough. During such an important event, special attention should be paid to the most secluded corners, this is where arthropods like to hide. Favorite places in which spiders create nests are the back walls of cabinets and other furniture, the bottom of the beds. It is there that you can see white cocoons wrapped in cobwebs - egg-laying, which need to be thrown away or burned.

The whole web should be collected in the house, and this should be done carefully so that the arthropods themselves remain in it. For such a useful operation, it is recommended to use wet gauze wound around a mop, which must then be thrown away along with the removed cobwebs. It is useful to remove the brush from the vacuum cleaner and, using only a pipe, vacuum the skirting boards, especially ceiling ones, and corners. In the process of cleaning, you should pay attention to all kinds of food sources for spiders: bedbugs, moths, cockroaches, flies.

Effective remedies for spiders

Cleaning your home alone may not be enough. Therefore, it is logical that the question “how to get rid of spiders and what effective means to use for this” arises.

To get rid of spiders, you can use special aerosols based on boric acid and chlorpyrifos, which should be used to treat corners and baseboards, having previously excluded access fresh air. Ventilation and cleaning of the premises can be done after 3 hours. It is recommended to apply aerosols at least 2 times a month. Such an operation will also reduce the number of other insects, which can also be destroyed with the help of gels and special crayons.

Repair in the house - and there are no spiders

How to get rid of spiders? It is worth knowing that such insects cannot stand the smell of paint and whitewash, so lime treatment of the walls will save the room from their presence for a long time. You may notice that after the repair, the spiders are not visible for a long time. This is explained by the fact that in modern wallpaper adhesives add the action of which is aimed at the destruction of insects.

After the events, the house must be kept clean. Also, the settlement of the house with spiders will stop the regular humidification of the air.

Getting rid of chemicals

You can also fight spiders with chemicals. Butoks-50 has proven itself well, which needs to be sprayed in the places where such insects are most concentrated, close the doors tightly and leave for 20 minutes. After processing, the room needs to be ventilated and wet cleaned. The drug "Neoron" is effective, the use of which is contraindicated in the kitchen in order to avoid getting it on food and utensils. You can destroy spiders with the help of the Tarax tool, which, when sprayed, forms a film of the active substance. Spiders upon contact with it almost immediately die. It is enough to process their locations with a spray gun.

In the corners, you can lay out special dry pill traps, the smell of which attracts arachnids, and the contained poison kills.

Folk remedies in the fight against spiders

Industrial chemicals can be replaced with folk remedies that are safer and more proven over the years. Smell can scare away a spider hazelnut, chestnut and orange, catastrophically unloved by eight-legged arthropods. These fruits can be crushed and laid out in places where insects accumulate.

Such a folk remedy for spiders as vinegar is effective. You can sprinkle it around the room or place saucers with water in which a few drops of it are added in the corners of the room.

Spiders do not like the scent of peppermint, a few drops of which can be added to a spray bottle and sprayed around the room. Such aromatherapy procedures should be carried out regularly. As an analogue, you can use such a spider remedy as eucalyptus or tea tree oil, which is also characterized by a sharp specific odor.

Diatomaceous earth against house spiders

How to get rid of spiders with diatomaceous earth? This material, made from natural fossils, should be scattered along the baseboards around the perimeter of the room in a thin layer. Made from natural fossils, diatomaceous earth, when an insect tries to cross it, cuts the latter into two parts.

Especially in the cold season, our apartments and houses attract uninvited tenants - spiders.

Their presence indicates that the apartment is not kept in the best way: it undoubtedly contains flies, cockroaches and other small insects, which are a food base for spiders.

They are harmless and do not pose a danger to humans (we are not talking about exotic species), but such a neighborhood does not add comfort to housing.

What to do to rid the apartment of spiders?

Thorough cleaning

In the process of cleaning, you should try to destroy all visible signs of the presence of these furry residents: you need to collect cobwebs and adult insects using a broom wrapped in a rag or vacuum cleaner.

Using a narrow nozzle for a vacuum cleaner, you should vacuum inaccessible places in the apartment, the back walls of furniture, the space behind heating appliances.

