If you find one spider, you don’t need to burn the house down. Get a glass, a piece of paper, and your courage. Trap the spider under the glass, slide the paper under it (like a tiny, terrifying arrest), and then release it outside. “But where?” you ask. Far away, in someone else’s garden. The driveway works too, but don’t dump it on your neighbor’s porch—that’s a declaration of war.
Pro tip: if you’re too scared to do this, name the spider “Richard” and pretend he’s a quiet roommate. He pays no rent, but he does eat the fruit flies that your bananas spawned. It’s a morally grey tenant situation, but it works.
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