After living in Alaska as a kid, this is why I really like spiders Anything that traps and eats mosquitoes is to be viewed as a "friendly!"

Seriously. My whole family is all "awwwww, look at the cute spider! " when one scurries across the floor. They lovingly catch it and put it outside where it can "eat bugs," unless it's wintertime, in which case it gets deposited in the furnace room.