Should I Kill Spiders in My Home? An Entomologist Explains Why Not To
Expert Explains Why You Shouldn’t Kill Spiders In The Home While many of us are afraid of spiders, you really shouldn’t fear. Besides the potential to gain superpowers, the eight-legged…
WASHINGTON – MARCH 29: A child watches a tarantula spin a web at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of Natural History March 29, 2003 in Washington, D.C. The museum hosted its Insect Expo and invited visitors to hold selected insects and to watch tarantulas get fed crickets by volunteers. (Photo by Stefan Zaklin/Getty Images)
(Photo by Stefan Zaklin/Getty Images)Expert Explains Why You Shouldn't Kill Spiders In The Home
While many of us are afraid of spiders, you really shouldn't fear. Besides the potential to gain superpowers, the eight-legged arachnids are actually beneficial, says an entomologist.
In a piece for The Conversation, North Carolina State University's Matt Bertone writes, "I know it may be hard to convince you, but let me try: Don't kill the next spider you see in your home."
According to the expert, most spiders aren't out to harm humans and perform an important task by eating disease-carrying insects like mosquitos.
Bertone points out that bites are actually pretty rare, even from dangerous species like widow spiders and recluses.
How do you feel about spiders in the home? What do you do when you come across one?
