i live in a basement apartment and so i've seen quite a few spiders... even in the winter. We had a very mild, snowless winter. Spiders I don't mind either, since they eat insects. I've also seen a couple of these huge milliipedes. Those are really EWWWWWW! However, I've also discovered they too eat insects...but what eats THEM? I saw one in my bedroom and immediately killed it with my flipflop.
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You can catch more flies with honey than with vinegar. That's great...if you want to attract vermin.