The fact is that spiders love to settle in dark and warm places, building nests and laying eggs.

If you do not destroy the egg-laying, efforts to destroy the spiders will be in vain: after a while, the next generation of spiders will appear and the whole procedure will have to be repeated again.

At the same time, you should get rid of other insects - flies,. These activities will deprive the spiders of food and make the apartment unattractive for them.

Ways to fight

To block the path to the dwelling for spiders, you should carefully examine the doors, windows, baseboards for cracks.

They must be covered up, and damaged mosquito nets on the windows must be replaced or repaired. Ventilation grills and hoods must be closed with a fine mesh. This will prevent not only spiders from entering the apartment, but also their food - other small insects.

The most common struggles include:

• sticky traps;
• aerosols with pyrethroids.

Sticky traps are used to kill terrestrial spider species. Having caught several adults in traps, they can be thrown away.

The disadvantage of this method is the inability to collect spider eggs and use it against builder spiders that settle high under the ceiling. It is best to use traps as an auxiliary measure in the fight against spiders.

Aerosols with pyrethroids, effective against other insects, will not be able to harm the spider.

The preparations should be sprayed in places of dense accumulation of insects, but with one condition: the liquid must fall directly on the spider, otherwise it will remain alive.

You can try to get rid of spiders in the apartment with the help of folk remedies - this is the most harmless and environmentally friendly option for cleaning insects from the house:

• horse chestnut (fruit). They are crushed and laid out in the corners of the apartment. Spiders do not like the smell of chestnut fruits and leave the premises;

• peppermint. Peppermint essential oil is smeared with all the alleged places of penetration of spiders from the outside. You can also apply the oil to cotton pads and place them in the corners of rooms. In extreme cases, you can use fresh branches of the plant;

• whitewash (lime). Spiders cannot stand the smell of lime, they immediately leave the room and do not settle there for a long time;

The smell of vinegar also repels spiders, and when the liquid gets directly on the insect, it dies.

Prevention measures

Finally, a few tips on how to protect your home from the penetration of spiders:

• It is necessary to constantly maintain cleanliness in the home so as not to attract insects that spiders feed on.

• In the evening and at night, do not use outdoor lighting directly at home - this attracts insects. Windows should be covered with curtains and blinds.

• Do not plant plants in the immediate vicinity of the walls of the building, clean up the surrounding area in a timely manner.

• It happens that spiders live not only in apartments, but also in the basement, utility rooms, and attic. To get rid of them, all residents should join forces and fight against insects at the same time.

If efforts do not give a visible result, you should contact the insect control service. After processing the premises by specialists, spiders will not soon visit the home: professional processing tools will make it completely unattractive for them.

Man lives in close contact with representatives of the animal world. Some of them become permanent residents in the house. This mainly concerns insects, including arachnids. In nature, there are more than 40 thousand species of spiders, but 2 species usually settle in a human dwelling - a haymaker spider and a house spider (gray and black).

Spiders that live in the house are harmless insects that do more good than harm. But most people do not like being around them and they are looking for all sorts of ways to get rid of "unpleasant neighbors."

Reasons for the appearance of arachnids in the house

Usually spiders enter the house through various cracks, open windows and doors. They can accidentally be brought with things or on clothes. If there are a lot of spiders, then there are comfortable conditions for them to exist. Spiders feed on other insects.

More often, spiders-haymakers (long-legs) get into houses. They have a round or oval abdomen 2-10 mm long, 3 or 4 pairs of legs, which can be up to 50 mm long. Insects prefer dry warm corners in the house. In summer, they weave webs near windows. The spider waits for its “prey” in the web, and when the insects get into it and become entangled, the predator injects its venom into it with a paralyzing effect and eats it.

Black and gray house spiders are smaller in size than the weevils. Their body reaches 14-15 mm. They weave a web resembling a pipe. The victim in the web is waiting mainly for the female.

Benefit and harm

These insects do more good than harm. They are population regulators of other insects and their larvae. During the day, the spider eats an amount of food equal to its weight. Domestic spiders do not harm human health. When bitten, their venom does not cause inflammation and intoxication. But it is better if the insect bites, disinfect the causal place with alcohol or hydrogen peroxide.

