I Found This Spider & I’m Keeping Her
I found this spider behind a book shelf in my in-home office. It was dark in the corner where I discovered her. At first I thought she was a black widow (we have several come inside every fall). I used my camera to snap her picture and then enlarged it to see who I was dealing with. To my delight, she wasn’t a black widow. She was this orange-bellied beauty.
I was relieved. I didn’t need to relocate her. She was free to stay where she’d made her home, behind the book shelf. Why do I let spiders live in my home? Primarily, because they do far more good and no harm. Just look at what I found in her web?
My new pet is keeping my home free of more annoying critters like centipedes etc..
Next time you’re about to freak over finding a spider in your home, stop. Before you relocate her, or worse, remember that she’s probably keeping your house free of annoying insect critters for you.
Bonus: I’m expecting her crew of workers to grow. These are her egg sacks that I found:
Looks like my house will be gaining many new pets. No, I’m not crazy, I’m a realist. Why use dangerous toxins to rid your home of unwanted insects when a harmless spider will do all the work for free and save your health. I don’t expect everyone to welcome spiders into their home right away. But I am hopeful that next time, before you’re about to kill a spider, you stop and, at the very least, move her outside.
sandra hart
very interesting!
Mix Hart
Thanks. I’ve never seen a spider like her before. I have no idea what kind she is. She’s not an orb spider as her web is black widow like.