Here's Why You Should Never Kill A Spider

[chowmama]

14. I tend to give them a chance to go back between the walls

where their food is. If they decide to take up obvious residence in our close living quarters, I'll still try to get them outside if it's summer. If it's winter - well, they can't stay here. Not visibly within feet of us.

Once in a while, we get orb spiders outside (for some reason, in the fall). I love seeing them work on those huge webs. Last fall, there was one working between the neighbor's second story and a nearby tree. When the light was right in the early morning or evening, I could see him moving back and forth, even at that distance. He/she was a big sucker. Knowing they're harmless, I just watched. Unfortunately, my neighbor saw me watching and got rid of the web - I don't know how they even reached it. I hope the spider survived. I had to re-home one once, when he tried to block the stairway to my front porch. I think he'd been watching too many Tarzan movies; we're obviously too big to catch.