• TheLadyAugust@lemmy.world
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      I used to have a basement wolf spider that occasionally would wander upstairs. I’d scoop him up in a cup taking back down to where all the bugs come in. Dude was massive I remember seeing him around for a little over a year before he disappeared. After he presumably died house centipedes moved in. God damn nightmare creatures by comparison. At least they do a better job of staying downstairs.

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        Every (non-Australian) house needs at least one corner spider

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          2 days ago

          Aussie here. We keep corner spiders too. In fact, Bazza is looking at me right now from his cozy corner in the loo.

          We try to keep the huntsmen (the huntswomen and huntschildren too) outside, as they freak our city-dwelling friends out.

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            I always thought huntsmen spiders were one of the coolest critters that live over there

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              They don’t just live over there, huntsmen are found all over the world in moderate climates. Including the US, Southern Canada and Europe. But only a couple of species and they are not very common. Also a lot smaller than the SEA or Australian cousins.