How to get rid: effective methods

Before you destroy spiders, you need to find out what serves as a source of food for them in the house, and get rid of other insects. Thereafter block all possible access routes to the house:

• Seal all cracks and crevices.
• Seal the openings of cables and communication pipes.
• Check the integrity of the gratings on the windows and in the ventilation.

Spiders do not form colonies, multiply at a low rate (unlike other insect species). Getting rid of them is easy, you can do it without the use of chemicals.

Cleaning and repair

Spiders prefer secluded corners where there is practically no light (behind cabinets, under the sofa). It is necessary to carry out regular cleaning in the house to rid the insects of comfortable conditions. All rubbish, old dusty newspapers must be thrown away. If eggs are found, they must be removed from the house and burned. Wipe all surfaces from dust with a damp cloth, remove the cobwebs. This must be done carefully so that the owners of the web do not run away. To do this, you can wrap wet gauze on a mop. Then throw it out into the street along with the web and the spider. You can also collect the web with a vacuum cleaner.

It is desirable to whitewash the basement with lime. Spiders can't stand her smell. Thanks to such repairs, you can save the house from the invasion of spiders for several years. The smell of paint also repels insects.

Remember! If you do not destroy other insects in the house, which are a source of food for spiders, fighting them will be useless.

Insecticide treatment

When invaded a large number spiders can not be done with general cleaning, all cracks and cracks will have to be treated with chemicals. Modern preparations for spiders contain pyrethroids (permitrin, tetramethrin, bifenthrin). Insecticides kill insects correct use not toxic to humans.

It must be remembered that chemicals only work if they fall on the spider. When the insect does not enter the spray zone, the drug has no effect on it. Most often, spiders are used in the form of aerosols. They process the habitats of arthropods. Close windows and doors tightly before spraying. After the procedure, leave the room for several hours. After that, be sure to ventilate the house and do a wet cleaning.

Aerosols from spiders:

• Butox-50;
• Dobrokhim FOS;
• Neoron.

Aerosols are best not used in the kitchen. When sprayed, the insecticide can get on food and utensils. In this case, dry trap tablets are more suitable. They have an attractive fragrance for insects. Inside is a poison that destroys spiders.

Calling the secret services

If the situation with spiders is out of control, you can call a special team for pest control. In the arsenal of special services there are strong chemicals. Thanks to this, you can quickly and effectively get rid of insects. It should be borne in mind that the chemicals are very strong and the owners will have to leave the premises for a while.

Folk remedies

If the use of chemicals in the house is unacceptable for some reason and the presence of spiders is isolated, safe folk methods can be used.

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Effective Recipes:

• Spread pieces of chestnut or dry citrus peels in the habitats of spiders.
• Pour vinegar into small containers and spread around the house. You can spray vinegar from a spray bottle into the corners where insects hide.
• The smell of mint repels spiders. Can essential oil this plant to smear insect habitats or spread fresh mint leaves in the corners. Spiders do not like the smell of eucalyptus and tea tree oil.

Preventive measures

You can protect yourself from the penetration of spiders into the house if you know the features of their life.

Helpful Hints:

• Get rid of other insects in the house - a source of food for spiders.
• Do not leave a light on at night near the house and do not turn on bright lights in the evening, so as not to attract insects (for example, mosquitoes).
• Maintain cleanliness in the house, do not leave food freely available for insects.
• Tidy up the attic and basement.
• Get rid of unnecessary trash.
• Protect windows with mosquito nets, put bars on the ventilation hole.
• When transporting furniture, check it for cobwebs.
• Ventilate and knock out sofas, mattresses, pillows from dust.
• During the repair, you can use a special wallpaper glue, which contains insecticides. This will help protect the house for a long time from the invasion of insects.

Spiders today have become permanent neighbors of man in the house. The presence of insects does no harm, but causes aesthetic disgust. So you want to get rid of spiders. Do it in a more humane way. Do not destroy the insect, but simply throw it out into the street.

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