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[–] chonglibloodsport@lemmy.world 17 points 1 week ago (3 children)

House-dwelling spiders are usually adapted to life inside the house (likely cave-dwelling species). Their survival rate outside is not very good.

[–] stray@pawb.social 15 points 1 week ago

Maybe it depends on where you live, but I always find the same spiders living in gardens or on the side of a shed or something, so I've never been worried about that except in winter.

[–] pulsewidth@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Does not apply so much in warm weather countries. All the spiders that come into our house are also easily found loving life outside (Australia). I just gently move them out, except daddy long-legs, generally let some of them stay as pest control.

[–] chonglibloodsport@lemmy.world 4 points 1 week ago

Ahhh okay. I live in Canada and I frequently see spiders roaming my house when it’s well below freezing outside. I’m pretty confident they will not survive out in the snow.

[–] notthebees@reddthat.com 1 points 1 week ago

wolf spiders not so much