Personally, I try not to kill them, especially when outside. I was splitting wood early last summer and found this young lady stomping around on the splitter. If you google "fishing spider" you can find out more about her. She is actually carrying her egg sac in her fangs. She will carry it up into a tree, and then find a nice spot to wrap leaves and web around it to create a nursery for them. (See also "Nursery Web Spiders.")



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