Bugs

Well that's odd. I thought you had a degree in Chemistry or Medicine.

 

And now you have a degree in Psychology too.

Seems like you know everything about everything........or think you do.

I think you need to lighten up a bit.

 

I can't remember Lilo and Stitch...
But the 1973 Cartoon of Charlotte's Web is just Pro-Spider propaganda.

In the science documentary, I learned that Spiders do not have the voice of Debbie Reynolds, and if a venomous variety can easily kill a pig.

 

That sounds like a good idea.

To toss in another: open all the doors and have at it with a leaf blower?

(If I did this with any of our kids vehicles there'd be litter all down the block. )

 

I read somewhere that no matter where you are there is a spider within 6 feet of you. They have a purpose here on the planet, but, like Electric Me states, if I see them... Smack! Not allowed in the house, certainly not allowed in the car. I had a big one get into my Gen II once. Saw it when I opened the driver door and it was illuminated by the puddle light. Swatted, but too late. It got into the gas door release mechanism on the floor. I shoved a sock in there and drove carefully home where I carefully disassembled and vacuumed that beast out of there. Back to the OP, you mentioned some damage to the driver's side doors. Compare the rubber seals on the driver's side with the passenger side and make sure all the seals are in place and serviceable.

 

This brings to mind another point:
Do NOT leave the windows cracked open for ventilation when parked in the summer time.
All SORTS of critters can get in; maybe even including snakes.

 

While that's true, If you're driving with a 10 year old hybrid battery and you can't afford a brand new one, keeping interior of the car below 100' temp as often as possible is crucial to the longevity of your aging pack. And again as I've said before, bugs and spiders would greatly appreciate a gentle hand out of the vehicle if they accidentally find their way in... Cars are death traps to them.

 

Not true of all bugs.
Wasps and hornets do NOT appreciate you screwing with them for any reason.
And you only need to be stung ONCE to moderate your "no kill" approach.

 

I get stung occasionally... I work in many beautiful gardens and so do they! They are polite & respectful unlike how most humans are towards them... They only sting you if they feel threatened, like the time I unknowingly stepped on a yellow jacket hole in the ground last June.

I also have a wasp nest on my screen door. I have learned much from them watching their work close up in recent months. They've never gone after me, never even fly inside when they have the chance. I respect them and they respect me. Of course too many humans are too dumb and too hostile to understand what nature does to create harmony across many different species to maximize biodiversity.

 

Looks like you're turning into a troll now... If anyone needs to lighten up with the name calling and purposefully being annoying it'd be you!

 

In my experience of being around spiders all the time and on rare occasion getting bitten is that's it's no big deal and the fear of it is irrational. In your experience the fear is rationale. We both have different opinions.experiences...

My primary concern/agenda is in our so-called modern society there's a false notion that we can be healthier by attacking every living thing surroundings us and using poison to kill them without realizing that we're damaging ourselves in the process. Problem with that position is that a significant part of your body weight is made up of bacteria, fungus and all kinds of fascinating bugs, especially in your gut. And we're currently shifting our thinking from poisoning our surroundings to make us "healthy" to a more knowledgeable and pro-biotic understanding of improving the overall health of our personal biome to make us healthy with fermented foods, live cultures, avoiding chemicals that harm our biome, even if they don't harm us too much.

Spiders have been a part of my greater biome/my gardens all my life, they're my friends and I value them for all the work they do and while your fear of them may still be more acceptable/rationale than you saying that your fear of black people or Spanish speaking immigrants is rational, my point is racism and specie-ism have similar roots, similar origins.

 

Agreed, way easier to safely catch and release a spider in house with flat walls and windows then inside cars that are all kinds of endless curves. The mortality rate of rescuing a spider from a car is much higher than getting it out of the house.

 

@PriusCamper, I think you have made your point.

You don’t want to become that person that is continually hijacking other poster’s threads and even worse, taking them off topic. Both heinous forum crimes.

And in case you (and Sam Spade the 2nd) haven’t picked up on the polite and subtle hint from the OP, she’s asking you politely to stay on topic and stop hijacking her thread.

 

Not sure what you're talking about? This thread ended yesterday? We're all on to bigger and better things now... Long live the Bugs!!!

 

I dont like spiders but I leave them alone unless there in the house or in the car then they are dead men.

But I do have a spider hobby. Every night I go out in the front yard and the back yard and look for spider webs in my tree's.
In Florida they build really big webs and by morning they are gone like it never happened. Its the most intricate and most beautiful piece of engineering and they span great distances. They like to span my driveway from tree to tree which is almost 25 feet.There all different too.
I look every night.

I have tried taking pictures of them but they are too detailed and delicate it never comes out right.

 

i squished a mosquito on my headliner yesterday.