The comments on this piece on The Guardian’s Environment section has been entertaining me this evening. But I must admit, the quote from BugLife entertained me more! I really like the attitude they have over there, they’re truly people after my own heart.
According to Alan Stubbs of Buglife, a conservation charity for invertebrates, people should cherish the influx of spiders. “Instead of being squeamish, look at how much they do for us, eating the flies. We are possibly the most arachnophobic country in the world but we have no reason to be. I think people are scared because they run so fast, but they are harmless. My wife and I have names for the ones in our house.”
“They don’t do you any harm. Leave them alone and they’ll catch flies and be happy just doing their own thing. If you don’t like looking at them then just have a look at a web with the dew on it and wonder why we bother with the Turner prize when nature can create such a wonderful thing.“
Also, a false widow Steatoda nobilis (the UK’s only venomous spider) is currently living outside my front door. It’s beautiful!
