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annasuave · 04-03-2021, 10:07 AM

Cue the obligatory reference to Hinterland Who’s And the Crack Spider’s B*tch...

A few years back, Mr Suave and I were thinking about moving to SE Calgary and another posted commented that “the south-east is lousy with spiders”. He wasn’t wrong. I’ve had one hanging out with me in my Covid work-from-home office space since Christmas. I’ve heard that house spiders are beneficial and you shouldn’t kill them. So this guy’s been getting bigger and bigger and watching me work out my safety stocks and economic order point projections.

I have no idea where he came from, when he hatched, or why he’s chosen to hang out with me so long. But my question is this - what the heck is this guy eating? He’s easily tripled in size since I first noticed him. He started out as a wee speck - now he’s a full on spider. I haven’t noticed an uptick in cobwebs around the house. I don’t have fruit flies, aphids, or any (visible to the eye) bugs that a spider could be catching and eating. So what’s feeding my arachnid buddy? Do they eat tiny dust mites or tardigrades?

TLDR: What do house spiders eat, in winter, in Calgary, when they’re tiny and there no bugs to catch?

04-03-2021, 10:07 AM	#1
annasuave Scoring Winger Join Date: Jul 2007 Exp:	House Spiders Cue the obligatory reference to Hinterland Who’s And the Crack Spider’s B*tch... A few years back, Mr Suave and I were thinking about moving to SE Calgary and another posted commented that “the south-east is lousy with spiders”. He wasn’t wrong. I’ve had one hanging out with me in my Covid work-from-home office space since Christmas. I’ve heard that house spiders are beneficial and you shouldn’t kill them. So this guy’s been getting bigger and bigger and watching me work out my safety stocks and economic order point projections. I have no idea where he came from, when he hatched, or why he’s chosen to hang out with me so long. But my question is this - what the heck is this guy eating? He’s easily tripled in size since I first noticed him. He started out as a wee speck - now he’s a full on spider. I haven’t noticed an uptick in cobwebs around the house. I don’t have fruit flies, aphids, or any (visible to the eye) bugs that a spider could be catching and eating. So what’s feeding my arachnid buddy? Do they eat tiny dust mites or tardigrades? TLDR: What do house spiders eat, in winter, in Calgary, when they’re tiny and there no bugs to catch?