I am definitely an individual with arachnaphobia. I almost had an accident once when I saw a spider crawling across my windshield. However There is a species of communal spiders that I do allow to set up webs anywhere above my head. I have about 30 of them now all different sizes. They are pretty tidy and replace their webbing often. Lately I have been seeing "cotton puffs" stuck in the webs, which are actually mealy bugs. The webs give me a heads up to any kind of growing infestation and help keep the local insect population down. For now there is balance and peace,so as long as they keep their webs above 5'5"
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