How can I attract giant house spiders to my home?

NikaGordadze

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Hello. It's my first time posting here and I know this might be a dumb question but I'm interested if there is any way to attract house spiders to my home. I'm trying to capture a female spider to keep as a "pet". I live in an apartment so mabye that's a problem? Any tips will be appreciated.
 

Ungoliant

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Hello. It's my first time posting here and I know this might be a dumb question but I'm interested if there is any way to attract house spiders to my home. I'm trying to capture a female spider to keep as a "pet". I live in an apartment so mabye that's a problem? Any tips will be appreciated.
Do not use pesticides, and do the opposite of what I would recommend to those seeking to reduce the number of spiders in the home:

The most effective way to reduce the number of spiders in and around your home is a combination of physically excluding them (sealing them out) and making your home less attractive to spiders by reducing harborages (places that spiders and their prey can live or hide) and not leaving lights on all night. (Lights attract some nocturnal insects and the spiders that feed on them.)

Gaps in screens, weather-stripping, and around plumbing and electrical conduits give spiders a way in. Vacuum or sweep away any webs that you do find around the home. Reduce clutter. Around the perimeter of the building, remove any woodpiles or other stacks of objects, and reduce the amount and height of vegetation and leaf litter. It can also be helpful to avoid using mulch or other bedding around the perimeter.
 

NikaGordadze

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Do not use pesticides, and do the opposite of what I would recommend to those seeking to reduce the number of spiders in the home:

The most effective way to reduce the number of spiders in and around your home is a combination of physically excluding them (sealing them out) and making your home less attractive to spiders by reducing harborages (places that spiders and their prey can live or hide) and not leaving lights on all night. (Lights attract some nocturnal insects and the spiders that feed on them.)

Gaps in screens, weather-stripping, and around plumbing and electrical conduits give spiders a way in. Vacuum or sweep away any webs that you do find around the home. Reduce clutter. Around the perimeter of the building, remove any woodpiles or other stacks of objects, and reduce the amount and height of vegetation and leaf litter. It can also be helpful to avoid using mulch or other bedding around the perimeter.
Thanks for the quick reply. Would leaving more windows open let spiders in?
 

basin79

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Hello. It's my first time posting here and I know this might be a dumb question but I'm interested if there is any way to attract house spiders to my home. I'm trying to capture a female spider to keep as a "pet". I live in an apartment so mabye that's a problem? Any tips will be appreciated.
The chances are you'll already have them. Just carefully check for their webs. Then feed them.
 
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