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Spider-killing sprays also kill flies, but fly-killing sprays don't kill spiders. (lemmy.world)

submitted 5 days ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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They're the same price at Walmart, so it pretty much always makes sense to go with the spider-spray.

The flies don't die 'on-contact' like they do with the fly-specific spray, but they do die after a brief period of delirium.

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[–] [email protected] 34 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (8 children)

At least where I live, it doesn't make sense to kill spiders at all. There literally is not a single local spider species that you might encounter at home that's even somewhat dangerous (AFAIK even in the wild there's only one, and even that one usually won't kill you). If there's something that's too gross for you, just pick it up with a glass and throw it out of the window (which is much easier with spiders than with flies). Spiders do kill flies and other critters that are annoying or even dangerous, so you definitely want the poison that kills flies but not spiders.

[–] [email protected] 18 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (4 children)

Yeah. Forget where I heard this, but it was something like "For every spider you see in your basement, that's like 1000 other bugs you won't".

Unless it's an infestation, I tend to leave individual spiders alone.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 5 days ago (2 children)

Yes but that's my contract with the bugs. If they don't cause structural damage, and I don't see them we can have peace. Pest or allie, if you have more than 4 legs and I see you in my domicile - I will do my best to destroy you as soon as I'm done screaming.