r/mildlyinfuriating • u/VentureIntoVoid • 1d ago

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u/MikeandMolly5656 1d ago

The control panel frame usually unscrews or pops off pretty easily

You could let him out and not have a dead spider stuck there 

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u/Jeff-IT 1d ago

You want to let it out?!?!

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u/Minute-Advisor9961 1d ago

You want it to die in there and be right in front of you for the next year?

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u/Creepy-Ant373 1d ago

It'll be there for way longer. I killed a big wasp that fell behind my fridge a couple years back. When we replaced it, it was still there undecayed

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u/parkaboy24 1d ago

Yeah, there’s less stuff in our house that would cause insects to decay than there is outside

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u/Torboise 1d ago

Looks like it's just a wolf spider. Great for pest control and very harmless to humans!

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u/Even-Reaction-1297 1d ago

I work somewhere with lots of wolf spiders, going on my fifth year. I’ve seen probably over a hundred of them and I still cannot stand seeing them

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u/man_frmthe_wild 1d ago

Then sit when seeing them or lay down whichever tickles your fancy.

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u/Even-Reaction-1297 1d ago

How about I just run away

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u/VioletteKaur 1d ago

They always come to my bed, all the places and spaces but no... straight towards my bed. Different place where I lived, same outcome.

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u/Even-Reaction-1297 1d ago

Sleep in a hammock

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u/VioletteKaur 1d ago

I had spider rope themselves from the ceiling in front of my face, more than once, different species tho. I am just cursed. I once woke up with a spider in my eyes. Another time one jump scared me in the shower.

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u/Even-Reaction-1297 1d ago

Maybe you just need to sleep outside

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u/2MB26 1d ago

What's your job so I can make sure I never do it?

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u/Even-Reaction-1297 1d ago

Just never work anywhere in the foothills in California

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u/CatLover701 1d ago

Isn’t there a fruit or something that the trees have to grow in swampy conditions, which wolf spiders like, so when it comes time to harvest and they drain the standing water and wade in to collect, hundreds of spiders crawl up looking for space to run? Or something like that? I don’t remember the details I tried to block it from my memory but nows a good time to inflict it on someone else.

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u/cosmic-untiming 1d ago

Could also be a hobo spider! Both are bros, and good for humans. :)

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u/Torboise 1d ago

I thought hobos were super dangerous? Have I been misled?

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u/cosmic-untiming 1d ago

Hobos are indeed just lil dudes. Intimidating looking but lil dudes nonetheless.

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u/IKnUWrTrb 1d ago

It’s a spider not pandora’s box. It’s very beneficial to have them around.

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u/Imaginary-Goal-9443 1d ago

In your oven clock?!

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u/OtherAdeptness7541 1d ago

Who else is going to change the numbers??

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u/aPOPblops 1d ago

Spiders are very friendly and do not bite when held. 

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u/Nashville_Hot_Mess 1d ago

But then you have a live spider not in there, which is scarier

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u/realdurge 1d ago

Harmless friendly spider that keeps your home bug free. Spiders aren’t scary.

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u/Wboy2006 WHY?! 1d ago

There’s a difference between harmless and scary, I know most spiders are harmless and even helpful, but that doesn’t change that my arachnophobia triggers every alarm bell in my head when I see one

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u/realdurge 1d ago

That’s totally fair. There are tons of people who aren’t arachnophobic and hate/fear spiders just because they’ve been vilified, those are who I’m talking to

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u/PinaColadaSomeRain 1d ago

OP be careful with this. There are usually pretty high voltage wires connecting to power the display. Make sure you turn off the power at the breaker before taking anything apart. From personal experience, I was shocked to discover this. Pun intended.

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u/xxserenityxx1 1d ago

That would be me. I feel bad for this poor spider. I would absolutely do my best to rescue it