Comments on: Friday the 13th Airbnb Spider Nightmare

By: Clare Baxter

Clare Baxter — Sat, 04 Jan 2020 11:14:58 +0000

I agree, Howard. Everyone wants to kill anything that they don’t understand. So sad that animals and insects have their little lives snuffed out because of some overreactive dummy. The owner probably should have put repellant around the house or something to prevent them from coming in. We have lake houses and there are tons of spiders, birds, hawks, fish, cranes, eagles, they’re beautiful! We live in a big city but it is fun to watch nature when we go to the lakehouses, so gorgeous! There are coyotes too in the fall and winter, so we have to watch our small dogs. I don’t want spiders in my bed and house either, but you can keep them out. The owner should have warned them or sprayed in advance. If it is really thick woods, there will be insects and animals. There are human animals in the city!

By: John Fox

John Fox — Wed, 25 Dec 2019 21:09:10 +0000

Yeesh. City slickers go to the country and are horrified by a few spiders? Even the basement of our house in Seattle had some impressive ones. Quite large. Truth is that spiders are good. They eat all sorts of bugs that you don’t want around. Usually they just run and hide so what is the big deal? I am guessing they were just house spiders. Pretty harmless.

A quick Google search tells us that brown recluse and black widow spiders ARE NOT typically found in Maine. Google also reveals that black bears and big cats like cougars and mountain lions ARE found in Maine. I personally would have been far more concerned about them than a spider in the sink.

Sadly this “guest” has probably gotten the hosts banned from Airbnb forever because of their “pests” policy. Hell you could probably take pictures of bugs/rodents dead or alive and Airbnb would refund every cent you payed for your accommodation whether before, during or at the end of the stay. Nice huh?

I myself live on a remote island in the Pacific Northwest. Lots of scary bugs, rodents and the like here. Hardly something to freak out about! Just part of living in the country.

By: Howard Luken

Howard Luken — Wed, 25 Dec 2019 05:05:10 +0000

Brown recluse spiders are tiny. You’re in a cabin out in the woods you can expect to find giant spiders but they’re not brown recluses and they’re not deadly poisonous. There are thousands of different species of spiders and you’re going to find them out there. I’m in a cabin too and I found a spider that was 2 inches across in the kitchen sink one night Captured it and let it go out in the yard because she deserves to live as much as you. do.