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Subject: Re: Spiders Haters Unite
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Date: Wed, 23-Apr-86 16:34:19 EST
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Posted: Wed Apr 23 16:34:19 1986
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Summary: Spiders are non-intrusive?

In article <444@drivax.UUCP>, holloway@drivax.UUCP (Bruce Holloway) writes:
> 
>                                                                     Spiders
> are non-intrusive, totally silent, efficient, and they stay in one place.

Yeah?  They're certainly silent, and I'm *sure* they're efficient, but I'm not
so sure about non-intrusive.  Who's that biting me in the middle of the night,
then?  For some reason, they (whoever they are) seem to favor my lower legs
(from just below the knee to the ankle) and my back.  It's probably partly due
to sleeping in the buff and dangling any parts that overheat outside the
covers, but I can't be sure.  Even when it's cold and I sleep in a t-shirt, I
seem to get attacked.  I haven't seen any other little critters that might want
to feast on my vital bodily fluids, but living on the ground floor, there sure
are a *lot* of spiders.

> Interestingly, praying mantises eat crickets, so if you've already tried
> the cricket method and want to try something different....

Just another piece of the food chain in action.

     Helen Anne      {ihnp4,cbosgd,hplabs,decwrl,ucbvax,sun}!dual!hav

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