There have been two spider egg sacs next to our front door for several days.
On the underside of the siding.
So, last night my hubbie and I went out to water the blueberries. I decided this would be a good time to jet off the front entrance and zap those egg sacs (along with all the other bugs that have made their home there).
I don't enjoy killing living things. But...if little critters are on my turf, they just have to go. It's as simple as that.
So, have you jetted an egg sac lately? They are tough little cookies. I had to spray for a good 3 minutes before the things would come free.
I don't enjoy killing living things. And when it takes longer than a few seconds, I start to feel sick inside. It gives you too much time to think....
I started thinking about the mommy spider who worked so hard to make a safe sac for her babies. She did such a good job securing them to my siding! They were well protected. But, I am a big, bad human with a powerful stream of water, and I won.
So then I came inside and got out Charlotte's Web to read to the kids. What chapter are we on?
"The Egg Sac"
That's right.
Charlotte, the loyal and selfless friend of Wilbur, creates her "magnum opus" in that chapter. 514 baby spiders wrapped securely until spring. It took all she had left in her.
There I sat reading this beautiful and sensitive writing. Me! The one who just pulverized not one, but two "magnum opi".
Sigh...
I felt horrible.
But, then I thought of 1,028 spiders by my front door and I didn't feel quite so bad.
I feel the same way about killing things but I think you did the right thing. That's a lot of spiders by the house. :)
ReplyDeleteI've alwayas felt that if they enter my home or cross my path they gotta go. I've only recently started to feel bad for killing them but they really freak me out. It's good preventive work from my perspective. Though the timing sure does suck with reading Charlotte's Web.
ReplyDeleteWe have several by our front door right now. Normally, I'd be in charge of the general front walk upkeep, and they'd be gone. But it turns out that my hubby has too soft a heart to get rid of them. Maybe he read Charlotte's Web one too many times as a kid? :-)
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