00:00Is it okay to throw house spiders outside? If you spot a spider creeping
00:06through your room, is it okay to scoop it up in a jar and throw it outside? It
00:11turns out it depends. This method only works if the spider species is native to
00:16the area. If the spider is not a native but a transplant, odds are it will die
00:22outside, even if the spider's ancestors arrived to the region decades to hundreds
00:28of years ago. That's because most spiders are adapted to specific places and
00:33temperatures. The American house spider is likely native to northern South America,
00:38so it undoubtedly lives outdoors just fine if your backyard is in Brazil. Even
00:44spiders that move to places with similar climates have trouble. The giant house
00:49spider is a native of England and traveled west when the British settled in British
00:53Columbia, Canada. Then it moved south to Seattle and other parts of the
00:57northwestern United States. But the giant house spider is hardly ever found
01:02outside, even though Seattle is just as mild and rainy as London. The more
01:07compassionate way to deal with spiders you find indoors is to scoop them up and
01:12put them in part of your residence where you don't mind having spiders, such as the
01:16garage. This way the spider will live another day to catch flies and other small
01:20pests that are invading your space. House spiders, just another one of life's little
01:25mysteries.
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